announced 55 new cases of the virus and one additional death.After 1,923 Manitobans went for a COVID-19 test yesterday, the province’s five-day test positivity rate is at 3.9 per cent while Winnipeg’s sits at 3.1 per cent.Of today’s new cases, the majority reside in Winnipeg.There are now 1,179 active cases across the province with 31,809 recoveries.

COVID-19 measures appear to have put an end to flu season in Manitoba — for now As of Sunday morning, there are 59 people in hospital with infectious cases of COVID-19 and 81 patients who are no longer infectious but still require care, totalling 140 hospitalizations.There are also 11 infectious cases of the virus in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 16 patients who are no longer infectious.

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COVID-19 vaccines to come to Ontario’s hot spots for those 50+, provincial portal bookings expanding to 60+

COVID-19 hot spot neighbourhoods will be able to get their vaccines in the coming weeks.The government says prioritizing those communities located in 13 public health units will help prevent the spread of COVID-19.Officials say many of the people who live in those hot spot neighbourhoods are essential workers.The 13 public health units are: Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Ottawa, Peel, Simcoe-Muskoka, Southwestern, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Windsor-Essex, and York Region.

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COVID-19: Beer Store reports employee in London, Ont., tested positive

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Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools in hot spots

COVID-19 grew louder on Tuesday as some health units opted to close schools amid rising case numbers across the province.Opposition leaders called on the government to offer vaccines to education workers, while unions said schools in areas with high infection rates should close until the shots are offered.NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should “urgently” vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms. Peel Region medical officer of health ordering schools to close for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 “Parents, educators, and students across the province have been thrown into chaos once again,” Horwath said.

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Manitoba’s top doctor to provide COVID-19 update

COVID-19 situation in the province at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.The event will be streamed live on this web page.It will be the first time the doctor has provided comments since the Easter long weekend.On Monday, the province announced 135 new COVID-19 cases.

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Philadelphia announces COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expansion

FILE - Nurses draw vaccine doses from a vial as Maryland residents receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the Cameron Grove Community Center on March 25, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. PHILADELPHIA - As the Philadelphia region works to make the goal of President Biden's goal of having all American adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Philadelphia officials announced new dates towards that mission. Currently, Philadelphia is partially in Phase 1C. Those included in Phase 1C include sanitation workers, maintenance and janitorial staff, utility workers, and postal and package delivery workers. As of April 12, Phase 1C will be expanded to include workers who cannot work remotely.

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Canada facing 'very serious' third wave of COVID-19 pandemic: PM Trudeau

OTTAWA: Canada's hospitalizations are surging, intensive care beds are filling up and COVID-19 variants are spreading as a third wave of the pandemic sweeps across much of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday."Around the world, countries are facing a very serious third wave of this pandemic," Trudeau told a news conference. "And right now, so is Canada."Canada has averaged nearly 5,200 new coronavirus cases per day over the past week, and has recorded a total of more than a million positive tests and 23,000 deaths.The Canadian province of Ontario - the nation's most populous - entered a limited lockdown on Saturday, but some local health officials are calling for more drastic measures.

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Gujarat imposes night curfew in 20 cities amid Covid-19 spike. Details here

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WHO says AstraZeneca Covid shot's benefits outweigh risks; assessing latest data

GENEVA: The World Health Organization expects there will be no reason to change its assessment that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 outweigh any risks, its regulatory director said on Tuesday.The WHO is closely studying the latest data alongside European and other regulators, in light of reports of blood clots among people who have been vaccinated, said Rogerio Gaspar, WHO director of regulation and prequalification.A senior official at Europe's medicines regulator has said there is a clear "association" between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain, though the direct cause of the clots is still unknown.The European Medical Agency (EMA) said in a statement after the comments by Marco

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No plan to end Kumbh Mela despite rise in COVID-19 cases

