(CNN) Canada continues to see rising new daily cases of Covid-19 and hospitalizations as officials warn the variants are spreading rapidly and are a threat to younger Canadians. "Even if the end of the pandemic is in sight, the variants mean the situation is even more serious. Trudeau announced that Pfizer has once again agreed to move up its deliveries of vaccines to Canada. But even with 4 approved vaccines, public health officials say it will do little to mitigate the burden in hospitals during this third wave of the pandemic. Tam declared Canada was going through a "third resurgence" of the pandemic but added that with the majority of the elderly population vaccinated, those 80 years of age and over were not so far being affected by the uptick in hospitalizations.
Source: CNN March 30, 2021 18:11 UTC