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Toronto says it is shifting its COVID-19 vaccination resources and will be focusing on a “hyper-local” and “equity-focused” approach.In a press release Wednesday afternoon, the city said its crews along with Toronto Public Health (TPH) will be “shifting the city-wide COVID-19 vaccination approach to increase localized vaccination opportunities, outreach and efforts, as case counts and hospitalizations continue to decline.”The release said the city and TPH will shift resources to a “hyper-local, equity-focused campaign” and “continue to increase vaccination opportunities in focused communities with low vaccine uptake.” Ontario COVID numbers — 1,106 people in hospital, 319 in intensive care “While significant progress has been made across the city and in certain age groups, disparity in vaccine uptake remains as some communities continue to experience hesitancy and barriers to vaccination,” the release reads.The city said TPH will be bringing mobile clinics to 30 priority neighbourhoods that were identified through an analysis of “local, neighborhood-level data.”Mobile clinics will be brought to the following neighbourhoods:As part of this next phase of our vaccination efforts, #TeamToronto is shifting resources to a hyper-local, equity-focused campaign in communities with low vaccine uptake.@TOPublicHealth is bringing mobile clinics to 30 priority neighbourhoods, identified by local data.

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Not mandating COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers ‘right decision for right now,’ says Elliott

Ontario Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Christine Elliott said Wednesday that the decision not to implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for hospital workers is the “right decision for right now,” based on a risk assessment.

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What parents need to know about COVID-19 vaccines for kids

Now that the U.S. has approved the Pfizer-BIoNTech COVID-19 shot for kids aged 5 to 11, and with Canada expected to follow suit, many questions remain about children and vaccines.

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CDC advisors give go-ahead to COVID-19 vaccines for young kids

"Today's a monumental day in the course of the pandemic."

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White House prepares for pediatric COVID-19 vaccines

The Biden administration has procured enough Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate the 28 million American children ages 5 to 11 who are set to become eligible for vaccination as soon as this week.

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COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5-11 to be ‘fully up and running’ next week, White House says

WASHINGTON - The program to vaccinate children between 5 and 11 years old is expected to be at full strength next week, according to the White House. "Starting the week of November 8, the kids’ vaccination program will be fully up and running," White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said Monday.

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Australia adds Covaxin to its list of accepted COVID-19 vaccines

Covaxin to its list of accepted COVID-19 vaccines, expanding the number of people who will be allowed to travel to Australia without quarantine. Apart from Covaxin, it has also recognised China's BBIBP-CorV vaccine, made by Sinopharm.

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Canada donated over 4M Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX. Today, 784K landed in Egypt

Moderna’s COVID-19 doses donated by Canada to a global vaccine-sharing program have landed in Egypt, government sources say.Government sources with knowledge of the vaccine schedule say shipments containing millions more COVID-19 vaccines are expected to land in the coming days.The 784,280 doses, donated through the COVAX Facility, brings Canada’s total contributions to 4,225,760.More to come. — With files from Global News’ Mike Le Couteur

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G20 summit: Freeland says Canada to donate 200M doses of COVID-19 vaccines by end of 2022

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday at the G20 summit in Rome that Canada is donating 10 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations through the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and that Canada’s total contribution will be 200 million vaccine doses by the end of 2022.

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136 lives have been saved in Waterloo Region by COVID-19 vaccines: Waterloo Public Health

COVID-19 vaccinations in Waterloo Region.One of the charts shows that COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 785 severe outcomes in Waterloo Region, a number that includes 136 lives saved. Waterloo Region re-opening COVID-19 vaccine online booking system The region says it is using methodology developed by Public Health England to devise those numbers.In addition, the page also offers data about hospital stays caused by the virus since Dec.

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Trudeau says Canada doing its part to help poorer nations access COVID-19 vaccines

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that his country is doing its part to help poorer nations gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. Trudeau was responding to a question whether a country like Canada should forego booster shots to allow poorer nations better access to vaccines.

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Charlize Theron calls for fairer distribution of Covid-19 vaccines

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Govt considers resuming covid-19 vaccine exports soon, focus on Africa: Report

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Canada’s cyber security chief shifts focus to developing COVID-19 vaccine passport

COVID-19 vaccine passport that Canadians will be able to use for travelling abroad.Scott Jones, who has been a familiar voice weighing in on the risks of recent high-profile hacks and ransomware attacks, is leaving the Canadian Cyber Security Centre to become the new federal lead on proof of vaccine credentials with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.He will start in the new role on Aug. 16.

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Canadian travellers frustrated as U.S. cruise lines won’t recognize mixing-and-matching COVID-19 vaccines

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Mixed-and-matched COVID-19 vaccines affect Canadian travellers

Many Canadians got one COVID-19 vaccine, and then another kind for their second shot, after being told it was a safe thing to do and the quickest way to be immunized.

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When will COVID-19 vaccines be fully approved—and does it matter if they are?

Rachel FrittsIn many U.S. regions, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has caused the COVID-19 pandemic to surge once again.

