More than a million booster doses given; 25 community cases; 10 in hospital

Omicron wave has plateaued in the province, some medical experts say there are signs society may be headed for a stage where we live with a form of COVID-19 on a regular basis.Some infectuous disease specialists have speculated the Omicron variant could shift COVID-19 from “pandemic” to “endemic,” meaning the circulating virus no longer has the steep waves of outbreaks that hammer hospital capacity and force society to adapt.Thomas Tenkate, a professor with Ryerson University who specializes in health and safety, says he interprets messaging last week from Premier Doug Ford and the province’s chief medical officer as saying “we’re not ever going to get rid of COVID.” Omicron and living with COVID: Why the new variant might change the timeline “So we have to work out how do we manage that in a way that ensures the health care system isn’t overwhelmed,” Tenkate told 900 CHML’s Hamilton Today.“Those measures are very similar to the measures that we’ve been using already.”He says the acceptance of being in an endemic stage revolves around a “thought process and control options” similarly used for seasonal flu and other respiratory viruses.“I suppose they’re using that term, ‘learn to live with it,’ because it’s sort of saying it’s not going to go away,” said Tenkate.Niagara Region’s acting medical officer says although the vaccines are protecting Ontarians and some of the world, there are no indications that population immunity from COVID will be achieved.“Even if we do get that endemic state, immunity is going to wane over time and we’re going to lose that equilibrium,” Dr.

There were  38,332 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,362,811. Also, 8,636 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total to 177,964.

COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic to support the rollout. One borough mayor added her name to that list Tuesday morning, offering a helping hand at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Saint-Raymond Community Centre located in her own borough.“I’m a mayor and a nurse.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say two people were injured during a shooting that erupted inside a corner store Tuesday night in North Philadelphia. The double shooting happened inside a store on the 600 block of Diamond Street just before 4 p.m., police said. A 32-year-old man was shot three times in the legs and driven to Temple Hospital where he was placed in stable condition. An 18-year-old was on the street with a gunshot wound to the foot when police arrived. He was transported by ambulance to Temple Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests were reported immediately following the shooting.

COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday, lifting the death toll in the area to 361 including 48 victims so far in 2022.“Today we are reporting two deaths in our community related to COVID-19,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health stated.

PHILADELPHIA - Surveillance video obtained by FOX 29 shows the moment a woman working behind the counter at a Philadelphia store exchanged gunfire with two robbery suspects Tuesday morning. The incident occurred inside a store on the 5500 block of Torresdale Avenue in Philadelphia's Wissinoming neighborhood. Video shows two male suspects entering the store one at a time, with the first suspect walking up to the female clerk and another employee appearing to be holding a firearm. The second suspect appears to pull a firearm from his waistband as he enters the store.  A dog that was inside the store jumps on the first suspect as gunfire erupts, with the female clerk appearing to exchange gunfire with at least one of the suspects.The suspects then flee the store with the other employee appearing to give chase. A store clerk is in critical condition after police say she was involved in a shootout with two robbery suspects Tuesday morning that also left one of the suspects with multiple gunshot wounds.The clerk, a 32-year-old woman was shot multiple times in the hip and groin area.

Quebec to impose a tax on people who are unvaccinated from COVID-19 Plans for the tax were first brought to the table on Jan. 11, as pandemic-related hospitalizations fueled by a surge in cases linked to the Omicron variant threatened to overwhelm an already strained health network.At the time, Legault said the tax was under consideration due to the burden those who were unvaccinated were having on the health-care system.

Interns, residents, and assistant residents at Freedmen's Hospital in front of Washington annex, Washington DC, June 13, 1952. Pictured are Rose D Jenkins, Twidlyn Anderson, Charles M Cabanass, Charles Crittenden, Frederick D Drew, Henry S Ellison, G The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has named "Black Health and Wellness" as this year’s theme for Black History Month.Part of the theme highlights the legacy of medical practitioners in Western medicine.

COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.The update comes after Alberta Health announced on Monday that there are now 1,516 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19.Of those people, 99 are receiving care in the ICU. 1,516 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 35 new deaths reported since Friday There were 1,496 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Alberta last Friday, according to Alberta Health.

A pub landlady and brewery firm are set to go on trial after the death of a customer.

