First Ministers meeting to focus more on vaccine roll-out than health transfers

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. 

Freedom Convoy” trucks and say their presence “complicates” efforts to end the demonstration.More than 100 of the trucks remaining as part of the nearly two-week-long protest in downtown Ottawa are estimated to have kids living in them, OPS Deputy Chief Steve Bell told media in a briefing Tuesday afternoon.“Almost 25 per cent of the 418 trucks have children living in them — children who could be at risk during a police operation,” Bell said.“There’s a multitude of concerns” he said, citing effects from carbon monoxide, diesel fumes, cold, noise and a lack of access to sanitation on kids. Trucker convoy — Here’s what the 10-day injunction against horns includes Ottawa police have tapped the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) for advice on how to proceed with enforcement operations in the downtown core.They’re not seeking to take the kids out of the trucks or away from their parents at this stage, Bell said, but will follow the recommendations of CAS.“We’re not at the stage of looking to do any sort of enforcement activity around that,” he said.“We just think it’s an important factor that complicates and makes this an even more challenging operation.”To date, police and bylaw officers have issued more than 1,300 tickets for traffic violations, made 23 arrests and have 85 active criminal investigations related to the protest, which began as a response to vaccination mandates but has expanded to include a wide umbrella of anti-government sentiment.OPS are also liaising with U.S.

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.

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.

₹808 crore to families of 1,616 deceased healthcare workers from 33 states and UTs, who were involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford delivered a brief statement following the first steps taken in beating the COVID-19 pandemic — the vaccine rollout, which began Monday, where he said it is a “massive step forward” in the fight against the virus.

COVID-19 vaccination today.Premier Doug Ford’s office says a health-care worker will receive the first dose at a hospital in Toronto.The first shots will be administered at the University Health Network.

Premier Doug Ford was present when the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine touched down in Ontario, his office said in a statement early Monday.Ford was photographed next to an airplane at a Hamilton airport that carried the vaccine shipment on Sunday night.“The province has been preparing for this day for months and we are ready for the road ahead,” Ford’s office said in a statement.“It’s time to start vaccinating Ontarians.

coronavirus in Canada surpassed 460,000 amid news of the first shipment of the vaccine having arrived in the country Sunday.Social media posts from Canadian officials announced the arrival of the first flight carrying the Pfizer-BionNTech vaccine Sunday evening.“The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada,” reads a part of Prime Minister Trudeau’s tweet announcing the arrival of the first shipment.The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada. pic.twitter.com/xSvwkRROKo— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 14, 2020“This is good news.

Canada’s 1st shipment of coronavirus vaccine to arrive Sunday evening The prime minister announced the arrival of Canada’s first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in an Instagram post, alongside a picture of a plane and two Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers.A post shared by Justin Trudeau (@justinpjtrudeau)“The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada,” reads part of Trudeau’s post.“This is good news. But our fight against COVID-19 is not over.

Justin Trudeau, comes ahead of the country’s rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech novel coronavirus vaccine which is slated to begin next week.

Asked about news that the NHL is considering purchasing COVID-19 vaccines for its players, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said such purchases by private organizations would not “impact or slow down the delivery of vaccines” to Canadians.

climate plan unveiled Friday.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several ministers announced the details of how they plan to fulfil the pledge to get the country to exceed its 2030 emissions reductions targets under the Paris Accord.“During the campaign, our government committed to exceed Canada’s existing 2030 climate target and support new jobs for Canadians,” he said.“Today, we have delivered our plan to reach that goal. At the same time, we are laying out new, more ambitious targets for the coming years.

the federal government says estimated that $8 out of every $10 in government support programs for Canadians during the pandemic has come from the federal government, and the price tag for that is enormous.The reality is that we won’t see any improvement in health care or the economy or any other facet of our lives until we snuff out this pandemic, and that should be the prime minister’s and the premiers’ first priority.In the meantime, there was a commitment to pour more money into the health transfer pot and to offer federal money to address the problems in long term care.And, the prime minister also confirmed that his government will cover the full cost of providing vaccines to the provinces.The premiers didn’t get what they wanted, when

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday that he had informed the country’s premiers the federal government would be covering the cost of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and the supplies needed to administer it.

Canada’s premiers are pressuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pony up more cash for health care. David Akin reports on Trudeau’s response, and why long-term care residents may have to wait for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.

coronavirus vaccine will be covered by the federal government and will be free for all Canadians, the prime minister announced Thursday.The announcement comes just hours after a first ministers meeting earlier Thursday, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he announced to provincial and territorial premiers that his government would be covering the cost of the vaccine, as well as the cost of supplies needed to administer them.

