Here’s where Nova Scotia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout plan stands

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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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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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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday (12) for Indian Rs. 10.75 crores after a closely fought bidding war.The Sri Lankan pair of Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, joined RCB for the second part of IPL 2021.Hasaranga took a hat-trick at last year’s T20 World Cup.

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After two weeks of the protest convoy occupying Ottawa, questions are rising over whether a better security response could have averted all the disruption sooner.

Norway has lifted its final Covid restrictions, scrapping social distancing and masks in crowded spaces despite a surge in Omicron infections.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province said that public health mobile units will be at the Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre, 1583 Beaver Bank Rd. in Halifax Regional Municipality on Sunday until 6 p.m.

COVID-19 mobile testing unit up and running in the community of Beaver Bank this weekend.The site was set up in response to a newly identified COVID-19 case at Beaver Bank-Monarch Drive Elementary School. Nova Scotia reports 1 new COVID-19 case connected to elementary school in central zone Dr.

gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia told police that she has had guilty feelings and wonders whether others died because she ran away from her partner when his rampage began last April.Lisa Banfield told police that she questions whether the gunmen went to locations she might have run to in order to get help and then killed people as he went along. Court documents says mass shooter’s spouse was beaten, begged for life before escape The information is contained in a statement she provided to RCMP Staff Sgt.

COVID-19 on Saturday.There are now 18 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the province.One of the new cases is located in the western zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.

The province’s first prototype community vaccine clinic is set to open Monday, and its 500 spots are already filled up. The province’s chief medical officer of health says all Nova Scotians 80 and above who want to be vaccinated will have the chance in March.

At a press conference Friday with Premier Scott McNeil and chief medical officer Dr. Robert Strang Friday, Nova Scotia reported two new cases of the coronavirus.

EHS Operations in Nova Scotia acknowledged in a briefing on Thursday that ambulance response times and availability has been impacted by various factors, and the agency is now working on solutions to bring improvement.Senior manager of provincial operations at EHS Operations, Phil Stewart, said at the briefing that ambulance availability is a “complex issue” that’s “influenced by a number of factors.”Factors range from staffing complements to weather, impacts of ambulance availability to the health systems, offload delay and hospital closures, he said.Stewart also noted that the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions around recruitment, travel and gathering limits have affected the EHS’s ability to bring in new paramedics.To navigate this

coronavirus on Thursday.The province reported two new cases of COVID-19, one of which was first reported Wednesday evening as being connected to Beaver Bank-Monarch Drive Elementary School in Halifax.Health officials said on Thursday that the case connected to the school is a close contact of a previously reported case.

All the potential COVID-19 exposure sites in Nova Scotia over the past 14 days Public health officials say anyone who visited the Burger King at 9148 Commercial St. in New Minas on Feb. 10 between 12 p.m.

COVID-19, identified Wednesday, connected to Beaver Bank-Monarch Drive Elementary in Central Zone.The person has not been in school since Feb. 12 and is self-isolating, the province said.

coronavirus under control.Asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in that community will be held this Friday, from 11 a.m. to 4  p.m., at the Sheet Harbour Legion Branch 58.Nova Scotia Health says this testing is open for drop-ins and pre-booked appointments.“Public Health is travelling to communities where there are currently no active cases or potential exposures,” the NSHA said in a release.“This gives Public Health a way to detect new cases before the virus moves into a community.” Potential exposure to COVID-19 reported at 2 locations in N.S.

coronavirus on Wednesday.One new case is related to travel to New Brunswick. The other two cases are under investigation, the province says.There are 14 known active cases in the province.“Six cases over two days is a low number, but it is the most cases we have seen on consecutive days in close to a month,” said Premier Stephen McNeil in a news release.“It is a reminder that COVID-19 is still here, with active cases in every health zone in our province, and that is why we cannot let complacency set in.” Potential exposure to COVID-19 reported at 2 locations in N.S.

COVID-19 restrictions.On Feb. 13, at approximately 8 p.m.

Despite some uncertainty around shipments of the Moderna vaccine, Nova Scotia is expanding immunization clinics this week. It’s adding new long-term care homes and clinics to the list.

coronavirus on Tuesday.Premier Stephen McNeil and chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang will be joined for a COVID-19 briefing at 3 p.m.The update will be livestreamed on the Global News Halifax website.

COVID-19 on Air Canada flight from Toronto to Halifax.The Air Canada flight 7572 (Sky Regional) departed from Toronto on Feb. 10  at 2:25 p.m.

A timeline of the Nova Scotia RCMP’s communications with the public and other police agencies during the 13-hour manhunt for gunman Gabriel Wortman on April 18 and 19, 2020. The RCMP have said Twitter is a “superior” way to communicate instantaneously with the public compared to using the emergency alert system.

coronavirus on Monday.The new case is in the central zone and is related to a previously reported case. Federal data gives most detailed picture yet of where CERB went in Halifax There are 10 known active COVID-19 cases in the province.“It’s encouraging that our case numbers remain low and our best chance of keeping it that way is staying the course with our public health measures,” said Premier Stephen McNeil in a news release.“As we celebrate Heritage Day today, let’s draw strength for the rest of the pandemic from the many Nova Scotians who weathered hardships and took bold steps to advance our people and our province.”On Sunday, Nova Scotia Health completed 1,620 tests for COVID-19. Since Oct.