New Delhi: Despite the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry does not plan to end the holy congregation, Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, prematurely and is hoping that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are being followed there.On being asked if Kumbh Mela can be a super-spreader of COVID-19, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, "As the super spreader events are concerned, the union government almost a month ago issued an SOP, specifically for practices to be adopted in Kumbh and had a long meeting with the state government's officers.""One fact that we usually lose sight of is that the duration of Kumbh has already been curtailed, Kumbh wherever it happens is usually for three and a half to four months, the present Kumbh has

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CDC: There's 1-in-10,000 chance of getting COVID from surfaces

COVID-19 from surfaces, according to a Monday update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The CDC has made clear that COVID-19 is a respiratory disease transmitted mainly through human-to-human interaction but noted last spring that "it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose or possibly their eyes."The CDC website now cites several studies that "suggest that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection via the fomite transmission route is low, and generally less than 1 in 10,000, which means that each contact with a contaminated surface has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection."FILE - A member of Jefferson County

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection lasts at least 6 months, study finds

BOSTON - New research suggests the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 offers protection for at least six months.Findings published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine echo what Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, said last week about their vaccine, which works in a similar way.The study of Moderna’s vaccine followed 33 healthy adult participants and found "antibody activity remained high" across all age groups six months after the second dose, researchers said. The team was led by Nicole Doria-Rose of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

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Nearly 40,000 kids lost a parent to COVID-19, study suggests

WASHINGTON, D.C. - NOVEMBER 02: On the eve of the 2020 Presidential election, the last of the day's light falls on flags planted to remember some of the over 220,000 thousand Americans who died of COVID-19 on November 02, 2020 at the Armory in Washin An estimated 40,000 children in the U.S.

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Oakland airport terminal now open after suicidal man with knife taken away in ambulance

OAKLAND, Calif. - Terminal 1 at the Oakland International Airport was closed for nearly four hours Tuesday morning after a suicidal man with a knife threatened to harm himself.He was taken away in an ambulance just before 10 a.m., capping a tense encounter that began about 5:45 a.m.There were no reports of any injuries. Alameda County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tya Modeste said the man, in his 30s, had passed a note to a TSA employee that said "Help me."He then pulled out a large knife and held it to his throat, she said. He appeared to be in a severe mental health crisis, she said, and she described him as "highly agitated."AdvertisementDeputies and crisis negotiators were sent to speak with the man to get him help.It was not clear if the man

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It's a 'travesty' that some nations are unable to start COVID vaccinations: WHO

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Maharashtra reports 297 Covid-19 deaths in last 24 hrs, highest this year

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One more person has died in hospital in Greater Manchester after testing positive for coronavirus

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Thousands of people across Greater Manchester have been denied £500 Covid support payments

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COVID-hit Nats make many moves before 1st game of season

WASHINGTON – Starting pitchers Jon Lester and Patrick Corbin, closer Brad Hand and four position players expected in the lineup — left fielder Kyle Schwarber, first baseman Josh Bell, second baseman Josh Harrison and catcher Yan Gomes — were put on the 10-day injured list by the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

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Restaurant owners clash with police in Rome lockdown protest

ROME – Restaurant owners and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to pandemic lockdown measures clashed with police Tuesday during a protest outside Parliament in Rome.

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Toronto FC players, staff begin getting COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida

Toronto FC personnel has received its first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine with more to follow.General manager Ali Curtis, currently in Mexico for the MLS team’s Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League game against Club Leon on Wednesday, said he was among six to eight staff members vaccinated Saturday in Florida.Non-travelling players and staff were due to get vaccinated Tuesday in Orlando, where TFC has set up shop for the 2021 season due to pandemic-related border restrictions.Curtis said he expected the rest of the travelling party would be vaccinated Friday upon their return to Florida.

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Canadians share mixed feelings of joy, disappointment as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp-up

COVID-19 pandemic.Until last Tuesday, when the province imposed a three-week-long “circuit breaker,” B.C. was one of few provinces that hadn’t entered a second lockdown after its first in March of last year.

