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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now be offered to people 30 years old and up. But despite this recommendation, many provinces say they don’t have enough vaccines for this age group.Experts argue Canada may not have enough vaccines for people age 40 and up, let alone 30.

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COVID-19: MLHU, libraries partner to reach those yet to book vaccine appointments

COVID-19 vaccination but who have not yet received their shot.Effective immediately, staff at the local library branches will call library cardholders aged 70 and older “to ensure they have the information they need to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment and that they know where to find more information if they have questions.” COVID-19 — Canadian military preparing to send ICU nurses, medics after Ontario’s request for help The health unit estimates more than 80 per cent of people 75 and older and more than 65 per cent of those aged 70 to 74 have had their first dose of vaccine.“There has been strong demand for the COVID-19 vaccines since we launched our public vaccination campaign, but we know that there were challenges for some

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Manitoba reports another COVID-19 variant death, 210 new cases

COVID-19 variant of concern.Health officials said Monday the province’s latest victim of the virus, a woman in her 60s from the Winnipeg Health region, had been infected with the B.1.1.7 strain, first identified in the United Kingdom. Premier Brian Pallister, Dr.

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COVID-19: Some Ontario pharmacies could administer Pfizer vaccine as part of pilot project

COVID-19 vaccine as the province’s supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot remains uncertain.Health Minister Christine Elliott says the province is working on a pilot project that would deliver the Pfizer shot to “several” pharmacies.

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Guelph reports 114 new COVID-19 cases from weekend, active cases at 318

COVID-19 on Monday, raising its total case count to 3,915 during the pandemic.The data encompasses the entire weekend, from Friday to Monday morning. Active cases increased by one during that time to 318.

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UNB closes Fredericton campus due to confirmed cases of COVID-19

COVID-19 on the Fredericton campus, but did not say how many.The university said the campus will close as a result. New Brunswick to require 7-day hotel quarantine for most travellers “This step is being taken in light of the positive cases on campus that may be a variant of concern in our community,” the university said in a statement.Effective immediately, the university said it will wind down to essential operations only.

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Quebec reports under 900 COVID-19 cases for first time in about a month

COVID-19 cases on Monday — the lowest daily case count in a month — and eight more coronavirus-related deaths.Health officials say hospitalizations increased by 10 to 664, and 167 people are in intensive care — an increase of two from Sunday.Authorities say of the eight deaths, one happened in the last 24 hours. Quebec’s death toll now stands at 10,886.On Sunday, Health Minister Christian Dubé wrote on Twitter that the situation remains fragile but there’s hope on the horizon — reminding Quebecers that the province will open up vaccines to the general population at the end of May.He encouraged citizens to keep up protective efforts in the coming weeks.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 26

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Monday:A 13-year-old Brampton girl has died after testing positive for COVID-19, becoming one of the youngest victims of the virus in Ontario.A GoFundMe created by a friend of the family, Adrian Goddard, said Emily Victoria Viegas died on April 22.Goddard told Global News he was a friend of Viegas’ father, Carlos Viegas through ball hockey and that he had met Emily a few times over the years.He said Emily’s mother is also in the ICU with COVID-19. 13-year-old girl in Brampton dies after testing positive for COVID-19 Ontario is reporting 3,510 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

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Ontario reports 3,510 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Monday. The provincial total now stands at 448,861.Monday’s case count is lower than Sunday’s 3,947 new infections and is the second day in a row, cases have been lower than 4,000.According to Monday’s report, 1,015 cases were recorded in Toronto, 909 in Peel Region, 391 in York Region, 206 in Ottawa and 244 in Durham Region.All other local public health units reported fewer than 200 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 7,935 as 24 more deaths were recorded.Meanwhile, 400,340 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 89 per cent of known cases.

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Nova Scotia reports another record-setting COVID-19 case number

The province said there’s 58 cases in the central zone, five in the eastern zone, one in the northern zone and two in the western zone.The province has 323 active cases in total so far.Premier Iain Rankin and Dr.

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Canada surpasses 12 million COVID-19 vaccine jabs as rollout picks up speed

COVID-19 vaccine as the country’s race to safeguard most of its population against the virus continues to pick up speed.To date, a total of 12,045,041 vaccine doses have been doled out in Canada according to a Global News tally.That number also comes as Canada’s vaccination rate continues to leap on a day-by-day basis. AstraZeneca’s 1.5M COVID-19 shots from Baltimore plant are safe: Health Canada According to the latest statistics from OurWorldInData, Canada’s COVID-19 doses administered per 100 people now stands at 31.30, as of April 24.

