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With summer officially kicking off in Canada this week, travel, weddings, BBQs and other social events are on the table. Should a COVID-19 booster be part of your summer holiday plans?

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High-risk people should get next COVID boosters this spring: Ontario’s top doctor

COVID-19 infection should get their next vaccine booster shot this spring.Dr. Kieran Moore says high-risk individuals include anyone age 65 and older, pregnant women and people living in senior care facilities, such as long-term care homes.The list also includes people over 18 who are immunocompromised as well as First Nations, Inuit or Metis age 55 and older and their non-Indigenous household members of the same age.

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Study shows COVID had little impact on mental health. The same isn’t true for kids

COVID-19 has taken a minimal toll on most people’s mental health globally, according to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). But a separate study shows that finding may not hold true for children.In fact, the pandemic increased mental distress for kids, a newly-published study led by the University of Calgary shows, leading to a sharp increase in emergency department visits for attempted suicide and suicide ideation among children and adolescents under the age of 19 years old.Nicole Racine, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, said she believes children were forgotten about during the pandemic and they are one of the vulnerable groups that suffered the most from lockdowns.

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After 3 years of COVID-19, here’s how Canada’s ‘endemic’ future may look

World Health Organization declared the COVID–19 outbreak a global pandemic.Schools across the world shut down, workplaces turned remote and the fast-spreading virus revealed the fragility of many countries’ health-care systems. Since then, the virus has claimed close to seven million lives, of which more than 51,000 were Canadians.

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COVID-19 now appears to be in a ‘steady state’ in Canada

Omicron variant in Canada, COVID-19 is not expected to surge in the coming months as hospitalizations and deaths remain stable, federal health officials said.Speaking at a media conference Tuesday, Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr.

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COVID-19 wastewater numbers decrease in Saskatoon, Prince Albert

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Quebec police say former health authority worker made fake COVID-19 vaccine documents

Montreal health authority is facing criminal charges for allegedly creating fake proof-of-vaccination documents for COVID-19.Deborah Kapinga, 31, of Brossard, Que., south of Montreal, has been charged with one count of forgery and one count of unauthorized use of a computer.Mathieu Galarneau, a spokesman for the anti-corruption unit known as UPAC, says Kapinga made the fake documents in April 2022.

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Diagnosing long COVID: Canadian researchers discover unique new clue

Patients and physicians struggling to officially diagnose long COVID may be one step closer to an answer, thanks to new research from a team of Canadian scientists.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh tests positive for COVID-19: ‘I’m feeling OK’

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Complex state COVID vaccine guidelines tied to lower uptake

Complex state COVID-19 vaccine eligibility guidelines lead to confusion about eligibility and may contribute to low uptake, according to a population-based study of US adults published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

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Two COVID boosters effective against severe Omicron in nursing homes

A study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows that US nursing home residents who received a second mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster dose 60 days earlier were 26% protected against Omicron infection, 74% against hospitalization or death, and 90% against death alone.

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India's first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Anocovax for animals. All you need to know

SARS-CoV-2 in canines. What is Anocovax? Anocovax is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta Covid-19 vaccine for animals.

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Alberta COVID-19 wastewater levels trending up in Calgary, Edmonton

COVID-19 wastewater data shows cases are rising again across Canada “(Calgary has) been coming down a lot,” Kevin Frankowski told Global News on Friday. He is the executive director of Advancing Canadian Water Assets and co-lead of the pan-Alberta wastewater monitoring project.“We’re about 80 per cent of the way down the Wave 5 peak, and for a while it was kind of just staying at the same level.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Manitoba continue to drop

COVID-19 situation continues to improve.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, there are now 380 Manitobans hospitalized with the virus — a drop from 388 on Monday. The province said 178 of that number are active cases.

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Was China's Huanan market epicentre of Covid start? WHO's top scientist answers

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B.C. reports 742 new COVID-19 cases over 4 days as total case count tops 150K

COVID-19 over the past four days along with one death.There were 160 cases from Friday to Saturday, while 196 cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday, 185 from Sunday to Monday and 201 from Monday to Tuesday. Two of the cases were epi-linked.More than half of the new cases were in the Interior Health region, which recorded 395 infections.