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COVID-19: Vaccines ramping up across Montreal but challenges remain

Laval regional health authority taking COVID-19 vaccines to the schools The critical 18-to-29 year old age group has finally broken the 70-per cent threshold of receiving a first shot but it remains the lowest of all eligible age groups.George Jazmati, a Pierrefonds resident, tells Global News he was surprised, saying he would have expected more young adults to be vaccinated.“We’re probably the people who want life to go back to normal the most,” he said.Health-care workers at the drive thru clinic at Trudeau airport are administering more than 800 shots a day and say they have the capacity to provide more shots.“It’s efficient. it’s fast.

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Heart inflammation risk in teens after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine being investigated

COVID-19 vaccine.An article on seven U.S. teen boys in several states, published online Friday in Pediatrics, is among the latest reports of heart inflammation discovered after COVID-19 vaccination, though a link to the vaccine has not been proven.

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Ontario residents 40 and older can book COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 vaccine appointments across the province today.The province is opening eligibility to the age cohort through its vaccine booking portal.People in their 40s could previously take Oxford-AstraZeneca shots at pharmacies and they can now book at other clinics.

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Mixing COVID-19 vaccines appears safe — but no data on whether it works, U.K. study says

Pfizer-BioNtech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines is safe, but it’s still too soon to tell whether combining doses will provide protection against the virus.The early results from a University of Oxford study found that mixing the two vaccines may increase the frequency of mild to moderate side effects. But the symptoms, referred to in the study as “reactogenicity,” were short-lived — lasting no longer than a few days — and there were no hospitalizations or other safety concerns.“Whether or not this will relate to actually an improved immune response, we don’t know yet,” Dr.

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Uttarakhand govt forms committee to assist in import of Covid-19 vaccines

Uttarakhand government has formed a five-member committee that will work towards procuring vaccines through global tenders. "It has become necessary to vaccinate the people of the state immediately against Covid-19 in order to contain the outbreak.

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Windsor, Ont., hospital applies for access to surplus COVID-19 vaccines from Detroit

COVID-19 vaccines to be shipped across the border from Michigan.David Musyj, CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital, says the border state has more than enough vaccines.He says Health Canada has an emergency program that allows Canadians access to U.S. drugs.

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BioNTech CEO says no evidence found regarding possible heart muscle inflammation from PFizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Wednesday that they were seeking more details on reports out of Israel of heart muscle inflammation following vaccinations with the PFizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but said at this time they had not seen evidence or unusual incidence from other countries using the shot of such symptoms.

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U.K. study examines safety of mixing COVID-19 vaccines

Most available COVID-19 vaccines require two shots for full immunity, but is it safe to take one kind of vaccine and then another? Crystal Goomansingh looks at the experiment in the United Kingdom hoping to answer that critical question.

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PM Modi gifts 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh

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Thirty six countries await covid-19 vaccines

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Brazil political rivals announce development of homemade Covid-19 vaccines

Covid-19 vaccine that is "100 percent Brazilian" was launched on Friday with more than a hint of political posturing.Sao Paulo's Butantan biomedical institute announced in the morning it is developing a vaccine and expects to start using it in July.Several hours later a minister said President Jair Bolsonaro's government had submitted a request for authorization to start clinical trials on a different vaccine.Butantan is the largest vaccine producer in Brazil and makes the CoronaVac shot produced by Chinese firm Sinovac -- the most widely used against the pandemic in the South American country.The institute is also heavily backed by Sao Paulo state governor Joao Doria, who is widely expected to challenge Bolsonaro in next year's general

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Ontario not mandating COVID-19 vaccines, though ‘strongly encourage’ inoculation: health minister

Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliott on Friday said the province is not mandating people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but inoculation is “strongly encouraged.”

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Covid-19 vaccine inequity 'catastrophic moral failure', says WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Emergencies Program, said on Monday that the "inequitable" Covid-19 vaccine distribution was a "catastrophic moral failure" and a "failed opportunity."Speaking at a virtual press conference from Geneva on Monday about the recent rise of cases in Europe -- up by "12 percent" in the last week -- Ryan stressed that there was no "golden solution" to end the pandemic.Also Read | Six wrong calls on post-covid economyHe said that many countries have the strategy to "get enough vaccine" and "push enough vaccine to people," assuming that the Covid-19 pandemic would be shaken off with vaccine rollouts."I am sorry, it is not(the case)," he said.

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Should you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines? Scientists are seeking answers

Jon CohenScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.With nine vaccines now showing they can powerfully prevent severe illness and death from COVID-19—and vaccines in short supply—researchers are mulling an issue that, even a few months ago, was only hypothetical: Should people mix and match vaccines that require two shots?If some combinations work, they may provide needed flexibility whenever production of a vaccine falters, as often happens.

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CVS, Rite Aid to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines in New Jersey

NEW JERSEY - CVS and Rite Aid pharmacies at select locations in New Jersey will begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.New Jersey state and county officials are beginning to see a light at the end of a long, long tunnel.On Thursday, 500 people got their second vaccine dose at Camden County Community College, bringing the number of vaccines administered to 14,000 in the county, with the pace picking up."We have the capability of administering 2,000 vaccines a day.

