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10.03.2022 / 02:21

Pandemic, long snow-filled winter creating challenging times for Winnipeg’s homeless

homelessness.Luke Thiessen, communications manager at Siloam Mission, says as COVID-19 restrictions lift, they’re getting a clearer picture of the impact the pandemic has had on the homeless population.“For a while, the challenges around social distancing and some of those health measures made it hard to tell exactly where things were going,” Thiessen told Global News.“As we’re lifting (restrictions), we’re seeing very tangibly the difficulties in more people needing services, mental health challenges that have come out of this, and overall health challenges. There’s just lots of ways we’re seeing that come together.” Winnipeg’s Siloam Mission takes next step in relationship with Indigenous community Siloam Mission expanded its bed capacity just a few months into the pandemic, and Thiessen says this winter brought about the most demand they’ve seen yet.“For awhile we had extra space, and this winter is when that headroom – we lost that completely,” he said.“We filled right up this winter in a way that we didn’t last winter.

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COVID-19 update, 10 March 2022 1pm

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield leads a briefing for media organisations to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak at 1pm today.

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Meet the sewage sleuths tracking Toronto’s COVID levels

Toronto’s northwest.The pair of recent postgraduates show up here several times a week, part of a more than 100-kilometre round trip to six community sites where they collect wastewater samples to test for COVID-19 levels.Those samples — and others collected at major treatment facilities in the east and west ends of Toronto and several downtown sites — are key to tracking the rise and fall of infection rates, which are no longer accurately recorded by individual testing. Toronto should drop COVID-19 mask mandate when province does, city’s top doctor says “There’s always a lovely aroma with wastewater,” Johnston said as she lifts the cover of the sampler box Toronto Water installed next to the manhole and pulls out one of the bottles it had partially filled over a recent 24-hour period.Winter’s frozen temperatures can make it more difficult to get enough samples for a composite, says the 26-year-old, who has worked with her alma mater X University (formerly Ryerson University, currently in the midst of a name change) on the project for almost a year.On this visit, the site could only offer a one-off “grab sample” for the pair to send back to the laboratory for processing.The university (along with the University of Toronto) teamed up with the province, the city’s Toronto Public Health and Toronto Water, and Unity Health’s St.

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Waterloo Region down to 5 active COVID-19 outbreaks

COVID-19 outbreaks in areas of concern, the lowest total since last November.Then, the list also included businesses and schools, among other places, whereas now it is just areas of concern, which includes hospitals, retirement homes and congregate settings. Ontario lifts mask mandate in most settings March 21, all directives to drop by April 27 Outbreaks were declared over at Grand River Hospital and in a congregate setting, which left the area with three outbreaks at hospitals and one in a congregate setting.The area’s three hospitals continue to see a decline in COVID-19 patients as there are now 21, including 10 that need intensive care.

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Global drop in COVID-19 continues, but cases still high

The world's COVID-19 cases declined last week for the fifth week in a row, but hot spots remain in a handful of countries, especially in Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest weekly update.

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Masks will be required in hospital settings ‘for some time’: Ontario Hospital Association

Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) says people can expect to be required to continue to wear masks in hospital settings “for some time,” despite the announcement that the mandate will be lifted in most public spaces across the provinceIn a statement issued Wednesday, OHA president and CEO Anthony Dale said this is a “patient safety measure.”Dale said hospitals in Ontario will be “adopting and implementing certain protective measures, including requirements related to personal protective equipment and health care worker vaccination, into their own health and safety policies and procedures.” Ontario lifts mask mandate in most settings March 21, all directives to drop by April 27 The statement comes after the province announced it would be lifting the COVID-19 mask mandate in many indoor public settings beginning March 21.According to the province, while masking requirements will be removed “in most places” later this month, the mandate will remain in place in some settings, including on public transit, in long-term care facilities in retirement homes and other health-care settings, in congregate care settings, in shelters and in jails.The province’s plan says masking requirements in “all remaining settings” will be removed on April 27.However, the plan released by the Ford government on Wednesday said that as directives are revoked, “individual organizations will continue to have the authority to keep requirements in place.”In the statement Wednesday, Dale said hospitals are “committed to protecting patients, staff and visitors, and ensuring safety is a top priority.”“The hospital sector routinely establishes policies and requirements regarding infection prevention and control, personal protective equipment, and

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A look at Ontario’s timeline for lifting all COVID measures

COVID-19 public health measures, including mandatory masks and workplace vaccination policies, by the end of April. Here’s a look at what’s changing and when:Close contacts of people with confirmed COVID-19 infections or symptoms don’t need to isolate if the person lives outside their household.

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Modi chairs high level meeting to review Covid-19 situation

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Mental decline seen in older COVID patients 1 year later

Cognitive impairment was more common among COVID-19 patients 60 years and older—particularly those with severe illness—released from hospitals in Wuhan, China, than among their uninfected peers, according to a 1-year follow-up study yesterday in JAMA Neurology.

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News Scan for Mar 09, 2022

Continuing the corticosteroid dexamethasone after hospital release didn't benefit COVID-19 patients who didn't complete the 10-day drug regimen during their stay, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.Kaiser Permanente Southern California researchers studied the conti

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Rates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester for the second day in a row

Rates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester for the second day in a row.

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COVID-19: LHSC has 5 or fewer adults in ICU with COVID, MLHU adds 92 cases

42 last Wednesday, also with five or fewer in adult critical care. LHSC says five or fewer of its COVID-19 inpatients are in Children’s Hospital, while zero are in pediatric critical care. Last week, there were five or fewer COVID inpatients in Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in pediatric critical care.

