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Coronavirus: Long-term care home residents make up only small fraction of Ontario COVID-19 ICU admissions

Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, part of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, discussed the latest projections for the spread of COVID-19 in the province on Thursday.

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1st case of U.K. coronavirus variant identified in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph

coronavirus variant, which was first discovered in the U.K., has been detected in its jurisdiction.In a news release on Thursday, the agency said the variant had been detected by Public Health Ontario the day prior in a previously-resolved case. Stay-at-home order and vaccines needed to avoid 3rd wave in Ontario, experts say The individual received a positive test for COVID-19 on Jan.

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Coronavirus: March Break postponed in Ontario amid pandemic

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Thursday that the province would be postponing March break until the week of April 12.

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COVID-19 outbreak in North Bay, Ontario linked to new variant

An outbreak of highly contagious COVID-19 variants in North Bay, Ontario is compounding concerns about Canada’s slow vaccine rollout. Abigain Bimman explains.

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School closures during Spanish Flu had significant impact on student progress

The last year of interrupted learning in Toronto amid the COVID-19 pandemic could have a lasting impact on student progress. This was the case 100 years ago when the Spanish Flu arrived here.

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Coronavirus: Stay-at-home order lifted in some Ontario regions

As parts of Ontario begin to reopen, one region has imposed travel restrictions in an effort to deter visitors from hot zones like Toronto, Peel Region, and York Region. Now at least one other health unit is looking to follow suit.

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COVID-19 variant found in HKPR district; outbreak declared over at Port Hope long-term care

COVID-19 variant has been reported in the jurisdiction of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.In its Wednesday media update, the health unit said a variant was found — its kind has not yet determined but the case is in Port Hope.Acting medical officer of health Dr. Ian Gemmill says most the prevalent in Ontario is the U.K.

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Coronavirus: Businesses in some Ontario regions begin to reopen

Businesses in some regions in Ontario are allowed to reopen on Wednesday. But with the majority of the province still under the stay-at-home order, health officials are worried that some might head over to these regions to break COVID-19 lockdown.

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New COVID-19 cases remain low as stay-at-home order ends for some parts of eastern Ontario

OTTAWA -- Ontario health officials are reporting 40 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Wednesday.

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Coronavirus: Kingston, Ont., businesses react to moving out of lockdown, reopening

coronavirus reopening plan.KFLA, along with Hastings Prince Edward and Renfrew County, have been allowed to reopen due to lower local transmission of COVID-19 and increasing hospital capacity.

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Coronavirus: Indoor dining allowed for NHL teams while Ontario still under lockdown

Ontario government is permitting NHL teams to dine indoors during the league’s season even though sit-in dining at restaurants across the province has been banned due to coronavirus-related restrictions.“The rules with the NHL are very much strict with their protocols, with their frequent testing, their isolation of their players to the extent, and especially very tight transport within Canada — they do not leave the country,” said Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, when asked about the situation at a press conference Monday afternoon.

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MOH considers imposing travel restrictions into Kingston by ordering ID checks

COVID-19 green status: essentially, they are not welcome.“This green is for us. It’s for our community.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says ‘tens of thousands’ of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in Canada this week

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that “tens of thousands” of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Canada in the coming week.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau announces tax exemptions for some Canadians

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said those who received emergency benefits and made up to $75,000 in taxable income won’t have to pay interest on 2020 tax debt until next year.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau outlines reasoning behind three-day quarantine

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined the methodology behind Canada’s mandatory three-day quarantine for returning travellers.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau specifies it’s ‘not legal’ to refuse to any Canadian that wants to come home’

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau specified that it is “not legal to refuse to any Canadian that wants to come home” but that even returning snowbirds need to be able to show a negative PCR test.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau stresses rapid testing as key to combat COVID-19 spread

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once again stressed the importance, in his view, of distributing rapid COVID-19 tests to those areas of Canada that need it most.

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Ontario reports just over 1,000 new coronavirus cases, 17 more deaths

coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 280,494.Tuesday’s case count is lower than Monday’s which saw 1,265 new infections. On Sunday, 1,484 new cases were recorded and 1,388 on Saturday.“Locally, there are 343 new cases in Toronto, 250 in Peel and 128 in York Region,” Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said.The death toll in the province has risen to 6,555, as 17 more deaths were reported.

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London, Ont., set to urge provincial, federal governments to work together for paid sick leave

COVID-19.The corporate services committee unanimously endorsed the motion from Coun. Arielle Kayabaga on Monday, which was seconded by councillor and deputy mayor Josh Morgan.

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Coronavirus: 3 Ontario regions moving out of lockdown, into green level Wednesday

Premier Doug Ford, and will be officially classified in the green level of the coronavirus reopening plan.Areas under Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and the Renfrew County District Health Unit will be moving back to the province’s most relaxed stage of its colour-coded framework as planned on Feb. 10, while the rest of the province continues to be under the stay-at-home order until Feb.

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Ontario reports lower daily COVID-19 case count in Ottawa on Monday

OTTAWA -- Ontario health officials are reporting 50 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday.

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Premier Doug Ford set to announce plans for gradually reopening Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce plans today to reopen the province following its state of emergency.A senior government source who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter says Ford will announce that the state of emergency declared last month will be allowed to expire as scheduled on Tuesday.However, the source adds that a stay-at-home order will remain in effect as regions gradually transition back to the government’s colour-coded restrictions system over the next three weeks.

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Coronavirus: More Ontario schools reopen to in-person learning

Coronavirus: Schools in Toronto, Peel and York Regions last for return to in-person learning All students in Ontario began January with online learning as part of a provincial lockdown.The province then took a staggered approach to reopening schools, allowing those in northern Ontario and rural areas to resume in-person learning first.Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the government is taking a number of steps to enhance safety in schools, such as more stringent screening for high schoolers and asymptomatic testing across the province.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton reports 88 new COVID-19 cases, 2 outbreaks at Juravinski hospital over

COVID-19 cases in Hamilton on Sunday and the end of two outbreaks at the Juravinski Hospital that started in January.The city also reported three more deaths on Sunday involving two people over 80 and one over 60.The outbreak at Macassa Lodge claimed its 11th death on the weekend. The home has had 50 COVID-19 cases among 33 residents and 17 workers since starting on New Year’s Day.

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Brazilian COVID-19 variant, believed to be more transmissible, found in Toronto

COVID-19 variant, which is believed to be more transmissible than other strains of the novel coronavirus, has been found in the city.In a news release Sunday, officials said the case involves a Toronto resident who is hospitalized and recently travelled from Brazil.It marks the first known case of the strain in Ontario.Officials also confirmed a case of the South African variant in Toronto involving a person who has no links to travel. Ontario confirms 1st case of South African coronavirus variant, no known link to travel It marks the second known case of the South African variant in Ontario, with the first being a man in Mississauga.

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4 isolation centres now open in Peel Region to help tackle spread of COVID-19

Peel Region remains one of the hardest-hit regions for COVID-19 in Ontario. To tackle the issue, public health officials said they are using every tool at their disposal, including rolling out more isolation centres.The medical officer of health for the region, Dr.

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Ontario reports fewer than 60 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa on Sunday

OTTAWA -- Ontario health officials are reporting 57 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday.

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Coronavirus: Ontario to announce phased economic reopening plans next week, sources say

Senior officials tell Global News plans to reopen portions of the economy in Ontario could be outlined as early as next week. Business experts say the move is necessary in order to keep the economy alive, as so much has already been put in jeopardy.

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Trend of fewer than 100 new daily COVID-19 cases in Ottawa continues

OTTAWA -- Ontario health officials are reporting 60 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday.

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Iconic Canadian actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91

Toronto-born actor Christopher Plummer has died at 91 years old. Best known for playing Captain Georg von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” a role he despised, Plummer was also a fixture of the Stratford Festival in Ontario.

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Vehicle sticker or driver’s licence expired in 2020? Both still legal in Ontario for now

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Ottawa adds 54 COVID-19 cases, receives 1st Moderna vaccine shipment

COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Jim Watson announced Friday.Watson tweeted Friday afternoon that the new shipment will be put to use in Ottawa retirement homes starting Sunday.News of the Moderna delivery comes the same day Ottawa will finish the second round of coronavirus vaccinations in local long-term care homes using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.More great news to share! In addition to finishing up the second round of vaccinations for LTC homes in Ottawa, we have received a shipment of the Moderna vaccine.

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AztraZeneca’s vaccine effective in elderly and against U.K. variant, new reports suggest

AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine may be effective for both the protection of the elderly and against a quickly-spreading variant.Oxford University, co-developer of the vaccine, said Friday that its vaccine has similar efficacy against the coronavirus variant, B.1.1.7 as it does to the previously circulating variants.The variant, first identified in the U.K., has since spread to many other parts of the world. It has also made a mark on Canada, particularly in Ontario and Alberta.

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Some parents raise concerns over plan to reopen schools in Ontario’s COVID-19 hot spots

COVID-19 hot spots has raised concerns among parents who say the government has failed to implement safety measures just as contagious new variants of the novel coronavirus are taking hold.The announcement, long-awaited by many parents who have been stretched thin during a month-long period of remote learning, has raised questions about just how safe it will be when in-person classes resume in COVID-19 hot spots over the next two weeks.“I feel that I am against the wall and I have to decide between sending my kids to school and keeping my family safe,” said Fernanda Yanchapaxi, a Toronto mother of two.“I’m not saying that I don’t want them to be back. I’m dying for them to go back to school.

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Ontario reports 1,670 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday; 46 in Ottawa

OTTAWA -- Ontario health officials are reporting 46 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, the 15th straight day with fewer than 100 cases of COVID-19.

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Canadian economy sheds 213,000 jobs in January, biggest decline since April

Statistics Canada says the economy lost almost 213,000 jobs in January as employment fell to the lowest level since August last year, wiping out the gains made in the fall.The unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 9.4 per cent, the highest rate since August.Financial data firm Refinitiv says the average economist estimate was for a loss of 47,500 jobs in January and an unemployment rate of 8.9 per cent.

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Dialysis patients at nearly 4 times the risk for COVID death

Patients undergoing long-term dialysis were more than five times likelier to be infected with COVID-19 and nearly four times as likely to die than the general population, suggesting that they should be prioritized for vaccination, according to a Canadian study published today in CMAJ.

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Results from Ontario study on COVID-19 variant prevalence expected Thursday

COVID-19 variants in the province.Public Health Ontario has screened all positive COVID-19 tests from Jan. 20 for three variants to create a snapshot of their presence in the province.The results of that survey will be presented at a pandemic briefing later today.So far, Ontario has recorded 152 cases of a variant that first emerged in the U.K.

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Coronavirus: Coffee shops battle to stay in business amid pandemic

downtown Toronto. Two days before the store is scheduled to close permanently, McPherson offers an opinion about what’s going on.“I think they flooded the market too much.

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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