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At a small, unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road separating Quebec and New York state in mid-March, a group of migrants encounters an RCMP officer who delivers a final warning.

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Manitoba teens now eligible for bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available to anyone aged 12 and up in Manitoba.The province announced Thursday the youth-approved Pfizer vaccine will arrive by the end of next week. Manitobans should stay vigilant about COVID-19, as above-average ‘hazard index’ shows The doses are expected to be available at most Manitoba vaccine sites by Oct.

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Medical officer suggests masks, booster shots amid fall wave of COVID in Niagara Region

COVID-19 is “not as deadly” as it once was but suggests residents should look at putting on masks indoors and getting vaccine booster shots as the region enters a fall wave of the affliction.Dr. Mustafa Hirji says the measures are something the community should revisit not only to fight off COVID but other respiratory illnesses, like the flu.“I think every year we should be looking at that when the virus comes back.

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Scots Covid patients 'still suffering' from virus up to 18 months after infection

Almost half of Covid patients are dealing with symptoms up to 18 months after coming down with the virus, new research has found.

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Diagnosing long COVID: Canadian researchers discover unique new clue

Patients and physicians struggling to officially diagnose long COVID may be one step closer to an answer, thanks to new research from a team of Canadian scientists.

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Ontario residents aged 12-plus now eligible for bivalent COVID booster dose

COVID-19 booster dose.Eligibility expands on Monday, Oct. 17, for those who have completed their primary vaccine series.“The Ontario government is reminding people to stay up-to-date with their vaccines as we enter respiratory illness season,” officials said.Appointments can be made through the provincial booking system, local public health units, and participating pharmacies and health care providers.

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Got COVID? Here’s how long immunity might last as new variants emerge

A bout of COVID-19 infection may not be enough for long-lasting immunity as the virus continues to mutate and new variants emerge.

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CBSA reviewing scores of refugee cases handled by disgraced ex-B.C. immigration lawyer

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is investigating scores of cases handled by a disgraced former B.C. immigration lawyer, in a probe that could lead to deportations.

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Health Minister Copping to provide weekly Alberta COVID-19 update solo

stealth Omicron” variant had become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Alberta, Health Minister Jason Copping will be delivering the weekly update on the state of the pandemic in the province.Copping’s press conference will be streamed in this story.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw is not expected to take part in the press conference scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

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Waterloo Region COVID-19 vaccination rate drops as Public Health tinkers with numbers

COVID-19 in the area took a major turn on Friday when Waterloo Region updated its dashboard.The new report indicates that 74.6 per cent of area residents are vaccinated, down about two per cent from Thursday.That number should start to rebound quickly now that those aged five to 11 are eligible to be vaccinated. Waterloo Region aims to have COVID-19 vaccine available for kids aged 5-11 by Christmas Waterloo Public Health has changed the population number it is using to create these percentages, with that total rising from 588,878 to 605,232.

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Health Canada to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11 on Friday: sources

Health Canada is expected to announce Friday that it has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in Canadian children between the ages of five and 11, a key demographic as the fight to control the spread of the virus ramps up ahead of winter.

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In Ethiopia camp, displaced Tigrayans live with hunger, fear

MEKELE – The memories are so painful that Birhanu Haile sometimes forgets to eat.

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Alberta NDP calls on Kenney to implement stronger restrictions to curb 3rd COVID-19 wave

COVID-19 as case numbers rise.The official Opposition is calling on the province to “immediately reintroduce the Jan. 18 public health orders to protect Albertans from the dangerous third wave of COVID-19.”“Albertans’ lives are at stake and there are proven measures that could be protecting them,” Notley said during a media availability outside the federal building in Edmonton Monday.“I was shocked that Jason Kenney failed to do this on Thursday.

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Alberta Health reports 950 new COVID-19 cases, 600 additional variants on Sunday

COVID-19 cases over the previous 24-hour period.The province also reported 600 additional variant cases, with 38 per cent of the active cases in Alberta now being variants of concern.On Saturday, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted Saturday there was a significant outbreak in the province relating to the P.1 variant, which was first discovered in Brazil.

