I got to experience something this week that close to one and a half million people here have already encountered. But yet, it is a rare thing, a unique event - first dose vaccination.

This has only been possible due to the appliance of science and medicine over the past 12 months, in a flurry of activity to get safe, effective vaccines available to the world.

Like most people, I have waited for my time to be called. In my case, it happened based on age. I had registered on 4 May, after the May Bank Holiday and earlier this week got notified by text of my first dose vaccination appointment at the Aviva in Dublin for just after noon on Thursday.

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Canada’s Medicago says its COVID-19 vaccine shows promising antibody results in trial

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Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie to replace Fortin on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie will take over as the general in charge of overseeing the delivery and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across Canada.In a statement released Monday evening, PHAC president Iain Stewart said Brodie will assume the role of vice-president of vaccine logistics and operations “effective immediately.”The news comes just days after the Department of National Defence announced Maj.-Gen Dany Fortin would be stepping down from the post.

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Hong Kong's new Catholic bishop wants plurality respected

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Attorney: US makes concessions to ease asylum restrictions

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Amid threats to members, House to vote on new security

WASHINGTON – Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger who served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, says it took time for him to stop constantly scanning his environment for threats when he returned from war 15 years ago. But after the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, he says he’s picked the habit up again.

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Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms

WASHINGTON – In agreeing to hear a potentially groundbreaking abortion case, the Supreme Court has energized activists on both sides of the long-running debate who are now girding to make abortion access a major issue in next year’s midterm elections.

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NJ leaders seek ways to bridge the vaccine disparity gap

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OAG report into vaccine programme ‘useful and timely’ says Ministry

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Scientists find new way of predicting Covid-19 vaccine efficacy

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NJ bill could give students with special needs a school year do-over due to pandemic regression

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Non-profits in Montgomery County combat pandemic hunger

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - People are becoming vaccinated but pandemic hunger is still a big issue. Leaders in Montgomery County say that includes more kids.It was decades ago when a priest at the imposing St.

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LEADING OFF: Mets, Yankees having painful road trips

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Consumer Matters: How to avoid bad credit when you can’t pay the bills

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Sharing a golf cart? Make sure it’s with someone in your household, says province

Meanwhile, the city of Winnipeg said effective Monday, all league and tournament play at city courses has been suspended until further notice.

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Could variants threaten reopening plans?

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Canada’s COVID-19 cases continue to plunge, but some provinces still struggling

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Japan's economy shrinks 5.1% as pandemic dries up spending

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Starting Covid vaccination with frontline warriors paid rich dividends: PM Modi

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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Covid variants found in India: Study

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NJ State Police ask for help locating man in connection with convenience store burglaries

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No new community cases; 1 new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation; 1 historical case

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NJ State Police ask for help locating man in connection with convenience store robberies

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Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie named Canada’s vaccine czar as Maj.-Gen. Fortin investigated

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Vaccine wristbands handed out for COVID-19 hot spot in Surrey, B.C.

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Second dose of COVID-19 vaccine may be available sooner than expected in B.C.

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B.C. likely to give second dose COVID-19 vaccine sooner than expected: Dr. Bonnie Henry

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Tenants’ advocate says Hamilton apartments with COVID-19 outbreaks need more on-site vaccinations

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AHS notifying 10 people in southern Alberta their COVID-19 vaccine is ‘potentially ineffective’ after error

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes new baby zebra

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B.C. reports 1,360 new COVID-19 cases over three days, along with 14 additional deaths

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Medical experts calling on Ontario to rethink when and how 2nd COVID-19 vaccines are given

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All adults in Ontario eligible for COVID-19 vaccine bookings Tuesday

As of Tuesday 8 a.m., Ontarians aged 18 and older become eligible to book vaccinations. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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New Castle County community grieves after mother of 2 is killed while working at cellphone store

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COVID-19: MLHU vaccine supply still limited as eligibility expands to 18+

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility marks a “day to celebrate” in London and Middlesex County, localized supply issues still linger, according to the region’s top doctor.Starting Tuesday, everyone 18 and up will be eligible to book a vaccine appointment with the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU), as well as with every other public health unit in Ontario.Originally, the province had scheduled the age group to be able to book on May 24. Ontario expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 18 and up, starting Tuesday Medical officer of health for the MLHU Dr.

