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coronavirus pandemic — especially now that vaccines are starting to ramp up across the country. Have COVID-19 variants pushed Canada into a third wave of the pandemic? But new COVID-19 variants are on the rise, which are more deadly and transmissible.

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COVID-19: Toronto working on plan to provide vaccine to people in high-risk workplaces

COVID-19 vaccine at their job site.John Tory says the city is currently developing the details of the plan, which will involve mobile vaccination units that are already being used in some hot spot neighbourhoods. Ontario reports 5,979 new COVID-19 cases over past 2 days He says the federal and provincial governments should work together to improve the paid sick day program to help workers stay home and self-isolate.The Ontario government has said that it will not duplicate the paid sick leave program run by the federal government.But Tory says the rising case counts show that it is time to reconsider that approach.Toronto’s top doctor says workers need both targeted vaccination clinics and paid sick days as protections against the virus.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 5

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Monday.The City-run mass immunization clinic at The Hangar opens on Monday, joining the other five clinics already in use.The City of Toronto said 52,556 more people booked their vaccine appointments since the eligibility was expanded to those born 1961 and earlier on Saturday.To date, 133,147 people have booked their vaccine appointments at a City-run immunization clinics.Those looking to book an appointment at a City-run clinic can do so here.Ontario reported 5,979 COVID-19 cases over the past two days, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 364,537.On Sunday, 3,041 cases were reported and on Monday 2,938 were reported.The province didn’t provide updated COVID-19 figures on

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Ontario reports 5,979 new COVID-19 cases over past 2 days

COVID-19 cases over the past two days, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 364,537.On Sunday, 3,041 cases were reported and on Monday 2,938 were reported.The province didn’t provide updated COVID-19 figures on Easter Sunday with it being a holiday.There were 906 new cases in Toronto, 533 in Peel Region, 391 in York Region, 230 in Ottawa and 140 in Durham, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted Monday.Ontario is reporting 2,938 cases of #COVID19 today and 3,041 cases reported yesterday.

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COVID-19: Ontario to drop case numbers for both Sunday, Monday

COVID-19 statistics today after foregoing yesterday’s data drop for Easter Sunday.Health Minister Christine Elliott is due to share the number of new diagnoses and vaccinations this morning. COVID-19: Ornge head Homer Tien tapped to replace Hillier to lead Ontario vaccine drive The province also opted not to share statistics on Good Friday, but on Saturday reported there had been more than 3,000 cases of COVID-19 for two days running.Students will also be back in their classrooms today after the province put an end on Thursday to days of anxiety and speculation about a possible return to remote learning.

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More than 2M vaccine doses heading to Canada this week as COVID-19 variants spread

COVID-19 virus.That includes the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines — 316,800 doses — to be sent to Canada from the global vaccine-sharing initiative known as the COVAX Facility.

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As COVID-19 variants spread in B.C., concern grows for effects on younger adults

COVID-19 variants are having on younger people.Evidence suggests the variants of concern are not only more contagious, but are also leading to more severe hospitalizations — particularly for younger adults.“With the initial COVID the feeling was very much that while young people may get COVID they may not get all that sick, I think the variants have changed that … and I don’t know if people are realizing that,” Dr. Gerald Da Roza, head of medicine at Royal Columbian Hospital, told Global News.

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Tam urges Canadians to keep their guard up as COVID-19 spoils Easter for 2nd year

COVID-19, as the pandemic disrupted Easter celebrations for a secondCanadians need to be careful since the more contagious variants of concern “could be anywhere,” Dr. Theresa Tam wrote on Twitter.“Let’s all be careful (and) cautious and keep up our guard,” she wrote.

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Canucks in crisis with 16 players now on COVID-19 protocol list

COVID-19 protocol climbed to 16.Three members of the coaching staff are also believed to have entered the protocol.Canucks games have been suspended until at least Tuesday, and appear likely to be put on pause for much longer as the number of affected players and staff grows.

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Quebec moves parts of Chaudière-Appalaches into lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise

COVID-19 cases confirmed or believed to be linked to contagious variants in the province soared past the 10,000 mark.The government said in a news release that non-essential businesses will close and the evening curfew will be moved to 8 p.m. from 9:30 as of Monday evening in several parts of the Chaudière-Appalaches region, including Beauce-Sartigan, Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, Nouvelle-Beauce and Robert-Cliche.Schools will close for in-person learning, while theatres and museums must also shutter as of Monday at 8 p.m.