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Women, immigrants bear brunt of COVID-19 impacts on tourism industry: report

pandemic struck last March, she and the hotel’s other employees, many of whom are women and immigrants, were laid off. With a lack of travel weighing down bookings, the hotel has refused to commit to bringing its workforce back, leaving workers like Cardona to fend for themselves with no end in sight.“I’m on the verge of going homeless if things continue this way,” Cardona said.

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EXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia's deadly Tigray crisis is growing

NAIROBI – Civilians massacred. Journalists arrested. People starving to death. Ethiopia’s government is under growing pressure to allow the world to see firsthand what has occurred in its embattled Tigray region as its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister rejects “partisan interventions.”

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'We'll be left without families': Fear in Ethiopia's Tigray

NAIROBI – As soldiers from Eritrea looted the border town of Rama in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, one home became a dispensary for frightened residents seeking medicine in the midst of war. In return, they shared details of killings in nearby communities. An American nurse visiting her family listened in shock.

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'Emaciated' survivors hint at worse in Ethiopia's Tigray

NAIROBI – “Many, many severe cases of malnutrition” are being reported in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, Red Cross officials said Wednesday, and “emaciated” people in displacement camps are the ones who managed to escape rural areas still inaccessible in the fourth month of fighting.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 8, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/264 COVID-19 Cases and Four Deaths Reported TodayDOH reports 264 new cases of coronavirus today. Four (4) additional deaths were reported, all on O‘ahu.

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Some southern Alberta small businesses frustrated with extended COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19 restrictions being extended until at least Jan. 21., one hair salon owner in Medicine Hat started an online petition asking the Alberta government to allow the beauty industry to get back to work.Hemsing says those in the personal service industry have always practised proper sanitization procedures, even before the pandemic.

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Ethiopian army official confirms Eritrean troops in Tigray

NAIROBI – A senior Ethiopian military official has confirmed the presence of security forces from neighboring Eritrea in the deadly conflict in his country’s northern Tigray region, contradicting the Ethiopian government’s denials.The United States last month said it believed Eritrean troops were active in Ethiopia, a “grave development,” as people fleeing the Tigray region alleged that Eritrean forces were involved in the fighting, targeting and abducting Eritrean refugees from camps near the Eritrean border as well as scores of Tigray residents.

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Red Deer business worried it won’t survive Alberta COVID-19 restrictions

A Red Deer restaurant owner is anxious to know if his business can survive the holiday season. His concerns lie with decisions by the Alberta government this fall. Sarah Komadina has more.

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Former B.C. resident participating in AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial

COVID-19 vaccine trials around the world.Peter Wearing, who now lives in Arizona, is participating in the Stage 3 trial for the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine.The U.K.-based drug maker’s vaccine is seen as an important part of the vaccine solution, as it does not need to be transported at supercooled temperatures, and is being offered at a fraction of the price of its rivals. AstraZeneca releases coronavirus vaccine data.

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Alberta aims to have 1,600 contact tracers by end of 2020 as COVID-19 cases surge

Alberta Health Services is looking for even more contact tracers than previously announced, as the number of new COVID-19 cases soars higher almost each day.The province is aiming to have close to 1,600 contact tracers by the end of 2020, the health authority told Global News Friday. That’s several hundred more than it said it was aiming for a little more than a month ago.

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Dr. Hinshaw to provide update on Alberta COVID-19 situation Friday

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths and public health measures.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is set to speak at 3:30 p.m.Her news conference will be streamed live in this story.

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Thousands killed in Ethiopia's conflict, Tigray side asserts

NAIROBI – Several thousand combatants have been killed in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, an official with the fugitive regional government has asserted, although claims remain difficult to verify a month after the fighting erupted between Ethiopian and regional forces.Getachew Reda, a senior adviser to the Tigray leader, in an interview with Tigray TV aired Thursday urged young people and others in the region to “rise and deploy to battle in tens of thousands” days after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the weekend declared victory.With the leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front on the run in rugged territory, fears of a drawn-out conflict continue.

