Your weekly COVID-19 update Every Tuesday, the Maclean's daily newsletter will catch you up on what you need to know about Canada's fight against the coronavirus. This week, Patricia Treble focuses on one story worth watching, and you can get a sneak peek here. You'll also get the same mix of Maclean's stories you expect every day if you scroll down below. The difference that vaccines make can be seen in Israel, where 57 per cent of the total population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the New York Times‘s vaccine tracker. The country has gone 10 days without any deaths due to the COVID-19, and that comes as its case count is rising due to the Delta variant spreading, largely among unvaccinated populations including the young. Though the country is averaging around 300 new cases a day—a far cry from the peak of 8,600 a day in January—Israel has reintroduced the requirement that everyone wear masks when in indoor public settings, due to the threat of new variants. Yukon, which is 65 per cent fully vaccinated, is currently experiencing an outbreak and the Gamma variant is largely to blame. In the past month, Yukon has reported 304 cases of COVID-19—the vast majority of the 357 cases reported during the entire pandemic. Yukon has reacted by slowly imposing more public health measures. On the weekend, as exposure notices were issued for two child care settings in Whitehorse, the government announced that it was dropping the number of visitors to residents of long-term care homes from six to two.
At the same time, the vaccination effort is increasing week upon week. In the past week, Canada administered 3.6 million shots of vaccine, up from 3.1 million the previous week. And that means that by July 4, some 34.6 of the entire population was fully vaccinated while 67.7 per cent had received at least one dose of vaccine.
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