coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Tuesday.Ontario Premier Doug Ford has issued a plea to U.S. president-elect Joe Biden for help in obtaining more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines amid a shortage of doses in Canada.Ford made the comments during a press conference on Tuesday after the federal government announced that Canada will be receiving zero Pfizer doses next week.“My American friends, help us out.

We need help once again, as we did with the (personal protective equipment). You have a new president, no more excuses,” Ford said.

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Biden, Japan PM discuss China action near Senkaku Islands

President Joe Biden spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday and offered his administration's commitment to protecting the Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited islets administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing, the White House said.

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Coronavirus: Doug Ford doubles down on mandatory vaccines for international travellers

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the federal government to implement mandatory COVID-19 testing for incoming international travellers. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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Biden administration to boost coronavirus vaccine purchases amid shortage complaints

coronavirus vaccines to deliver enough to protect 300 million Americans by the end of the summer, as it surges deliveries to states for the next three weeks following complaints of shortages and inconsistent supplies.President Joe Biden announced the surge in deliveries to states Tuesday, along with the news that the federal government is purchasing an additional 100 million doses each of the two approved coronavirus vaccines.

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‘Wartime effort’: Biden boosting vaccine supply to states, buying 200 million more doses

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday about steps his administration is taking to meet his goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots within his first 100 days in office.Biden announced a surge in vaccine deliveries to states, along with the news that the federal government is purchasing an additional 100 million doses each of the two approved coronavirus vaccines.

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Biden to deliver remarks on COVID-19 efforts amid rising confusion surrounding vaccine rollout

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday afternoon about his COVID-19 plans, as more than 100 million people worldwide and over 25 million Americans have been infected.The president will be speaking from the White House about his administration’s planned COVID-19 response. He's scheduled to deliver the remarks at 4:45 p.m.

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Coronavirus: Ford says Trudeau, feds need to be ‘fighting’ for COVID-19 vaccines

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government should be “fighting for our vaccines for Canada,” adding that it’s “the single number one job right now.” Ford said Monday during a briefing that the federal government notified them on Friday that Ontario would receive no Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose deliveries this week, and to expect a smaller amount the following week.

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Joe Biden to call for end of federally run private prisons

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will formally call on the federal government to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role the government has played in implementing discriminatory housing policies, according to a senior administration official.

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Biden to outline US racial equity plan and sign executive actions

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Tuesday will outline his agenda for racial equity in the U.S. and sign executive actions at the White House. The planned executive actions will cap off Biden’s first week in office, in which he has signed several executive orders related to the country’s COVID-19 response and undid many of former President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and environmental deregulation."America has never lived up to its founding promise of equality for all, but we’ve never stopped trying," Biden said Tuesday in a tweet.

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Democrats may move forward on coronavirus aid without Republicans: Schumer

Washington: Democrats in the U.S. Senate will act alone to approve a fresh round of coronavirus stimulus if Republicans do not support the measure, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, the morning after securing a deal to exert his newly won leadership."We want to work with our Republican colleagues to advance this legislation in a bipartisan way.

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US live events industry offers to help with coronavirus vaccination effort in letter to Joe Biden

coronavirus vaccination effort.In a letter to President Joe Biden today (January 26), the likes of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Live Nation, AEG and others have formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.The live events industry is in a unique position to help – the pandemic has fully shuttered operations, leaving venues empty and the furloughed crowd-management oriented staff who operate them eager to help out and get back to work.“Since the pandemic shuttered our industry almost a year ago, our buildings and our co-workers have been paused, un-utilised, and struggling,” said Dayna Frank, owner and CEO, First Avenue Productions and Board President of NIVA.“These vaccines are

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Top US coronavirus expert recommends "double masking" - wearing two masks not one

America's top infectious diseases expert says people should consider wearing two masks - as it's "common sense".

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Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting the nation could soon be injecting 1.5 million shots on an average per day.

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Coronavirus: Ford says COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable seniors, caretakers running ‘well ahead of schedule’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that the province is accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable seniors and those who take care of them, stating they are running “well ahead of schedule.” Ford said he has asked Gen. Rick Hillier of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force to complete all long-term care homes and high-risk retirement homes provincewide by Feb.

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Coronavirus: Ontario officials discuss COVID-19 outbreak at Barrie nursing home

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott answered questions on Monday about Roberta Place, a nursing home in Barrie, Ont. that’s seen 27 COVID-19 deaths and almost all residents infected with the virus as of Friday.