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan adds 249 new cases as total vaccinations near 400K

Saskatchewan is closer to hitting another milestone during the pandemic as total COVID-19 vaccines administered is reported at 399,745.Health-care workers across the province administered 7,451 doses on Saturday. Drivers essential to Saskatchewan’s road to recovery from COVID-19 keep trucking Officials reported that 57 per cent of Saskatchewan residents over 40 have received their first dose.

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Walk-in COVID-19 clinic for South Langley residents happening Sunday

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Quebec reports 1,014 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations and ICU numbers drop

COVID-19 cases on Sunday, and nine more coronavirus-related deaths.Health officials say hospitalizations continued to drop by eight to 654, and 165 people are in intensive care — a decrease of 16 from Saturday.Authorities say of the nine deaths, six occurred in the last 24 hours. Quebec’s death toll now stands at 10,878.Health Minister Christian Dubé said on Saturday that 60 per cent of the new cases are people under 40.“We know young adults are sick for longer and wait longer before going to hospital,” he wrote in a post on Twitter.

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COVID-19: Quebec reports 1,106 new cases, 13 more deaths as hospitalizations drop

COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 13 more coronavirus virus-related deaths.Health officials say hospitalizations decreased by 22 to 662, and 181 people are in intensive care — an increase of nine from Friday.Authorities say of the 13 deaths, three occurred in the last 24 hours. Quebec’s death toll now stands at 10,869.More than 82,080 doses of the vaccine were administered on Friday, and 1,548 doses were added to the toll from before April 23, for a total of 2,763,535 since the beginning of the vaccination rollout in the province.Quebec has reported more than 343,790 infections since the pandemic hit the province.

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Nova Scotia reports 52 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday

COVID-19 Saturday — just three cases shy of the province’s single-day record set in April of last year.The province now has 201 active cases.Nova Scotia shuts down border to 7 provinces as COVID-19 cases increaseOf the new cases, 44 are in the Central Zone, four are in the Eastern Zone and four are in the Northern Zone.More information will follow, said the province in a tweet Saturday.

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Ontario reports nearly 4,100 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 441,404.“Locally, there are 1,191 new cases in Toronto, 1,014 in Peel, 406 in York Region, 226 in Niagara and 199 in Durham,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.Twenty-four new deaths were also reported, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,887.A total of 392,044 coronavirus cases are considered resolved, which is up by 4,332.

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Nova Scotia reports 1 new COVID-19 case connected to school

COVID-19 Friday evening connected to Oyster Pond Academy in Oyster Pond, Central Zone.The person was not in school on Friday.The province said the school will remain closed to students until Thursday, April 29. A deep cleaning will take place and students will learn from home during the closure.The new school-related cases came in after the cut-off for reporting, so they are not included in Friday’s case numbers.Nova Scotia health officials also reported two cases of COVID-19 connected to schools in Nova Scotia late Friday afternoon.

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COVID-19: 22 people charged for violating N.S. Health Protection Act

Halifax Regional Police charged 22 people for violating the Nova Scotia Health Protection Act Friday as the COVID-19 crisis continues.In a release, police said they responded to a report of a large social gathering at a residence on Jubilee Road in Halifax that exceeded the gathering limits.Officers issued tickets for the violation, which carries a fine of $1,000.As of Friday, the province has announced that the gathering limit (indoors and outdoors) would be no more than five people.

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COVID-19: Winnipeg school moving to remote learning for two weeks

COVID-19 cases at a Winnipeg K-8 school have forced a move to remote learning for the next two weeks.A letter sent to families obtained by Global News says there are several confirmed cases amongst staff and students of Ecole Marie-Anne Gaboury since April 15 and more are anticipated over the weekend.As a result, the Louis Riel School Division is transitioning all students to home learning from Monday, April 26 to Friday, May 7.“This decision will prevent any possibility of transmission in the school and ensure we have the staff capacity to provide learning from home over the next two weeks,” LRSD superintendent Christian Michalik said in the letter.“If in-school learning were to continue, given the cycle of community transmission, we would

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Letter from prominent current, former Manitobans calls for tighter COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19 rules.Former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray, musician Fred Penner and former senator Sharon Carstairs are among the signatories. COVID-19 variant linked to another death in Manitoba, 300 new variant cases reported Friday The letter calls for unspecified “extreme action” to stop the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the province.“It is clear that there is a final window of opportunity for Manitoba to blunt the impact of what is about to happen,” the letter reads in part.“It will only get worse without immediate action.

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COVID-19: 107 new cases, 1 additional death confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases and one additional death on Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 9,824, including 219 deaths.Local public health also confirmed 120 new coronavirus variant cases, bringing the total up to 2,741 — 739 of which are active.