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Long-awaited report into Alberta COVID-19 response to be released this week: Shandro

COVID-19 pandemic will be released “later this week,” Tyler Shandro tweeted Tuesday morning.Alberta’s health minister made the comments after media reports that the report wouldn’t be released.“The media response to the reporter said the interim report only reflected the pandemic response to the first wave,” Shandro tweeted.“The report would be considered for release together with future reviews of the entire pandemic response.“Given the interest in the report, the full report will be posted earlier than planned in the interest of full transparency.”The report would be considered for release together with future reviews of the entire pandemic response.

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Canada’s Delta-driven 4th wave of COVID-19 will be ‘different’ amid vaccinations: experts

COVID-19, experts are saying that its spread will likely be “very, very different” than Canada’s previous waves.The warning came from chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam on Friday, who pointed at the upward trend in cases across Canada.

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Thailand expands lockdown areas as COVID-19 cases surge

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Alberta Health estimates 1,100 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday

– 1,100 cases– 550 additional cases of VOCs; 35% of active cases are now VOCs– 12,100 laboratory tests– 9% positivity– Hospitalizations – remain stable– 10,000 vaccine doses administered on April 2– 685,000 doses to date. (2/3)— Dr.

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Toronto residents react to latest provincial COVID-19 shutdown restrictions

Ontario government officials announced a tightening of restrictions amid a growing number of COVID-19 cases. Erica Vella has reaction.

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COVID-19: 84 new cases in London-Middlesex as shutdown plans unveiled by province

Eighty-four new cases have been reported in London-Middlesex, local health officials said Thursday as the province unveiled plans to put all of Ontario into a month-long shutdown Saturday to curb a growing third wave of the pandemic.The health unit also reported that 49 additional local cases had screened variant positive, while another two had been confirmed through genomic sequencing to involve the B.1.1.7 variant, first detected in the U.K.Thursday’s update puts the regional pandemic case tally at 7,176, of which 6,424 have resolved, an increase of 26 from the day before.

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Organ issues linked with 'long COVID-19'

Long-term COVID-19 symptoms include fatigue, "brain fog," and, according to a study published yesterday in BMJ, organ problems like respiratory or heart disease.

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Hamilton reports over 100 new COVID-19 cases, 3 new outbreaks

COVID-19 pandemic, says residents letting their guard down over the last few months is likely the reason for recent spikes in coronavirus cases in cities like Hamilton.Dr. Peter Juni says individuals not following distancing and mask rules, plus the efficiency of coronavirus variants, appear to be key in the spread according to the agency’s recent studies.

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Will Alberta further ease COVID-19 restrictions on Monday?

Step 3 of a government plan to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions.Step 3 is based on a benchmark of Alberta having fewer than 300 COVID-19 hospitalizations and declining.As of Sunday, the provincial government was reporting 5,971 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, with 282 people being cared for in hospital, including 47 people in intensive care.

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Hinshaw, Shandro to provide provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

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Toronto and Peel Region push back on provincial COVID-19 reopening plan

Overall cases of COVID-19 may be dropping, but the medical officers of health for Peel Region and Toronto say variant cases pose a serious threat. Both have told the province’s top doctor that easing restrictions next week is the wrong move.

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Indigenous people should be prioritized in provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Miller

COVID-19 vaccinations reaffirms the standard set for provinces to prioritize Indigenous people in their vaccination programs.Miller says his department is working with Indigenous leaders and the provincial and territorial health authorities to prepare mass immunization programs in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities.

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Alberta COVID-19 numbers higher in February than before second wave in the fall

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Alberta’s COVID-19 case count, hospitalization numbers are higher now in February than they were before the second wave began four months ago in October.

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NDP leader calls for quicker COVID-19 vaccine plan using Canada’s military

Jagmeet Singh is calling for a quicker, clearer vaccination plan that would see Canada’s military deployed across the country to speed up provincial COVID-19 inoculation efforts.The federal government should engage military personnel along with more medical and nursing students and retired health-care workers to ramp up Canada’s faltering vaccine rollout, Singh said Tuesday.The announcement, presented as a campaign-style pledge ahead of a possible election this year, comes despite the fact that provinces have not publicly requested military assistance with vaccine delivery.“The provinces haven’t specially asked for that,” Singh said in an interview.

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 devastates Saskatchewan small town care homes

COVID-19 and 24 of the 26 residents contracted the disease, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA)Global News has learned that six residents at Lakeview Pioneer Lodge in Wakaw have now passed away. All 44 residents were infected, along with 40 staff members.

