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Trudeau names March 11, 2021 a National Day of Observance to honour lives lost to COVID-19

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that March 11, 2021, would be named a National Day of Observance to “honour everyone we lost to this terrible virus, and to recognize the impact this global pandemic has had on all our lives.” More than 2.5 million people have died globally due to COVID-19, including 22,000 in Canada.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba reports 5 new cases of UK variant, 8 new cases of South African strain

COVID-19 variant, first discovered in South Africa, and another five case of the B.1.1.7 variant first discovered in the United Kingdom, have been confirmed in Manitoba.In a release Tuesday the province said all 13 of the newly-identified cases of the variants of concern are from the Winnipeg Health region.

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Proposals to protect Ontario LTC residents rejected as ‘too expensive: commission hears

COVID-19 on Ontario’s long-term care system has heard the government rejected proposals that could have helped protect vulnerable residents during the second wave because they were deemed too expensive.An infectious disease specialist and member of the province’s science advisory group told the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission the proposals included mechanisms for hospitals to support the long-term care sector, and to ensure seniors wouldn’t be housed three or four to a room during the second wave. Ontario LTC minister says she didn’t go public with COVID-19 concerns because she’s no expert Dr.

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CVS Pharmacy expanding vaccine locations across Florida

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – CVS Pharmacy will be receiving more COVID-19 vaccine doses and expanding its inoculations across Florida beginning Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced from a pharmacy in Lee County.

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B.C. Premier John Horgan takes media questions Tuesday

More to come.-with files from The Canadian Press

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Authorities to release new details in 33-year-old cold case involving young pregnant woman

BENSALEM, Pa. - Authorities in Bensalem Township say they have new details in a cold case dating back 33 years.After decades, investigators have identified the skeletal remains of a young pregnant female that was discovered on January 24, 1988.The remains were found in an underground pump house at the abandoned Publicker Distillery along State Road.At the time of the discovery, authorities estimated the woman to be approximately six months pregnant and between the ages of 17 and 23.

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FDR Park receives new funding, pushing forward Philly's plan to transform the popular park

FDR Park in South Philadelphia SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - A transformation of a popular green space receives a needed boost as South Philadelphia's FDR Park will welcome residents and out-of-town travelers alike with a new Welcome Center and a children’s play area, city officials announced.Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Tuesday $4.5 million in new funding for the new projects at the popular park.

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COVID-19: 4 new cases; HKPR District Health Unit launches online forum to answer public’s questions

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and has launched a new online portal to answer questions about the pandemic.As per its daily update, the new cases include one in the City of Kawartha Lakes and three in Northumberland County.

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Another 12 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19

direct to your inboxAnother 12 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.It means the region's covid hospital death toll is now 5,688, the latest NHS England figures show.In the last 24 hours another four deaths were reported at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, while three people died at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.There were two fatalities at both Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, while one person died at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as Tuesday, March 9, is: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 624 (+1)Greater Manchester Mental

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US prosecutors allege Honduras president helped move drugs

NEW YORK – An accountant witnessed meetings between Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández and a drug trafficker in which they planned the trafficking of cocaine to the U.S., federal prosecutors in New York said Tuesday.

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Some Tennessee inmates now qualify for COVID-19 vaccine

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After initially deeming that inoculating prisoners could be a “PR nightmare,” Tennessee officials on Tuesday said some inmates were receiving a COVID-19 vaccine — but only those who qualify as part of other groups the state has prioritized.

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New Brunswick reporting 29th COVID-19-related death

Latest round of testing confirms 12 new cases at Manoir Belle Vue The facility had been dealing with an outbreak among staff and residents that began in February.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Meanwhile, public health is reporting a single new case involving a person in his or her 60s in Zone 6 (Bathurst region).

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103-year-old Karnataka resident becomes oldest woman to get Covid-19 vaccine

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Manitoba coronavirus enforcement has raked in more than $1.4 million

COVID-19 public health orders has brought in more than $1.4 million since efforts started last April.The total includes just over $25,000 brought in through 19 tickets from last week.

