Premier Ford expected to announce Ontario’s reopening plan for child care centres

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PHILLIP Schofield got a scolding from his This Morning bosses after joking he was still Covid positive - despite being back at work. The presenter returned to the daytime sofa after coronavirus forced him to isolate for a week.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. - Police in Surprise say they arrested a man after he stabbed his girlfriend multiple times during an argument over homework.According to court documents, 27-year-old Raymond Maltos was arrested on Feb.

coronavirus restrictions may end in just two weeks time.Opening Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson said: “It is my intention to return on the first day after the half-term recess to present our strategy for living with Covid.“Provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions – including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive – a full month early.”Mr Johnson indicated that as long as the data remained positive, the legal duty to self-isolate would be lifted a whole month earlier than planned.The plan was for self-isolation regulations to expire on March 24., but the announcement means the law could axed on around as early as Thursday 24 February.Mr Johnson's announcement comes as a leading expert believes the UK is “past the point” where vaccinating young, healthy children against Covid-19 will do any good.Paul Hunter, professor of medicine from the University of East Anglia, said most children have already had coronavirus, with the vast majority not falling seriously ill.Prof Hunter told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme infection rates in children are “falling really quickly at the moment”, adding: “So I think in many ways we’re past the point where vaccines are actually going to make much difference.”This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest updates. Reporters working on dailystar.co.uk will be working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.

More European countries could scrap tests for fully vaccinated arrivals in the coming days, according to reports.

PHILADELPHIA - A water main break in Kingsessing is disrupting traffic and causing major problems early Wednesday morning. The water main break happened at approximately 6:30 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Police say they made an arrest in a carjacking that led to a wild pursuit Tuesday evening. The incident happened Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. when police responded to report of a man following his Mercedes Benz sedan that was stolen during a carjacking at gun point about a week ago. Police were able to catch up to the vehicle which was on the 4000 block of Aramingo Avenue. When police attempted to stop the stolen Mercedes Benz, the driver took off at a high rate of speed and refused to stop, according to officials. Officers continued their pursuit until the driver of that stolen vehicle got to the 4500 block of Richmond Street when the vehicle crashed, rear-ending a parked and unattended vehicle. At this point, the driver got out of the stolen vehicle and attempted to flee on foot.

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COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores, pharmacies and other settings.A government source with knowledge of the plan told The Canadian Press that Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce more details on Wednesday.The source said there will be a limit of one box of five tests per household per visit, though some stores might have different processes.Ontario provided free rapid antigen test kits at malls and liquor stores in December ahead of the holidays.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police confirmed the arrest of the main suspect wanted in connection with the attempted shooting of an ambulance driver on the 27th of January opposite the Panadura Base Hospital.Sri Lanka Police said 8 grams of heroin was seized from the possession of the 32-year-old suspect from Kuruppumulla on Tuesday (8) night.Detectives are planning on obtaining a detention order to detain and interrogate the suspect, after producing him to the Panadura Magistrate’s Court.Sri Lanka Police on Tuesday (8) also arrested a 51-year-old man in connection to the attempted shooting of an ambulance driver in Panadura, on the 27th of January 2022.The suspect was identified as the assistant to the ambulance driver who was the main target of the shooters.On Independence Day (4), the Kalutara Crimes Division arrested the ambulance driver who was the target of gunmen in Panadura.Sri Lanka Police said the ambulance driver was transferring an expectant mother to the Panadura Hospital when several people chased after him on four motorcycles and opened fire at him.However, the weapon used by the gunman had jammed.Police said the ambulance driver was arrested after it was revealed that he was transporting Heroin at the time of the incident.According to Police, the person who was driving the motorcycle and the person who assisted in the shooting were also arrested.The assistant to the ambulance driver had confessed to police that the ambulance was used to transport drugs on several occasions.In addition, another man was arrested from Panadura on Tuesday (8) for spying on the ambulance driver.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya on Wednesday (9) ordered to release of a Church worker, who was detained over the discovery of a hand grenade from All Saint’s Church in Borella.On the 2nd of February, the Additional Magistrate ordered to release of three other workers connected to the incident.Accordingly, all four church workers who were arrested and detained over the incident, have been released.Sri Lanka’s Attorney General had recommended that they be released given the fact that they were not involved in the incident.A week ago, Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris informed the court that it was revealed that the three other workers were not connected to the incident in any way, and the Attorney General had advised to release them.

