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COVID-19 surge in Canada’s most populous province prompts growing calls for paid sick leave for essential workers.

Paramedics transport a person from Roberta Place, a long-term elderly care facility in Barrie, Ontario, on January 18 [Carlos Osorio/Reuters]

Richer nations including Canada need to do more to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are equitably distributed, experts say.

The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines were administered this week to health workers and residents of long-term care homes in Canada [Carlos Osorio/Reuters]