First coronavirus vaccinations delivered in U.K. as historic mass rollout begins

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.

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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

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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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Facebook has removed a former NHS worker's post suggesting the first Covid vaccine patient was an actress.

Gogglebox star Jenny Newby started to well up on Friday's episode, reflecting on the administration of the first Covid vaccine in the UK. Watching a clip of Margaret Keenan receive the Pfizer jab in England on Tuesday, Jenny grew tearful before the camera, remarking on the momentous day.Turning to best pal Lee Riley, she said: "We’ll be all coming together soon, it won’t be long."Reaching up to her face as her eyes started to get teary, she added: "Every time I think about it I get emotional."Meanwhile, over on Twitter, viewers were moved by Jenny's display of emotion, as they reflected on the tragic events of 2020.One said: “Aww Jenny.

coronavirus vaccine when the national rollout begins.Margaret Keenan, 90, became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab on Tuesday, with people over 80 and healthcare workers the first to be vaccinated.Since then it has been given to several people at 50 different hospitals, but some people will not be on the vaccination list when it is widely distributed.Children under the age of 16, pregnant women and people with a history of "significant" allergic reactions will not take the vaccine.UK regulators have warned that people with allergies should not be given the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine after two NHS staff members suffered an allergic reaction.It is understood both patients are recovering.Professor Stephen Powis,

A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to have the Pfizer vaccine as part of the mass vaccination rollout has been discharged from hospital after a "whirlwind" day.

covid vaccine has been discharged from hospital after a “whirlwind day”.  Margaret Keenan - known as Maggie – made global news after she was given the coronavirus jab at University Hospital Coventry on Tuesday. Mrs Keenan, who has lived in Coventry for more than 60 years but is originally from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, had been admitted to the hospital a just few days before her jab.She was discharged at 2pm on Wednesday, leaving hospital with her grandson Conor and daughter Sue.In a statement released through NHS England, Mrs Keenan said: "Yesterday was a massive day for me personally and for the rest of the world as we all look to get back to some sort of normality. "It has all been such a whirlwind and everything hasn't really sunk

Coronavirus vaccinations have started across the UK, bringing new hope to a country that has spent most of 2020 in fear of the disease.

Covid-19 vaccine hero Margaret Keenan was described as a “super-gran” by her proud family.

One more Covid-19 related death has been reported in the past 24 hours along with 215 new cases of the disease.

Coronavirus hospital deaths have risen by 403 in the last 24 hours in the UK, it has been announced.

The first Coronavirus vaccine has been successfully administered outside of the clinical vaccine trials to a woman named Margaret Keenan!

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityPictures show the first patient in Greater Manchester receiving the Covid-19 vaccine - a watershed moment in the fight against coronavirus. Ted, aged 86, received the jab at Salford Royal Hospital, one of 50 hospital hubs in the UK to administer the jabs on Tuesday.The landmark moment was captured on camera as the inoculation programme began.Salford Royal and Stepping Hill in Stockport are two of the 50 hospital hubs in the country to administer the jabs in the first wave of vaccinations.The UK was the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine.And the very first person in the world to receive the jab on the NHS was Margaret Keenan, 90,

NEW YORK - British health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.The first shot was given to Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, at University Hospital Coventry, one of several hospitals around the country that are handling the initial phase of the program on what has been dubbed “V-Day.” As luck would have it, the second injection went to a man named William Shakespeare, an 81-year-old who hails from Warwickshire, the county where the bard was born.“I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against COVID-19,” said Keenan, a former jewelry shop

An intensive care consultant has spoken out about the coronavirus vaccine and how it works on a landmark day as the first patients in the world are treated.

LONDON – A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million.Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, got the shot at 6:31 a.m. on what public health officials have dubbed “V-Day.” She was first in line at University Hospital Coventry, one of several hospitals around the country that are handling the initial phase of the United Kingdom’s program.

direct to your inboxDr Hilary Jones has expressed caution over the coronavirus vaccine as it begins its roll-out in the UK. The first two people to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine had been given their first dose before 8am on Tuesday morning.

Covid-19 vaccine to its people outside clinical trial, William Shakespeare from Warwickshire in England was one of the first people to receive the vaccineThe 81-year-old had the injection at University Hospital Coventry on Tuesday, 20 miles from Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of his namesake, England's greatest dramatist and poet.Shakespeare's shot inspired Twitter users, who joked "The Taming of the Flu", "The Two Gentlemen of Corona".

Covid-19 vaccine. Margaret Keenan, known as Maggie, was vaccinated at 6.31am on Tuesday.

A 90-year-old grandmother has become the first patient in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

direct to your inbox A 90-year-old woman has become the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the UK.

A 90-year-old grandmother has become the first person in the world to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial.