coronavirus-related deaths for a total of 393, the provincial government said on Friday.One of the recently deceased who tested positive for COVID-19 was reported to be in their 60s from the Regina zone and the other was in the 80-plus age group from Saskatoon, according to a press release.

Canada approves Johnson & Johnson’s 1-shot COVID-19 vaccine According to the government on Friday, there were 207 new cases with the overall infection total in Saskatchewan now at 29,432.

The new seven-day average of daily cases is up from 148 to 155, day-over-day.The province’s hospitals are currently providing care for 138 patients with COVID-19 — 118 are receiving inpatient care and 20 are in intensive care.

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Ottawa likely moving to Ontario’s COVID-19 red zone within the week: Dr. Etches

COVID-19 in Ottawa will likely warrant a shift from the orange-restrict level to the red-control zone on Ontario’s reopening framework in the coming days, the city’s top doctor said Tuesday.Dr. Vera Etches said that multiple COVID-19 monitoring indicators in the nation’s capital have been firmly in the red zone for numerous days now.

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Saskatchewan’s death toll at 409; 66 more coronavirus variant cases

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Prince Rupert vaccination effort moving ahead of schedule

Prince Rupert, B.C., and the nearby community of Port Edward is ahead of schedule, organizers say.The clinic opened Monday but already those in their 40s will be able to book their appointment Tuesday and could receive their dose of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the week.The Prince Rupert Civic Centre has been transformed into a vaccination clinic with the capacity to administer doses to 1,300 people a day.If vaccinations continue according to plan, the port city could become one of the first in Canada to see all eligible residents immunized.

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COVID-19: Outbreak declared at Cobourg elementary school, first variant in Haliburton County

COVID-19 cases and a school outbreak were reported in Northumberland County on Tuesday, according to the region’s health unit.In its daily update, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reports the number of COVID-19 variant cases continues to climb, now at 32 (26 in Northumberland, five in the City of Kawartha Lakes and the first one reported in Haliburton County). A week ago there were 15 variant cases reported (13 in Northumberland, two in the Kawarthas).

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Almost 1,700 vaccinations given in Waterloo Region on Monday

COVID-19 vaccine administered in Waterloo Region on Monday, according to numbers provided by the distribution task force.Two more vaccination clinics came on board Monday so we should expect to see an uptick on that number in the days ahead provided there is a steady supply of vaccine.

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Senate confirms Isabel Guzman to lead small biz agency

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved President Joe Biden's pick to oversee the Small Business Administration, an agency that has seen its portfolio expand in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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US judiciary seeks to boost judges' security at home, work

WASHINGTON – The federal judiciary says it needs to boost security for judges at home and work following a deadly shooting at a judge's home last summer, protests that damaged more than 50 courthouses around the country last year and the Jan 6. assault on the U.S. Capitol.

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Organizers ask for free COVID-19 testing for kids and staff to keep Ontario summer camps open

COVID-19 testing for children and staff could help keep Ontario camps open this summer while the pandemic drags on, organizers say.Day camps in Ontario were allowed to open with COVID-19 restrictions last year, while overnight camps were ordered to close throughout the summer.With plans to welcome campers again this year, a group for Ontario camps said COVID-19 testing, along with other safety measures, is key to ensure the safety of campers and staff.

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Coronavirus: 22 new cases in London-Middlesex; 1 death, 22 cases in Sarnia-Lambton

Twenty-two new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in London-Middlesex, local health officials reported on Tuesday.One new screened variant positive case has also been reported.The update brings the region’s pandemic case tally to 6,458, of which 6,113 have resolved, an increase of 16 from the day before.At least 185 deaths have been reported, most recently on March 8.As of Tuesday, 160 cases are listed as active in London and Middlesex. The locations of the active locations have not been made public.London-Middlesex remains in the orange-restrict level of the province’s COVID-19 response framework.

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COVID-19 isn’t stopping Canadian health-care flight service

An organization that connects patients with free flights to critical medical care is going strong amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Hope Air officials saw a downturn in their flights last year due to postponements of some procedures. Think-tank finds more than 240 people died waiting for surgery in Saskatchewan In October, Premier Scott Moe commented on the delay of surgeries in the province with the increased focus pandemic response.