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ANI reported. AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma in a letter today said in accordance with current ICMT's national guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue routine Covid-19 testing prior to inpatient hospitalisations (regular as well as daycare) and also prior to any minor or major surgical or interventional or non-interventional procedures and imaging in clinically asymptomatic patients.AIIMS, Delhi announces to discontinue routine COVID-19 testing prior to inpatient hospitalization and surgeries pic.twitter.com/R0wjcSdaFl

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Phillip Schofield has returned to This Morning after testing positive for coronavirus. The 59-year-old presenter had been forced to skip hosting This Morning and Dancing on Ice and admitted he was "bored out of his brain" while locked away in his home after testing positive for Covid seven days in a row.

Canada’s Meryeta O’Dine won the bronze medal in her Olympic debut at the Beijing Winter Games in women’s snowboard cross Wednesday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has received a request from one GTA mayor asking that province to make masks mandatory in places where social distancing isn’t possible.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered questions regarding COVID-19 testing for migrant workers and farmers in the province on Tuesday, saying that they have tested over 700 workers in the Windsor-Essex area and that the “number one priority” of farmers is to make sure their workers are safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

When asked if the government would consider mandating wearing face coverings in some businesses for employees and customers after it was reported that 14 staff members tested positive at a Home Depot in Richmond Hill, Ontario’s Health Minister Christine Elliott said that “physical distancing is still the most important rule to follow” and that masks should still be worn in situations where physical distancing isn’t possible.

COVID-19 were living at facilities owned by just two corporate chains, according to a Global News analysis of government statistics.Sienna Senior Living and Revera Inc. long-term care facilities have lost 525 residents altogether, according to the figures.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced additional regions on Monday that have been given the green-light to proceed with Stage 2 of Phase 2 of the regional reopening process in the province starting June 19.

coronavirus case numbers, though Toronto, Peel Region, and Windsor-Essex will continue to be excluded.Premier Doug Ford made the announcement during a press conference Monday afternoon. Stage 2 allows for the reopening of outdoor dining services at bars and restaurants, shopping malls, outdoor recreation facilities, hair and beauty salons, as well as barbershops, among other changes.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Toronto reported 85 new coronavirus cases on Monday, while Peel Region reported 41.

Ontario says it has not yet paid approximately 375,000 frontline health-care workers a promised pandemic pay premium.A spokeswoman for the province’s health minister says the initiative is the largest of its kind in Canada and the funding will flow in “very short order.”The government says it has provided written funding commitments to employers, and that will be followed by the flow of money.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday announced that 24 regions in Ontario are going to move to stage two of reopening following the lowest number of COVID-19 cases since March.

coronavirus test results, but at a press conference Thursday, she said she was following the medical advice that she was given.In a photo sent to CP24, Elliott is seen wearing a mask while shopping in the wine section of an LCBO.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton said during a press conference on Thursday that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will not be withdrawing from long-term care homes with COVID-19 outbreaks on June 12 as originally planned.

Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton on Thursday elaborated on the guidelines of a phased visitation plan for long-term care and retirement home residents, after Premier Doug Ford announced that homes without COVID-19 outbreaks would slowly begin allowing familial visits starting June 18.

Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton on Thursday elaborated on the guidelines of a phased visitation plan for long-term care and retirement home residents, after Premier Doug Ford announced that homes without COVID-19 outbreaks would slowly begin allowing familial visits starting June 18.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Thursday that long-term care homes and retirement residences in the province not experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks will allow for the “cautious restart” of family visitors starting June 18.

coronavirus pandemic.Premier Doug Ford made the announcement alongside ministers Christine Elliott, Merrilee Fullerton and Todd Smith at his daily press briefing at Queen’s Park on Thursday.Fullerton said one visitor will be allowed per resident for one outdoor visit per week at long-term care homes. The visitor must have tested negative for coronavirus in the past two weeks.For retirement homes, Fullerton said residents will be allowed indoor and outdoor visits.

COVID-19.His office said Wednesday he would get tested after learning that Education Minister Stephen Lecce had come into contact with someone who was infected.Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott held a joint news conference the day before with Lecce to announce a child-care reopening plan.

The mayors in, and chair of, the Region of Halton have sent a letter to Premier Doug Ford asking him to allow the region to enter into phase two of reopening like most of the province will do on Friday. Tom Hayes reports.

Premier Doug Ford is being tested for coronavirus after possibly being exposed to the virus. The news came just minutes before his daily news conference at Queen’s Park and after it was revealed his nephew, Toronto Coun.

Ontario Minister for Training, Colleges and Universities Ross Romano held a briefing on COVID-19 on Wednesday as the government released news that Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott were being tested for coronavirus after Education Minister Stephen Lecce had learned he had come in contact with someone who had tested positive.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Danielle Milley, whose daughter turns two on Monday, said she was “shocked” that child-care centres in Toronto will open at the same time as the rest of the province, and that the announcement came with so little notice.“I also was surprised that they gave restaurants outside Toronto more (time) than they gave child-care centres to reopen,” she said.“I’m not entirely comfortable with necessarily sending her back yet, but at the same time, my husband and I both work full-time, so we need it.”Amy O’Neill, who operates Treetop Children’s Centre in Toronto, said there was no notice to the sector.

pandemic response because of privacy concerns, as opposition legislators called on the government to release a full roster of its health advisers.Ford defended those advisers Tuesday during his daily COVID-19 media briefing after questions were raised about which epidemiologists and scientists are giving him advice on the province’s reopening.The premier said outside of the health experts on his pandemic command table, he has received advice from more than 100 doctors.But he declined to name them. “A lot of doctors, personally, don’t want their names out there,” Ford said.

Ontario government to hear their pleas for a temporary ban on commercial evictions, but some say the answer they’ve received doesn’t go nearly far enough.A provincial order to protect entrepreneurs from eviction for the next three months is a welcome move, said bar owner Christopher Hudspeth, but it doesn’t address the likelihood that many businesses will still be struggling at the end of the summer when it expires.

coronavirus pandemic, Premier Doug Ford announced that places of worship will be allowed to reopen starting Friday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that he has ordered legislation be drafted to ban commercial evictions for those who qualify for the commercial rent relief program. He said that the ban on evictions would last until Aug. 31.

plan later in the week.Outside of the Greater Toronto area, Hamilton, Windsor and Lambton County, a whole swath of new options will be allowed to reopen on June 12.That said, not everything will be available just yet. “Entering Stage 2 means parts of the province will see more people back on the job and an opportunity to get back together with friends and family,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a statement.

On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that many regions in Ontario will be able to enter Stage 2 of Phase 2 of the province’s reopening plan on June 12, which includes increasing limits on social gatherings to 10 people, and allowing places of worship to reopen at 30 per cent capacity.

Doug Ford says his government is introducing legislation to ban some commercial evictions amid the coronavirus pandemic despite previous refusals to do so.Ford made the announcement as he revealed plans for parts of the province to enter Stage 2 of economic recovery this Friday.“For many small business owners, today’s announcement is good news because our small businesses are struggling right now and for them, making rent is top of mind,” Ford said. “That’s why we worked to get $900 million to help businesses with commercial rent relief and as I was clear with commercial landlords, you have to be fair and help out everyone.

Ontario government announced a regional approach to Stage 2 of reopening the province amid the coronavirus pandemic on Monday.As of Friday at 12:01 a.m., Ontarians will be allowed to gather in groups of 10 — up from the previous five — as well as places of worship will be allowed to reopen, however with physical distancing measures in place and allowing no more than 30 per cent capacity.

reported 243 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 30,860.The death toll has risen to 2,450, as 24 more deaths were reported.Meanwhile, 24,492 people have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 79 per cent of cases.Ontario has completed 866,889 tests so far for the virus. This is up 15,357 tests from the previous day, which fell short of the testing capacity of more than 20,000 tests a day, according to the province.

Premier Doug Ford is set to announce details today about Ontario’s stage two of reopening.He will lay out the plan at a news conference this afternoon with Health Minister Christine Elliott, Finance Minister Rod Phillips, Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli and Labour Minister Monte McNaughton.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Ontario entered its first stage of reopening on May 19.

Ontario is extending its emergency orders for another 10 days, including banning people from dining in bars and restaurants, and gathering in groups larger than five.The orders had been set to expire June 9, but the province announced Saturday that they are being extended until June 19.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]They include the closure of child care centres, though Premier Doug Ford has said that a phased reopening plan for them will be announced early next week.