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COVID-19: B.C. allows indoor religious gatherings of up to 50 people to resume

COVID-19 safety plans in place.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the relaxation of restrictions on in-person services Thursday.The measure, first implemented in November, has proven to be one of the most divisive of B.C.’s pandemic health orders.

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COVID-19: Doug Ford pens letter to educators, doctors asking for advice on reopening schools

Premier Doug Ford has written a letter to nearly 50 stakeholders in the health and education sectors, seeking advice on school reopenings, while his own science table has differing views on the matter. Kamil Karamali reports.

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Manitoba COVID-19 patient who died after failed transfer mourned

A Manitoba family and a First Nation are mourning the death of a young mom with COVID-19, who passed away after a failed attempt to airlift her to a hospital in Ontario. Global’s Brittany Greenslade has more.

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Company behind Canadian COVID-19 border testing program misidentified some workers as nurses, insiders say

COVID-19.The agent said it was part of her job for a subcontractor of Switch Health, a Toronto-based company tasked with managing Canada’s massive coronavirus border testing program as part of a nearly $100-million federal contract.A Switch Health message informs travellers in a virtual waiting area that a “nurse will be with you shortly,” according to screenshots reviewed by Global News.But in this case, the employee who said they assisted travellers was not a nurse and explained this clearly on the call.“I feel horrible. I feel like I’m lying to people,” the employee told Global News in an interview.

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Passengers barred from Ryanair flight to Dublin after confusion over Covid test rules

Ryanair confirmed that a “number” of passengers were refused entry to the plane at Stansted. Our sister title Dublin Live report how all passengers arriving in Ireland must have a negative or 'not detected' result for Covid from an RT-PCR test within 72 hours of flying.

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When can you get your 2nd COVID-19 dose? Here’s where the provinces stand

COVID-19 vaccine earlier than expected, due to the high number of people who have received their first dose so far, and a big supply of vaccine.Most provinces so far have indicated they’re looking at speeding up second shots, with a few already announcing concrete plans.“Everything is trending in the right direction,” said Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, at a press conference on Thursday.While guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) says doses can be spaced out by up to 16 weeks, provinces who can administer second shots sooner should — and some already are, he said.

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Judge ponders council’s approach to Darren Hill saga: not ‘bike lanes and happy days’

Darren Hill, but the judge doesn’t want to overstep.During a court hearing Thursday, Danyliuk said he finds it odd that he is to rule on whether Hill should be disqualified from council. He noted city councillors are elected to do many things, including “making the tough calls.”“Not every decision gets to be about bike lanes and happy days,” Danyliuk said.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports death of 24-year-old man, 49 new cases in London-Middlesex

Health officials in London-Middlesex reported one new death and 49 new COVID-19 cases in the region on Thursday.The death, health officials said, involved a 24-year-old man. It’s the third death to be reported in the region during the pandemic involving someone in their 20s.Health officials said the individual had yet to be vaccinated.

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Ten states reach 70% COVID-19 vaccination goal

So far ten states have reached President Biden's Jul 4 goal of vaccinating 70% of eligible residents against COVID-19, according to White House COVID-19 response coordinator Andy Slavitt.

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Africa sounds urgent call for COVID-19 vaccine doses

As cases rise in Africa, the region urgently needs at least 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to deliver second doses during the recommended interval to vulnerable groups that have received their first dose, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today.

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Mental health advocates say need for support in N.B. doubled amid COVID-19 pandemic

New Brunswick to make changes to mental health crisis and addictions response “That jumped from 86,000 to 204,000 New Brunswickers. So those numbers speak volumes in terms of the demand,” said Baldwin.The number of people having thoughts of suicide or self-harm has also spiked from two to 10 per cent, said Baldwin.“Those are significant numbers and another reason why we need now the resources in place to meet that demand,” she said.In a plan to boost mental health supports over the next three years, the province’s Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said both regional health authorities have already been given the green light to hire additional staff to work in mental health support.