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Kingston-area public health completes second COVID-19 doses for LTC residents

COVID-19.According to the health unit, as of March 10, some 95 per cent of the region’s long-term care residents had received a first dose of the vaccine, while 89 per cent had received their second.The health unit said various issues may have led to less of a second dose uptake, like illness or hospitalization in between doses. Long-term care workers receive southeastern Ontario’s first COVID-19 vaccines “This day has been long-awaited, and we are all proud to have helped to protect KFL&A’s most vulnerable adults from COVID-19,” said Dr.

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COVID-19: Death reported in outbreak at Severn Court Student Residence in Peterborough

COVID-19 outbreak at Severn Court Student Residence in Peterborough has claimed the life of a resident, the region’s health unit reported Tuesday.According to Peterborough Public Health, the man, who was a resident in the west-end student residence, was hospitalized in Toronto last week after being diagnosed with a COVID-19 variant of concern. He died on Monday.The outbreak was declared on Feb.

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Spanish islands warn tourists to abide by virus restrictions

MADRID – Faced with a possible flood of visitors from Germany later this month, authorities in Spain's Balearic Islands are warning hotel owners that tourists must adhere to coronavirus restrictions the same way residents do.

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Florida reports 4,852 new COVID-19 cases as health officials ask public to be vigilant during spring break

ORLANDO, Fla. – Across most of Florida things are looking up or rather the number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are down as more people continue to get vaccinated warding off the disease, however, department of health officials are hoping it stays that way in the weeks after spring break.

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Body camera footage released in deadly New Castle County police shooting

WILMINGTON, Del. - The family of a man who was shot and killed by police in New Castle County earlier this year is sharing body camera video of the incident after it was made public by police on Tuesday.Just after 1 a.m. back on Jan.

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4-year-old boy dies after plane crashes into mother's SUV in South Florida neighborhood

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A 4-year-old boy in South Florida died when a small plane crashed into his mother's SUV on Monday afternoon.The crash also claimed the lives of two people in the small Beechcraft airplane, which had taken off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, west of Fort Lauderdale, just before 3 p.m.FAA investigators said the plane was forced to turn back around shortly after takeoff, WSVN reports.

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New coronavirus variant found in England from the Philippines

direct to your inboxA new coronavirus variant has been confirmed in England after two cases were found.The strain was first reported in the Philippines.Public Health England said the variant contains a number of notable mutations, including the E484K spike protein found in the Manaus variant.Concerns have been raised that vaccines may not be as effective against this protein.The new strain has been designated as a variant under investigation (VUI) rather than a variant of concern, such as the Manaus strain.Public Health England said one of the cases was linked to international travel and the other is still being investigated, but did not confirm where either had been found.It came after the Philippines reported 33 cases of a new variant on

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Spend, spend, spend on 2nd day of "legal tampering" in NFL

For people wondering where is all the free-agent quarterback movement as the NFL's “legal tampering” period enters its second day, well, calm down.

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Coronavirus: Ford reacts to news Ontario may have entered 3rd wave of pandemic

When asked for his reaction on the province’s health experts declaring Ontario is in a third wave of the pandemic, Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday responded “we can’t let our guard down” and that he will continue to take advice from the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr.

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COVID-19: Mass immunization site opens at Cobourg Community Centre

COVID-19 in the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPRDHU).The first mass immunization clinic for the public opened at the Cobourg Community Centre at 9 a.m.The 300 seniors who were vaccinated on Tuesday were 80 years of age or older and were contacted by their primary health-care provider.One of them was Diane Korcsok of Millbrook, whose health-care provider is in Northumberland County.“I feel wonderful to be able to get the shot,” Korcsok said.“It made my day!”A few rows over, Ernie Johnson of Brighton received his first Pfizer shot.“Great, I feel super! I was really looking forward to it.

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44 Covid cases detected in mass testing of schools

Latest figures show that 1,842 tests for Covid-19 were carried out in 108 schools in the seven days from 7-13 March.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba’s tourism, hospitality sector gets $8M in relief

Manitoba’s tourism and hospitality sector will see $8 million in new funding for COVID-19 relief, Premier Brian Pallister announced Tuesday.