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Senior Canadian scientists question government plans to delay 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccinations by four months.A draft of the letter obtained by Global News from an Ontario government source highlighted the unknowns surrounding the plan and the thoroughness of it.The document was signed by doctors with the University of Toronto, University Health Network (UHN), Sunnybrook Research Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Montreal Clinical Research Institute.

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The Department of Health has been notified of 311 cases of Covid-19 and 30 virus-related deaths.

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Warning over Covid-19 vaccine appointment phone scam

Gardaí have urged people to be on the alert concerning a Covid-19 vaccination phone scam.

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Nova Scotia to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine in 25 clinics next week

AstraZeneca vaccine, with rollout starting March 20.Nova Scotia announced on Tuesday that the new COVID-19 vaccine will be available at 25 locations across the province, on a “first come, first served basis.”This week, the province is expected to receive 13,000 doses of the vaccine, all of which must be administered before April 2.Health authorities have partnered with Doctors Nova Scotia and the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia to handle the rollout of the AstraZeneca shot.“I’m pleased government called upon doctors to support the vaccine rollout,” said Dr.

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Coronavirus: ‘SWAT team’ investigating deadly COVID-19 outbreak in Gatineau care home

COVID-19 “SWAT team” into a Gatineau long-term care home Tuesday where an ongoing coronavirus outbreak has now killed a fifth resident.The health unit covering Gatineau (CISSSO) declared an outbreak at the publicly owned CHSLD Lionel‐Émond on Feb. 22.The latest update from the Quebec government shows 23 active cases of COVID-19 at the home, representing half of all cases in long-term care in the province.A fifth person in the home has died in connection with COVID-19 since Monday, according to the province.

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Disney cruise passengers sue, claiming they caught coronavirus on board ship last year

Disney Cruise Line faces four lawsuits filed this past week by passengers from Arizona and Utah who claim they contracted COVID-19 during a cruise at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.

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COVID-19: Outbreak at Lindsay gym up to 8 cases

COVID-19 cases associated with an outbreak at a gym in Lindsay, Ont.According to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, an outbreak was officially declared at CrossFit Lindsay on March 5.

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Dolly Parton, 75, receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine after pledging $1M to help fund trials

Dolly Parton announced on Tuesday that she has received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed with help from her $1million donation early last year.The 75-year-old country music icon posted a picture of herself getting the injection, with a caption that read, 'Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine', singing 'vaccine, vaccine' to the tune of her hit 'Jolene' beforehand.She received the shot from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the research center which received the million-dollar donation from the '9 to 5' singer last April, as she called on 'all of you cowards out there' to book an appointment for a jab.Parton learned that her money was used to develop the shot in November when she was listedas one of

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Alberta-made COVID-19 vaccine candidate heading into clinical trials

coronavirus vaccines.A made-in-Alberta COVID-19 vaccine candidate is heading into Phase 1 of a clinical trial in hopes it will eventually be approved for use by Health Canada.Edmonton-based Entos Pharmaceuticals, led by University of Alberta researcher Dr. John Lewis, has shipped a vaccine for testing to the Canadian Centre of Vaccinology in Halifax.“Getting the first batch out is a huge milestone,” Lewis said in a media release Tuesday morning.“The team is exhausted.

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Toronto opening 3 COVID-19 mass immunization clinics 2 weeks early

The fight against COVID-19 continues to build momentum. In Toronto, three mass vaccination sites will open their doors on March 17, two weeks ahead of schedule due to increase in supply. Marianne Dimain has more.

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Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91

NEW YORK – Norton Juster, the celebrated children's author who fashioned a world of his own in the classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and went on to write such favorites as “The Dot and the Line” and “Stark Naked,” has died at 91.