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COVID-19: 43 new cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the local total to 11,793, including 245 deaths.Local public health also reported 46 new cases of a coronavirus variant on Thursday, bringing that total to 4,493 — 420 of which are active. Ontario reports more than 1,100 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths Twenty of the new cases are in Barrie, while eight are in Innisfil and five are in Bradford.The rest of the new cases are in Adjala-Tosorontio, Huntsville, New Tecumseth, Orillia, Ramara, Springwater, Tay Township and Tiny Township.Nineteen of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while 12 are community-acquired, one is outbreak-related and one is travel-related.

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Manitoba to give schools $58M in funding for upcoming school year amid COVID-19 pandemic

Manitoba Education Minister Cliff Cullen announced $58 million in new funding for schools across the province on Thursday, to help put COVID-19 precautions in place for the upcoming 2021-22 school year.

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‘This is our ticket out’: Generation Z now able to book vaccines in N.S.

COVID-19 vaccine shot.Eighteen-year-old Evan Colclough is an eager member of the 12-and-up age group who is now booked in to receive his Pfizer vaccine.“I felt nothing but relief. It was just so exciting to log on to book that appointment,” Colcough said.Currently, the Pfizer vaccine is the only one approved for use in children aged 12 and up.

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COVID-19: Canadian Olympic track and field trials get green light to go ahead in Montreal

Participants will need to produce a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the event.

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Lisa Kudrow Talks ‘Emotional’ Reunion With ‘Friends’ Cast, ‘First Time’ She’s Hugged Anyone Since COVID

“Friends: The Reunion” has finally arrived, and cast member Lisa Kudrow opened up about the experience during a virtual visit to Thursday’s edition of “The Talk”.

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‘Friends’ stars Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox are distant cousins in real life, ancestry experts say

LOS ANGELES - Matthew Perry and Courteny Cox who played friends turned husband and wife in the hit series "Friends" are actually related in real life, according to researchers at the online ancestry website, MyHeritage. The two may have been lovers on camera, but they actually are distant cousins whose relatives were married in England nearly 500 years ago.According to a family tree, Cox and Perry are 11th cousins. "The connection is made via Courteney Cox's mother (Courteney Copeland) and Matthew’s Perry's father (John Bennett Perry)," a MyHeritage spokesperson said in an email to FOX TV Stations. In addition to this surprising connection, the two are also distant relatives of pop icon and singer Lady Gaga.

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Facebook won't remove posts claiming Covid-19 is human-made

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Alyssa Milano Opens Up About Her ‘Long Haul Symptoms’ In COVID Vaccine PSA

Alyssa Milano is sending a strong message about COVID-19 in her new PSA for The Creative Coalition, advocating for everyone to get vaccinated and opening up about her own experience with the disease.

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Quebec to allow outdoor sports tournaments in late June as province eases COVID-19 measures

COVID-19.Isabelle Charest, the minister responsible for sports, announced details Thursday for the month of June — but most of the measures vary depending on the zone within the province’s pandemic colour-coded scale.“We are slowly taking our favourite activities back up,” she told reporters.Under the plan, groups of up to 25 people will be able to take part in outdoor sports in regions that are designated yellow zones starting June 11. Sports with some physical contact — including soccer, baseball and volleyball — will be allowed in those areas.Charest says the majority of regions in Quebec are expected to be downgraded to yellow by the end of next month.

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Nearly 60 per cent of Waterloo Region adults have had 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine, according to Waterloo Region’s vaccine distribution task force.On Thursday, the agency reported there have now been 299,101 doses administered in the area, 5,082 more than it reported a day earlier.

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Mom with COVID-19 died after Manitoba tried to transfer her to Ontario ICU

COVID-19 and died after a failed attempt to airlift her to a hospital in Ontario.Krystal Mousseau, 31, died Monday in Brandon, following an attempted medical transfer to an intensive care unit in Ontario due to a shortage of beds in Manitoba.“My sincerest, heartfelt condolences go out to Krystal’s family on the heartbreaking loss of our relation,” Southern Chiefs Organization Grand Chief Jerry Daniels said in an email statement.“We must do all we can to care for them during this incredibly difficult time.”The province has not released any specifics surrounding Mousseau’s death.On Wednesday Shared Health said a critically ill patient destabilized while being loaded onto a plane for transfer to an Ontario Hospital.“The patient was provided

