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as she shares a fresh update with fans. The update from Rylan comes on social media a day after he was rushed to hospital.

The number of coronavirus infections is continuing to plummet in all 10 boroughs in Greater Manchester, latest figures show.

Late Friday afternoon, a judge granted an injunction which prevents protesters from stopping the flow of traffic across the Ambassador Bridge. Sean O’Shea reports.

“Freedom Convoy” originally meant to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and quarantine rules for cross-border truck drivers has entered its 16th day on Saturday.Police in Windsor, Ont. say they’ve begun enforcement actions against protesters who blocked access to the Ambassador Bridge for days.They say they’ve told protesters at the scene to head home, and several have begun packing up tents.

COVID-19 today as virus-related hospitalizations continue to decline across the province.The Health Department says 2,143 people are in hospital with the disease, after 144 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 215 were discharged.#COVID19 – En date du 11 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/aR2nlnEvXO— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 12, 2022It says the number of overall virus-related hospitalizations are down by 71.Officials say 153 patients are listed in intensive care, a drop of 11.The province is also reporting 2,359 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 33,661 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Friday.

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Police in Windsor, Ont., commenced their enforcement Saturday of an injunction granted on Friday by an Ontario judge to allow for protesters at the Ambassador Bridge to be cleared out. Sean O’Shea has more details on how the enforcement proceeded, with protesters closest to the bridge seen moving back peacefully, while others drove their vehicles away from the area.

COVID-19 in Nova Scotia declined slightly since Friday, the province announced on Saturday.In an abbreviated weekend news release, the province said there were 79 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and were receiving specialized care in a designated unit. That’s down by three since Friday.However, another three people were in intensive care, for a total of 14.

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SALT LAKE CITY - Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities involving and not involving alcohol, provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry lobbyists.In the study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researchers wrote that, in the years after Utah changed the drunken driving threshold from .08% to .05% blood-alcohol content, the number of crashes and fatalities fell even though drivers logged more miles."Changing the law to .05% in Utah saved lives and motivated more drivers to take steps to avoid driving impaired," said Dr.

HARPER, Kan. - Rain on a wedding day can be upsetting for any couple, but a tornado can be downright frightening during the vows.In some cultures, rain is viewed as good luck, symbolizing various things from fertility to unity. It can also represent that your marriage will last a lifetime. Candra and Caleb Pence would agree.It was May 19, 2012, and the 21-year-old bride was ready to marry the man of her dreams.

MOSCOW - With the risk of war looming larger, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden held a high-stakes telephone call Saturday as a tense world watched and worried that an invasion of Ukraine could begin within days.Before talking to Biden, Putin had a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with him in Moscow earlier in the week to try to resolve the biggest security crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A Kremlin summary of the call suggested that little progress was made toward cooling down the tensions.The closely watched call between Biden and Putin began shortly after 11 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the tens of thousands of Afghans killed during the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.Biden's order, signed Friday, allocates another $3.5 billion in Afghan assets for humanitarian aid to a trust fund to be managed by the U.N.

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COVID-19 on Saturday.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s and two people in their 80s in Zone 1 and one person in their 90s in Zone 4.A total of 286 people with COVID-19 have now died in New Brunswick. Anti-mandate demonstration in Fredericton enters Day 2 Since Friday, hospitalizations have dropped by 13, for a total of 122 people in hospital.

Ottawa is seeing another influx of people in the downtown as the demonstrations against COVID-19 public health measures and vaccine mandates enters its third weekend. Reports say there was some sort of party or additional protest late Friday night.

WILLINGBORO, Pa. - Officials in Burlington County announced Saturday that a man was shot and killed in a parking lot in a Willingboro shopping center. The investigation began after officers were called to the Kennedy Plaza in the 400 block of John F. Kennedy Way just after 7:30 p.m.

