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[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Hinshaw has been vocal about her belief that face coverings are a useful tool to help reduce the novel coronavirus’ ability to spread among the population.Last month, the Alberta government said it was not planning to impose a provincial requirement for people to wear masks in public, arguing such decisions should be left to municipalities as the coronavirus situation varies greatly in different regions of the province.At a news conference last week, Hinshaw was asked several times whether she’s ever recommended the province make masks mandatory.“I have never brought forward a formal recommendation for a province-wide mandatory mask policy,” she answered.At the same

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Possible COVID-19 transmission through 2 stores in Regina: SHA

COVID-19 transmission through two stores in Regina last week.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) issued the alert on Tuesday.

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Alberta’s free COVID-19 mask program comes to an end

non-medical mask distribution program has come to an end, Alberta’s government said Monday.In a news release, the province said that as part of its Stage 2 COVID-19 relaunch, 40 million non-medical masks were distributed to Albertans — more than half at A&W, McDonald’s Canada and Tim Hortons locations.The masks were distributed at the restaurants in two phases — the first in a period that ran from June 8 until June 22, and the second from July 13 to Aug. 2.The government also gave masks out to community partners like transit services, First Nations, long-term care centres and places of worship.

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Three Steinbach businesses closed due to potential COVID-19 exposure

Manitoba records 18 new COVID-19 cases Sunday That person hasn’t been in the building since Monday, July 27.The management has closed the restaurant while it undergoes a deep cleaning and the rest of the staff gets tested.The hometown branch of the Steinbach Credit Union says like Smitty’s, they were notified on Saturday that one of its employees tested positive for the virus.That employee has also not been at work since July 27.

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Two Steinbach restaurants closed due to potential COVID-19 exposure

Manitoba records 18 new COVID-19 cases Sunday That person hasn’t been in the building since Monday, July 27.The management has closed the restaurant while it undergoes a deep cleaning and the rest of the staff gets tested.The Boston Pizza in Steinbach is also closed until at least Tuesday, Aug. 4, according to the company’s website.Global News has reached out to Boston Pizza for comment but has not yet received a response.

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Possible COVID-19 transmission through Turtleford Co-op, says Saskatchewan Health Authority

Saskatchewan Health Authority says there’s a possibility the novel coronavirus was transmitted through a local business in Turtleford, Sask.On Sunday, the SHA issued a public health advisory asking people who visited the Turtleford Co-op Grocery Store on or after July 28 to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 days from the last day they visited the store.According to health officials, the risk of transmission to the general public is presently considered low.

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Another COVID-19 death reported at Good Samaritan Southgate brings fatalities to 23

Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre has died related to the facility’s ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.On Sunday, the centre said the number of residents who have died due to COVID-19 has now reached 23 — one additional death since the numbers were last reported on Friday.The outbreak at Good Samaritan is now considered the deadliest care centre outbreak in Alberta.

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Clinical trial for possible COVID-19 treatment now open in Edmonton, Calgary

COVID-19 is now underway in Edmonton and Calgary.In the trial, convalescent plasma is taken from patients who have recovered from COVID-19. That plasma, which contains antibodies to the virus, is then transferred to patients who are being hospitalized for the illness but have not yet been intubated.“Providing these passive antibodies to patients, we hope will improve their survival and actually prevent them from developing severe disease,” said Dr.

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COVID-19: Here’s where you have to wear a mask in Alberta

coronavirus, and should be done alongside other health measures including good hand hygiene, physical distancing and staying home when sick. Masks more important than disinfectant for COVID-19 prevention, experts say Here’s a look at the mandatory mask rules broken down by region (as they were known as of July 31):Effective Aug.

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BC Hydro has ‘serious concerns’ over Site C budget due to COVID-19 costs, delays

Site C project and is classifying the health of the mega-dam construction as “red.”In a letter to the B.C. Utilities Commissioner, CEO Chris O’Riley says delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to present cost pressures.“As the evolution of the pandemic is uncertain and the date of resolution is unknown, various cost and schedule impact scenarios continue to be assessed and refined as part of the re-baselining process,” O’Riley writes.“We classified the overall health of the project in both reports as ‘red,’ or having serious concerns, specifically regarding schedule, scope, and budget.” COVID-19 case confirmed at Site C work camp in Fort St.

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Guelph’s West End Community Centre to reopen with COVID-19 measures

COVID-19, including hand sanitizer stations, space to allow for physical distancing, plexiglass barriers and enhanced cleaning.