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‘Friends’ stars Matthew Perry, Courteny Cox are distant cousins in real life, ancestry experts say

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Walmart partners with schools to open COVID-19 vaccine clinics for adolescents

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart has partnered with school districts across several U.S. states to bring COVID-19 vaccine clinics to students at their schools. The retail giant announced Thursday that its pharmacies in both Walmart and Sam’s Club stores have worked with local districts to set up Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinics in "dozens of communities" throughout Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania.Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine is currently the only COVID-19 vaccine given an emergency use authorization for those under 18.

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News Scan for May 27, 2021

A randomized controlled trial of two inactivated (vero cell) COVID-19 vaccines made in China finds a vaccine efficacy of 73% in one and 78% in the other, according to a study yesterday in JAMA.The whole-virus inactivated vaccines were developed with strains

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Manitoba education minister to announce COVID-19 funding for schools

COVID-19 funding for schools Thursday afternoon. Manitoba tightens COVID-19 restrictions, schools to remain in remote learning into June Cliff Cullen has scheduled a press conference for 3 p.m.

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Hamilton reports new COVID-19 death, doc says hospitals could ‘cope’ if students return in 3rd wave

joining a call for a return to in-person learning as soon as possible in an effort to limit afflictions in youth she believes have been brought on by isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Martha Fulford, an infectious disease specialist with McMaster Children’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences, says marked increases in eating disorders, obesity and mental health challenges among youth are likely the results of “social starvation.”The physician says school typically provides more than an education and the benefits of human interaction and organized events create a critically important itinerary for young people.

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Covid testing resumes in Bolton schools as Indian variant spreads among teenagers

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Big spikes in overdose cardiac arrests, opioid deaths amid COVID-19

Two new JAMA studies reveal startling jumps in overdose-related cardiac arrests and fatal opioid overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘Manitobans must stay home:’ Pallister announces tighter COVID-19 health orders

Manitoba premier Brian Pallister announced tighter COVID-19 public health orders on Thursday that will target gatherings, retail and workplaces for the next two weeks starting on Saturday.

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Canadians could travel safely within the country this summer, but with conditions: experts

COVID-19 pandemic, experts are encouraging Canadians to get vaccinated and stay vigilant with public health measures if they want to travel across the country.If they don’t, interprovincial travel may spark a fourth wave , according to Raywat Deonandan, epidemiologist and associate professor at the University of Ottawa.“Opening up to travel outside the province is interesting because vaccination is not a bulletproof vest,” Raywat Deonandan, epidemiologist and associate professor at the University of Ottawa, said.“We’ve got a really good shot at crushing this thing once and for all.

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Trudeau says Canada supports U.S. investigation into the origins of COVID-19

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about United States President Joe Biden calling on the U.S. Intelligence community to re-double its efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19, with the prime minister stating that Canada has worked with the international community to find answers since the beginning and that it supports that call by the U.S.

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COVID-19: N.S. numbers continue dropping with 33 new cases, 182 recoveries

Nova Scotia Health labs completed 6,413 tests on Wednesday.Sixty-three people are in hospital — nine less than Wednesday — but the number of people in intensive care has increased slightly to 21.There is still community spread in the central health zone, the release said, and “limited” community spread in Sydney, which is in the eastern health zone. The other health zones continue to be closely monitored.

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COVID-19: Thousands of expiring AstraZeneca doses not yet sent to pharmacies, Ontario says

COVID-19: Ontario pharmacies waiting on AstraZeneca vaccine shipments A spokeswoman for the health minister said the quality checks were needed because storage data for some of the doses was incomplete.“No dose will be sent that isn’t deemed to be safe,” said Alexandra Hilkene.Ontario stopped giving out first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine earlier this month after saying it was linked to an increased risk of a rare but serious blood clotting disorder.The province started offering second shots of the vaccine this week — at a 10-week dosing interval — to the first batch of AstraZeneca recipients in order to use up the doses that expire soon.Ontarians who received the vaccine between March 10 and March 19 in Kingston, Windsor and Toronto