COVID-19 vaccine, Premier Doug Ford said in a brief statement Thursday.The first doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, approved Wednesday by Health Canada, will arrive on Tuesday, Dec.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Francois Legault delivered remarks virtually to open the 2020 First Ministers meeting, taking place remotely this year due to COVID-19.

Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care.First ministers are scheduled to meet via conference call Thursday — a long-awaited session that was supposed to be devoted to the premiers’ unanimous call for a big increase in the annual federal transfers for health care. Trudeau sets December date for long-sought premiers’ meeting on health care funding But the chair of the premiers’ council, Quebec’s Francois Legault, said Wednesday he doesn’t expect one meeting will resolve the issue.“Honestly, I think it will need more than a meeting to convince Mr.

COVID-19 vaccine and said initial shots will be delivered and administered across the country starting next week, while every Canadian will be able to be inoculated as early as the end of September.Canada is the third country after Britain and Bahrain to give the green light to Pfizer Inc's vaccine, developed with Germany's BioNTech SE.Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in parliament it was "a good day for Canadians"."We will see 30,000 vaccines begin to arrive next week with many more on the horizon, but ...

Speaking before the House of Commons on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked all those responsible after Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine was officially approved for use in Canada.

roll-out of a coronavirus vaccine in Canada as early as next week has ushered in renewed hope and optimism, even as parts of the country remain under lockdown.On Wednesday, Health Canada approved the Pfizer vaccine after completing its review of the U.S. drugmaker’s clinical data, deeming the vaccine safe for use.

Drake, Justin Bieber or Ryan Reynolds?The answer, according to Twitter users who voted with their “follow” buttons, is chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam.

The Ontario government reports officials are almost ready to receive the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine once they arrive in Canada. Premier Doug Ford toured a facility in Toronto. Travis Dhanraj has more.

coronavirus as many provinces deal with surging cases amid a second wave.Tam will give the update alongside deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo and talk about the government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan.

COVID-19 vaccine before Christmas is about the best present Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have hoped for this holiday season.Trudeau had been getting roasted like a yuletide turkey by the opposition over the Liberal government’s vague plans to get the vaccine into the arms of Canadians.For that, Trudeau and company had only themselves to blame.The political damage for the Liberals started piling up when Trudeau said Canada had no capacity to produce our own vaccines and other countries that did would vaccinate their own citizens first.Then, as other countries unveiled fast-tracked vaccine schedules, the Trudeau government could only offer some fuzzy guesswork on when vaccines would arrive in Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that in his opinion, it’s unconstitutional to force people to get a COVID-19 vaccine and that he doesn’t believe in mandating a vaccine.

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on or around Dec. 14.

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine next week.The province says that in order to be prepared for when the vaccine does arrive, it will be participating in a dry run this week with the federal government, Dalhousie University and Pfizer. First coronavirus vaccine shots could be doled out in Canada next week The exercise will test shipping, delivery, tracking and storage but not include any doses of the actual vaccine.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Marla MacInnis, a spokesperson for the health department, says that the initial test run of doses is scheduled to arrive next week.

BioNTech will deliver the first doses of their Covid-19 vaccine to Canada this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday."Canada has secured an agreement with Pfizer to begin early delivery of doses of their vaccine candidate," Trudeau told a news conference.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that his government had “secured an agreement” for early delivery of up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine candidate in December, with the first shipment of doses set to be delivered next week.

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine before the end of the year.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada is contracted to receive up to 249,000 of the initial doses in December.Pending approval from Health Canada, Trudeau said the first shipment of doses is “tracking for delivery next week” and that shipments will continue to arrive in 2021.“We’re facing the largest immunization in the history of our country,” he said. Canada’s review of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine will be completed ‘soon,’ health minister says “This is no small task, which is why we have a clear plan.

Justin Trudeau is speaking to reporters today as a decision on whether to approve the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in Canada looms.He’s slated to appear alongside Procurement Minister Anita Anand, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo, and Major-General Dany Fortin — all key names in Canada’s effort to get a COVID-19 vaccine on Canadians soil and in Canadians’ arms.

COVID-19 vaccine plans this afternoon.Ford will be holding a news conference with General Rick Hillier, chair of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force.They will be joined by Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones at Queen’s Park.