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the nature or extent of the challenges will not matter in fulfilling the promises made to the people.He noted that development activities continue in the country while taking necessary steps to control the COVID-19 pandemic.The President also pointed out that the economy, which had been collapsed for nearly two years, is gradually recovering.The President made these remarks participating in the first round of discussions in a series of sessions with professionals representing various fields, held at the President’s House on Friday (11).The professionals who participated in the discussion said that they are further committed to make the national programme a success by giving the necessary strength to achieve the goals desired by the President, said a statement.The professionals vehemently rejected the allegations spread by some sections with the objective of achieving narrow political agendas, the statement added.Experts in the field said that the new approach to agriculture initiated by the President is being continuously supported by the researchers and entrepreneurs who are engaged full time in these fields, further noted the statement.Representatives from a wide range of fields, including education, policy, sociology, agriculture, research, water and renewable energy, medical, engineering and innovation, were present at the discussion with the President.Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Secretary to the President, the Principal Advisor to the President and many others were also present.

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Ontario hospital on Saturday with COVID-19, as the province continues to battle the pandemic.New data released by the province on Feb. 12 suggests a drop in the number of people in hospital from the previous day.

Health Matters February 11: As the Alberta Diabetes Foundation’s 48 Hours to Stop Diabetes fundraiser continues, Su-Ling Goh explains how local researchers are aiming to find a pharmaceutical way to achieve Type 2 remission, by understanding the diabetes “dimmer switch.”

were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total to 10,31,304.

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◾New cases in State: 3,202◾New cases in B'lore: 1,293◾Positivity rate: State - 2.95%; Blore - 2.49%◾Discharges: 8,988◾Active cases: State- 38,747; B'lore- 16k◾Deaths:38 (B'lore- 10)◾Tests: 1,08,534#COVID

has moved to bravely open up about an "embarrassing" chronic health problem. The reality TV star suffers from bronchiectasis, she has revealed in a new interview.

The Windsor Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ont.

Nurses in Canada say working during the COVID-19 Omicron wave has left them burnt out, physically and mentally, and an increase in abuse directed at health-care workers has pushed them to breaking point. According to a report from the Ontario Science Table, pre-pandemic, 20 to 40 per cent of health-care workers reported severe burnout. By spring 2021, rates had climbed to more than 60 per cent.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday (12) for Indian Rs. 10.75 crores after a closely fought bidding war.The Sri Lankan pair of Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, joined RCB for the second part of IPL 2021.Hasaranga took a hat-trick at last year’s T20 World Cup.

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Ontario government moves closer to moving into the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination plan, questions have been growing about who will be eligible to be inoculated as supply increases.According to the government’s plan announced earlier in 2021, health-care workers across Ontario are expected to move into phase two of the three-phase plan sometime in April.Officials have repeatedly said the ability to advance in the plan is going to be dependent on the supply of the four approved vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca, and Johnson and Johnson), but an estimated date to begin phase two wasn’t available as of mid-March.As of March 23, more than 301 people in Ontario received both required COVID-19 vaccine doses and

COVID-19 vaccination effort.The Ontario College of Family Physicians says a recent survey found 60 per cent of vaccine-hesitant respondents were more likely to get immunized if a family doctor endorsed and administered their shot.Dr. Liz Muggah, president of the group, says it’s in the public interest to have family doctors more involved in giving out the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Moderna shots, which have less stringent storage requirements.

Ontario government has announced communities in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health unit region will be moving down the COVID-19 response framework of restrictions to the orange restrict level.According to an update issued by the government Friday afternoon, the change in restrictions comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on March 22.Guelph was at the higher red control level of restrictions.

COVID-19 like coming back from a long flight or journey.“You just have to appreciate that you were able to make it through that flight or journey. Every day is a miracle.

Ontario government has announced restaurants in regions placed under Ontario’s grey lockdown level of COVID-19 restrictions will now be allowed to have outdoor dining.In a news release issued on March 19, outdoor dining will be allowed so long as restaurant operators adhere to physical distancing rules and restrict the patrons at a table to members of the same household. People who live alone and caregivers can join with another household for dining.

