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COVID-19 cases with a variant of concern took a dramatic jump in Sunday’s update from Waterloo Public Health.There are now 90 in the region, 24 hours after the number stood at 68. Coronavirus vaccine tracker: How many Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19? Ten of those 90 are confirmed to be of the U.K.

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5 COVID-19 outbreaks declared in Waterloo Region schools this week

COVID-19 variants of concern spreading in Waterloo Region St. John Catholic Elementary School in Kitchener has seen six students and a staff member test positive for the coronavirus prompting the move.“The number of people currently being assessed as potential high-risk contacts is such that we are experiencing challenges having enough staff to safely deliver program at St.

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Reduction in COVID-19 Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Following Implementation of a National COVID-19 Vaccination Program — Israel, December 2020–February 2021

1,*; Ilan Youngster, MD2,*; Yair E. Lewis, MD, PhD3 (View author affiliations)Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in a controlled setting.

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Waterloo Region seeking help for area COVID-19 vaccine clinics

COVID-19 vaccination clinic in a variety of non-medical roles.It says the roles could include anything from clinic greeter, helping with client flow through the clinic, equipment/supply runners to parking lot attendants.

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COVID-19 variants of concern spreading in Waterloo Region

COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region is quickly climbing but this fact is not a surprise to Waterloo Region’s Medical Officer Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang.“Provincial modeling projects that variants will become the predominant strain in March,” the region’s top doctor told the Board of Health on Wednesday night.

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30 more positive tests for COVID-19 reported in Waterloo Region

coronavirus on Wednesday, lifting the total number of local COVID-19 cases to 10,468.The rolling seven-day average of new cases falls to 40.9 with Wednesday’s announcement.

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Premier Iain Rankin to provide first COVID-19 update on Wednesday

NSHA advises of potential COVID-19 exposure at 4 HRM stores, 2 flights That practice continued despite few COVID-19 cases being recorded in the province when contrasted with other regions in Canada that still held in-person briefings.Instead, Wednesday’s meeting will allow a limited number of media outlets to attend in-person.All those attending in-person will be required to wear masks while media outlets unable to attend in-person can call in to ask their questions.The update is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

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Covid-19: 13 out of 4,000 school teachers test positive for Covid-19 in Punjab

Covid-19 cases in Punjab, Amritsar civil surgeon Charanjit Singh on Tuesday informed that out of 4,000 school teachers tested, 13 teachers were found to have contracted the virus."Covid-19 cases have increased in the last two to three days. A sampling at schools has been made mandatory.

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COVID-19: 3 new cases for Peterborough area, more child cases at Buckhorn daycare, Havelock school cleared

COVID-19, including a variant of concern on Tuesday.The new cases, along with nine more resolved cases, decrease the number of active cases to 35 as reported on the health unit’s COVID-19 tracker. There are now 570 resolved cases out of the 614 cases since the pandemic was declared.

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Waterloo Public Health provides update on COVID-19 vaccination plan

Should all seniors get the COVID-19 vaccine before essential workers? The agency says it will continue with all eligible long-term care, high-risk retirement home staff and essential caregivers as well as the highest priority frontline workers in these settings.Other groups it will focus on include health care workers who deal with patients in COVID-19 response, those in assessment testing centres or on mobile teams, as well as those who are supporting outbreak response or working in vaccine clinics and isolation centres.In addition, paramedics and firefighters will also begin receiving vaccinations as will community health care workers who are involved in consumption and treatment services and those who work with seniors and chronic home

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B.C. records more than 1,400 cases of COVID-19 over three days and 8 deaths

COVID-19.On Monday, health officials said there were 501 cases from Friday to Saturday, 475 from Saturday to Sunday, and 449 from Sunday to Monday.This means there have been 77,263 cases in the province.The seven-day average is now 469 cases, which is the highest it has been since Jan. 29.

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55 new cases, 21 COVID-19 outbreaks in Hamilton as of Monday

COVID-19 were reported in Hamilton on Monday.Daily figures posted by Hamilton Public Health show 371 active cases and 21 outbreaks throughout the city. Hamilton reports 110 new COVID-19 cases on the weekend, outbreak at shelter grows to 25 cases Two of the largest active outbreaks involve the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre and the Salvation Army men’s shelter.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]There are 27 cases of the coronavirus at the Barton Street Jail, affecting 19 inmates and eight staff members.The Salvation Army Booth Centre has 25 cases, involving 23 clients and two staff members.