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Could Alberta see COVID-19 restrictions tighten?

Alberta’s emergency management cabinet committee is meeting on Tuesday amid rising COVID-19 case numbers. As Sarah Offin reports, many are bracing for the possibility officials will determine tighter health restrictions are needed in the province.

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Disney cancels US cruises through end of June

Disney announced Tuesday that is canceling all U.S. sailings through the end of June — including trips on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, which call Port Canaveral their homeport.

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WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19

COVID-19 has unfairly impacted some people more harshly than others, exacerbating existing inequities in health and welfare within and between countries. For World Health Day, 7 April 2021, WHO is therefore issuing five calls for urgent action to improve health for all people.

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443 new cases of Covid-19, nine further deaths

There have been nine further Covid-related deaths and 443 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.

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Brazil's COVID-19 death surge set to pass the worst of record U.S. wave

RIO DE JANEIRO : Brazil's brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, climbing well beyond an average 3,000 fatalities per day, scientists predict, as contagious new variants overwhelm hospitals.Brazil's overall death toll trails only the U.S. outbreak, with nearly 333,000 killed, according to Health Ministry data, compared with more than 555,000 dead in the United States.But with Brazil's healthcare system at the breaking point, the country could also exceed total U.S.

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Hextall on Hockey: Don’t bet against a playoff bubble

Vancouver Canucks currently resides on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list.The NHL requires individuals with positive tests to self-isolate for 10 days and for close contacts to self-isolate for two weeks — which would suggest a multi-week layoff looms for the Canucks.The situation in Vancouver is much bigger than hockey.

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Russia’s COVID-19 defense may depend on mystery vaccine from former bioweapons lab—but does it work?

Olga DobrovidovaScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.When the Kremlin last month said Russian President Vladimir Putin had received the first dose of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, a guessing game began.

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COVID-19: Vaccine eligibility expands in London-Middlesex, Elgin-Oxford to those 65+

COVID-19 vaccine in the London area, local health officials have announced.As of Tuesday, people aged 65 and older, and those who are turning 65 this year, are now able to book an appointment to receive a vaccine at a mass vaccination clinic in London-Middlesex and Elgin-Oxford.

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India reports over 90,000 new Covid cases in 24 hrs, 58% are from Maharashtra

covid-19 cases and deaths in Maharashtra and Punjab remain cause of “extreme" concern for the government as India strives to tackle the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh continue to record high case load and deaths.

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New Yorkers over 16 can now sign up for Covid jab as US expands eligibility

NEW YORK: New Yorkers over 16 years old can sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, a major expansion of eligibility as the state seeks to immunize as many people as possible.The State University of New York also announced plans to offer vaccines to tens of thousands of college students before they head home for the summer.Gov. Andrew Cuomo expanded eligibility to 30 and over last week and announced that people aged 16 to 29 would be eligible starting April 6.Teens aged 16 and 17 will be limited to receiving the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, since that is the only one that has been authorized for use by people under 18.

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Mumbai: BMC updates Covid restrictions, adds fresh curbs till April-end. Details here

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Punjab reports nearly 3,000 new covid-19 cases, 62 fatalities

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Taco Bell plans to hire 5,000 people on April 21 during outdoor job fairs

IRVINE, Calif. - Taco Bell is planning to hire at least 5,000 people during the restaurant chain’s outdoor hiring event at locations nationwide on April 21. The company is converting parking lots into job fairs at nearly 2,000 company and franchise-owned restaurants in an effort to adhere to COVID-19 safety precautions.

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Tanzania's new president changes policy on COVID-19, media

NAIROBI – Tanzania's new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Universal announces opening date for Jurassic World: Velocicoaster

ORLANDO, Fla. – Things are ready to get wild at Universal Orlando Resort.

Viral thoughts: Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Daniel Roberts hadn’t had a vaccination since he was 6. No boosters, no tetanus shots. His parents taught him inoculations were dangerous, and when the coronavirus arrived, they called it a hoax. The vaccine, they said, was the real threat.