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Walmart, Sam's Club pharmacies to begin COVID-19 vaccines Friday

Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies across the nation will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines Friday as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.More than 1,000 pharmacies in 22 states will be receiving doses of the vaccine this week, although there is a particular "emphasis on locations that reach customers in underserved communities with limited access to health care," Walmart said on Wednesday.The Arkansas-based retailer took into consideration population density, customer demographics, infection rates and availability of local health care resources when identifying the participating locations.The company previously touted that it would be able to deliver up to 13 million doses of coronavirus vaccines per month "when supply and

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Biden says federal government has purchased enough COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the federal government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and said by the summer, nearly every American will be able to get vaccinated. "We have now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans, and now we’re working to get those vaccines into the arms of millions of people," Biden said. Biden added that in the first three weeks that he has been in office, his administration increased the supply of weekly vaccine shipments to states by almost 30%. "When I became president three weeks ago, America had no plan to vaccinate most of the country," Biden said.

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Saskatchewan premier asks residents not to ‘jump the queue’ for COVID-19 vaccines

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Thursday asked residents to “not entertain the thought of jumping ahead in the queue” to receive COVID-19 vaccines, saying that it means the vaccine might not be available to someone at a higher risk.

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Coronavirus: Pallister blasts federal government over lack of made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccines

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government over their lack of a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine supply, saying their strategy of Canada first was in danger of becoming “Canada last” due to vaccine delays.

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Harsh Vardhan says 'both Covid-19 vaccines safe' after Chhattisgarh rejects Covaxin

Chhattisgarh asked the central government to halt the supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan came forward to iterate that both the vaccine being administered currently in India were approved after "due evaluation of pre-clinical and clinical trial data"."Central Drugs Standards and Control Org, headed by DCGI, has granted permission to manufacture two Covid-19 vaccines based on the prescribed procedure and after due evaluation of pre-clinical and clinical trial data," said the minister on Thursday.Also Read | Inside the Mindtree makeover strategy"Only Covishield and Covaxin are being used for vaccination drive in-country.

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Target offering employees incentives to get COVID-19 vaccines

Target has joined a growing list of essential businesses that are paying their employees to get the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.Essential employees -- who are considered to have a very high risk of being infected with the virus because their jobs are critical and require them to be in regular contact with other people -- are now next in line to receive either Moderna or Pfizer's COVID-19 shots.When that happens, hourly team members at Target will get up to four hours of pay, the Minneapolis-based company said.Additionally, all U.S.

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Feds focus on mask upgrades, COVID-19 vaccine sites

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing the fit of face masks—both cloth and surgical—can significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission, by as much as 96.5% if both infected and uninfected people wear them properly.

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Unfair Covid-19 vaccine distribution risks 'catastrophic moral failure' for world: WHO chief Tedros

coronavirus vaccines, urging countries and manufacturers to share Covid-19 doses more fairly around the globe."Not only does this me-first approach leave the world's poorest and most vulnerable at risk, it is also self-defeating," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the opening of the body's annual Executive Board meeting.Also Read | Churn in India’s internet economyThe WHO chief said the prospects for fairly distributing the various jabs were at serious risk just as its vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX aims to start distributing inoculations next month.WHO chief on 'me-first approach'Such a "me-first approach" left the world's poorest and most vulnerable at risk, he added."Ultimately these actions will only prolong the

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B.C. officials report 27,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered

Since we got our first dose of the vaccines in the fight against COVID-19, B.C. has administered close to 27,000 vaccinations.

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FDA to weigh half-dosing Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, Operation Warp Speed official says

Volunteers prepared doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at Forand Manor in Central Falls, RI on Dec. 30, 2020.

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In Somalia, COVID-19 vaccines are distant as virus spreads

MOGADISHU – As richer countries race to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Somalia remains the rare place where much of the population hasn't taken the coronavirus seriously. Some fear that’s proven to be deadlier than anyone knows.“Certainly our people don’t use any form of protective measures, neither masks nor social distancing,” Abdirizak Yusuf Hirabeh, the government’s COVID-19 incident manager, said in an interview.

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India OKs AstraZeneca and locally-made COVID-19 vaccines

NEW DELHI – India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country.India’s drugs regulator gave an emergency authorization for the vaccines developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca and another developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech.Drugs Controller General Dr.

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India likely to approve two-dose regimen for Covid-19 vaccines, four weeks apart: Report

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Coronavirus: Initial Canadian COVID-19 vaccine distribution to focus on three core groups

Canada’s deputy chief public health officer Dr.

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Coronavirus: Government focus is on Canadians’ access to potential COVID-19 vaccine, Trudeau says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau explained on Monday that the government’s focus is on Canadians gaining access to COVID-19 vaccines once one is successfully developed, versus being the first country to develop one, hence the signing of agreements with “a broad range of vaccine” developers and researchers worldwide.

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Coronavirus latest: Germany's CureVac starts human trials for Covid-19 vaccine

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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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