The webinar presentation and Q&A event, for health care and vaccine providers, will provide information to support the preparation and operational plans for COVID-19 vaccine immunization clinics.
Stream: NCCID
COVID-19 Variants
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is a virus from the Coronavirus family. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word, “corona”, meaning “crown” because they express spike proteins on their surface which resembles the ‘thrones of a crown’. The spike protein is comprised of three domains: a short cytoplasmic tail, a transmembrane domain, and an ectodomain. The…
PHAC: COVID-19 Vaccine Foundational Webinar
This COVID-19 vaccine foundational webinar will provide information about the vaccine regulatory authorization from Health Canada, guidance developed by NACI that informs the Canadian Immunization Guide, and information on COVID-19 vaccine technologies.
Understanding RT-PCR Tests and Results
This document provides a brief description of the Real Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test. It provides basic information on how this molecular biology test is used in laboratories to detect genetic material of a pathogen such as SARS-CO-2 virus, the cause of COVID-19 disease.
PHAC: COVID-19 Vaccines-Allergies and LDV Syringe Discussion
This moderated webinar is for health care providers who are administering COVID-19 vaccines. It describes allergy-related contraindications or precautions to COVID-19 vaccination and the features and management of anaphylaxis following administration of COVID-19 vaccines.
One Infection, Four Continents & Eight Countries: the psychosocial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
This webinar is on the mental health challenges at the population level and their behavioral response due to COVID-19.
Infectious Questions: What health professionals should know about COVID-19 (2019-nCoV)
To support public health knowledge translation during the current outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, NCCID is releasing a Q+A podcast series for public health professionals and health care practitioners in Canada. Listener submissions and feedback will drive podcast topics. Please contact NCCID Project Manager Shivoan Balakumar to submit questions on 2019-nCoV and COVID-19 for future episodes. Listen below or…
A look at the global vaccine rollout for COVID-19
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global pandemic as announced by World Health Organization (WHO, March 11th 2020). It is caused by SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, a virus strain never previously identified in humans. As of Jan.11, 2021, COVID-19 has infected 90.9 million people, and caused the death of 1.95 million people globally. In Canada, 672,931 people…
Vaccine hesitancy and First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations – Potential implications during COVID-19
This webinar discusses some of the specific challenges for vaccine uptake amongst First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations, including their negative historic and contemporary experiences with mainstream healthcare systems, health care professionals, and vaccine providers in Canada.
COVID-19 Testing Technologies
This webinar provides health care professionals with the latest COVID-19 testing and testing technologies in Canada.
Recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) on the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
This webinar is to inform health care and vaccine providers on the NACI recommendations on the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
NCCID hosts the Public Health Agency of Canada COVID-19 vaccine webinars for health care providers
As COVID-19 vaccine candidates are authorized for use in Canada, a summary of recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) on the use of each vaccine will be presented as a webinar to inform health care providers. The currently available webinars are: Recommendations of NACI on the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine…