| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| URL | https://www.tvo.org/video/breaking-down-the-covid-19-case-counts |
| Language | en |
| Abstract | The Ontario government placed several regions in lockdown restrictions two weeks ago to curb the spread of COVID-19. So why are case numbers growing? And how does a public health officer convince people to follow guidelines for physical distancing and mask-wearing? Public health officers Eileen De Villa (Toronto) and Lawrence Loh (Peel) discuss expectations as the holiday season approaches. |
| Website Title | TVO.org |
| Date Added | 12/11/2020, 9:14:37 AM |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Adam Cohen |
| URL | https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/2065-Cohen-Social-Distancing-Public-Transit.pdf |
| Pages | 11 |
| Library Catalog | Zotero |
| Language | en |
| Abstract | COVID-19 has presented public transit agencies with unprecedented operational and fiscal challenges. In the San Francisco Bay Area, for example, public transit ridership remains approximately 90% below pre-pandemic levels as of November 10, 2020, according to Transit App. It is generally agreed that personal protective measures (i.e., masks, face shields, gloves), sanitation, and air ventilation —combined with social distancing—reduces the spread of COVID-19. However, experts do not agree on the minimum distance required on transit. While some research exists, a recommended social distance for travelers in enclosed environments is not well understood and likely varies on a number of context sensitive variables discussed below. |
| Date Added | 12/7/2020, 9:43:10 AM |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Okan Gurbuz |
| Author | Rafael M Aldrete |
| Author | Erik Vargas |
| URL | https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/185920-00015.pdf |
| Pages | 38 |
| Library Catalog | Zotero |
| Language | en |
| Abstract | The novel coronavirus disease2019(COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading infectious disease that was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO)on March 11, 2020(1).As of August 20, 2020,there were more than 20 million cases, with more than 800,000 deaths around the world. From a transportation perspective, understanding the key parameters that cause the faster spread of a disease is vital for decision-makers. Countries can then better prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19 or potential new pandemics. The objective of this study was to conduct an extensive literature review on the COVID-19 pandemic from a transportation perspective, with a particular emphasis on binational metropolitan areas, and to develop an understanding of the relationship between cross-border transportation and the speed of the spread. A more thorough understanding of the links between transportation and the pandemic will allow researchers to recognize which transportation measures have the most potential to help mitigate the pandemic’s impact and preserve cross-border mobility during a potential second wave or a future pandemic. |
| Date Added | 12/8/2020, 3:54:59 PM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| Author | Government of Alberta |
| URL | https://www.alberta.ca/news.aspx |
| Language | en-CA |
| Abstract | Alberta will deliver the first COVID-19 vaccines to critical health-care workers next week. The first 3,900 doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Alberta during the week of Dec. 14. The vaccine has now been approved by Health Canada. Immunization of seniors and other target groups is anticipated to start in early 2021. The initial shipments of the vaccines must be administered on-site at dedicated vaccine sites, and cannot be transported to long-term care or other facilities. This is why the first immunizations will focus on health-care workers crucial to supporting vulnerable Albertans and caring for critically ill patients. Alberta Health Services will begin booking appointments with intensive care unit health-care workers, respiratory therapists and long-term care workers eligible to be immunized. Eligibility will begin with workers at the highest risk facilities. |
| Date Added | 12/10/2020, 9:18:01 AM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| URL | https://www.tvo.org/article/heres-ontarios-latest-covid-19-modelling |
| Language | en |
| Abstract | The province released new modelling Thursday. Read what it has to say about case counts, intensive-care capacity, and the government’s handling of the second wave. |
| Website Title | TVO.org |
| Date Added | 12/11/2020, 9:13:46 AM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| Author | Government of Alberta |
| URL | https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=75859ADEA5D5E-045D-2386-0CB140C175A800DD |
| Language | en-CA |
| Abstract | New mandatory health measures go into effect immediately to protect lives. Expanded health measures will be in effect provincewide. All Albertans, businesses, organizations and service providers must follow all new health measures. These restrictions will be in place for a minimum of four weeks. |
| Date Added | 12/9/2020, 8:54:37 AM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| Author | Health Canada |
| URL | https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/covid19-industry/drugs-vaccines-treatments/vaccines/pfizer-biontech.html |
| Date | 2020-12-09 |
| Extra | Last Modified: 2020-12-09 |
| Website Type | education and awareness |
| Language | eng |
| Abstract | Information on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, including how it works, how it's given, possible side effects and vaccine safety after authorization. |
| Website Title | aem |
| Date Added | 12/9/2020, 3:05:16 PM |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Zachary McCarthy |
| Author | Yanyu Xiao |
| Author | Francesca Scarabel |
| Author | Biao Tang |
| Author | Nicola Luigi Bragazzi |
| Author | Kyeongah Nah |
| Author | Jane M. Heffernan |
| Author | Ali Asgary |
| Author | V. Kumar Murty |
| Author | Nicholas H. Ogden |
| Author | Jianhong Wu |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13362-020-00096-y |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28 |
| Publication | Journal of Mathematics in Industry |
| Date | December 1, 2020 |
| Journal Abbr | Journal of Mathematics in Industry |
| DOI | 10.1186/s13362-020-00096-y |
| Library Catalog | BioMed Central |