Ontario government plans to spend $933 million to create more beds in long-term care and upgrade facilities in the sector.In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the government says the funding will create 7,510 new beds in long-term care and upgrade 4,197 existing spaces.It says the initiative, which includes 80 projects, will reduce waitlists for beds.

coronavirus pandemic, citing a sharp increase in new variant-of-concern (VOC) cases and rising admissions to intensive care units.According to a tweet posted on the association’s account Monday afternoon, the declaration was made based on new data released by Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.According to the dataset, new VOCs were estimated to be 49 per cent of cases as of Monday while the original strains were estimated to make up 51 per cent of cases. Ontario reports 1,268 new coronavirus cases, 9 more deaths Officials said the new VOCs consist of the B.1.1.7 (first detected in the United Kingdom), B.1.351 (first detected in South Africa), and P.1 (first detected in Brazil) mutations.

Ontario government has announced an increase in capacity limits for weddings, funerals, and other religious services and ceremonies being held in regions placed under the province’s grey lockdown level of restrictions in the COVID-19 response framework.According to a statement issued by officials, weddings, funerals, religious services, rites and ceremonies will be allowed to operate with up to 15 per cent of approved total indoor occupancy as of 12:01 a.m. on March 15.

Ontario government‘s latest modelling data suggests progress in reducing coronavirus cases has stalled and deferred medical procedures and screening is poised to have a heavy impact on the health-care system.“Declines in community cases and test positivity have levelled off. Cases are increasing in most public health units as we see mobility rise,” Dr.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will see a self-contained, mobile facility built on one of its parking lots amid concerns about a potential third wave of the pandemic and a surge of coronavirus cases.“At first glance, these appear to be tents (but) they are very sophisticated in nature,” Robert Burgess, Sunnybrook’s senior director of patient flow, emergency preparedness and pre-hospital medicine, told Global News outside of the Bayview Avenue-area site on Wednesday.Hospital staff began preparing the site, located on the northern side of the property, in February in concert with the upper levels of government.

Brampton funeral home and a manager after more than 60 people were allowed indoors, contravening coronavirus-related restrictions.A statement issued by the regulatory body on Tuesday said the Brampton Crematorium and Visitation Centre, located on Bramwin Court near Torbram Road and Steeles Avenue East, will not be permitted to operate for 15 days beginning on March 15.Puneet Singh Aujla, the licence manager, also accepted the temporary suspensions and additional conditions placed on the licences.A spokesperson with the BAO said the incident happened on Feb. 27, while the stay-at-home order and shutdown was still in place in Peel Region.

COVID-19 vaccination site on this week, local officials came together to pinpoint what went wrong and how to fix it.On Thursday, seniors over the age of 80 attempted to get their vaccinations at the Ray Twinney Recreation Complex. Instead, many endured lengthy waits in bone-chilling temperatures.“There had to be hundreds lined up outside,” recalled 84-year-old Crawford Heritage.He accompanied his wife to her appointment that day.

COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario. David Sweet, who represents the Hamilton riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook, said it’s time for a more focused approach in the province, protecting those most at risk and leaving those at low risk to go back to some normalcy.“Seniors, long-term care homes, congregate settings; helping people that have pre-existing conditions that feel unsafe with income helps. That’s where the focus should be with efforts and resources,” Sweet told Global News on Thursday.While he is a member of the federal government and most health protocols have been left up to the provinces, Sweet said he believes the Ford government should move Ontario to the green prevent level on its COVID-19 response framework.

Stephen Lecce faced pointed questions from the opposition at Queen’s Park on Wednesday related to the Ontario government’s plan for asymptomatic coronavirus testing among students and educators.Capacity currently exists to process approximately 50,000 tests at schools a week, but much of that capacity remains underutilized.“The fact that they are so slow in terms of the asymptomatic testing in schools is really troubling when we know that there continue to be more and more cases in schools,” Ontario NDP education critic Marit Stiles said during question period.Right now, 24 schools in Ontario are closed due to COVID-19 and 672 currently have at least one case reported.

COVID-19 response framework as the date approaches for reassessment.“As we exit the province’s stay-at-home order, I am recommending that we enter the province’s framework under grey for a two-week period,” Dr. Lawrence Loh said at a weekly briefing for Brampton Wednesday morning.The Ontario government is expected to announce when and if Peel Region, Toronto and North Bay ⁠— the only three regions still in shutdown and under a stay-at-home order ⁠— will move to in the colour-coded system on Friday.