There are 34 new community cases today, of which 23 have already been linked to the outbreak (of which 11 are household contacts) and 11 are still being investigated to determine how they are linked.

All the new Waikato cases are linked to the initial Hamilton East case. Cases Number of new community cases: 34 Number of new cases identified at the border: Two Location of new community cases: Auckland (31) Waikato (3) Location of community cases (total): Auckland 1,482 (1,123 of whom have recovered); Waikato 28; Wellington 17 (all of whom have recovered) Number of community cases (total): 1,527 (in current community outbreak) Cases infectious in the community : 31 of yesterday’s cases have exposure events (74%) Cases in isolation throughout.

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New Jersey military base is temporary home for Afghan refugees

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - Airman First Class Waverly Strong of the U.S. Air Force teaches English to Afghan refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County, New Jersey.Liberty Village, as it is called on the military base, is now a temporary home for thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan."There are days when I teach more of how to get by when they leave here because I realize now they are not going back to their country, they're going to be going to different states in the U.S.," Strong said.

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Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine booster wins backing of US FDA

FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted to back Moderna Inc.’s booster Thursday, and additional shots from the partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE were authorized in September with the panel’s support. While President Joe Biden had foreseen offering boosters to all vaccinated Americans eight months after their first dose, the panel had until now recommended them for people at least 65 years old and younger adults who risk severe illness or viral exposure at work.

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Businesses react to QR code COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination system

Ontario businesses will have to use the new QR code system to verify the vaccination status of customers. As Sean O’Shea reports, owners and operators generally support the plan but say many sectors are still unfairly disadvantaged.

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Mobile testing to roll into Hamilton neighbourhood with high COVID-19 incidence rates

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Ford announces new QR codes for Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport

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Ontario’s QR code-based COVID-19 vaccine passport unveiled

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COVID-19: B.C. reports 667 new cases, 12 related deaths

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School bus crash in Salem County leaves children with minor injuries, officials say

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Dougherty heard boasting support from Mayor Kenney on wiretaps, prosecutors say

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90,000 US COVID-19 deaths since June were preventable, Kaiser Family Foundation says

SAN FRANCISCO - As the nation braces for yet another potential surge in COVID-19 infections and cold weather approaches, new data suggests an estimated 90,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States could have been prevented since June 2021. The analysis, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, estimated how many COVID-19 deaths were among unvaccinated adults and could have been prevented since June 2021 "when safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines became widely available to all adults in the U.S." Medical personnel move a deceased patient in New York City.

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Alberta’s ICU numbers climb slightly over Thursday, down over 7 days

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COVID-19: 31 more cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,759, including 262 deaths.Local public health also reported 21 new COVID-19 variant cases on Friday, bringing that total to 6,245, including 122 cases that are active.

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CDC issues 2021 holiday COVID-19 guidance urging vaccination ahead of gatherings

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78 Saskatchewan patients in ICUs as COVID-19 death toll rises by 4

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Tottenham suffer double Covid-19 blow with duo set to miss next three matches

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FDA advisors approve J&J COVID vaccine boosters

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory group today unanimously approved a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine for all Americans 18 years old and older who received a single dose.

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Latest coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester as cases rise in all 10 boroughs

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White House lifts COVID-19 ban for air travelers

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Another 15 COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region as active case count falls to 106

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4 more Manitobans dead from COVID-19, health officials say

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COVID-19: 11 cases in Middlesex London, 24 cases in Elgin Oxford

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Understaffed, underfunded, under siege: US public health amid COVID-19

A study yesterday in PLOS One details how the COVID-19 pandemic pummeled an already underfunded and understaffed US public health system, straining workers, upending services, and putting patients at risk.

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First Nation in northern Manitoba dealing with COVID 19 outbreak, shuts down school

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COVID-19: Manitoba schools getting ready to test unvaccinated staff as mandate deadline nears

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DOJ will ask Supreme Court to suspend Texas abortion law

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Nova Scotia reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, renews state of emergency

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Province unveils news Verify Ontario app, new COVID vaccine certificate

The new app will officially launch October 22 and will allow businesses to scan a new QR code as proof of vaccination. Marianne Dimain reports.

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New Brunswick pastor expected in court over alleged COVID-19 public health breaches

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2 new COVID-19 cases reported in Guelph, active cases at 19

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Rock legend Alice Cooper took up tap dancing during COVID-19 pandemic

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Ford asks hospitals for input on potential COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Doug Ford has written to hospital CEOs, local medical officers of health and other health-care organizations asking for input on implementing vaccine mandates for staff at hospitals.Many hospitals across the province have already enacted their own mandates, going beyond the current provincial policy of having hospital staff vaccinated or subject to frequent testing.

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Quebec registers 676 new cases, 6 more deaths linked to COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic Friday.When it comes to hospitalizations, the province reported a rise of three for a total of 301. In the last day, 26 patients were admitted and 23 were discharged.This includes 79 patients in intensive care units, a bump of three in the past 24 hours.Since the beginning of the inoculation campaign, more than 13 million shots of the novel coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Quebec.

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Italy's mandatory COVID-19 pass for all workers prompts protests

ROME - Protests erupted in Italy as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect Friday, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment.Police were out in force, schools ended classes early and embassies issued warnings of possible violence amid concerns that the anti-vaccination demonstrations could turn violent, as they did in Rome last weekend.The so-called "Green Pass" shows proof of vaccination, a recent negative test or of having recovered from COVID-19 in the past six months.

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Scots that take statins may be less likely to die from Covid, study finds

Scots who take statins may be less likely to die from Covid, a new study has found.

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US to lift curbs from 8 November for fully vaccinated foreign travellers

The White House has said it will lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals from 8 November, ending historic restrictions that barred much of the world from the United States.

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Winkler care home asking families to volunteer due to concerns over staff refusing vaccine

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There are fears that the tens of thousands of people travelling to Glasgow for COP26 will cause a Covid spike in Scotland.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

34 community cases of COVID-19; two new cases in managed isolation; more than 85,000 vaccines administered yesterday; highest vaccinations for Māori

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