| Abstract | Social contact mixing plays a critical role in influencing the transmission routes of infectious diseases. Moreover, quantifying social contact mixing patterns and their variations in a rapidly evolving pandemic intervened by changing public health measures is key for retroactive evaluation and proactive assessment of the effectiveness of different age- and setting-specific interventions. Contact mixing patterns have been used to inform COVID-19 pandemic public health decision-making; but a rigorously justified methodology to identify setting-specific contact mixing patterns and their variations in a rapidly developing pandemic, which can be informed by readily available data, is in great demand and has not yet been established. Here we fill in this critical gap by developing and utilizing a novel methodology, integrating social contact patterns derived from empirical data with a disease transmission model, that enables the usage of age-stratified incidence data to infer age-specific susceptibility, daily contact mixing patterns in workplace, household, school and community settings; and transmission acquired in these settings under different physical distancing measures. We demonstrated the utility of this methodology by performing an analysis of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ontario, Canada. We quantified the age- and setting (household, workplace, community, and school)-specific mixing patterns and their evolution during the escalation of public health interventions in Ontario, Canada. We estimated a reduction in the average individual contact rate from 12.27 to 6.58 contacts per day, with an increase in household contacts, following the implementation of control measures. We also estimated increasing trends by age in both the susceptibility to infection by SARS-CoV-2 and the proportion of symptomatic individuals diagnosed. Inferring the age- and setting-specific social contact mixing and key age-stratified epidemiological parameters, in the presence of evolving control measures, is critical to inform decision- and policy-making for the current COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Date Added | 12/7/2020, 11:17:27 AM |
| Type | Blog Post |
|---|---|
| URL | https://www.safeathomemb.ca/ |
| Language | en-US |
| Abstract | The Manitoba government has launched a new Safe at Home Manitoba grant, which will enable people staying home this holiday season to enjoy creative cultural, artistic, and fitness activities delivered by Manitoba organizations and businesses, Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Cathy Cox and Municipal Relations Minister Rochelle Squires announced today. |
| Date Added | 12/7/2020, 3:14:07 PM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| URL | https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020/december/09/saskatchewan-releases-covid-19-vaccine-delivery-plan |
| Language | en |
| Abstract | Saskatchewan has developed a COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Plan, and will be ready to administer vaccine when the first shipment is received. Saskatchewan is working closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) which negotiates and procures vaccines directly with manufacturers on behalf of provinces and territories. The Vaccine Delivery Plan outlines Saskatchewan’s phased approach to delivering the COVID-19 vaccination to residents starting December, 2020, including an initial pilot of the delivery and storage of the Pfizer vaccine, a first phase focused on targeted vaccination of priority populations, and widespread access to the vaccine in the second phase. |
| Website Title | Government of Saskatchewan |
| Date Added | 12/9/2020, 11:14:23 AM |
| Type | Blog Post |
|---|---|
| URL | https://www.municipalworld.com/podcasts/states-of-emergency-during-covid-19-part-1-anneke-smit/ |
| Language | en-CA |
| Abstract | Quick decision-making and action has been essential during the pandemic. But unilateral decisions , without consultation, can often have unintended consequences. Anneke Smit, Director of the Windsor Law Centre for Cities joins Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner to discuss recent research that shines a light on municipal action during the pandemic. |
| Blog Title | Municipal World |
| Date Added | 12/9/2020, 8:59:24 AM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| Author | CBC Radio · Posted: Dec 06 |
| Author | 2020 4:30 AM ET | Last Updated: December 6 |
| URL | https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/the-long-road-to-economic-recovery-and-the-roads-mass-transit-is-taking-now-and-in-the-future-1.5825218 |
| Date | 2020-12-06T09:30:00.996Z |
| Language | en |
| Abstract | The federal fiscal update suggests Canada is facing a long and uphill road to economic recovery. We find out how one mid-sized city mayor hopes to survive. Plus, can Canada's public transit systems survive the COVID-19 pandemic? |
| Website Title | CBC |
| Date Added | 12/7/2020, 11:22:16 AM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| Author | Santé Canada |
| URL | https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/medicaments-produits-sante/covid19-industrie/medicaments-vaccins-traitements/vaccins/pfizer-biontech.html |
| Date | 2020-12-09 |
| Extra | Last Modified: 2020-12-09 |
| Website Type | éducation et sensibilisation |
| Language | fra |
| Abstract | Informations sur le vaccin de Pfizer-BioNTech contre la COVID-19, y compris son fonctionnement, son mode d'administration, les effets secondaires possibles et la sécurité du vaccin après autorisation. |
| Website Title | aem |
| Date Added | 12/9/2020, 3:05:40 PM |
| Type | Web Page |
|---|---|
| URL | https://ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4X6gPYEVRlSoTdlbcTpUpg |
| Language | en-US |
| Abstract | Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: UC ITS/TRB Webinar featuring Scenario Planning Study on the Future of Public Transit/Shared Mobility. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. A study focused on scenario planning for public transit and shared mobility and undertaken during the midst of the COVID-19 crisis will be published soon by the University of California’s Institute of Transportation Studies (UC ITS) and the TRB Executive Committee, with funding support from ClimateWorks. The study's findings will be the subject of a special webinar on December 17 from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET. The webinar will feature an overview of the study methods and key findings. The study provides a roadmap for the longer-term recovery of public transit and shared mobility, offering several key takeaways. The scenario planning exercise comprised of 36 transportation experts — from across the nation and a wide variety of perspectives, ranging from public transit; state, regional and local government; industry; associations; non-governmental organizations; academia; and more. |
| Website Title | Zoom Video |
| Date Added | 12/7/2020, 11:19:15 AM |