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Alberta’s top doctor to provide update on province’s COVID-19 situation Monday afternoon

pic.twitter.com/hZyrr7bXeO— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) February 21, 2021As of Sunday afternoon, a total of 169,441 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in the province with 66,357 Albertans having already received both their doses.On Monday, enhanced public health measures came into effect with regard to travellers arriving in Canada from abroad.Among the new measures are a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine for most travellers landing at Canadian airports.

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Ontario students told to stay home if family member has single COVID-19 symptom

Ministry of Education updated its COVID-19 screening tool on Friday.“Everyone in your household should stay home if anyone has COVID-19 symptoms or is waiting for test results after experiencing symptoms,” a note on the website warns.

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Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador report 60 new cases of COVID-19

COVID-19 in the province today.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says there are also nine new presumptive cases, and 34 of the new positive cases today were previously listed as presumptive.But a presumptive case reported this week in the Labrador community of Makkovik has turned out to be negative.

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Saskatchewan government issues tender for COVID-19 outbreak emergency support staff

Saskatchewan government is recruiting an emergency support team to help staff personal care homes that declare COVID-19 outbreaks like the one at Regina’s Extendicare Parkside Special Care Home.Extendicare Parkside is home of Saskatchewan’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak that infected more than 200 people and killed around 40 residents.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) stepped in to help manage the care home in mid-December, after the outbreak was declared in late November 2020.

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Nova Scotia Health issues COVID-19 exposure warnings for New Minas

All the potential COVID-19 exposure sites in Nova Scotia over the past 14 days Public health officials say anyone who visited the Burger King at 9148 Commercial St. in New Minas on Feb. 10 between 12 p.m.

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City studies creation of ‘virtual memorial wall’ to COVID-19 victims

COVID-19.City councillors have unanimously approved a motion, presented by Stoney Creek Coun. Brad Clark, to study the creation of a “virtual memorial wall” on the city’s website.

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PHAC monitoring reports of 2 COVID-19 variants merging into heavily mutated hybrid

reports of two COVID-19 variants — first thought to have originated in the U.K. and California — combining to make one heavily-mutated hybrid.“We are aware of the reports coming out of California about the combination of two variants of the coronavirus and are closely monitoring the situation and other genetic variants of the virus that causes COVID-19,” the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in an emailed statement to Global News.

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2 Ontario universities to study COVID-19 transmission, immunity on campus

Coronavirus may linger for years, but could change into mild annoyance: experts The Queen’s study will specifically focus on testing asymptomatic students from the university’s health sciences department for the level of transmission among university students and for possible immunity.Anne Ellis, a researcher and professor in the department of medicine at Queen’s, said these students are ideal candidates for the study because they’ve already had direct and regular contact with the public and with patients at local hospitals, putting them at greater risk of exposure to the virus.“It’s quite possible that these medical students are rotating wards with patients with COVID-19, or possible COVID-19 cases.

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‘An eternal optimist’: Friends, family mourn victim of Olymel COVID-19 outbreak

COVID-19 linked to an outbreak of the virus at the Red Deer Olymel meat processing facility. He didn’t have any comorbidities that contributed to his death, according to Alberta Health.As of Tuesday, Alberta Health confirmed 343 COVID-19 infections were linked to the outbreak, with 200 still active and 142 considered recovered.The plant was closed down Monday, with the company saying in a statement it no longer believed it could carry out operations safely and efficiently due to the growing number of cases.

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COVID-19: 9 new cases in Peterborough area, outbreak at child care centre in Peterborough County

COVID-19 and a new outbreak on Tuesday as the region begins its “yellow — protect” designation under Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework.As of 4:40 p.m. the health unit’s COVID-tracker reports there are 31 active cases, up from 22 on Monday.

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Alberta labour group demands meeting over COVID-19 outbreak at Olymel pork plant

Olymel temporarily closes Alberta pork plant because of COVID-19 outbreak Gil McGowan is making the demand a day after Olymel indefinitely closed its pork plant in central Alberta, which has been linked to hundreds of virus cases and the death of one worker.He says he aims to remind the United Conservative government that its job is to protect the public and not the profits of corporations.A statement from the labour group links to a letter that Alberta Health Services wrote to Olymel last week, which says on-site testing suggests one in five workers may have been infected.The letter also says about 60 per cent of Olymel staff hold at least one other job outside the plant and those other employers must be notified of positive cases.

