Knowing the difference between the flu and COVID, test kits still available
CTV
As we prepare for cold and flu season, health officials want residents to use caution and take the proper steps if they feel under the weather.
As we prepare for cold and flu season, health officials want residents to use caution and take the proper steps if they feel under the weather.
More than three years since the start of the pandemic, doctors are pleading with the public to understand the difference between COVID-19 and the flu.
“We are expecting to see a lot more respiratory illness and so for the average member of the public, you may not be able to tell the difference,” said Dr. Nicola Mercer, medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph.
Whether it’s a cough, sore throat or fever, health officials warn that flu symptoms can be similar to that of COVID-19.
If you are feeling ill, experts say you should get tested.
Mina Abdel Shahid owns three Queens Pharmacy locations in Kitchener and says his Highland Road location has over 100 test kits in stock.
“Since the COVID slowdown, it’s been slow with the test kits,” said Abdel Shahid. “I think we do about two, three a week.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a Swiftie. His office confirmed to CTV News Toronto that he and members of his family are attending the penultimate show of Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' in Toronto on Friday evening.
Investigators are working to piece together what caused an explosion and fire at a six-plex in the southeast Calgary community of Mahogany.
London fire crews and police are on scene of a house fire in east London. Crews were called to the 1800 block of Culver Drive, east of Third Street and south of Oxford Street, around 11:30 a.m.
A teen who pleaded guilty in the death of 17-year-old Tyson MacDonald on Prince Edward Island last year has been sentenced to two years in custody.
An additional 160,000 students in Ontario will get access to free meals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a Brampton, Ont. school Friday.
The Liberal government is pulling out the federal wallet to put more money into people's pockets over the holidays, but its recently announced affordability measures create winners and losers.
A jury has found two men guilty on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.
Calgary is under a snowfall warning with total amounts of 15 to 25 centimetres expected.
Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 'Freedom Convoy' in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.
An 81-year-old was killed in a dog attack this week in Bonfield, Ont. Police believe three dogs were involved.
An 81-year-old Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to killing his wife with Alzheimer's disease.