COVID-19 vaccination policy for city councillors in London, Ont., has received final approval, giving the group of politicians until next month to become fully vaccinated if they haven’t already, unless they can prove a valid exemption.Under the new policy, which earned council’s approval on Tuesday, all members of city council, including the mayor, must either provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 by Oct.

20, or provide a medical reason or Ontario Human Rights Code reason for not being vaccinated by that same date.Anyone who’s not fully vaccinated will have to receive their first dose by Oct.

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NIH: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine generates long-lasting immune memory cells

LOS ANGELES - The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine represented strong immune memories of the novel coronavirus six months after receiving a second dose, according to a recent report from the National Institutes of Health. When NIH researchers discuss immune memories, they are referring to immune cells called T cells that retain viral data and linger in the body helping fight off against unwanted illnesses like COVID-19. The report was published on Oct.

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Northern B.C. Liberal MLA vows to continue pushing for vaccinations

Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier says he’ll continue to push his constituents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even though he’s received death threats for doing so. Jordan Armstrong reports.

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Saskatoon Stars bursting with excitement for start of U18 hockey season

After having the 2020-21 season cut short after just two games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatoon Stars are looking forward to their return to game action this fall.

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

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.

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Quebec woman who didn’t believe in COVID-19 now in coma from virus, says father

COVID-19.“Her lungs are like cardboard,” said her father Jimmy Trépanier. “I’m worried that she might not come out.”Trépanier Léger developed COVID-19 symptoms on Sept.

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Woman denied organ transplant due to not being vaccinated

A woman in Colorado was told she won’t be eligible to undergo a life-saving kidney transplant until she gets her COVID-19 vaccine. Leilani Lutali says she and her donor friend won’t get their shots because of their Christian faith.

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COVID-19 test positivity rate climbing for Manitoba First Nations on reserve

COVID-19 case numbers and test positivity rates are on the rise across the province as Manitoba enters a fourth wave, and it’s showing signs in some northern First Nations communities as well.Mathias Colomb Cree Nation went into level red on the province’s pandemic response system Thursday. Residents can only leave home for essential reasons with exceptions for fishing and hunting.On Friday, the small northern community had 90 active cases.

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Current COVID-19 vaccine coverage leaves Canadians ‘better protected’ heading into winter, Tam says

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Vaccinated or not, officials warn Canadians to be vigilant this Thanksgiving

Health officials are urging Canadians to continue fighting the spread of COVID-19, during the second consecutive pandemic Thanksgiving holiday.

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Travel kinks still need working out for Canadians with mixed vaccine doses

There’s still no answers for Canadians, who received mixed COVID-19 vaccine doses, on when they’ll be able to resume international travel without facing restrictions in some countries. Mike Le Couteur reports on the latest guidance from health officials and the growing frustrations.

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B.C.’s COVID-19 death toll tops 2,000 as province reports 743 new cases

B.C. health officials reported 743 new cases of COVID-19 and five related deaths, bringing the death toll over 2,000, on Friday, Oct. 8. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has the details.

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US to accept WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccines for international visitors

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Kingston’s Dawn House going public with Homelessness Does Not Discriminate appeal

COVID-19 pandemic has meant different things to different organizations and that includes Kingston’s Dawn House, located in the city’s west end.Dawn House supports and empowers homeless, vulnerably housed and marginalized women and now it’s also stretched to capacity. And with overcrowding and the onset of cooler weather meaning greater demand for a place to stay, that may be a problem.“We have a waiting list and we have calls every single day from individuals who want to put in an application and want to know how soon can they get in” said executive director Maggie McLaren.“And it’s like, geez, we’re taking people from two years ago that applied two years ago.”COVID continues to add to those numbers.

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TTC’s biggest union warns of service cuts due to COVID-19 vaccination mandate

Ahead of a looming mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy coming at the end of October, the TTC is going through its numbers to determine whether there will be a labour shortage. Meanwhile, the biggest union representing workers maintains they shouldn’t be forced to choose between the shot or their job.

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Raptors, Leafs and Senators given permission for full crowds from Ontario government

COVID-19: Ontario lifts capacity limits for theatres, venues; restaurants, gyms among those left out “Throughout the process of re-opening our venues to fans, which included working closely with the Province over many months, health and safety has been our shared top priority and we are overjoyed to see this day arrive when we are able to welcome a full venue to cheer on the Maple Leafs and Raptors,” Michael Friisdahl, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, said in a statement.“Today … is an exciting day for our teams, our fans and our community and we look forward to a safe and enjoyable season.”Concert venues, theatres and cinemas are among the other facilities that will see capacity lifted.Proof of vaccination will

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Londoners enjoy looser rules for second Thanksgiving amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Thanksgiving arrived amid a surge in COVID-19 cases throughout Ontario.While the pandemic is still around and things are far from what they used to be, the 2021 edition of the annual holiday offers a reason to feel more at ease around the dinner table.

