Sources: Global News
Quebec announces plans to impose a "significant" tax on those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19, with exemptions for those who have legitimate medical exemptions from taking the vaccine. However, few additional details were revealed on a policy which would be a first in Canada. 2022-01-11
Israel's government agrees to ban all travel to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.S. without special permission beginning on December 22 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-20
Canada reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in two people in Ontario who recently traveled to Nigeria. 2021-11-28
Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant. 2021-11-26
Canadian federal government announces a nationwide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for rail and train passengers and will place unvaccinated core federal employees under unpaid leave as early as November 15 if they had not disclose their vaccination status by October 29. 2021-10-6
Canada announces that it will purchase two million doses of the vaccine produced by Moderna. 2021-05-27
Health Canada approves the Moderna vaccine and expects that up to 168,000 doses will arrive in Canada by the end of the year. 2020-12-23
Nationwide, 4,981 new cases are reported in Canada in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record. 2020-11-12
Maryland-based vaccine development company Novavax signs a deal with Canada to supply up to 76 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. 2020-08-31