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'Stop the madness,' Tigray leader urges Ethiopia's PM

NAIROBI – The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to “stop the madness” and withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues “on every front” two days after Abiy declared victory.Debretsion Gebremichael, in a phone interview with The Associated Press, said he remains near the Tigray capital, Mekele, which the Ethiopian army on Saturday said it now controlled. Far from accepting Abiy’s declaration of victory, the Tigray leader asserted that “we are sure we’ll win.”He also accused the Ethiopian forces of carrying out a “genocidal campaign” against the Tigray people.

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UN warns of 'very critical' shortages in Ethiopia's Tigray

NAIROBI – The United Nations says shortages have become “very critical” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as its population of 6 million remains sealed off and its capital is under threat of attack by Ethiopian forces seeking to arrest the regional leaders.Fuel and cash are running out, more than 1 million people are now displaced and food for nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea will be gone in a week, according to a new report released overnight. And more than 600,000 people who rely on monthly food rations haven’t received them this month.Travel blockages are so dire that even within the Tigray capital, Mekele, the U.N.

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Ethiopia warns Tigray residents that 'anything can happen'

NAIROBI – Ethiopia’s government is again warning residents of the besieged capital of the embattled Tigray region as the clock ticks on a 72-hour ultimatum before a military assault, saying “anything can happen.”Senior official Redwan Hussein told reporters Monday that the Tigray regional leaders are “hiding out in a densely populated city; the slightest strike would end up losing lives.” Human rights groups and others were alarmed over the weekend when Ethiopia’s military warned civilians in the Tigray capital, Mekele, that there would be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” before the offensive to flush out defiant regional leaders.

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Immigration approvals cut in half during 1st wave of coronavirus in Canada: data

immigration system due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected thousands of lives.The figures show approvals for immigration applications fell by more than half in the months between March and August when compared to the first two months of 2020. Canada increasing immigration targets following pandemic disruptions At the same time, the number of extensions given to people with existing permits skyrocketed.

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Migrant worker fired for speaking about COVID 19 wins labour case against farm

migrant worker it fired in retaliation for speaking out about working conditions.The Ontario Labour Review Board says Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc. fired Gabriel Flores in June and immediately sent him back to Mexico after he privately and publicly expressed concerns over working and living conditions.

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Ethiopia aims to remove leadership of defiant Tigray region

NAIROBI – Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to fears that a major African power could slide into civil war.

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COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing among Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant (RIM) Populations: Important Considerations for Health Departments

RIM stands for Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant populations and includes individuals living in the United States who were born in another country. RIM populations include diverse groups originating from all over the world, speaking hundreds of languages, and with different immigration status, occupations, and years of residence in the United States.

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Man accused of helping migrants into Canada claims he’s an ICE informant: court docs

accused of illegally smuggling several migrants from the United States into Canada through his border town property is claiming he was an informant for U.S. immigration officials, who allegedly knew of his activities for years.Robert Boule was charged last year with multiple counts of human smuggling.

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Thousands of Honduras migrants set out for U.S. on foot amid pandemic

Honduran migrants hoping to reach the United States entered Guatemala on foot Thursday morning, testing the newly reopened frontier that had been shut by the coronavirus pandemic.Authorities had planned to register the migrants as they crossed and offer assistance to those willing to turn back, but the group crossed the official border at Corinto without registering, pushing past outnumbered Guatemalan police and soldiers who made little attempt to stop them. ‘The cruelty is staggering:’ U.S.

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Roughly 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children expelled from U.S. since March

Donald Trump’s administration has expelled about 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to court documents filed Friday by the Justice Department.The administration had declined to disclose the numbers since June, when it said about 2,000 children had been expelled. Immigration advocates had argued that many more were likely subject to the rules, but the scope of the expulsions was not clear until Friday.

