Delta variant

The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey)

The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’

The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network will serve as Canada’s early warning system for variants that could hurl us back into pandemic misery

(Nathan Denette/CP)

Back-to-school as the Delta variant spreads: How great is the risk?

Vaxx Populi: With so many Canadians still unvaccinated, and a nastier version of COVID on the move, experts are more worried for children than last year

TORONTO, CANADA - 2021/03/21: Woman walks across the street, towards the COVID-19 assessment centre at Toronto Western Hospital. The COVID-19 assessment centre is where city residents go for COVID-19 testing. (Photo by Shawn Goldberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Delta variant is ’moving the goalposts’ for Canada’s vaccination targets

Vaxx Populi: Outbreaks at a Toronto hospital and in Yukon have been linked to more infectious variants; data shows vaccines are very effective at preventing hospitalization among those who contract Delta

Patrons at a restaurant in Soho, in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delayed the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England due to the spread of the delta variant. (Alberto Pezzali/CP)

Fully vaccinated people have gotten the Delta COVID variant. Should we be worried?

New data from the U.K. shows the vaccines do a terrific job keeping people out of hospital, even if they get the variant. So let’s get needles into arms.