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Earlier this week the National Advisory Committee on Immunization outlined four key groups that should be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Trudeau says those include populations with “a high degree of vulnerability,” such as Indigenous peoples and frontline health workers.
The Canadian Press
10:30 a.m. – Employment numbers: B.C. adds more than 33,000 jobs in October
British Columbian led the country with 33,500 new jobs in October as the province continues its slow employment recovery amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Statistics Canada’s monthly jobs report, B.C.’s unemployment rate now sits at 8 per cent, down from 8.4 in September.
The sectors with biggest jumps were health care and social assistance (8,400 new jobs), manufacturing (5,900 new jobs), information, culture and recreation (4,200 new jobs) and natural resources (3,900 new jobs).
Despite the gains, the province is still down 85,600 jobs compared to October 2019.
10:30 a.m. – Increasing evidence aerosol spread is a vector of transmission, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the strain of surging COVID-19 case numbers should make us think of loved ones and relatives we all must protect.
Trudeau says he’s thinking of his godfather and uncle Tom Walker, who has been in and out of hospital and had to be readmitted last night.
He says “this situation is serious” and now is not the time to let our guard down.
He notes increasing evidence that aerosol spread is a vector of transmission and that winter weather will soon force many Canadians indoors into less well-ventilated areas.