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Barrie mayor reflects on local COVID-19 situation, vaccination progress

COVID-19 pandemic and amid a devastating third wave, Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said there is greater strain on the local health-care system than there was a month ago, although vaccinations are progressing smoothly.“Our hospital does have a much, much higher number of COVID patients than it did a month ago,” Lehman told Global New Thursday.“They’re still OK — they’re not having to transfer patients out to other hospitals in the way that we’re seeing the GTA have to do that, and of course, at RVH, there is the PRU, which is the pandemic response unit … It’s a temporary unit that has 70 beds in it, and those extra beds were set up in the spring to create extra capacity for exactly this situation.” Barrie, Ont., restaurant continues to defy

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COVID-19 patient record broken in Saskatchewan ICUs

COVID-19 patients reported in intensive care units (ICUs) at the province’s hospitals.There is a total of 186 hospitalizations due to the virus while 134 are receiving inpatient care, according to a press release on Friday. 30 fines issued since start of 2021 for public health orders violations: Regina police Saskatchewan added one COVID-19-related death for a total of 471 since the pandemic began.

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BC Ferries to deny non-essential travel on multiple routes as part of COVID-19 restrictions

BC Ferries confirmed Friday that it will deny travel to customers travelling for non-essential reasons on routes crossing regional zones.The province announced Friday that it is splitting B.C. up into three regional zones in order to enforce new travel restrictions.The new order prohibits non-essential travel between Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley (Fraser Health and Coastal Health regions), Vancouver Island (Island Health region) and Northern/Interior (Interior Health and Northern Health regions).BC Ferries says the new order will affect the following routes:Customers on those routes will be asked if their travel is essential and will be denied passage if it’s not essential.

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Manitoba health officials give COVID-19 update, details on vaccination hot spots expected Friday

COVID-19 Friday.Deputy chief public health officer, Dr. Jazz Atwal will be joined by Dr.

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Guelph reports 22 new COVID-19 cases, active cases fall to 317

COVID-19 on Friday, raising the local case count to 3,801 during the pandemic.Active cases fell by 22 from the previous day to 317 with another 44 people recovering from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. 1st known case of rare blood clot linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine confirmed in Ontario The city’s resolved case count is at 3,447 and its COVID-19 death toll of 37 has not changed since Feb.

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Nova Scotia reports 44 new cases of COVID-19, highest single-day total in a year

here.Rankin said on Thursday the province was implementing an almost full lockdown and it would be in place for the next four weeks.The province said 33 cases of the 44 announced on Friday are in the central zone, five of which were identified Thursday at Dartmouth South Academy in Dartmouth, Ross Road School in Westphal, Holland Road Elementary in Fletchers Lake, St. Catherine’s Elementary in Halifax and St.

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Canada set to receive 35M Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccines for 2022

COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that the government has secured 35 million Pfizer booster shots for 2022.Another 30 million Pfizer vaccines have been secured for 2023, he told reporters at a press conference.“Pfizer has been a solid partner for Canada in this fight against COVID-19, and we’re happy to be one of the first countries to secure an agreement with them going forward,” Trudeau said.

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Quebec adds 1,043 new COVID-19 cases, province halfway to June 24 vaccination goal

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 23

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Friday:Toronto Mayor John Tory announced Friday morning that the city has surpassed administering more than a million vaccine doses.Tory said more than 26,000 were given Thursday, giving the city a total of 1,004,339.Toronto and Peel Region could begin to order the temporary closure of some businesses today to control workplace COVID-19 outbreaks.The orders from the top doctors in both regions were expected to come into effect today, a measure they both said was designed to protect tens of thousands of essential workers from the virus.The painted circles the City used to promote social distancing will return to Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park this spring.Installation of the circles will

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Ontario reports 4,505 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Friday. The provincial total now stands at 437, 310.Friday’s case count has jumped back over 4,000 after Thursday recorded 3,682 new infections.

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COVID-19: Pregnant women eligible for vaccine as Ontario moves them to ‘highest risk’ category

COVID-19 vaccine priority list and can book an appointment as of Friday.Pregnant women were previously in the “high risk” category in Phase 2 of Ontario’s vaccine priority list, which would have put them at the end of the phase in May or even later.

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COVID-19: Peel, Toronto could begin workplace closures to control outbreaks

COVID-19 outbreaks.The orders from the top doctors in both regions were expected to come into effect today, a measure they both said was designed to protect tens of thousands of essential workers from the virus. Peel Region, Toronto order businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases to close for 10 days Both regions said the orders would close businesses with recent outbreaks of five or more linked cases in the past two weeks.The shutdowns will last for 10 days and workers will have to self-isolate during that time.

