One million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines arriving ahead of schedule: Trudeau

COVID-19 today as virus-related hospitalizations continue to decline across the province.The Health Department says 2,143 people are in hospital with the disease, after 144 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 215 were discharged.#COVID19 – En date du 11 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/aR2nlnEvXO— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 12, 2022It says the number of overall virus-related hospitalizations are down by 71.Officials say 153 patients are listed in intensive care, a drop of 11.The province is also reporting 2,359 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 33,661 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Friday.

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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.

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.

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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.

HARPER, Kan. - Rain on a wedding day can be upsetting for any couple, but a tornado can be downright frightening during the vows.In some cultures, rain is viewed as good luck, symbolizing various things from fertility to unity. It can also represent that your marriage will last a lifetime. Candra and Caleb Pence would agree.It was May 19, 2012, and the 21-year-old bride was ready to marry the man of her dreams.

SALT LAKE CITY - Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities involving and not involving alcohol, provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry lobbyists.In the study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researchers wrote that, in the years after Utah changed the drunken driving threshold from .08% to .05% blood-alcohol content, the number of crashes and fatalities fell even though drivers logged more miles."Changing the law to .05% in Utah saved lives and motivated more drivers to take steps to avoid driving impaired," said Dr.

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.

Health Matters February 11: As the Alberta Diabetes Foundation’s 48 Hours to Stop Diabetes fundraiser continues, Su-Ling Goh explains how local researchers are aiming to find a pharmaceutical way to achieve Type 2 remission, by understanding the diabetes “dimmer switch.”

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.

Oxford-AstraZeneca or any other COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Eben Strydom, a generalist in Melfort, Sask., said he’s happy to answer the call recommended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if it means giving his patients confidence in the vaccines.“This is our ticket out of the pandemic so it is critically important,” Strydom said.

air travellers refusing to quarantine in keeping with COVID-19 public health regulations are not receiving fines because the province is not yet part of the Contravention Act.Starting Feb 22, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implemented a new mandatory hotel quarantine which requires individuals to take a PCR coronavirus test and quarantine in a government authorized hotel for up to three days at their own expense.The Government of Canada states that violating hotel quarantine protocols can lead to fines up to $3,000 for each day of noncompliance or for each offence.

Justin Trudeau did not break federal ethics rules in what has become known as the WE Charity scandal — but his former finance minister, Bill Morneau, did.Mario Dion, the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, issued his reports into the conduct of both Trudeau and Morneau on Thursday and found that while Trudeau did not violate the rules, Morneau broke three provisions in the Conflict of Interest Act.The reports, titled Trudeau III and Morneau II, mark the third time Trudeau has been investigated for accusations of breaking federal ethics rules since he became prime minister in 2015, and the second time for Morneau, who quit federal politics last year.The first report looked at Trudeau’s vacation on the Aga Khan’s private Bahamian

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday:Ontarians aged 40 and older can book COVID-19 vaccine appointments across the province today.The province is opening eligibility to the age cohort through its vaccine booking portal. Ontario residents 40 and older can book COVID-19 vaccines The premier has issued another letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, arguing additional measures — such as quarantine requirements for travellers coming into Canada by land — are needing to curb the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is renewing his calls for tighter controls on domestic travellers and those who arrive through land crossings, saying Ottawa has yet to respond to his requests on these issues.The premier has issued another letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, arguing additional measures — such as quarantine requirements for travellers coming into Canada by land — are needing to curb the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants.Trudeau said last week that he was willing to work with Ontario to further limit the number of people allowed to enter the province, but said Ford had yet to follow up on his earlier requests.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that the current COVID-19 restrictions must remain in place until cases go “way down” past where they are now.

Ontario pausing use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to safety, supply concerns The number of active cases across the country also remained under 80,000.Speaking at a press conference earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada can have a better “one-dose” summer with fewer COVID-19 restrictions, like outdoor gatherings, but only if the country can “crush COVID right across the country.”“We all want to have a summer where we can see our loved ones and invite our friends over for BBQs,” he said.

COVID-19 infection rates are down and a vast majority of the population is vaccinated with one dose, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.Speaking at a media conference, Trudeau said the country can have a better “one-dose” summer with fewer COVID-19 restrictions, like outdoor gatherings, but only if we “crush COVID right across the country.”“We all want to have a summer where we can see our loved ones and invite our friends over for BBQs,” he said.

Pressures is mounting on world leaders to back temporarily dropping vaccine patent protections, in order to boost global supply.

Justin Trudeau‘s chief of staff Katie Telford repeatedly did not answer multiple questions from members of the defence committee Friday about who made the decision not to tell the prime minister about a 2018 allegation against Gen. Jonathan Vance.Telford was asked roughly 10 times by Conservative members of the committee to clarify why Trudeau appears not to have been informed about the allegation.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canada is working on a “consensus-based solution” around the question of waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines. “I can assure you that Canada is not interfering or blocking.

COVID-19: Alberta’s health-care system buckles as metrics for reopening remain undefined The federal government “stands ready to assist in any way we can,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote.“It was kind of him to call and he really just wanted to see how things were going,” Nenshi said Thursday.I reached out to Mayor @Nenshi and Mayor @DonIveson last night.

COVID-19, experts have warned that the virus could become endemic, meaning booster shots are likely going to be required to ensure long-term protection from the coronavirus.Currently, all of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccines are coming from abroad, which means Canada has been at the mercy of a competitive global market and delays from manufacturers have impacted Canada’s ability to get shots into arms.However, the federal government says it is also working to ramp-up Canada’s domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reassured Canadians on Tuesday that all vaccines approved by Health Canada are “safe and effective” following mixed messaging from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) which stated that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are “preferred.” Canada’s chief public health officer Dr.

Moderna COVID-19 doses originally scheduled to arrive next week will instead arrive Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.“By tomorrow morning, a million Moderna doses will be on the ground in Canada,” Trudeau said Tuesday.He added Canada will be picking up the doses in Europe later Tuesday evening. They will be distributed by the end of the week.Public Services Min @AnitaOakville says the 1m doses of Moderna skedded for next week are coming early; will be in Canada tomorrow.

The month of May is dedicated to raising awareness about the mental health and well-being of communities across Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged on Friday that when it comes to the issue of sexual misconduct and harassment within the Canadian Armed Forces, years of measures have been “inadequate.” Trudeau said that “survivors continue to feel they are not appropriately supported,” adding “that is a failure of the entire system.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about the upcoming protests planned in Montreal over COVID-19 health orders.