The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases presents:
A Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar for Health Care Providers (HCPs) to inform HCPs and vaccine providers on COVID-19 vaccine discussion topics.
This moderated webinar includes a presentation and discussion with live Q&A to inform health care and vaccine providers on the national surveillance for COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs), vaccine efficacy and effectiveness against VOCs, and the impact of vaccines and variants in Canada.
Resources
English Presentation
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
12pm-1pm EDT
Key objectives:
- Identify the national surveillance systems that detect and track SARS-CoV2 variants, including variants of concern (VOCs), in Canada
- Discuss key findings on vaccine efficacy and effectiveness against VOCs, internationally and in Canada
- Summarize how predictive epidemiological models can inform Canadian forecasts and response to SARS-CoV2
Moderator:
Dr. David Alexander, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Max Rady College of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Presenters:
Dr. Gary Van Domselaar, PhD, Head Bioinformatics, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. Victoria Ng, PhD, Senior Scientist, Public Health Risk Sciences Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
Eva Wong, MPH, Senior Epidemiologist, Public Health Agency of Canada
Lindsay Whitmore, MHSc, Manager COVID-19 Epidemiology and Surveillance, Public Health Agency of Canada