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Olymel temporarily closes Alberta pork plant because of COVID-19 outbreak

“Olymel sincerely hopes that all employees at the Red Deer plant who have tested positive for COVID-19 soon regain their health.

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Saskatoon bar Buds on Broadway says it will fight COVID-19 fine in court

COVID-19 public health orders in court.“We were unfairly cited for spacing regulations within the establishment,” a statement on the Buds on Broadway Facebook page says.The provincial government said, in a Feb. 10 statement, that inspectors issued the fine because the bar had failed to abide by public health orders.

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Waterloo Region to see red on Tuesday when COVID-19 lockdown lifts

Waterloo Region will be seeing red once again when the province lifts the COVID-19 lockdown order on Tuesday.The Ontario government announced Friday that 27 public health regions will shift out of the shutdown and back into a revised version of the colour-coded system it had used before the stay-at-home order was imposed.

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Coronavirus: Four new COVID-19 deaths, 81 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba

Another four Manitobans have died from the novel coronavirus and the province’s top doc says another 81 people have fallen ill to the virus. Their deaths bring the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 866, said Dr.

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N.S. top doctor says ongoing N.L. COVID-19 outbreak a reminder to not be complacent

COVID-19 can spread.Newfoundland and Labrador reported 100 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 74 teenagers.The new figures are another single-day record for COVID-19 infections in the province and follow the 53 cases that were reported Wednesday – a record at the time.N.L. chief medical officer Dr.

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Probable COVID-19 variant of concern linked to Kitchener school

COVID-19 variant of concern has been linked with a school in Kitchener.It says the case involves a student at W.T. Townshend Public School.

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Possible low-risk COVID-19 exposure at 2 Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory businesses

COVID-19.According to a news release sent out Thursday afternoon, a person who was exposed to COVID-19 was at Fast Freddy’s on Jan. 26, 27 and 28, and also at Quik Stop on Feb.

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Quebec seniors worry about getting COVID-19 vaccine, complain registering is confusing

COVID-19 vaccine.“I think it’s just compound stress and frustration and a clear rollout plan or clear information lines would be incredibly helpful to all members of the public, but especially to seniors,” said Vanessa Herrick of Seniors Action Quebec, a seniors advocacy group.Christina Soochan suffers from diabetes, her husband from heart disease. They’re anxious to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.They’re totally confused, though, about the process of getting it.“The only thing this government is worrying about is telling what we are not allowed to do,” Soochan said.

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COVID-19: Rural Alberta’s R value is increasing. What does that mean for cases and risk?

COVID-19 cases in Alberta continue to trend down, outside the province’s major cities, the rate of spread in the community is on the rise.In the week of Jan. 18 to 24, the R value (or rate of transmission) was 0.77, compared to 0.81 and 0.83 in Edmonton and Calgary respectively.

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Clinical trials start for VIDO’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate

COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with three people receiving an initial dose on Wednesday.The Canadian Center for Vaccinology says the first of 108 healthy adult volunteers received injections in Halifax. The placebo-controlled study will administer two doses to each volunteer, 28 days apart.“It’s a product of Canadian science, so it bodes well for the ability to make vaccines here.

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New Brunswick reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, declares outbreak at J.D. Irving sawmill

coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 175.Twelve of the new cases are located in the Edmundston region. The remaining two are in Fredericton and the Saint John region.

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Drive-through voting offered to people in isolation because of N.L. COVID-19 outbreak

COVID-19 outbreak will be able to cast a ballot from their car during Saturday’s provincial election.Elections NL said Wednesday it will set up a drive-through voting site in St. John’s for people who have been asked by public health to isolate.

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Coronavirus: Ontario government launching web portal for COVID-19 vaccinations

COVID-19 vaccination rollout program draws nearer, the provincial government is preparing to launch its a web portal for bookings.As of Tuesday afternoon, officials reported just under 400,000 doses of vaccines had been administered.In a statement, an Ontario Ministry of Health spokesperson confirmed to Global News the province, along with its partners, developed an IT portal “for eventual mass vaccination appointments.”They said scheduling software was successfully launched in “pilot mode” in January.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Work is underway to incorporate registration and eligibility for the end of February or early March and it will be available in English and French,” the statement

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Waterloo Region down to 400 active COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases for the first time in close to two months, according to numbers released by Waterloo Public Health on Tuesday.On Dec. 8, the area was at 392 active cases before it began a quick upward climb to a peak of 1,087 cases on Jan.