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Family Health Source to offer COVID-19 vaccine in underserved areas of Volusia County

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Family Health Source is bringing shots to underserved areas of Volusia County.

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Quebec reports more than 1,000 cases for 7th consecutive day, Legault to hold presser

COVID-19 on Tuesday as the province clocks in over 1,000 cases for the seventh consecutive day.This comes as officials announced that Premier François Legault will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. today announcing new health measures.Authorities say four more virus related deaths were added to the toll, including one in the last 24 hours.

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Ottawa’s top doc says COVID-19 in schools ‘manageable’, but leaves door open for online shift

COVID-19 transmission in schools does not currently warrant a shift to online-only learning.Dr. Vera Etches sent a letter to the directors of Ottawa’s four school boards on Tuesday outlining her position on keeping schools open amid a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Multiple public health units in the Greater Toronto Area and southwestern Ontario have made decisions to close some schools to in-person learning in the past 24 hours due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the province’s third wave of the pandemic.

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Dr. Bogoch weighs in on Ontario-wide COVID-19 lockdown possibility

After recommendations from Toronto Public Health, 22 schools in the city temporarily closed on Tuesday due to COVID-19 investigations. According to infectious diseases specialist Isaac Bogoch, issues including the spread of variants and unchecked community transmission in Ontario regions have been main concerns. “I think you’re going to see medical officers of health look at the schools pretty closely,” says Bogoch.“And if there is data that really showed evidence that this is driving transmission I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more (closures).”Bogoch adds that there are measures to create safer schools and hopes new policies will be considered when kids return to school. COVID-19: Toronto Public Health recommends temporary closure of

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Manitoba to budget $1.2 billion to fight COVID-19 in 2021

Manitoba budget will include $50M to tackle pandemic-related surgery backlog: premier The full provincial budget will come down Wednesday.Most of the funding will go to the health care system, the vaccine program, education support and PPE, said Fielding, with $300 million set aside for contingency plans.Estimated amounts this fiscal year include:So far, Manitoba has spent or committed $3.2 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, said Fielding.During the press conference, instead of donning a new pair of shoes, as is tradition for finance ministers, Fielding presented a pair of shoes to Chaturika Mesgun, who works at Cadham Provincial Laboratory.

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Man with pole trashes Asian-owned convenience store in NC, police say

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - An Asian-owned convenience store in Charlotte, North Carolina, was trashed by a man who wielded a metal post and yelled racial slurs, according to police and a son of the store's owners.Surveillance footage shows a man pulling a merchandise rack to the floor and swinging a street signpost into the glass of the refrigerators. A man who appears to a friend of the attacker cheers him on.The attack occurred March 30 at a store called Plaza Sundries that is downtown near Charlotte's main transit hub.

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All US adults to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccine this month

US President Joe Biden is to announce that all adults across the United States will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by 19 April - well ahead of the already ambitious previous target.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 6

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Tuesday.The medical officer of health for Peel Region invoked powers under Ontario law to order all local schools closed for in-person instruction due to COVID-19.Dr. Lawrence Loh, who oversees the public health department in Peel Region, issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on Monday to order schools closed on Tuesday.

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Dave Grohl memoir 'The Storyteller' coming out October 5

NEW YORK – Some unexpected free time in 2020 led Grammy winner Dave Grohl to put some thoughts and memories into words.

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Most kids with serious inflammatory illness had mild COVID

Most children with a serious inflammatory illness linked to the coronavirus had initial COVID-19 infections with no symptoms or only mild ones, new U.S. research shows.

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Nova Scotia reports 6 new COVID-19 cases ahead of update, active total climbing

Doctor’s orders: Vaccinated rotational workers will still have to quarantine in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia health officials are set to provide a provincial update on COVID-19 on Tuesday.Premier Iain Rankin and chief medical officer of health Dr.

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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

1 death, 55 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba Sunday

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