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Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie Decided To Go On Road Trip After Their Wedding Got Delayed By COVID

The coronavirus has killed over 700k people in the US. But did the pandemic also lead, in a roundabout way, to the ultimate fate suffered by Gabby Petito?

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New Brunswick COVID-19 survivor calls for two week province-wide lockdown to slow the spread of the virus

A New Brunswickwoman who was in the ICU for weeks and almost died from COVID-19 says the province’s circuit breaker approach doesn’t go far enough. Global’s Shelley Steeves reports.

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COVID tool accelerator is likely to continue through 2022

While COVID-19 surges continue to ride out across the world, the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) published today an independent strategic review looking at how it has made progress across its three pillars of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

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Adolescent COVID-19 vaccinations lag across US

Only 47% of the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds are vaccinated against COVID-19, and in nine states, less than a third of eligible teens are vaccinated.

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B.C. MLA says proximity to Alberta a factor in low COVID-19 vaccination rates

B.C MLA for Peace River South Mike Bernier explains why he believes the proximity of his riding to Alberta has been a factor in low COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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COVID-19: Ontario lifts capacity limits for theatres, venues; restaurants, gyms among those left out

Ontario government announced the lifting of capacity limits for certain locations in the province for, however, restaurants and gyms remain left off the list.Cinemas, theatres, spectator sports venues, concert venues, meeting and event spaces, horseracing and car racing tracks are the venues permitted to open to 100 per cent capacity as of 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.The government said it’s making the changes based on high vaccination levels, stable public health indicators and the vaccine certificate requirements that took effect last month.

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Covid shut-downs hit school lessons in Dumfriesshire

Hundreds of primary school pupils in Dumfriesshire have been forced to miss lessons because of temporary closures due to Covid since returning from the summer holidays.

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Routine child, adult vaccinations fell amid COVID-19

A pair of new studies yesterday details lower rates of routine vaccinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one showing reduced weekly immunization rates and up-to-date status in US children, and the other identifying fewer vaccine doses among both kids and adults in Michigan.

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Vaccine panel to meet on Pfizer COVID-19 shots for ages 5-11 in November

NEW YORK (AP) - A panel of vaccine experts will meet in early November to consider whether to recommend the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 12.The Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices scheduled a two-day meeting for Nov. 2-3, health officials said Friday.

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Latest borough-by-borough Covid-19 infection rates for Greater Manchester, as cases surge in Trafford

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs, latest figures reveal.

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N.B. COVID-19 survivor calls for 2-week provincewide lockdown to slow virus spread

COVID-19 says the province’s circuit-breaker approach doesn’t go far enough.“It’s frustrating to see that we are not doing enough to prevent it. I don’t think our government has a handle on what we need,” Debbie Clements said.

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Female sex, middle age, two or more chronic diseases, and more severe initial illness were predictive of difficulty recovering from COVID-19 6 months after release from a hospital, finds a multicenter UK study yesterday in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.University of Leicester researchers led the study, which involved an

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Quebec professional orders should get tough with members as vaccination deadline nears: Dubé

Quebec recruits 1,000 nurses to work full time amid urgent labour shortage Dubé said earlier this week about 13,000 health workers in the province had not received a single dose of vaccine, and he said the government would present a “contingency plan” next week to address how the network would cope with labour shortages.On Friday, he said that between 300 and 400 health workers every day are receiving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and he urged all other unvaccinated workers to follow suit to avoid service disruptions.“Continue to go get vaccinated,” he said.

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COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 2 more deaths, 130 new cases

COVID-19: N.B. reports 116 new cases, hospitals to restrict visitors Of the new cases, 76 – or 58 per cent – are from people unvaccinated, 15 – or 11 per cent – are from people partially vaccinated, and 40– or 31 per cent – are from people fully vaccinated.There are 58 people hospitalized due to the virus, with 30 intensive care unit.

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EasyJet turns away couple just minutes before flight due to 'unfair' Covid policy

Covid-testing policies say the rules are is "unfair" and “illogical”.Jayne Nicholls and Alexander Doory said they were not allowed to board their easyJet flight to Naples this week at Luton Airport due to an "unclear" ruling by the airline.The couple, from Kirby Muxloe in Leicestershire, were told on Monday, October 4, that their fit-to-fly covid test result would not be accepted due to test result being "out of time", LeicestershireLive reports.Miss Nicholls said: "We had our fit to fly test at 8.02am at Colington's at East Midlands. They asked us where we were going and where we were flying so we thought we were sorted."But when we got to the gate, we saw a young lad before us getting turned away.

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Young mum's devastating terminal cancer diagnosis after surgery cancelled due to Covid-19

A beloved mum-of-two has been diagnosed with terminal cancer after an operation to remove a supposedly "harmless" growth in her womb was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Manitoba reports 130 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths linked to the virus.The cases reported on the province’s online COVID-19 dashboard Friday bring Manitoba’s total number of active infections to 927 and the province’s five-day test positivity rate to 3.4 per cent.