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‘Unusual’ COVID-19 outbreak declared at Cambridge Memorial Hospital

Ontario reports 1,265 new coronavirus cases, 33 more deaths “This outbreak is a little unusual in that it is linked to a room during a very short period of time (i.e., the event),” explained Stephan Beckhoff, who is the communications manager for the hospital.“Someone with COVID (community acquired) was admitted to the unit. Another patient in that room acquired it and one staff.

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‘A tragedy in every sense’: Union wants Red Deer pork plant shut down after worker dies of COVID-19

Olymel facility temporarily shut down after a worker died of COVID-19.Alberta Health confirmed to Global News on Saturday that a man in his 30s from the Central zone without comorbidities died on Jan. 28 and was connected to the meat-processing plant’s outbreak.Richard Vigneault, a spokesperson for Olymel, called the death sad — “It’s unfortunate, and we are very sorry about this” — and offered his condolences to the family.

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Nova Scotia reports no new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday

COVID-19 on Saturday as the active number of cases continues to drop.There are now just seven active cases of the virus in the province, health officials confirmed.“I am so proud of Nova Scotians for the work they’ve done to contain the virus and keep our case numbers low,” said Premier Stephen McNeil, in a press release on Saturday.“I want to remind everyone that provincial restrictions aren’t changing until Monday, so let’s keep the current measures in mind and have a safe weekend.”McNeil and Dr.

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Edmonton high school students sew masks for peers during COVID-19 pandemic

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Teacher Richard Downing said teachers noticed some students were wearing the same mask over and over again. Grade 6 students fundraise care packages for Edmonton’s most vulnerable “That’s when we decided to reach out to the United Way to seek funding for a grant to help our students make masks,” he said.The school received funding from Dentons Make Your Mark on Poverty, a United Way initiative which provides schools with an opportunity to access grants and take action against poverty in their city.“Having that made the project feasible,” Downing said.

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More action needed to prevent spread of COVID-19 variants: Saskatchewan NDP

Saskatchewan NDP and Opposition leader Ryan Meili is calling on the province to take further action to both detect and prevent the spread of new variants of COVID-19.On Thursday, the Saskatchewan government confirmed another case of the U.K. COVID-19 variant, bringing the total to three in the province.It’s a variant the province previously said was more contagious.“We are in a race between vaccines and variants,” Meili said.

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Nova Scotia’s active COVID-19 case count at 10 Thursday as residents urged to get tested

COVID-19 on Thursday as the province reported two additional recoveries.That now means the province sits at 10 active cases of the coronavirus.Health officials say the new case reported Thursday is located in the central zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. Nova Scotia updates its COVID-19 vaccination plan “Nova Scotians can be proud of the work they’re doing to keep our case numbers low,” Premier Stephen McNeil said in a press release.“It shows people are taking the health of their fellow citizens seriously.

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VIDO COVID-19 vaccine moves to Phase 1 clinical testing

VIDO says it has taken another step forward in developing a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine.The Saskatoon-based science and research facility said 108 volunteers have been selected to take part in its COVAC-2 vaccine trial.“We are excited to start clinical trials,” VIDO director Dr.

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‘A selfless hero’: Calgary health-care aide dies from COVID-19

COVID-19 at a Calgary hospital on Jan. 29, after spending nearly 12 years caring for others.Her family is remembering her as “a very friendly and kind person.”“She was a type of person that anytime she entered a room, she had a presence.

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COVID-19: Hockey Alberta cancels minor hockey games for remainder of season

COVID-19 restrictions could be eased made it too difficult to control. Alberta to lift some COVID-19 restrictions and reopen gyms, in-person dining Feb.

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Saskatchewan government confirms 2 cases of the U.K. COVID-19 variant

U.K. COVID-19 variant has shown up in Saskatchewan, having been detected in two people living in the Regina zone.The information was provided in the province’s daily COVID-19 update.

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Most University of Guelph students connected to COVID-19 outbreak have recovered

University of Guelph says most of the students who contracted COVID-19 due to an outbreak have recovered.As of Tuesday, 63 positive cases were confirmed by public health officials but 49 of them were considered resolved. Threats made against Woolwich church that ignored COVID-19 lockdown The outbreak declared on Jan.

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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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