Coronavirus: Trudeau reiterates government target of September for widely-available COVID-19 vaccinations

Train services are set to increase again as ScotRail recovers from staff shortages following a Covid surge over the festive period.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 1: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference after a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill February 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. McConnell told reporters he disagrees with fo WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is going against the Republican National Committee calling the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Deputy Director-General of Public Health Services, Dr. Hemanth Herath has slammed the organizing of mass gatherings in the wake of the COVID-19 spread in the island.‘This is not something that needs to be said over again.

Truckers paralysing the Canadian capital in anger at Covid rules show no sign of backing down, as several of the nation's provinces announced it was time to roll back restrictions that count among the world's toughest.

First nasal spray for covid-19 treatment in India: For the treatment of adult patients suffering from Covid-19, pharma company Glenmark has launched Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (FabiSpray) in India. The nasal spray was launched by the pharma company in partnership with SaNOtize. "Phase 3 trial in India met the key endpoints and demonstrated reduction of viral load of 94 per cent in 24 hours and 99 per cent in 48 hours. Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) was safe and well-tolerated in COVID-19 patients. Glenmark to market NONS under the brand name FabiSpray," the company said in a statement.

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ladies tights such as pantyhose on your face could reduce the risk of getting Covid, more so than masks.A major risk identified with commonly worn face masks is that they do not fit tightly enough to block viral particles from being inhaled or exhaled significantly.Cambridge University researchers have tested seven hacks to improve the fit of masks.Their new study outlined DIY hacks people have used to make masks fit better, including using rubber bands or tape.They found the most effective tactic was to wrap pantyhose around the bottom half of the face or on top of a mask.Researchers have said that this could reduce the number of viral particles by up to seven times more than a loose mask on its own by sealing the gaps around the nose and mouth.They raised that the social and physical impact of wearing tights on your face in public was "unlikely to be tolerated for an extended period of time".Tight-fitting medical masks are great at blocking out the virus, but many describe them as uncomfortable.The study raised that the most common surgical or cloth masks are far less resistant to Covid.Cambridge researchers recruited four volunteers to try seven different mask hacks - the study looked at both surgical and KN95 masks.Other methods included tying the ear bands to make the masks fit more tightly or stuffing the gaps with bandages.Participants did seven minutes of various exercises designed to mimic real-world interactions such as talking, smiling, nodding and eating.The researchers measured how well the masks fit by monitoring the filtration efficiency and calculating a 'fit factor' score.Pantyhose and cloth tape were most effective, increasing the fit factor by 27.7 and 14.7.Surgical masks performed better if worn in

Epik High frontman Tablo has tested positive for COVID-19.OURS, Epik High’s management agency, confirmed the news through a press statement released earlier today (February 9).“Tablo experienced minor symptoms on February 3 and underwent PCR testing, and his results came back negative the next day (January 4),” the agency said, as translated by Soompi. “However, he voluntarily got tested again on February 8, and his results came back positive this morning.”The statement also noted that the rest of Epik High and staff members who were recently in contact with Tablo underwent rapid antigen testing following the hip-hop artist’s diagnosis.

New Zealand anti-vaccine mandate protesters faced off with police outside parliament today, as demonstrators camped inside the Wellington legislature's grounds vowed to stay "as long as it takes".

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced the province’s public health restrictions will now be lifting, while a blockade of protesters demanding an end to mandates resumes at the U.S.-Canada border crossing near Coutts. Heather Yourex-West looks at the province’s plan, and whether it will be enough to satiate demonstrators.

Director Kamika Bianca Guerra-Walker joins Global News’ Linda Olsen to discuss how she is using her experiences growing up Black in Calgary and how that has inspired her art.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to press hard on the importance of COVID-19 vaccines. But Quebec Liberal MP Joël Lightbound is challenging his own government’s strategy, demanding Trudeau to stop driving up divisions and deliver a roadmap to end public health mandates.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers are on strike for the third consecutive day, citing several demands.The trade unions demand that the authorities eliminate existing salary disparities in the sector just as they eliminated the teacher and principal salary anomalies.Health workers across Sri Lanka including nurses, and Public Health Inspectors are on strike citing multiple demands.They resorted to the indefinite trade union action from Monday (7).As a result of the strike activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District Hospitals, and 293 MOH Officers came to a complete standstill.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are searching for two men wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a Domino’s Pizza in North Philadelphia. According to police, the robbery took place on Monday around 1:00 a.m. at the location on 2628 N.

China enacted a similar traffic light change after one case was detected in November, only to repeal it amid outcry on social media. 