Guelph General Hospital is reporting Tuesday that it is treating 28 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, while 34 staff members are off work due to the virus.In the past week, the number of patients has dropped by four, while the number of staff away has dropped by 11. ‘Hopefully this is the last time’ — Ontario businesses reopen with cautious optimism Across Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, public health reports 38 people are in the hospital with COVID-19, including 10 in an intensive care unit.Guelph’s coronavirus death toll has reached 50 during the pandemic with one new fatal case reported on Monday.Testing has captured 20 new cases in the city, raising its total case count to 8,905.

PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia are investigating an armed home invasion that happened in Center City two weeks ago. The incident happened on Thursday, Jan. 20 at approximately 1:30 a.m.

Quebec businesses that opened during pandemic not eligible for provincial funding Meanwhile 21,699 COVID-19 tests were performed at screening facilities on Jan. 30, the latest date for which numbers are available.Health officials warn that since screening continues to be reserved for priority groups, cases numbers do not accurately reflect the situation.So far, 48,106 people have registered results of at-home rapid tests on the government website, 36,391 of which were positive for COVID-19.

Omicron wave, someone will die in the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital in Toronto.The ICU social worker is exhausted. It’s 9:37 a.m.

COVID on Tuesday with 568 in intensive care units.This is up by 108 hospitalizations but a decrease of 15 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Tuesday, there were 4,008 hospitalizations with 626 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 3,091 people in hospital with COVID-19, 56 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 568 people in ICUs with the virus, around 84 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while around 16 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

More snow is expected for southern Ontario later this week to start off the month of February. About 10-20 centimetres is forecast for the city of Toronto, while cities like Windsor and London could get 20-30 centimetres.

COVID-related hospitalizations are expected to rebound with a “prolonged peak” after reopening with increased contacts.In documents released on Wednesday, Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table noted that recent changes in testing eligibility made it challenging to model the spread of the virus as they had done in the past and instead focused on other key indicators.For example, the science table used wastewater signal which they said likely peaked around Jan. 4.Taking into account a time lag of diagnosis and reporting, the province’s wastewater signal of Jan. 4 would correspond to a peak in cases around Jan.

(Photo by Cesar Gomez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is setting up four regional support sites with as many as 120 beds to help hospitals and nursing homes under strain from COVID-19, state officials said Monday.The temporary sites will be located in existing skilled nursing facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as in Blair and Clarion counties, and will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care.Pennsylvania nursing homes have been reporting dire staffing shortages that forced many of them to stop accepting new residents, which in turn has prevented hospitals jammed with COVID-19 patients from discharging patients who require skilled nursing care.Though pandemic-related hospitalizations are dropping in Pennsylvania, the state still has thousands of people in the hospital with COVID-19. Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter on Monday called it an "acute situation.""COVID-19 hospitalizations remain at historically high levels and healthcare workers need some support to get through this current surge," she said.General Healthcare Resources will supply clinical staff to the long-term-care support facilities under contract with the state, with workers to be recruited from outside Pennsylvania.

Nicola Sturgeon has today confirmed that "baseline" covid restrictions will remain in place across Scotland.

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PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating an officer-involved crash that left one officer hospitalized late Monday night.It happened just before midnight at 57th and Arch Streets. Police say officers were attempting to stop a Chevrolet Malibu that was wanted in a previous carjacking near the intersection.The vehicle rear-ended the officer's cruiser then crashed nearby on Walnut Street.

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Covid has packed its bag for good another new strain comes along. Scientists have revealed they've found a sub-variant of Omicron that's even more infectious than the last and have dubbed it 'stealth Omicron'.The sinister nickname actually has a scientific reason behind it.

PHILADELPHIA - A store worker shot a suspect during a robbery in the Wissinoming section of the city overnight. The shooting happened shortly before 4 a.m. on the 5500 block of Torresdale Avenue. The store worker who fired back at armed robbers was shot by as many as three times and is in critical condition. Although she was shot, she was able to fire back and injure at least one of the armed robbers. "The female was behind the counter with the manager and these two individuals entered the property and then entered a rear door and went behind the counter.

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Blue appointment letters are being sent to hundreds of thousands of Scots who haven't yet had their covid booster jab.

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Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey takes a deeper look into the most recent COVID-19 hospitalization numbers and looks a the current picture, including which health region has the most hospitalizations, and how many ICU patients are unvaccinated.

There were 22,508 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,324,160. Also, 5,826 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total to 169,316.