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BBC presenter died after 'suffering blood clots' following Covid vaccine, family says

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GOP offers $928 billion on infrastructure, funded with Covid aid

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India supplied Covid medicines to 123 nations despite its own needs: Vardhan

Vardhan was speaking during a virtual interaction with health ministers of NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) countries. Tedros, Director-General, World Health Organisation was also present in the meeting.He said India has adopted transformative strategies and fast-tracked many initiatives aimed at all the core tenets of Universal Health Coverage like strengthening health systems, including primary healthcare, improving access to free drugs and diagnostics, and reducing catastrophic healthcare spending.“India is moving towards Universal Healthcare for All which means every citizen of India must get world quality treatment facilities.

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Why is long covid turning out to be a fresh concern?

What is long covid and how prevalent is it?Long covid refers to the phenomena where people continue to experience the effects of covid-19 for weeks or months. According to Randeep Guleria, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, if symptoms persist for 4-12 weeks, it should be regarded as post-covid acute syndrome, while if symptoms persist for longer than 12 weeks, it should be marked as long covid.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh seen breaking COVID-19 rules

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is apologizing after video obtained by Global News shows him unmasked and in close quarters with an individual who is not from his household.

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Is Pfizer better than Moderna? Experts say no — it’s all about the brand

COVID-19 vaccine clinics once they realized they’d be getting the Moderna jab — a surprising turn that experts say suggests some Canadians are mistaking the product as inferior to its Pfizer-BioNTech counterpart.Grindrod, a researcher and pharmacy professor at the University of Waterloo, says one clinic in her southwestern Ontario region reported around 50 walk-outs while other nearby sites saw daily instances of people refusing the Moderna shot, despite its similar effectiveness to Pfizer.Walkout numbers decreased, she says, after clinics placed medical professionals at entrances to clarify the similarities between the two vaccines.“At first it was like, ‘What is happening?'” Grindrod says.“Now they’re getting a bit better explaining to

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh apologizes for breaking COVID-19 rules

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is apologizing for letting “down” his “guard” in a video that showed him unmasked, hugging an unmasked individual from outside his household. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh explains why he’s been staying outside of his B.C.

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Manitoba reports 8 COVID-19 deaths, 297 new cases

Health officials say eight more Manitobans with COVID-19 have died and another 297 new infections have been identified across the province.The deaths bring Manitoba’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,042 after the province said a death reported Wednesday — a woman in her 90s from the Winnipeg Health region — has been removed from the list.A release from the province didn’t say why the death was removed.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh apologizes after video shows him breaking COVID-19 rules

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is apologizing after a video obtained by Global News shows him breaking COVID-19 restrictions and spending unmasked time in close quarters with an individual who is not from his household.The footage, which the party confirmed seems “legitimate,” shows Singh exiting a car with Taranvir Dhaliwal, who works as an executive assistant for Singh’s brother Gurratan — a provincial NDP MPP.

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Students in Garden Hill First Nation to repeat school year lost to COVID-19, officials say

Manitoba to move all K-12 schools in Winnipeg, Brandon to remote learning Wednesday Catherine Monias, the Indigenous community’s education director, says even for children who did have the technology, the internet bandwidth in the community is too weak to broadcast classes successfully.Educators across the country are making plans to have kids return to classes full time in the fall, but many parents are worried about what more than a year of learning disrupted by COVID-19 has meant for their children.Experts say the focus will have to be on students’ social and emotional needs and on patience with academic achievements.Laurie French, president of the Canadian School Boards Association, says in most cases a one-size-fits-all approach

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Bolton MP asks if Boris Johnson will be investigated for 'alleged corporate manslaughter' over pandemic deaths

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Mum, 26, suffers horror swelling and seizure after allergic reaction to Covid vaccine

coronavirus vaccine – and ended up fighting for her life. Kirsty Hext, 26, had a severe allergy to an unknown ingredient of the Pfizer jab and subsequently suffered 14 anaphylactic shocks.

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School closes to all year groups after Covid outbreak

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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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