Winter Olympics since 1998 in Nagano, Japan.She has a decade’s worth of knitted red mittens, purchased every year since their debut as part of the Canadian Olympic uniform in 2010.But this year Reid says she won’t be buying anything, because after the merchandising partnership changed hands from Hudson’s Bay to Lululemon, she considers the prices too steep to justify.“They were a great, affordable way to show Canadian Olympic pride and some of the money goes to support our national team,” Reid says of her iconic mittens.“I looked at the Lululemon site and I was pretty surprised to see the prices. I was OK with The Bay’s mittens going up to $20, but $68 for a pair is too much for me.”Reid isn’t alone.

COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight In a letter to school authorities, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange outlined the impact that relaxing COVID-19 restrictions will have on schools and students.“I have been encouraged to see a downward trend in the number of Alberta schools shifted to at-home learning over the last few weeks,” she said.“At the peak of the fifth wave, there were 29 schools that were shifted to at-home learning, and today, only seven of the over 2,500-plus schools in our province remain learning at home.”Please see my letter to school authorities below: pic.twitter.com/Z3sph78dDv— Adriana LaGrange (@AdrianaLaGrange) February 9, 2022LaGrange said the masking requirement that will be removed effective Feb. 14 will apply to any students in schools or on school buses.

Canadians vaccinated in the spring could double if Health Canada gives the green light to all three vaccines it is currently reviewing.But Canada is unlikely to get any doses from those three companies directly until at least April, and confusion about deliveries of vaccines has thrown Canadian confidence in the Liberal government’s vaccine rollout into a tailspin.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added to the confusion directly Friday when he said at a news conference outside his Rideau Cottage residence that he believed the 20 million doses Canada pre-ordered from AstraZeneca are to be delivered before the end of June.But he was wrong.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday spoke with reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa about Canada receiving COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, an initiative to help low- to middle-income countries receive vaccines, stating that when wealthier countries financially support it, half of the funding is for domestic doses.

COVID-19 from leisure travel, is spilling over to business trips and fueling uncertainty which could delay economic recovery, industry executives said.Canada, which already has some of the world’s toughest air travel and quarantine rules, is bringing in new restrictions aimed at people returning from overseas vacations.

long-term care by 2030 in a multibillion-dollar plan presented as a potential election promise.New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says an NDP government would convene provincial and territorial leaders, experts and workers to set national standards for nursing homes, and tether those benchmarks to $5 billion in federal funding.The proposal is the latest move in anticipation of a possible election campaign as parties vet candidates and rev up fundraising.In a release Friday, Singh accuses the minority Liberal government of underfunding health care and protecting the profits of large companies and shareholders.

coronavirus and will succeed in inoculating its population despite “momentary disruptions” in the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.Trudeau’s Liberal government is under pressure over the slow roll out of the vaccination program, caused in part by Pfizer Inc temporarily cutting its promised deliveries and a temporary slowdown of Moderna Inc doses. Feds asked vaccine makers to produce COVID-19 shots in Canada.

Anita Anand says every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not.Anand is appearing before a House of Commons committee studying Canada’s domestic production capacity for COVID-19 vaccines today.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has signed a deal with American company Novavax to produce its COVID-19 vaccines here in Canada, at a new facility to be built in Montreal.

COVID-19 vaccines at home — and Saskatchewan is a key player.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, VIDO-InterVac, could pump out a huge portion of homegrown vaccines.“The good news we’ve just heard is that VIDO-InterVac now projects they will be able to produce up to 40 million doses annually,” Trudeau said at a new conference Tuesday morning.“We need as much domestic capacity for vaccine production as possible.” Saskatoon lab receives Health Canada authorization for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial VIDO-InterVac director Dr.

coronavirus vaccines before the end of the year, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday, meaning Canada’s homegrown vaccine doses won’t be ready during the government’s current vaccination timeline. Canada inks deal to produce Novavax COVID-19 vaccine But that doesn’t mean the deployment of a new COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing facility will be too little, too late, experts say.“It’s not going to help us now,” said Infectious Disease Specialist Dr.

Justin Trudeau today is expected to announce the makings of an agreement to produce COVID-19 vaccines within Canada.Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne tells The Canadian Press the government is moving quickly to start making COVID-19 vaccines itself, instead of being entirely reliant on foreign production for the most sought-after product in the world.The deal could help Trudeau tamp down the political headache caused by Canada’s skeletal vaccine production capacity.Canada’s inability to produce any COVID-19 vaccines at home has left the country at the mercy of foreign governments who could at any time slam the doors shut to vaccine exports until their own people are vaccinated.

Justin Trudeau, U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris “expressed strong solidarity” with Canada on the detainment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, two Canadian citizens arbitrarily detained in China in 2018.An official readout of Monday’s call from the White House said Harris “made clear that the United States would continue to do everything it can to secure their release.”The two Michaels were detained in December of 2018 in what is widely viewed as retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s chief financial officer.