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Tameside battling rising coronavirus rate ahead of lockdown easing

direct to your inboxTameside is battling a rising coronavirus rate with less than two weeks before the next major step out of lockdown.The borough has been in the top two areas for Covid-19 infection across Greater Manchester in recent days, along with Rochdale. It follows a week-on-week increase in coronavirus cases of 20 per cent, according to the latest data.

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Accountant testifies he saw Honduras president take bribes

NEW YORK – A Honduran accountant testified Tuesday that he fled Honduras because he felt his life was in danger after witnessing two meetings in which an alleged drug trafficker paid bribes to now- President Juan Orlando Hernández in 2013.

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Dr. Deena Hinshaw to give 4 p.m. update Tuesday on COVID-19 in Alberta

Dr. Deena Hinshaw is set to give an update on COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday afternoon.The chief medical officer of health is set to speak at 4 p.m., later than her usual time.

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South Lanarkshire Council reveals financial cost of Covid to education

link."In addition the resource is projecting an impact on some of our income and loss of income due to the pandemic of £564,000 which includes early learning and childcare fees, music tuition and nursery milk."Specific funding of £7.7 million for some costs of the pandemic including for additional teachers, PPE and cleaning costs have been received by the council but, due to the council's coronavirus accounting practices, this has not been included in the education budget and will instead be taken into account centrally along with all Covid-specific funding.

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N.B. confirms COVID-19 case at Edmundston school, reporting 5 new cases

COVID-19 Tuesday, as well as confirming a case in an Edmundston school.The new cases, all of which are linked to previous cases and self-isolating, bring the province’s active count to 41.There is one case in Zone 1 (Moncton region) in an individual aged 60-69, two cases in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) of persons aged 20-29 and 60-69, and two cases in Zone 4 (Edmundston region) aged 50-59 and 60-69. ‘It’s all set up’: Some New Brunswick seniors eager to roll up sleeves for COVID-19 vaccine The province says a case was identified at École Notre-Dame in Edmundston.

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Canada invests millions more in domestic drug development to combat COVID-19

vaccine and drug development capacity.Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada must build and expand homegrown biomanufacturing facilities and develop more equipment to secure more vaccines and therapeutics to combat COVID-19. Feds asked vaccine makers to produce COVID-19 shots in Canada.

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Coronavirus: Unifor calls for aviation sector aid on anniversary of travel restrictions in Canada

restrictions on non-essential travel to Canada, union leaders renewed their call for government aid for the country’s struggling aviation sector.In a press conference organized by Unifor, which represents workers in the aviation industry, union leaders said they were frustrated by the government’s lack of action even after many meetings between union and government officials over the last year. Air Canada ready to refund flight cancellations in exchange for bailout: union “We have met with government over a dozen times in the last year_still nothing,” said Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor.

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74-year-old man shoots, kills neighbor in alleged dispute, Northampton County officials say

MOORE TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A 42-year-old man is dead after what officials in Northampton County say was a dispute with a neighbor.Moore Township police responded to the 1000 block of Moser Road Monday, just after 10:30 in the morning, on reports of shots fired.Officers found 42-year-old Christopher Robbin Debellis shot and killed at his home on Moser Road. Officials say Debellis was shot multiple times, both with a handgun and a rifle, inside and outside his home.According to authorities, responding officers also found a 74-year-old man, reportedly a neighbor of Debellis, suffering a gunshot wound to the head.

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Claim Boris Johnson wanted to ‘ignore’ pandemic in early stages not denied by No 10

direct to your inboxDowning Street has not denied reports that Boris Johnson thought the best approach in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic was to “ignore it”. The Prime Minister ’s official spokesman pointed to the government’s approach of doing “everything we can” to reduce transmission of the virus, protect the NHS and save lives.

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Maharashtra reports nearly 18,000 new Covid cases, highest one-day rise this year

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PR firms: Golden Globes must reform or stars will boycott

NEW YORK – More than 100 Hollywood publicity firms that collectively represent the majority of stars in film and television said they will advise their clients to skip the Golden Globes if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does not commit to “transformational change.”

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Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments

WASHINGTON – Lawyers arguing in jeans and hoodies. A justice who has been silent for years regularly talking. A sound like a toilet flushing during the discussion of a case.