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Kingston prepares for out-of-region COVID-19 patients

Ontario hospitals and facilities with available ICU bed capacity may see patients from overwhelmed hospitals transferred for care as COVID-19 cases reach record highs.

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Alberta reports 1,183 new COVID-19 cases Friday, 24 additional deaths

COVID-19 on Friday, along with 24 additional deaths from the disease.As of Friday afternoon, there were 851 people in hospital with COVID-19, 135 of whom were being treated in intensive care.The new cases come one day after Premier Jason Kenney announced the COVID-19 public health restrictions brought in in December would be extended. Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in place until Jan.

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Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in place until Jan. 21

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says current COVID-19 lockdown rules will continue for another two weeks. Tom Vernon reports.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 7, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases Since August Reported TodayDOH reports 322 new cases of coronavirus today, the highest number since August 29, 2020, which had 310 COVID-19 cases reported. 30 of today’s cases are backdated from between 12-20-20 and 1-5-21, due to a reporting lag from a laboratory.

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Edmonton ups COVID-19 enforcement, praises province for ‘prudent’ extension of restrictions

COVID-19 situation Thursday.As of Jan. 7, the Edmonton zone had 5,465 active cases of COVID-19, 455 people were in Edmonton hospitals because of the novel coronavirus (64 of whom were in intensive care) and a total of 646 people had died in the Edmonton area from COVID-19.To compare, on Nov.

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Sinovac’s Covid shot proves 78% effective in Brazil trial

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. was 78% effective against Covid-19 in late-stage trials in Brazil, the most definitive result so far on the shot’s efficacy after previous data sparked confusion and doubt.The protection rate, confirmed by Sao Paulo state officials, was derived from Sinovac’s most advanced final-stage trials in Brazil involving about 13,000 participants.

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14 deaths from COVID-19 reported in Manitoba Sunday

Steinbach-area church holds drive-in service, breaking public health orders again Those deaths include:The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.6 per cent provincially and 14.4 per cent in Winnipeg.As of 9:30 a.m. Sunday, 383 new cases of the virus have been identified.The total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 18,806.The data also shows there are 9,216 active cases and 9,195 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.

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New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

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Record-breaking COVID-19 deaths reported in Manitoba Saturday

COVID-19 have been reported Saturday, the highest amount of deaths reported in a single day. Record number of coronavirus deaths reported in Manitoba, but case numbers slowly dropping Those deaths include:[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.1 per cent provincially and 14.1 per cent in Winnipeg.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 3, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Two Additional Deaths and 144 New Cases Reported Today COVID-19 has claimed the lives of two more O‘ahu residents. A woman, 80-years-old or older, had been hospitalized with underlying conditions.

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Pharmacies offering COVID-19 tests in Southwestern Ontario

coronavirus.Loblaw Public Relations said the pharmacies will offer COVID-19 testing for high priority people who do not have any symptoms or reason to believe they may have COVID-19.Premier Doug Ford made the announcement on Friday that testing would begin in a number of Ontario cities, including Brantford, Brights Grove, Cambridge, Chatham, Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara Falls, Sarnia, St. Catharines, Stratford, St.

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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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Health insurance to cover covid-19 treatment in makeshift hospitals

covid-19 cases hitting a new high with every passing day, hospitals in most metros are running out of beds, resulting in governments and private healthcare providers provisioning for makeshift or temporary hospitals.

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B.C. government keeping 11 minor ferry routes afloat to cover COVID-19 losses

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Ferries are an essential service and a key part to the needs of our coastal communities.”The province is hoping the financial support will only be short term. Premier John Horgan had been asking the federal government for additional funding for BC Ferries to cover losses.

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Sunday COVID-19 update: No new Manitoba cases

According to Manitoba health officials, there have been no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Manitoba as of Sunday morning.

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Families calling for re-tests of ‘recovered’ COVID-19 cases at Calgary’s McKenzie Towne care home

Twenty-five residents at Calgary’s McKenzie Towne continuing care home who tested positive for COVID-19 are now considered recovered. But as Jill Croteau reports, families aren’t convinced their loved ones who live there are safe.

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Family calls for re-testing of recovered COVID-19 cases at McKenzie Towne care home

Like most families, Shauna Parks spent the Easter holiday apart from her mother, Brenda.

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