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Miss Universe GB crowned at last after police shut down pageant over Covid fears

London last December as police unexpectedly forced them to comply with lockdown amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.But yesterday Miss Universe GB was crowned in a virtual event that head judge Dr. Vincent Wong called “the most exciting and extraordinary” final in all his years of working on the competition.The eventual winner, Jeanette Akua, will be a familiar face to viewers of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.Jeanette auditioned as a solo artist in X Factor Series 10, which aired back in 2013.

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Innovation Guelph receives $261K from feds to support women entrepreneurs

Guelph, Ont., MP Lloyd Longfield announced $261,250 in funding for Innovation Guelph to support women entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic.The announcement was made on Monday during the International Women’s Day Guelph-Wellington and The YMCA of Three Rivers’ Women of Distinction event.

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Nicola Sturgeon announces new case of mutant Brazil strain of Covid found in Scotland

coronavirus strain in Scotland. The person travelled from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh via Paris on February 19 and has tested positive for covid-19 with with initial lab findings suggesting it may be the Brazil variant.

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Can zinc levels predict COVID-19 severity?

Zinc is a trace element that is naturally present in certain foods and also available in dietary supplements. The human body requires zinc to maintain a range of biological functions.

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COVID-19 vaccination coverage in India crosses 2.4 crores

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Classification for COVID-19 vaccine based on vulnerability to infection: Centre to Delhi HC

NEW DELHI : The Centre Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that classification of citizens for the purpose of COVID-19 vaccination is based upon most rational and non-arbitrary criteria depending upon their vulnerability to the disease either due to age or nature of work or co-morbidity health situation and it may not be desirable to create a separate class consisting of lawyers and others below 45 years of age.The Centre made the submission in its affidavit filed in response to a PIL initiated by the high court to examine the demand to declare all people associated with the judicial functioning, including judges, court staff and lawyers, as “frontline workers" so that they could receive COVID-19 vaccination on priority and without

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Michael Sheen admits he's spent weeks suffering from Covid in 'difficult and scary’ battle

DON'T MISS...Kirstie Allsopp hits back at claim Harry and Meghan's son denied title [INSIGHT]Trevor Peacock dead: Vicar of Dibley's Jim Trott actor dies aged 89 [UPDATE]Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith mocks the Queen [UPDATE]Over on her own Instagram account, Anna shared a picture of the couple’s baby daughter and revealed that she too had caught the virus.The black and white image showed the youngster pretending to take the temperature of one of her teddy bears with a thermometer.“Yes, we've all been dealing with THE virus the last few weeks,” she confirmed in her caption.“Michael and Lyra caught it first and then, inevitably, so did I.“It's been very challenging for all of us but luckily we're all much better now than we

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Province scrambling to fix vaccination phone line problems for Vancouver Coastal Health

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Obviously, we wanted it to be ready for weeks ago, but it does take time to get those things together. Fraser Health is the only health authority that had that type of an online booking system that was robust enough at this point.”The province only released call volume numbers on Monday morning, saying more than 1.7 million calls were placed to the phone lines across B.C.

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Quebec to table budget on March 25 as coronavirus crisis continues

COVID-19 pandemic.“The next budget will allow us to continue the work started in recent months to manage the health crisis, provide support to citizens and businesses and revive the economy,” Girard said in a statement.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“We will also give Quebecers the facts on the state of public finances and our economy in the context of the pandemic.”The province’s last economic update was in November as the government faces a historic $15-billion deficit because of the public health crisis.At the time, the Legault government vowed to pump billions into health care and the economy over the next three years, but some critics argued that’s not enough.— with files from Global News’

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Quebec adds 650 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths as hospitalizations drop

coronavirus Tuesday.The COVID-19 caseload has reached 293,860 while the pandemic has claimed the lives of 10,493 Quebecers over the past year. Recoveries have now topped 276,000.Hospitalizations linked to the health crisis continued to drop.