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Coronavirus: Ford says Waterloo church accused of holding in-person service was ‘careless and irresponsible’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford commented Monday on a church in the Waterloo Region that is accused of holding an in-person service Sunday despite a court order compelling it to comply with COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, calling it “careless and irresponsible.”

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COMMENTARY: Why COVID-19 messaging should focus on policy successes, not fear

act.“We are in a crisis. That is how I can describe it.

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Armed man arrested by Secret Service near White House, police say

White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday after he was found with a gun in his car, police say.Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department told Global News 37-year-old Macias Santiago of Midland, TX was arrested by members of the Secret Service. 2 National Guard members pulled from Biden inauguration over extremist ties: officials Police said he was arrested for carrying a pistol without a license, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of unregistered ammunition.The news comes less than a week after U.S.

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Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over

Netherlands.The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of the pathogen that originated in Britain and South Africa."It's up to us to show that we are civic-minded," Spaniard Claudio Barraza told AFP upon arrival at Paris's main international airport, after new rules on tests for EU arrivals came into force.The stipulations came as Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador became the latest public figure to test positive for the disease, and New Zealand reported its first community case for more than two months.In Washington, President Joe Biden will on Monday reimpose a ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil,

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Biden plans to sign order for govt to buy more US goods

BALTIMORE – President Joe Biden plans to sign on Monday an executive order that aims to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers, according to administration officials.

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Borders tightened as Dutch lockdown anger spills over

Border restrictions are being tightened around the world today in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat.

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Biden to reinstate US Covid travel bans

US President Joe Biden will reimpose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Ireland, Britain, Brazil, and much of Europe, a White House official said, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.

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White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON – Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.Lawmakers on the right question the wisdom of racking up bigger deficits while those on the left are urging Biden not to spend too much time on bipartisanship when the pandemic is killing thousands of Americans each day and costing more jobs amid tightening restrictions in many communities.At least a dozen senators met for an hour and 15 minutes in a virtual call with White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese and other senior

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After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden

PARIS – After increasingly strained U.S.-France relations under Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Sunday to work closely together to fight the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.Their first conversation since Biden’s inauguration aimed at mending frayed ties between the historic allies. Biden “stressed his commitment to bolstering the transatlantic relationship” via NATO and the EU.

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Point Roberts pins COVID-19 border exemption hopes on President Biden

Point Roberts are hoping an executive order from U.S. President Joe Biden could lead to eased COVID-19 border restrictions.Point Roberts lies just south of Delta, B.C., and is separated from the rest of Washington state by water and the Canadian border.According to Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce president Brian Calder, 75 per cent of the property in Point Roberts is owned by Canadians, and visitors from north of the border drive 90 per cent of its economic activity.

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US to boost surveillance of new coronavirus variants, CDC head says

Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics, the new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.“We are now scaling up both our surveillance of these and our study of these," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on “Fox News Sunday." The agency is working with others, including the Defense Department and the Food and Drug Administration, to monitor the variants, she said.Vivek Murthy, President Joe Biden’s nominee for surgeon general, said achieving broad immunity against the coronavirus by the start of the school year in September is “an ambitious goal," and that new strains of the disease will require continued masking, social distancing and better government tracking.“It is going to take a lot of work," Murthy said on ABC’s “This

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'We can't wait:' Biden to push U.S. Congress for $1.9 trillion in COVID relief

Washington: One of President Joe Biden's top economic aides on Sunday will press Democratic and Republican senators for a fresh $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief to help struggling Americans and avert a larger economic crisis.Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, said he would speak to the senators to make the case for a large rescue plan."We can't wait," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "Just because Washington has been gridlocked before doesn't mean it needs to continue to be gridlocked."The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 417,000 Americans, thrown millions out of work and is infecting more than 175,000 Americans per day, posing an immediate crisis to the Biden administration.

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Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House

WASHINGTON : There was no distribution plan for the coronavirus vaccine set up by the Trump administration as the virus raged in the their last months in office, new President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, said on Sunday."The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House," Klain said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Why Biden's immigration plan may be risky for Democrats

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition.As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.

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Lawmaker wants $1,400 stimulus checks reserved for those who get vaccine

WASHINGTON - One Republican lawmaker says he would want to give $1,400 stimulus checks to those who are willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine."I hope the administration will look at that option because we actually buy something with our $1,400 — and that’s herd immunity," Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) said during the interview with Yahoo Live.Stivers discussed President Joe Biden's stimulus plan to give a third round of checks to Americans. RELATED: Biden signs executive orders on $15 minimum wage for federal workers, food aid increases"It should be debt for the right things," Stivers told Yahoo Live.