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Nova Scotia reports 2 new cases of COVID, confirms additional variant cases

Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang are scheduled to provide the update at 3 p.m., with the briefing set to be livestreamed on our Global website. According to the province, the new cases are in central zone.

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Toronto’s Upper Canada College closed after 12 people connected to school test positive for COVID-19

Toronto Public Health is reporting 12 people connected to Upper Canada College have tested positive for coronavirus since Feb. 25.A letter from Upper Canada College, an all-boys private school located near Avenue Road and St.

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Kingston bylaw called to 140-person party night before St. Pat’s Section 22 order in place

COVID-19 in Kingston by prohibiting gatherings of over five people inside and outside and imposing seating restrictions on restaurants over the St. Patrick’s Day week.

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Some Alberta doctors to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine in April

COIVD-19 vaccine in their clinics in April.Alberta Health made the announcement in a news release on Tuesday.“Community physicians who are joining the effort to administer COVID-19 vaccines to everyone who wants one will offer Albertans additional ways to receive the vaccine and protect themselves against this very real threat to their health,” Health Minister Tyler Shandro said in the release. AstraZeneca vaccine can now be used on seniors in Canada, NACI says Initially, a limited number of clinics will be able to offer the vaccine.

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Maharashtra: Mumbai nears 2,000 new Covid cases, Pune reports huge daily spike

#CoronavirusUpdates16-Mar, 6:00pm#NaToCorona pic.twitter.com/sDuzcTYl2RThe total number of positive patients in the financial capital of India stands at 3,47,581.On March 14, the city recorded its highest spike of the year with 1,963 fresh infections.On the other hand, Pune district reported a huge spike in its daily Covid-19 count as the infections surpass 3,500-mark for the first time this year.Pune district reported 3,574 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total case count to 4,10,347, a health official said on Tuesday evening.The death toll in the district reached 9,440 with 12 more fatalities, he added.However, 1,577 patients were also discharged from the hospitals in the Pune division, bringing the total number of

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‘New direction’ from Ontario puts COVID-19 vaccinations in Haldimand Norfolk on hold

COVID-19 vaccinations in Haldimand Norfolk on hold for up to four months.On Monday, the health unit (HNHU) used social media to reveal that a “new direction” from the Ford government has changed the region’s COVID-19 vaccination schedule.The order affects some 6,000 residents who have had a first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech dose.

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Coronavirus: WHO calls on countries to be ‘exceptionally careful’ regarding vaccine passports

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top emergencies expert Mike Ryan urged countries to be “exceptionally careful” regarding COVID-19 vaccination certification or the use of “vaccine passports,” saying “we need vaccination policies that don’t create in themselves inequity.” He reminded that the WHO Emergency Committee advised not to impose certification of vaccination as a requirement for international travel.

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Coronavirus: Ontario nursing homes losing staff to Amazon and film industry, association says

Ontario’s long-term care homes say they are losing staff to places like Amazon, airports and the film industry.The Ontario Long-Term Care Association says the staffing crisis is worsening now that other industries need people like infection prevention and control specialists.Staffing shortages have been cited to the province’s long-term care commission as one of the primary reasons COVID-19 had such devastating effects in nursing homes.

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Olympian Kelly Holmes took ten weeks to recover from 'really bad' Covid infection

sore throat, tight chest, aching body, loss of taste and smell and a minor cough. "I got it really bad, I’d say it took me 8-10 weeks to really feel good again," she said.

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Three new COVID-19 variants reported in India: Government

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Covid-19: Karnataka reports 1,135 new cases, six fatalities

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Cambridge ONroute temporarily closed after employee tests positive for COVID-19

Waterloo reports lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly 4 months It says the Highway 401 Westbound location was temporarily closed for cleaning and sanitization.The gas pumps and the convenience store remained open but the eating areas and washrooms were forced to shut down.

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Quebec logs 561 new coronavirus cases, 8 deaths as hospitalizations fall

coronavirus cases and eight more deaths Tuesday as hospitalizations related to the pandemic continue to fall.Health officials say three of those deaths occurred in the past 24 hours, while three took place between March 9 and 14. Two Quebecers died at an unknown date.The case count now stands at 298,747, while the health crisis has claimed the lives of 10,558 Quebecers to date.

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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

Saskatchewan coronavirus hospitalizations down to 138, 207 new infections

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