OTTAWA, ON – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he keeps a signed hockey stick from “living legend” Willie O’Ree as a constant reminder of the work that remains to combat racism.

coronavirus death toll pushed past 20,000 on Sunday.Following Quebec’s announcement of 31 deaths on Sunday, a total of 20,016 people have died from the virus in Canada.By 11:20 a.m. ET there were 778,123 confirmed cases of the virus in Canada.

coronavirus travel restrictions imposed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday are “a death blow” to the aviation sector, the national president of the country’s largest private union said.“Everybody understands that governments need to do everything they can to keep Canadians safe, but we also have to make sure that we have industries to come back to when the pandemic is over,” Jerry Dias, Unifor national president, said on Sunday’s episode of The West Block with Global News’ Mercedes Stephenson.“We can’t talk about ‘build back better’ and not have a strong aviation sector and that’s what’s at peril right now.” Canada’s new travel restrictions a ‘nail in the coffin’ for airlines, tourism: experts In an effort to crack down

Mexico and the Caribbean as of today.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat had agreed to the measure in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Travellers to pay ‘more than $2K’ for new mandatory COVID-19 hotel quarantine, Trudeau says The restriction will last until April 30, and Trudeau says the airlines will help arrange the return of customers currently on a trip.It’s one of a suite of new government measures aimed at preventing Canadians from travelling abroad in the doldrums of February and throughout spring break.For instance, starting first thing Thursday, all international passenger flights must land at only four airports — in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal.

airport says he “saw it coming” when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new flight suspensions Friday.“As an industry, I think we certainly expected it,” said Mike Seabrook with the London International Airport while speaking with 980 CFPL’s Jess Brady on Let’s Talk London.During his announcement, Trudeau said Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat have all agreed to cancel air services to “all Caribbean destinations and Mexico,” starting Sunday.The cancellations will continue until April 30.

pandemic.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced new travel restrictions — including a mandatory 3-day hotel quarantine on the travellers’ dime — in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19.Trudeau has cautioned Canadians against non-essential travel for months amid rising coronavirus cases and new variants that have emerged from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.“With the challenges we currently face with COVID-19, both here at home and abroad, we all agree that now is just not the time to be flying,” Trudeau said.“By putting in place these tough measures now, we can look forward to a better time, when we can all plan those vacations.”The move on restricting travel comes more than a year after the first case of

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing and Air Transat have all agreed to cancel air services to “all Caribbean destinations and Mexico,” starting Sunday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday his government is cracking down on non-essential travel into Canada. Keith Baldrey reports on what the prime minister said and what B.C. officials are expected to say at their Friday briefing.

COVID-19 update at 3 p.m. PT, Friday.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that starting next week, all international passenger flights must land at the following four airports: Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal. Trudeau said in addition to the pre-boarding test Canada already requires, the government will be introducing mandatory PCR testing (nasal swab testing) at the airport for people returning to Canada.

Justin Trudeau says Canada’s other coronavirus vaccine supplier has to cut back on its deliveries next week.Moderna will ship only about three-quarters of the expected supply, cutting Canada’s next shipment by more than 50,000 doses.Similar cuts are being made to Europe’s deliveries, with Italy, France and Switzerland all reporting they, too, are getting less than 80 per cent of their expected doses.It is more bad news for Canada’s already troubled vaccine supplies, after Pfizer cut back its deliveries by more than two-thirds since mid-January.

Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today new measures aimed at further restricting international travel as more infectious variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spread around the globe.Trudeau has urged Canadians for weeks not to take any non-essential trips outside the country.And he has warned that the federal government could impose restrictions at any time that would make it harder for them to return.

Quebec records 1,368 new cases, 39 more deaths linked to coronavirus crisis Legault warned that relief from the latest lockdown measures will be minimal next month.“Next week we’ll announce a lifting of certain measures,” he said. “But we have to be realistic, most of the measures will continue.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Another concern, is the upcoming spring break.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not apologizing for his decision to appoint former Gov. Gen.

Global’s Keith Baldrey has the latest on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging Canadians to cancel their travel plans, and hinting at possible new restrictions.

Canada Border Services Agency says it has so far turned away more than 30,000 foreign nationals trying to enter the country during the coronavirus pandemic.It comes as the federal government faces growing pressure to crack down further on cross-border travel.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned in recent days that Canadians should cancel any plans to travel internationally and that the government plans to bring in measures related to travel imminently.But premiers in provinces that have recently experienced severe spikes in cases have repeatedly urged for a blanket ban on non-essential travel to stop Canadians from leaving the country for sunny vacations or family visits abroad as global cases continue to rise.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in his opinion, Canada has some of the strongest COVID-19 travel and border restrictions of any country in the world.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine doses are still “very much on track” despite new threats from Europe on exports by drugmakers.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program (HASCAP), first announced in November 2020.