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COVID-19: 14 New Brunswick MLAs potentially exposed, prompting first hybrid-virtual sitting

COVID-19 in the past week.Thirteen elected members have been advised by the province’s chief medical officer of health to get tested after the hotel they were staying at in Fredericton became a site of potential public exposure, with a fourteenth person implicated by eating at the adjoining restaurant.This has resulted in the legislature’s first hybrid-virtual regular sitting of the full assembly.JUST IN: Over a dozen of New Brunswick's 49 MLAs were at the Hilton Garden Inn in Fredericton last week during a period of potential COVID-19 exposure.Greens, Liberals and PC members, all advised to get tested during a conference call with Dr. Russell Sunday night.

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COVID-19: Plan in motion to vaccinate Hamilton youth aged 12 to 17

Hamilton reports 91 new COVID-19 cases, public health updates city’s vaccination campaigns “The ideal timeline,” Richardson adds, “is for that first dose to happen during the month of June.” She says the timeline for the second dose is “meant to be the middle two weeks of August.”Dr. Richardson says Hamilton Public Health is looking to set up “family friendly clinics” within its mass vaccination sites during the weeks of June 14 and June 21 in order to support families being vaccinated.

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Toronto officials urge continued COVID vigilance amid improving weather

Toronto’s top doctor says despite the improved weather and number of first vaccine doses administered, now isn’t the time to let our guard down. With dozens of tickets issued over the weekend, the city’s leadership says it’s trying to approach enforcement with common sense in mind.

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VIDEO: Announcer calls Tacko Fall ‘Taco Bell’ by accident during Knicks vs. Celtics game

NEW YORK – NBA announcer Mike Breen called former University of Central Florida center Tacko Fall “Taco Bell” by accident during the regular season finale between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks.

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Pa, SEPTA raise capacity limits; NJ students head to school in the fall as travel advisory is lifted

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - "Today, for the first time since the epidemic began, pandemic cases are down, in all 50 states," President Joe Biden stated Monday.The Delaware Valley is seeing the benefits of the milestone, as huge announcements were made from Governor Phil Murphy in New Jersey, while in Pennsylvania, capacity limits for indoor and outdoor events have relaxed.

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COVID-19: World has entered stage of ‘vaccine apartheid’, WHO head says

The world has reached a situation of “vaccine apartheid”, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, and was no longer just at risk of that status. “The big problem is a lack of sharing.

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New Brunwick MLAs may have been exposed to COVID-19 during last in-person legislative sitting

New Brunswick’s legislature will use a hybrid-virtual system this week for the first time. This comes after more than a dozen MLAs were told they may have been exposed to COVID-19 while they were in Fredericton for the last in-person sitting.

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COVID-19 vaccine rollout progresses but increased hospitalization still a concern

Nova Scotia has dropped the age eligibility for vaccines to 30 and older and is expecting to open up vaccine appointments to all Nova Scotians 12 and older by next week. While the vaccine rollout progresses, health officials are promoting testing as a way to monitor COVID spread in our province as concerns for increased hospitalizations remains.

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COVID-19: 1 death, 26 new cases in London-Middlesex; all adults vaccine-eligible Tuesday

One death and 26 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in London and Middlesex, local health officials said Monday, the same day the province unveiled it was expediting the expansion of vaccine eligibility to all adults 18 and older to Tuesday instead of May 27.The smaller increase is an undercount and is being attributed to an outage Sunday evening of the provincial reporting system, the health unit said.“The provincial program that tracks COVID cases and reports them from the labs to local public health, went down at about quarter to six yesterday in the afternoon,” Dr.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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