COVID-19 hospitalizations.In a joint statement this past weekend, groups representing Hamilton-Niagara-Haldimand-Brant-Burlington (HNHBB) region hospitals said pressures continue to “threaten hospitals’ capacity” for time-sensitive surgeries and procedures.The assertion comes as the networks revealed 21 patients needing 24-hour medical care were transferred to other facilities over the last three weeks. That’s up from the 10 reported two weeks ago.“To ensure available critical care capacity in the region for patients who require it, HNHBB hospitals have undertaken a common approach to identify and, if necessary, direct transfers of critical care patients to other hospitals outside of the region,” the group said in the statement on Friday.

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has analysis of the three day COVID-19 numbers for Monday, Jan. 31.

COVID-19, Alberta Health announced on Monday.Of those people, 99 are receiving care in the ICU.On Friday, there were 1,496 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Alberta, with 105 of the people in the ICU. Health experts weigh in on Kenney’s hopes to lift Alberta pandemic restrictions by end of March The province doesn’t provide COVID-19 data over the weekend.Over the past three days, an additional 35 COVID-19 deaths were reported.

PHILADELPHIA - Two Philadelphia police officers shot and wounded an armed man Monday night in Fairmount, police sources told FOX 29's Steve Keeley.The officer-involved shooting happened near the intersection of 27th and Brown streets around 5 p.m.Keeley reports that neither of the officers was injured during the shooting.The man was taken to a nearby hospital and his condition is unknown.Police have not said what led to the gunfire or if the officers were fired upon.MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 

A study on how Omicron subvariants transmit in Danish households found that the BA.2 subvariant is substantially more transmissible than the original variant, researchers reported yesterday in preprint findings.

PHILADELPHIA - The flight medic aboard an ill-fated helicopter that crashed in Drexel Hill told federal investigators that he and the flight nurse were "pinned to the ceiling" when a loud bang caused the chopper to barrel roll as it plummeted from the sky. The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday released a report that detailed the moments a Eurocopter EC-135 with four aboard fell from the sky in suburban Philadelphia while on route to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The four-page report contains an onboard account from the flight medic and several witnesses on the ground. It details the track that the chopper took beginning around 12:50 when the helicopter that was cruising at 3,500 feet suddenly started to lose altitude. A witness, described in the report as an "aviation enthusiast" who was "familiar with the many helicopters flying to and from area hospitals," told federal investigators that he spotted the helicopter "in a nose-down attitude, far less than 1,000 ft above the ground, [and] rotating around its longitudinal axis."The chopper came to a crash landing on Burmont Road and Bloomfield Avenue near the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church.

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with a disability were more likely than peers without a disability to have a longer hospital stay and be readmitted—but were no more likely to die in the hospital or be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), finds a retrospective study today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).

A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron Coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a Danish study.

Alberta hospitals continue to see a surge in COVID-19 patients, with the province announcing another record high last week. Kim Smith spoke with Dr.

The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, a Danish study has found.

Jimin, a singer and dancer with the K-pop group BTS, has tested positive for coronavirus and also underwent surgery for acute appendicitis, his management agency Big Hit Music said on Monday.Jimin, whose full name is Park Ji-min, went to hospital on Sunday after suffering from sudden abdominal pain along with a mild sore throat, Big Hit Music said in a statement.He tested positive for the coronavirus, and underwent surgery for the appendicitis on Monday, the statement added. Fallen ill:Jimin, a singer and dancer with the K-pop group BTS, has tested positive for coronavirus and also underwent surgery for acute appendicitis, his management agency Big Hit Music said on Monday.

Jimin has been taken down by not just one, but two illnesses.

COVID situation stabilizing, but restrictions must be eased slowly: Quebec health director Hospitalizations continued to drop in the latest numbers released Monday, with 166 new COVID-19 patients admitted and 173 discharged for a decrease of seven over the previous day. Of the 2,888 patients in hospital, 223 are being treated in intensive care units for a decrease of 10.Quebec added another 2,432 confirmed cases of COVID-19 for a total of 861,891 infections, since the start of the pandemic, while recoveries stand at 808,469.The province carried out 21,856 screening tests on Jan.

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COVID on Monday with 583 in intensive care units.This is down by 36 hospitalizations and a decrease of four in ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.This is the fifth straight day hospitalizations have dropped, and the third day in a row the number of patients in ICUs has decreased.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Those figures aren’t updated on Mondays due to incomplete data reporting from hospitals over the weekend.However, figures from last week show roughly 45 per cent of those hospitalized with COVID were admitted for other reasons. Of those in intensive care with the virus, roughly 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.