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Q&A: Isabel Allende on feminism, TV series, love in pandemic

NEW YORK – Isabel Allende is not only the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author but also a self-declared and outspoken feminist. So it is not surprising that her most recent book, “The Soul of a Woman,” arrived in the United States during Women’s History Month, just days before the premiere of a miniseries about her life on HBO Max.

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Boris Johnson accused of 'corruption' over rushed PPE contracts for covid pandemic

Covid contracts by the end of the week.During an urgent Commons question on the handling of covid contracts Bryant said he would take “no nonsense” from Health Minister Edward Argar who sought to explain the situation.Bryant told the Commons: “The truth of the matter is that the Government didn’t even get PPE out fast enough to people who really needed it, especially in our care homes, which is why so many people died and we have the highest excess death rate of any country in the world."He added: “So I’m not taking any of this nonsense about they had to focus on that which meant that they couldn’t deal with transparency.

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Majority of people hospitalized for COVID-19 were overweight or obese, CDC study shows

ORLANDO, Fla. – Since the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention knew those considered obese were at risk for contracting serious illness after being infected with COVID-19. A new study from the agency reveals a majority of adults who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator or died from the virus have been overweight or obese.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus lockdown statement in full as outdoor restrictions to be eased

Nicola Sturgeon has announced.Updating MSPs at the Scottish Parliament in the latest lockdown review, she said up to four adults from two households will be able to meet outside then.Currently, coronavirus regulations restrict meetings to two adults from two households for essential exercise.The First Minister also announced a relaxation in rules for those aged 12 to 17 meeting outside, who can meet in groups of up to four from up to four households from Friday.Outdoor meetings will be allowed for social and recreational purposes, as well as essential exercise.Outdoor, non-contact sports for adults in groups of up to 15 can restart from the same date.Here's her statement in full:"Presiding Officer.

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Phillip Schofield, 58, receives Covid vaccine and thanks NHS staff for 'painless jab'

Phillip Schofield has received his Covid jab.

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Nova Scotia reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, confirms more South African and U.K. coronavirus variants

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]At this time, there is no sign of community spread from the variant cases.The first Nova Scotia doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in a pharmacy was completed Tuesday morning in Spryfield.The CEO of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Allison Bodnar, said that 300 of the 312 pharmacies registered will be offering vaccinations by the the spring.This includes the Guardian Pharmacy in Spryfield, which was the first pharmacy to administer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.Bodnar said the pharmacy clinics will be booked in the same way as all provincial clinics.“All booking happens online,” she said.

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Relaxation of Covid rules will allow outdoor gatherings and places of worship to reopen

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Northern Ireland to reach 600,000 Covid vaccinations by Wednesday

Northern Ireland's Health Minister has said the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine is likely to be significantly ramped up with one of the largest deliveries of the AstraZeneca jab to Northern Ireland expected this week.

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Maharashtra sees nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases; lockdown, curfew in many areas

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Here’s where Florida ranks in U.S. News & World Report Best States list

Living in Florida can be great, and U.S. News & World Report seems to think so as well.

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Michael Sheen Reveals He’s Been Battling Coronavirus For Weeks: ‘It’s Been Difficult And Quite Scary’

Michael Sheen is the latest celebrity to contract the coronavirus.

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Ontario reports 1,185 new coronavirus cases, 6 more deaths

coronavirus Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 311,112.According to Tuesday’s provincial report, 343 cases were recorded in Toronto, 235 in Peel Region, 105 in York Region, and 81 in Hamilton.All other local public health units reported fewer than 50 new cases in the provincial report.A total of 292,806 COVID-19 cases are considered resolved, which is up by 872 from the previous day. Proof of pre-existing illness not required for COVID-19 shot, Ontario health minister says Six additional deaths were also reported on Tuesday, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,083.The government said 38,063 tests were processed in the last 24 hours.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on March 9

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Tuesday.A North York Catholic elementary schools will be temporarily shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak, says the Toronto Catholic District School Board.St.

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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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