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When is it OK to travel in Saskatchewan? Follow COVID-19 guidelines, keep bubbles small: experts

coronavirus pandemic, and many at home are stir-crazy; but is it OK to travel in Saskatchewan?The short answer — it depends.

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Vaccination doesn’t mean a return to pre-COVID-19 lifestyle, Manitoba health official says

COVID-19 vaccine, health officials are warning those who’ve been jabbed not to expect a return to their pre-pandemic lives just yet.Dr. Joss Reimer, lead of Manitoba’s vaccine implementation task force, says until the province reaches a level where most people are immune, everyone needs to continue to follow public health orders, regardless of whether or not they’ve been inoculated.

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Innisfil, Ont., dance studio charged after staying open amid COVID-19 lockdown

COVID-19 safety protocols in place, South Simcoe police said.According to police, numerous complainants reported a non-essential business staying open despite a provincewide state of emergency and stay-at-home order.

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New Brunswick restaurant owner keeps the faith amid COVID-19

Fredericton restaurant BrewBakers to reopen after months of closure Nestled along Main street in the quiet village of Hillsborough, N.B., sits Rocco’s Cucina restaurant.Rocco Agostini, who moved to New Brunswick in 2008, opened the restaurant in the village in the fall of 2018.

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COVID-19: In the absence of an Ontario paid sick day program, some companies are stepping up

COVID-19 pandemic, some Canadian employers are offering paid sick leave to their employees in the absence of government action.Paid sick leave benefits, which allow workers to call in sick without fear of losing a day’s pay, are becoming a political issue across the country, especially in Ontario. The benefit is one of the measures recommended by a group of experts who advise the Ontario government on COVID-19 measures, but has so far been turned down.

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COVID-19: 12 new cases for Peterborough area, PRHC reports 3 more inpatients, 9 patient transfers

Peterborough Public Health reported another dozen new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday while the regional hospital reports an increase in patients.On the health unit’s COVID tracker update issued at 4:21 p.m., there are 102 active cases of COVID-19, down from 107 reported on Wednesday. Cases were at 123 on Monday.As of Thursday there are 387 variant of concern cases, up from 379 about 24 hours earlier. The first confirmed variant of concern — a B.1.1.7 variant, first reported in the U.K.

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87 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 9,726, including 218 deaths.Local public health also confirmed 165 new coronavirus variant cases, bringing that total up to 2,635 — 715 of which are active.

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B.C. health officials to provide live Thursday COVID-19 briefing

COVID-19 situation on Thursday afternoon.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1 at 1 p.m. Seven COVID-19 deaths, 862 new cases as B.C.

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Manitoba reports 261 new COVID-19 cases, premier rejects call for near lockdown

COVID-19 cases.Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman says the province should look at imposing tougher rules because the third wave of the pandemic has arrived and is likely to get worse.

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B.C. won’t reach COVID-19 herd immunity under current vaccination plan: SFU researchers

COVID-19 under current vaccination plans and the novel coronavirus and its variants may still spread once social distancing measures are relaxed.The report calls for vaccinating children and youth as soon as it is safe to do so and encouraging vaccine acceptance among the entire adult population.“What we found is that if we vaccinate the number of people who say they’re going to want a vaccine now and we don’t vaccinate kids because right now they’re not approved, we’re not really in a position to just completely reopen and go completely back to normal because we’ve left too many people unprotected,” said Caroline Colijn, an infectious disease modeller and mathematics professor at SFU.Colijn and colleague Paul Tupper ran a set of

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Quebec expands COVID-19 vaccination to those with chronic illnesses, disabilities

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COVID-19: ‘Ring vaccination’ can teach us how to target limited supply

daily case counts in Canada rise to record highs despite several provinces imposing new restrictions, and some experts are pointing to ring vaccination — a strategy deployed in the eradication of smallpox — as a template for how to focus limited vaccine supply to have the greatest impact.While experts say COVID-19 and its spread pose unique challenges in deploying ring vaccination by the book, the principles behind it can guide vaccine prioritization by creating a “ring” of vaccinated protection around hot-spot regions or even specific workplaces.In its simplest terms, ring vaccination involves identifying and vaccinating the “ring” of individuals in contact with an infected individual in order to protect them and to suppress further

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 22

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday:Premier Doug Ford confirmed the province is working on a paid sick-leave program for Ontario workers after months of refusal.He said the province is now working on a solution because the federal government hasn’t expanded its own policy.Ford fought back tears as he also apologized for increasing police enforcement powers and closing playgrounds last Friday amid surging case numbers and hospitalizations in the province.He said his government moved too fast and got it wrong.“Simply put, we got it wrong. We made a mistake.

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Quebec adds almost 1,250 new cases as province sets another COVID-19 vaccination record

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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

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