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BC Hydro has ‘serious concerns’ over Site C project budget due to COVID-19 costs and delays

letter to the B.C. Utilities Commissioner, BC Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley says pandemic related delays will continue to present cost pressures on the project’s budget,“As the evolution of the pandemic is uncertain and the date of resolution is unknown, various cost and schedule impact scenarios continue to be assessed and refined as part of there-baselining process,” O’Riley writes.“We classified the overall health of the project in both reports as “red”, or having serious concerns, specifically regarding schedule, scope, and budget.” COVID-19 case confirmed at Site C work camp in Fort St.

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Canadian hospitals using new therapies to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 patients has come a long way since Canada treated its first patient in hospital in January.“All the things that we were doing were merely supporting the failing lungs through the use of oxygen or ventilators,” said Dr. Daniel Niven, an intensive care physician and an assistant professor at the University of Calgary.More than six months later and thanks to a flurry of international research, some new therapies have emerged.

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Concerns mount as nearly 30% of residents contract COVID-19 at Good Samaritan Southgate

COVID-19 outbreak has been declared. The family says the site is not being transparent enough with residents about the severity of the situation.The outbreak was first declared on June 13; according to the facility, as of Thursday morning, 54 – or approximately 30 per cent – of the 184 residents have active COVID-19 cases and 21 residents have passed away. Dee’s father is in his early 70s, has been a resident at Good Samaritan Southgate for three years and is battling leukemia.

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Alberta records 133 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 3 additional deaths

COVID-19 that have been confirmed in the province Wednesday as well as three additional deaths.Active cases across Alberta are now back up to 1,430 after dropping slightly to 1,397 on Tuesday. Of those active cases, 87 people are in hospital and 17 people are being treated in intensive care.The three new deaths that have been reported include three women, two in their 70s and one in her 90s, all in the Edmonton zone.

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3 more deaths reported at Edmonton care home amid COVID-19 outbreak; centre’s death toll now at 18

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]On Monday, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health announced that Alberta Health has asked Alberta Health Services to work with the operator of the centre to provide “oversight and leadership.”“We are taking this outbreak very seriously,” Dr.

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Alberta records 80 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, 2 additional deaths

COVID-19 that have been confirmed in the province Tuesday as well as two additional deaths.Active cases across Alberta are now at 1,397, down slightly compared to Monday’s active number of 1,430.The two deaths reported Tuesday were both in the Edmonton zone, the first being a man in his 70s linked to the Misericordia Community Hopsital outbreak. He died over the weekend and is now being added to the provincial tally.

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Alberta doctors concerned with high demand for COVID-19 testing, province’s preparedness for testing in fall

consistently high demand for COVID-19 testing in Alberta and the length of time it is taking residents to book an appointment.There are worries that if the system is strained right now, it may not be able to handle demand in the fall, which will see not only COVID-19 but an expected increase in respiratory illnesses.Alberta was the first province in the country to open up testing to all Albertans, whether they are showing symptoms of COVID-19 or not.The demand for testing in both the Edmonton and Calgary zone has been sustained over the last few weeks; in the Edmonton zone, appointments booked topped more than 3,700 on July 21 while appointments booked topped 6,400 in the Calgary zone on the same day.The Edmonton zone averaged 2,908 tests a

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Riverglade Motocross sees a surge in new riders amid COVID-19

COVID-19.“I can see a lot of young kids, they are all five and six and seven now and they are all coming out of the woodwork,” said motocross instructor Lee Steeves, a former pro racer who has been teaching the sport in New Brunswick for 20 years.As co-owner of Riverglade Motocross, Steeves says the number of kids showing up to practise at the track has doubled in the last few weeks and many are newcomers to the sport. No new cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick on Tuesday “This year it is on an upswing.

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No Covid-19 death reported in Delhi's biggest Covid hospital on Monday: Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that there was no virus-related fatality reported in the national capital's biggest Covid hospital, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan on Monday.Kejriwal took to Twitter to announce that LNJP reported no death yesterday. No death in our biggest COVID hospital LNJP yesterdayThe 2,000-bed Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital has been at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic in Delhi, having treated over 6,000 Covid-19 patients.

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Reconvert some COVID beds to Non-COVID : Delhi's private hospitals

NEW DELHI : With the incidence of coronavirus in the national capital appearing to show a declining trend and many beds empty, several private hospitals are citing mounting losses to urge the Delhi government to reconvert some COVID-19 facilities and allow more non-COVID services.According to the Delhi Corona app, only 2,783 beds of the 15,438 dedicated beds for coronavirus patients across private and government hospitals in the national capital are occupied.Many hospitals said more than half their dedicated COVID-19 beds are vacant as a large number of coronavirus positive patients are under home isolation.At the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, which has 650 COVID-19 beds, 551 are unoccupied.