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Saskatchewan reports 3 new COVID-19 related deaths, 44 patients in ICU

COVID-19 have died.Two of the deaths were reported in the Regina zone, both residents were in their 50s. One other death was reported in the south east zone.

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B.C. churches flout COVID-19 health restrictions, proceed with indoor Easter services

COVID-19 numbers, some B.C. churches are going ahead with in-person Easter Sunday services, despite a health order banning indoor religious gatherings.At Langley’s Riverside Calvary Chapel, worshipers could be seen arriving Sunday morning.One congregant came out to tell Global news he didn’t trust provincial health officer Dr.

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Quebec health minister warns of rising COVID-19 cases in 3 regions as variant cases rise

COVID-19 numbers in three regions on Sunday, as the number of cases confirmed or believed to be linked to contagious variants soared past the 10,000 mark.Christian Dubé said on Twitter that he’s worried about case numbers in the Quebec City, Chaudière-Appalaches and Outaouais regions.“Despite an appearance of stability in Quebec, some regions are experiencing a concerning (rise) in new cases,” he wrote.Quebec reported 1,154 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday and nine additional deaths linked to the virus, including one that occurred in the last 24 hours.The regions cited by Dubé were among those designated as “red” zones last week as they moved to the province’s highest COVID-19 alert level after a few weeks at the less restrictive “orange”

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Surprise vaccination: Trip to grocery store lands B.C. woman walk-in COVID-19 shot

COVID-19 vaccination on Friday, during what was meant to be a routine trip to the grocery store.Susan Leroux said she’d gone to the Real Canadian Superstore to pick up a few things when she went by the pharmacy kiosk to ask about the process to get on the waitlist for the AstraZeneca vaccine.“And she said to me, actually we had a no-show so you can get it now,” Leroux said.“I said to myself, ‘I’m here, let’s do it.'”Leroux said she had to show ID proving she was between the ages of 55 and 65 years old.The pharmacist, she said, told her that any leftover doses are given out to people who are present and eligible at the end of the day.

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U.S. FDA approves 2 at-home rapid COVID-19 tests. When will Canada catch up?

COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get rapid results. ‘We need it now’: Experts say at-home coronavirus tests critical to fight 2nd wave The FDA said Abbott’s BinaxNow and Quidel’s QuickVue tests can now be sold in the country without a prescription.The tests allow users to collect a sample at home, with a nasal swab that is inserted into a test strip.

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U.S. puts Johnson & Johnson in charge of plant that botched batch of COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 vaccine and has stopped British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc from using the facility, a senior health official said on Saturday.J&J said it was “assuming full responsibility” of the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, reiterating that it will deliver 100 million doses to the government by the end of May.

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At least 1 million Canadians have now tested positive for COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s total number of confirmed infections surpassed one million on Saturday.As of 7:20 p.m. ET, the national case count stands at 1,000,550, according to a Global News tally of Canada’s infections.

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B.C. reports 2,090 COVID-19 cases over 2 days, shattering records again

COVID-19 update in British Columbia.For the first time, the province reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on two consecutive days, along with six more deaths. The figures were the highest and second-highest single-day case totals yet.In a written statement, health officials said there were 1,018 cases between Thursday and Friday, and 1,072 cases between Friday and Saturday.

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Rural B.C. communities fear COVID-19 spread as Easter travel warning ignored

‘Just don’t go’: B.C. renews plea against leisure travel over Easter long weekend Ucluelet Mayor Mayco Noel said there was an obvious increase in traffic to his community, worrying locals.“We are a very small town of 2,000 people.

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Quebec reports 1,282 new COVID-19 cases, three additional virus related deaths

COVID-19 on Saturday and three additional deaths linked to the virus.The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations declined by two to 501, while the number of patients in intensive care rose by three to 124.Public health authorities say 47,194 doses of vaccine were administered on Friday, for a total of 1,488,347.Quebec’s public health institute says it has confirmed 453 additional cases of coronavirus variants of concern.There have now been 1,592 confirmed cases of variants in the province.It says it has also detected an additional 771 suspected cases of variants through screening tests.Quebec has reported a total of 314,958 cases of COVID-19 and 10,684 deaths linked to the disease.

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Nova Scotia reports 4 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday

There are also two cases in Eastern Zone both related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required.A case reported on Friday in the Central Zone has been corrected Saturday and is in the Western Zone.Since Oct.

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U.K. regulator reports 30 blood clot cases linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Britain’s medicines regulator said it has identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine but stressed the benefits “continue to outweigh any risks.”The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said the risk associated with this type of blood clot is “very small” and that the public should continue to take up the vaccine when offered it.