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Migrant workers at Brandon Maple Leaf plant seek shutdown, increased health measures

COVID-19 outbreak under control.The plant has been a hotspot for cases in the region, which is currently under increased provincial restrictions, including limits on gatherings and mandatory masks in public.In an open letter Monday, workers via Migrante Manitoba, a community organization that advocates for the rights and welfare of migrant workers, said they were “crying for help” due to the pandemic, which has seen 70 cases connected to the Maple Leaf plant.

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Activists hold protest in Toronto over treatment of migrant workers during coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.The event was organized by the Migrant Workers Alliance of Canada, which for months has been advocating for migrant workers to receive the same status and benefits as Canadian citizens.Syed Hussan, the group’s executive director, said the actions are about underlining the unique issues that such workers face, and ensuring they receive equal treatment under the law.“Migrant workers have lost lives and have lost their livelihoods due to COVID-19,” Hussan said.

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Coronavirus: Quebec farms facing lost profits and rotting harvests due to migrant worker shortage

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]He said it takes inexperienced Quebecers up to three times as long to do farm work compared to a migrant worker. That meant he had to pay locals to do less work, eating into his profits.D’Aoust slashed production at his farm, Les Bontés de la Vallée, by 60 per cent this year because he and his wife figured they would only have migrant workers later in the harvest season.Two Guatemalan workers eventually made it on D’Aoust and Plante’s farm — but the financial damage to the business was done.

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Coronavirus: Frozen immigration systems across the globe keeping thousands apart

COVID-19.John is American, his wife Donna is Canadian. They live now in Madoc, Ont., and Donna’s health is fading.

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‘The cruelty is staggering:’ U.S. deports migrants using coronavirus public health powers

coronavirus pandemic.Alexy, 32, and his son Samuel were whisked to the border in the wee hours of June 28 and returned to Mexico. Two days later, after giving birth at a hospital in Chula Vista, California, 25-year-old Karina was returned to Tijuana in similar fashion with her newborn son, a U.S.

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Coronavirus: Migrant workers demand immigration status amid COVID-19 outbreak

People have taken to the streets across Canada demanding Ottawa grant migrant workers greater rights and protections. Hundreds of migrant workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

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U.S. argues for migrant family detainment, despite judge’s order to release children

immigrant parents detained with their children — including some infants — after a federal judge set a deadline for the children to be freed, which advocates warned could lead to the renewed separation of families.In court papers, the Trump administration argued Judge Dolly Gee’s findings on Friday were “insufficient” to prove the allegations made by families that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn’t doing enough to control the spread of coronavirus, even as there have been confirmed cases of COVID-19 in two of three family detention centres in Texas and Pennsylvania.

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Ottawa to revamp immigration application processing ahead of anticipated surge

COVID-19 surge in demand for migration to Canada.The federal Immigration Department says the “new normal” that will emerge after the pandemic requires a revamp of the technology used to handle millions of applications a year.It says new strategies for managing those applications are also needed to limit the amount of in-person contact within the bureaucracy and between officials and potential newcomers.

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Canada will need newcomers after coronavirus pandemic, immigration minister says

Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says bringing newcomers to Canada will be essential in the post-pandemic era.

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New immigrant volunteers at Regina YWCA to protect vulnerable staff amid COVID-19

Bola Oyewole was given the choice to terminate her volunteer work experience placement at the Regina YWCA as the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic settled in across Saskatchewan.

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Calgary charity EthioCare offers extra support for immigrants during COVID-19 crisis

Imagine moving to an entirely new country, not knowing the language and suddenly finding yourself submerged in a strange new culture. Then, not long after arriving, a global health pandemic hits.

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The number of detainees held in Canada’s immigration holding centres is declining amid COVID-19 fears

Dozens of people who were held in Canada’s immigration detention facilities have been released over the last week as advocates and lawyers have called for their release amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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