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Coronavirus: Toronto emergency room doctor says team is prepared for ’round two’ of COVID-19

novel coronavirus at Humber River Hospital since the start of the pandemic and says his team is ready for a second wave of the virus.“Whether it’s a big second wave or a small one, we are definitely prepared with all of the learning that we had to do in the first part of managing the pandemic,” he said.Rivlin, the chief and medical director of emergency medicine at the hospital, took Global News on a tour of the department. “In many ways, back in March, we were operating in the dark,” he recalled.

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No new COVID-19 cases linked to Edmonton’s Misericordia Hospital since July 17

Misericordia Community Hospital has not recorded a new case of COVID-19 related to its outbreak since July 17, according to numbers released this weekend.On Sunday, Covenant Health said there have been 58 total cases related to the outbreak, including staff, patients, discharges, deaths and visitors, and represents both active and recovered cases.Of those cases, nine people have died. A total of 24 staff members were affected, and as of Sunday, there were still 14 patients who remain in the hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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42 active COVID-19 cases remain in Waterloo

Ontario reports 119 new coronavirus cases, 64% are among those under 40 The outbreak that was declared at PeopleCare Hilltop Manor in Cambridge on July 13 is now over.A second outbreak, which began last week at Columbia Forest Long Term Care in Waterloo, continues. A staff member at the nursing home has tested positive for the coronavirus.Six more people have tested positive for the coronavirus since Friday’s update, bringing the total number of cases in Waterloo Region to 1,384.Two of the six cases involved people who had travelled while the others were attributed to community spread.

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Be mindful of COVID-19 risk amid Manitoba reopening: epidemiologist

4 new COVID-19 cases as Phase 4 of Manitoba’s reopening plan launched “Within every stage and phase and policy being contemplated, there’s really no risk-free options,” said Cynthia Carr, an EPI Research Inc. epidemiologist and principal.

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B.C. sees slight dip in new COVID-19 cases, but 1 death

COVID-19 cases reported on Friday.Health officials reported 27 new cases, after a week in which new diagnoses topped 30 nearly every day. Okanagan region leads B.C.

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2 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kingston region: public health

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Coronavirus: Windsor-Essex has highest COVID-19 rates in Ontario

Windsor-Essex’s medical officer of health says that region now has the highest rate of COVID-19 cases in the province.Dr. Wajid Ahmed says the region passed Toronto and Peel this week with 484 cases per 100,000 people, calling the situation “stressful and concerning.”Ahmed says the jump in cases can be attributed to outbreaks on local farms and increasing cases in the community likely due to reopening of the region weeks ago.Hundreds of migrant workers in the region have tested positive for the virus over the past few months and two have died.

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Ottawa's COVID-19 spike: 33 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday

OTTAWA -- The City of Ottawa continues to see a spike in COVID-19 cases, with double-digit increases for a fifth straight day.

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‘Unacceptable’: Saskatchewan premier says wait times for COVID-19 testing need to change

COVID-19.“It’s been pretty rough. I’ve never gone this long without seeing her,” Gill said.After coming home from a trip to Cypress Hills, Gill started feeling congested, sluggish and short of breath.

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4 cases of COVID-19 at Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary

Hinshaw pleads with Albertans to take COVID-19 seriously, ‘concerned by continued rise in active cases’ “Contact tracing is ongoing and out of an abundance of caution, all patients on the unit identified as potentially exposed have been offered testing and swabbed,” AHS said.

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COVID-19: TN reports single day high of over 5,000 COVID-19 cases,74 deaths

CHENNAI : Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported an all time single day high of 5,849 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the infection count to 1,86,492, while recoveries rose to 1,31,583 with 4,910 people getting cured, the health department said.

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Hinshaw pleads with Albertans to take COVID-19 seriously, ‘concerned by continued rise in active cases’

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere,” she said.“The future is up to us.”Hinshaw challenged Albertans and said now is the time to show health officials that their decision to trust the public’s common sense by not bringing in more strict public health measures was the right one.She noted that a high number of cases where the source of coronavirus transmission is unknown makes her concerned, as does a recent trend in contact tracing when it comes to some patients, where the number of interactions with other people and groups is getting longer.Kenney also expressed frustration with a sense of complacency about the pandemic that is setting in among some Albertans.“It looks

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Quebec blood study promises to provide clearer picture of COVID-19 spread in the province

COVID-19 cases in Canada, but does that number paint the real picture?Only a fraction of the population has actually been tested for the infection, but antibody testing may soon give us a better idea of how widely the coronavirus has spread.“What these sero-prevalence studies will tell is how many people not necessarily got sick, but how many people have seen the virus, developed antibodies against the virus,” explained Andres Finzi, the Canada Research Chair in Retroviral Entry and a researcher at the University of Montreal Hospital Centre.Evidence of your immune system’s response is found in your blood, so a partnership between public health officials and Quebec’s blood donation agency Hema-Quebec became a natural fit.