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Health officials seek to convince skeptical public of COVID-19 vaccine safety

AstraZeneca vaccine were offered to him tomorrow, he said this week.Dr. Howard Njoo, along with chief public health officer Dr.

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Canada sees another Easter weekend with rising COVID-19 cases, tough restrictions

COVID-19 spent their second pandemic-era Good Friday either adjusting to or bracing for stricter public health measures meant to bring resurgent case counts back in check.Three regions of Quebec, including the provincial capital, are now under a 10-day lockdown that took effect hours before the province reported the highest daily case load since late January.On Wednesday, British Columbia imposed what they are calling a three-week long “circuit breaker” across the province hoping to “break the chain of COVID-19 transmission.” Hotels taking advantage of Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine rules, some travellers allege Ontario, meanwhile, will pull what it dubs an “emergency brake” at midnight for the entire province, forcing the closure of

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Vancouver restaurateur vows to defy COVID-19 ban on indoor dining

COVID-19 order banning indoor dining.“I think this order is totally unfair and it discriminates against our business,” Federico Fuoco, who operates Gusto restaurant in the Olympic Village, said.“I mean, if (provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry) did a blanket policy that covered Costco, liquor stores, Wal-Mart, then even if I was not in favour of it, at least that’s a fair policy.” COVID: Sweeping new restrictions in place including in-person dining at B.C.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 2

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Friday.Select pharmacies in York Region will be receiving approximately 58,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 55 and older.According to a statement issued by York Region Public Health, 37 pharmacies in total will be taking bookings from residents.For a list of participating locations, click here.

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Saskatchewan records highest active, daily new COVID-19 cases in nearly 2 months

Saskatchewan government officials are reporting an additional 254 COVID-19 cases on Friday and one new death.The resident was in their 60s and tested positive for COVID-19. The death was reported in the Saskatoon zone.Today’s report of new cases is the highest since Feb.

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New questions about Canucks season amid reports of growing COVID-19 outbreak

Vancouver Canucks season amid multiple reports that team’s COVID-19 situation has taken a turn for the worse.The Canucks organization told Global News it would not provide an update on the situation until next week. Canucks have games postponed through April 6 due to COVID-19 protocol TSN reports that eight players and one staff member have tested positive.On Tuesday, Canucks’ forward Adam Gaudette was pulled from practice following a positive test.

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Nova Scotia reports 9 new COVID-19 cases related to travel

COVID-19 on Friday. Five of the nine are a group of international travellers.

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Quebec deputy premier’s preventive COVID-19 isolation ends

COVID-19.Geneviève Guilbault took to social media Friday morning to say she received confirmation that both tests came back negative.“In accordance with the instructions of public health, I therefore put an end to my preventive isolation,” she wrote.Guilbault first announced she would be isolating and working from home last Sunday.The decision came after the father of her two children was exposed to the virus — he had come into contact with someone who later tested positive.Guilbault said she would only end the preventive measure after he tested negative at least twice.— With files from The Canadian Press

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Quebec tops 1,300 new cases, reports 5 more deaths amid COVID-19 surge

COVID-19 as some parts of the province face a fresh wave of lockdown measures Friday.The number of pandemic-related hospitalizations jumped by 16 to 503. This includes 121 patients in intensive care units, a rise of two from the previous day.The vaccination campaign saw another 48,507 shots administered.

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Officials say COVID-19 situation worsening in Quebec City as it enters lockdown

Quebec imposes lockdown for 3 cities as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of Easter long weekend Premier François Legault on Wednesday said the situation in those three cities was rapidly deteriorating. “We are very worried,” he said.Roxane Borges Da Silva, a public health professor at the Université de Montréal, said she believes the government should have acted faster.

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Saskatchewan reconciling under-reported COVID-19 hospitalizations, no new deaths

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the daily report on Wednesday.Health Minister Health Paul Merriman said, in a statement, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) informed him of a discrepancy in numbers that has led to inaccurate reporting of hospitalization data. Some Saskatchewan school divisions extend remote learning to April 23 “Data reported by the SHA in the March 31st update indicated that 166 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, including 23 in ICU.

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

COVID-19 at 3 p.m. PT, Thursday.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.

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Manitoba reports 2 COVID-19 deaths, 59 new cases

COVID-19 have died and 59 more infections have been identified.The latest victims are both women in their 40s, one from the Northern Health region and the other from the Southern Health region.

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at RVH’s cardiac renal unit in Barrie, Ont.

COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s cardiac renal inpatient unit in Barrie, Ont.According to the Barrie hospital, three patients with a link to the unit have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Some pharmacies in Simcoe Muskoka to offer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to adults age 55+ All of the unit’s patients have been swab tested for the virus, with all of the results coming back negative.

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Some pharmacies in Simcoe Muskoka to offer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to adults age 55+

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit will begin offering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to adults who are age 55 and above.The expanded immunization rollout for Ontario pharmacies will see more than 350 additional locations offer vaccines, with some beginning to do so on Saturday, April 3. Ontario expands AstraZeneca vaccine program to pharmacies across the province “Ontario’s capacity to get needles in arms continues to grow by the day,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a statement.“We are ahead of schedule and administering more vaccines than all of the other provinces combined.

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Over 17% of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph residents have received a COVID-19 shot

COVID-19 vaccines since the rollout began on Jan. 6.This is an increase of 1,015 doses over what was reported the previous day.Public health also reports that 44,057 people are now considered vaccinated, having received at least one dose, which represents 17.3 per cent of the eligible population.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 1

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday.Ontario’s education minister Stephen Lecce said Thursday that schools will remain open as they are “critical for mental health and learning.”He also previously said the April Break will go ahead as planned.“Students deserve to be in class,” Lecce tweeted. ‘Schools will remain open’ and April Break will go ahead, Ontario education minister says Ontario reported a total of 2,557 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.Of those:Ontario is reporting 2,557 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the eighth straight day cases are above 2,000, bringing the provincial total to 352,460.It is also the highest case count since Jan.

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COVID-19: Ontario restaurants, small businesses demand compensation as lockdown expected

COVID-19 pandemic is leading to demands for compensation from small business and restaurant groups.The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario is expected to announce Thursday a 28-day provincewide “shutdown” to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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Quebec reports more than 1,200 new COVID-19 cases as third wave sets in

COVID-19 crisis gains steam.The province’s case count now stands at 312,362, one of the highest tolls in the country. The pandemic has claimed the lives of 10,676 Quebecers to date.Recoveries have topped 292,648.

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Ontario reports more than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the eighth straight day cases are above 2,000, bringing the provincial total to 352,460.Thursday’s case count is higher than Wednesday’s which saw 2,333 new infections. On Tuesday, 2,336 new cases were recorded and 2,094 on Monday.It is also the highest case count since Jan.

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Ontario to reveal COVID-19 modelling data Thursday

COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. David Williams, the province’s chief medical officer of health, and Dr.

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COVID-19 cases surge in France, as Macron refuses to put nation on lockdown

France to close schools, ban domestic travel as COVID-19 cases surge With France now Europe’s latest virus danger zone, Macron on Wednesday ordered temporary school closures nationwide and new travel restrictions. But he resisted calls for a strict lockdown, instead sticking broadly to his strategy, a “third way” between freedom and confinement meant to keep both infections and a restless populace under control until mass vaccinations take over.The government refuses to acknowledge failure and blames delayed vaccine deliveries and a disobedient public for soaring infections and saturated hospitals.

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Provinces struggle to contain spread of COVID-19 as country adds over 5,500 new cases

COVID-19 on Wednesday as provinces struggled to slow the spread of the virus ahead of the long weekend.

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Canucks vs. Flames game postponed after 2 Vancouver players, coach enter COVID-19 protocol

COVID-19 concerns.The NHL said two players and a member of the Canucks’ coaching staff have entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. Vancouver Canucks’ Adam Gaudette enters COVID-19 protocol after testing positive for coronavirus On Tuesday, the team confirmed that forward Adam Gaudete had tested positive.

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B.C. reports 1,013 new COVID-19 cases, highest-ever single day total

COVID-19 showed no sign of slowing down Wednesday, as the province recorded its highest-ever single-day total for new cases.In a written statement, health officials reported 1,013 new cases along with three additional deaths.The surge continues to be driven by transmission in the Lower Mainland. Apology issued in aftermath of ‘raging’ party at B.C.

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Quebec imposes lockdown for 3 cities as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of Easter long weekend

COVID-19 restrictions ahead of the Easter-long weekend, as the third wave of the pandemic takes hold in the province.As of Thursday, four regions of the province are being upgraded to red zones, the maximum alert level in the province, including the Outaouais, Capitale Nationale, Chaudières-Appalaches and Bas Saint-Laurent.Legault made the announcement in Quebec City Wednesday afternoon, just one day after expressing concern over the rise in infections in those four regions.

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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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