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Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal

WASHINGTON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal.The push for a new deal came in a broad-ranging call between the two leaders that touched on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the Biden administration announcing this week that the U.S.

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Over 150 National Guard at Biden’s inauguration in Washington test positive for COVID-19

National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., to provide security for President Joe Biden‘s inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said on Friday.The U.S.

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2nd impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump to begin week of Feb. 8, Schumer says

WASHINGTON - Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb.

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Over 150 National Guard troops in Washington for Biden inauguration test positive for Covid-19

National Guard deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a US official told news agency Reuters on Friday.The US government imposed unprecedented security measures in the city following the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, including fences topped with razor wire and checkpoints manned by the National Guard.Thousands of national guard troops from across the country arrived in Washington in response to escalating security threats and fears of further rioting.Guard forces were scattered around the city this week, helping to secure the Capitol, as well as monuments, Metro entrances and the perimeter of

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Joe Biden warns 'we need to act' as he fast-tracks Covid stimulus cheques and food aid

Joe Biden has ordered pandemic stimulus cheques to be fast-tracked as the new US President tackles the coronavirus crisis with urgency.

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Coronavirus expected to kill over 6,00,000 people in US: Joe Biden

WASHINGTON : The coronavirus pandemic is expected to kill more than 600,000 people in the United States, President Joe Biden said on Friday."A lot of America is hurting. The virus is surging.

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Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookies

WASHINGTON – New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver a basket of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, thanking them “for keeping me and my family safe” during President Joe Biden's inauguration.

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Biden signs executive orders on $15 minimum wage for federal workers, food aid increases

BALTIMORE (AP) - President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden signed would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage."The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Coronavirus: Feds send mobile health units to GTA to address hospital capacity crunch

COVID-19 is placing on hospitals.The units will bring an additional 200 hospital beds to the area, to help free up space for people who need intensive care, and will provide medical equipment and supplies.Ontario’s hospitals have been struggling with capacity challenges for weeks because of surging COVID-19 cases, especially in hot spots. Ontario boards gear up to quickly reopen some schools as Ford government issues directive On Monday, the province said a new hospital set to open in Vaughan, Ont., will be used to help relieve the capacity crunch.Premier Doug Ford said some patients from overcrowded Greater Toronto Area hospitals would be transferred to Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital when it opens on Feb.

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Yellen nomination as Treasury secretary clears committee

WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary on Friday, and supporters said they hoped to get the full Senate to approve it later in the day, making her the first woman to hold the job.The Finance Committee approved her nomination on a 26-0 vote. The administration is urging a quick confirmation vote, saying it's critical to get the top member of Biden’s economic team in place as the Democratic president seeks to win approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.Sen.

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Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

BALTIMORE – President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden is to sign would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage.“The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Georgia congresswoman files Articles of Impeachment against Biden

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newly-elected Georgia Rep.

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Masks, testing, distancing: Coronavirus measures now the rule in Biden’s White House

coronavirus public health guidlines.It’s a striking contrast to Donald Trump’s White House, which was the epicenter of no less than three separate outbreaks of COVID-19, their true scale not fully known because aides refused to discuss cases publicly.

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U.S. to require quarantine for all international travellers

Everyone travelling into the United States will soon be required to complete a quarantine upon arrival as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. ‘Shameful’: U.S.

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Coronavirus guidelines now the rule at White House

WASHINGTON – Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory.

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National Guard troops forced out of Capitol, relocated to nearby parking garage

WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents, more than 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D.C. and head home.The National Guard Bureau said Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to D.C.

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Premiers tell Trudeau they ‘want to go to war’ with U.S. over Keystone XL: sources

Justin Trudeau faced anger from some of Canada’s premiers Thursday over U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline project — including heated calls for punishment that could fracture ties between the two allies.The First Ministers call, which lasted just over an hour, also touched on the coronavirus pandemic and issues with the nationwide vaccine rollout, sources told Global News.

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Full on Fauci: Doctor says Biden administration is ‘liberating’

Anthony Fauci is back.In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former U.S.

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Senate OKs waiver allowing Biden's secretary of defense pick, Gen. Lloyd Austin, to serve in role

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled Congress easily passed legislation Thursday required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing aside concerns that his retirement occurred inside the seven-year window that safeguards civilian leadership of the military.It would be the first measure to be signed into law by brand-new President Joe Biden.The Senate sent the measure exempting Austin from the seven-year rule to Biden after a 69-27 Senate tally that came moments after a comparably lopsided 326-78 House vote.

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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

Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 19

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