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

Two active cases of COVID-19 in the province remain as no new cases are reported Saturday. The province says 365 tests were completed on Friday.

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1 new case of COVID-19 in the Kingston region, all other cases resolved

coronavirus — the region’s only active case, according to KFL&A Public Health.Dr. Kieran Moore, medical officer of health for the region, said Friday that the region was just hours away from being COVID-19 free, since all cases from a recent outbreak at a local nail salon had been deemed resolved earlier this morning.

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Quebec road safety blitz begins as police expect more construction holiday traffic due to COVID-19

coronavirus pandemic.As a result, police say more traffic and cars on the road are expected as Quebecers stay home during their summer vacation and access to the U.S. border is limited.

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Canadian officials urged to collect race-based health data during COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian public health officials have been gathering information on those who have become infected — their age, gender and where they live.But there are growing calls to collect another kind of data — people’s race.In the United States, health data has shown that Black Americans have been hit especially hard by COVID-19.

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Alberta confirms 82 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, no new deaths

COVID-19 Wednesday, another large jump in numbers as active cases in the province now sit at 704.Sixty-four people are in hospital with the virus and seven of those are in intensive care. The province’s death toll remains at 163.

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Siksika Nation members denied service at local businesses due to COVID-19 in community: Hinshaw

COVID-19 cases reported in the community. Hinshaw warns Albertans are ‘tired of hearing’ about COVID-19 precautions as daily numbers climb Dr.

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Alberta government to review handling of COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus: Alberta dental hygienists, assistants raising alarm over reopening Similar reviews were done after the 2013 floods in southern Alberta and the 2016 Fort McMurray fire.The province said the independent review will help strengthen any future pandemic responses.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“A strong, co-ordinated response can help save lives,” read a government release. “It can prevent the wide-scale spread of disease and help jobs and the economy bounce back more quickly.”The consultant who takes on the review will be chosen by Aug.

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Should masks be mandatory in Atlantic Canada during COVID-19?

COVID-19.In Atlantic Canada, which has experienced relatively few new cases over the past month, that debate has become even more relevant as the region’s four provinces have established an Atlantic travel bubble. Quebec makes masks mandatory in indoor public spaces starting July 18 to limit coronavirus spread A hydroponics store in Moncton called GreenCorner has decided that there will no debate about the subject on its property. Everyone must wear a mask inside the store, said owner Rachael MacDonald.“We have a lot of medical growers.

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More calls to 811, long lines after officials tell Montreal bargoers to test for COVID-19

COVID-19.“In order to get in front of it, we wanted to send out a call to the whole population rather than go bar by bar or situation by situation,” Montreal Public Health doctor David Kaiser said in an interview with Global News on Sunday.Sunday morning, it seemed like a lot of people got the message. The walk-in testing clinic at the Hotel Dieu Hospital had a long lineup that wrapped around the building, though Kaiser said officials hadn’t received any word testing facilities were being overwhelmed.He also said there had been an increase in calls to the 811 Info-Santé hotline.“I think that is a good thing.

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Beachgoers crowd Sylvan Lake despite pandemic rules: ‘COVID-19 is still here’

Sylvan Lake, Alta., shared on Twitter Saturday is gaining attention online — for the lack of attention beachgoers paid to the COVID-19 pandemic.The photo shows a packed beach, with some groups clearly not adhering to social distancing rules.

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Montreal public health urges all bar patrons and employees to get tested for COVID-19

public health authorities urged patrons who visited Mile Public House on Montreal’s south shore during the night of June 30 to get tested for COVID-19.— With files from the Canadian Press

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Laid-off geologist overcoming COVID-19 crisis by creating sanitizing wipes business

COVID-19 pandemic.“We started looking up do-it-yourself methods. It was sold out everywhere.

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Calgary’s caped crusader: An unsung superhero emerges amid COVID-19

Ashley Cardinal is used to.Taking her three kids to dance and hockey along with two jobs and all sorts of volunteer work – almost every moment is accounted for.When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she, like many other Calgarians, was out of work and all those extra curriculars were gone. But instead of letting it get her down, she decided she needed to pick people up – one good deed at a time.

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Health care unions considering political action over Ontario’s COVID-19 emergency act

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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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