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COVID-19: Guelph General Hospital issuing suspension notices to unvaccinated staff

Guelph General Hospital says it will begin issuing suspension notices to employees next week who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19.A spokesperson said on Friday that suspension notices will be issued on Tuesday and take effect the following day, Oct. 13.

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China 'hiding something' and 'developed Covid vaccine before outbreak' - bombshell book

China allegedly developed a Covid-19 vaccine before the official outbreak of the pandemic and may be 'hiding something big', a bombshell new US government report says.After a China adviser to the US government heard murmurs of a new pandemic, he looked into the details and found some baffling information.Miles Yu discovered there was no mention at all in official Chinese records of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.So he looked into the Institute's staff records, coronavirus research projects, official announcements and more.That led him to many shocking findings about Beijing's alleged Covid cover-up, according to new book What Really Happened in Wuhan by Sharri Markson.Mr Markson wrote in the explosive book published on September 28 that

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COVID-19: Middlesex-London reports 24 cases, 1 death Friday

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 24 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Friday.The death involved a woman in her 70s and was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home. Based on the MLHU’s data on vaccination status of cases, the latest death involved someone who was unvaccinated.

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Leader of military nurses in Alberta hospital stays focused: ‘Do what you need to do’

COVID-19 patients says she hopes to see the day when people’s smiling faces will replace masks, and family and friends will be able to gather safely. Military begins work at Edmonton hospital as Alberta battles 4th COVID-19 wave Maj.

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Covid vaccines for kids? Strategies around the world

Yesterday Pfizer requested emergency approval from US health authorities to use its Covid jab in children aged five to 11.

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Health chiefs investigating after reports people tested positive for Covid using lateral flow tests, then negative in subsequent PCRs

Public health bosses are investigating reports of people testing positive for Covid-19 using lateral flow tests, then negative in subsequent PCR tests.

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COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rise among vaccinated in PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The proportion of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations among vaccinated Pennsylvania residents rose sharply last month, though the shot remained broadly protective, according to new statewide health data obtained by The Associated Press.The latest Department of Health data on so-called "breakthrough" infections shows that between Sept. 5 and Oct.

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36 more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,650, including 261 deaths.Local public health also reported 22 new cases of a COVID-19 variant on Friday, bringing that total to 6,141, including 96 cases that are active.

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Positive gains in Alberta’s COVID-19 fight ‘could all be lost overnight,’ premier warns ahead of Thanksgiving

COVID-19 situation, it could all be lost if public health measures are not followed over the Thanksgiving long weekend.In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Premier Jason Kenney reminded Albertans that Thanksgiving 2020 spurred the start of the province’s second wave of COVID-19 last year.“The second wave of COVID, which put severe pressure on our hospitals last fall, started very clearly around the family table of millions of Alberta households,” he said. Ask family members if they’re vaccinated before inviting to Thanksgiving, top doctors say The premier and chief medical officer of health said there have been positive signs and trends when it comes to case numbers, hospitalizations and the overall positivity rate as of late.

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Covid-19: Further 2,002 new cases, with 354 in hospital

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 2,002 cases of Covid-19.

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Ask family members if they’re vaccinated before inviting to Thanksgiving, top doctors say

vaccinated against COVID-19 before you invite them over for Thanksgiving dinner.Depending on their answer, they added, you might want to change your plans, move dinner outside, or add extra precautions to your event.“Our advice really is that, overall, keep indoor gatherings safer by asking your guests … your family… whether they’ve been vaccinated or not,” said Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

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95% of Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows

WASHINGTON - Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a problem.Most also think social media companies, and the people that use them, bear a good deal of blame for the situation. But few are very concerned that they themselves might be responsible, according to a new poll from The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Ninety-five percent of Americans identified misinformation as a problem when they’re trying to access important information.

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Mandatory vaccination for indoor organized sports in those aged 12 and up: Toronto Public Health

COVID-19.This includes players, coaches, caregivers, volunteers and officials who all must show proof of vaccination (or a valid medical exemption) along with identification, the local public health unit said.The mandate comes into effect on Nov. 1.Previously, the provincial government had excluded youth recreational sports (those under 18) when it released its vaccine policy guidelines.

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Organizational responses needed to address Ontario hospital worker burnout, science table says

Nurses working during COVID-19 pandemic ‘beyond the point of burnout’ The group says burnout was a significant problem in health-care before the pandemic but it has since reached levels that “pose a threat to maintaining a functioning health-care workforce.”Research shows that nurses, those in intensive care and emergency departments, women, recent graduates and trainees are most at risk of burnout, which can lead to people leaving their jobs and contributing further to burnout risk among remaining staff.The science advisers say organizational approaches are more effective at reducing burnout than responding to individual cases.

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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

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