Canadian health officials update on COVID subvariants, medicine shortages | LIVE

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is set to provide an update Friday as the country continues to grapple with new COVID-19 subvariants amid ongoing medicine shortages.

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, chief officer of health Dr. Theresa Tam and deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo will be in attendance, a spokesperson for PHAC told Global News Thursday. Also present will be Dr. Matt Tunis from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

Apart from COVID-19, the update will cover analgesics shortages in the country and the Canada Dental Plan, a benefit aimed to help lower dental costs for eligible families, the PHAC spokesperson said.

The update comes at a time when the number of confirmed cases of the XBB.1.5. subvariant has hit a total of 42 infections. Ontario saw the highest number of cases during the first week of January with a total of 7,456, while Quebec came in second with 5,469 infections.

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