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News Releases from Department of Health | State moves to weekly COVID data reporting

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is transitioning from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reporting effective immediately. Case counts and vaccination updates will be published on the DOH COVID-19 dashboard every Wednesday beginning March 16.“Our decisions have always been based on trends, not single day counts. There is greater focus now on weekly hospital admissions, weekly hospital occupancy, and weekly case counts when calculating the current community levels of COVID-19.

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Man jailed for using COVID-19 relief cash to buy $57,000 Pokémon card

COVID-19 relief money to buy a US$57,000 Pokémon trading card.Vinath Oudomsine of Dublin, Ga., pleaded guilty in October to a single count of wire fraud after he was accused of submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration last year when he applied for a coronavirus relief loan for an “entertainment services” business he claimed to own.

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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor says lifting of mask mandate is not politically motivated

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COVID-19: Ontario lifts mask mandate in most settings March 21, all directives by April 27

The Ontario government said on Wednesday that it will be lifting the mask mandate in many indoor public settings on March 21. Dr.

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COVID-19: Ford supports ending mask mandates in Ontario, says mask use should be a ‘personal choice’

Speaking in Brantford, Ont. on Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford discussed the upcoming announcement from Ontario’s top doctor, Dr.

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Guelph’s top doc to lift own mask mandate put in place months before provincewide policy

province’s announcement to lift mask mandates in many indoor public settings, Guelph’s top doctor says she will lift her own masking orders on March 21.Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health was the first in Ontario to mandate face coverings in all indoor public settings in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, four months before a provincewide mandate was established. Ontario lifts mask mandate in most settings March 21, all directives to drop by April 27 Medical officer of health Dr.

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‘We’ve got to move on,’ Doug Ford says as Ontario announces easing of mask mandate

Doug Ford said it’s time to “move on” as Ontario announced Wednesday that its mask mandate would be lifted for most public settings on March 21.Ford made the comments at a press conference shortly before Ontario chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore officially announced the move.“We’re going to move forward cautiously and if someone wants to keep them on, God bless ’em.

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Ontario changes COVID-19 isolation guidelines for close contacts

COVID-19-positive or are experiencing symptoms.Officials said the new guidance comes into effect on Wednesday.For non-household contacts, no isolation is required. However, for 10 days after exposure these contacts should self-monitor for symptoms, wear a mask, not visit anyone with a high risk of illness and not attend or work in a high-risk setting.

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Quebec reports 6 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations fall

COVID-19 on Wednesday as the number of patients hospitalized with the disease dropped by 30.Pandemic-related hospitalizations across the province totalled 1,222. This comes after 67 patients were admitted, while 97 left in the last day.Intensive care unit cases decreased by eight, for a total of 69.The province recorded 1,426 novel coronavirus infections, though this only takes into account PCR testing done at government-run sites — which is limited to high-risk groups.

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Delhi logs 208 new Covid cases in a day; active tally drops to 985

Delhi on Wednesday reported 208 new Covid-19 cases, significantly lower than than a few days ago. Delhi now has 985 active Covid-19 cases, according to the official health bulletin.

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A grave mistake to think…: What UN chief said on current state of COVID-19 pandemic

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Covid-19: PM Modi reviews pandemic situation, public health response in India

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Pfizer starts testing its covid-19 pill in children

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Bolton Hospital stops visiting hours on two cardiology wards after covid outbreaks

Patients on two cardiology wards at the Royal Bolton Hospital will not be able to have visitors after both wards had covid outbreaks.

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Hong Kong’s covid-19 death rate is the world’s highest because of unvaccinated elderly

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Hawaii to be the last US state to drop its mask mandate by this month

Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, early February 20, 2022. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)HONOLULU (AP) - The last statewide mask mandate in the U.S. will be lifted by March 26, Hawaii Gov.

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Woman outraged after £2k covid party payment suddenly taken off wages

An outraged woman has complained after money was automatically taken from her bank account without her knowing after being told that she would receive a £10,000 Covid-19 fine in 2021.

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India administers over 179 crore covid-19 jabs

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Biological E seeks EUA for COVID vaccine Corbevax for children in 5-12 age group: Report

Biological E has applied for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 5-12 year age group, official sources said on Wednesday, according to a news report by ANI

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COVID-19: Edmonton drops mandatory mask bylaw after lengthy debate

Edmonton no longer has a local mask bylaw, after city councillors debated the issue for hours on Tuesday. As Morgan Black explains, it comes as the Alberta government introduced its own legislation to force the city’s hand.

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WHO takes a U-turn on Covid-19 booster shot, backs it after ‘moratorium’ call

WHO) has said that it strongly supported "urgent and broad access" to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines, capping a reversal of the UN agency's repeated insistence last year that boosters weren't necessary for healthy people and contributed to vaccine inequity.

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India adds 4,575 Covid cases, 145 deaths in a day

Covid-19 active cases fell below 50,000 after 665 days with 2,986 were reported in a span of 24 hours.

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Royal Caribbean debuts world's largest cruise ship as COVID-19 restrictions ease

Royal Caribbean International’s new Wonder of the Seas ship made its debut in the U.S. on March 4, 2022, at Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades in Florida.

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Edmonton ends mandatory masking as province introduces legislation to limit COVID-19 rule-making

Edmonton councillors voted to drop the city’s face coverings bylaw on Tuesday, after a lengthy discussion on the topic. Morgan Black reports.

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COVID-19: B.C. hospitalizations continue downward trend Tuesday

COVID-19 continued its downward spiral on Tuesday, dropping by 30 patients.That brings the total to 419 patients in hospitals with the virus according to numbers released by B.C. Health Department.As for the people in intensive care units, that number remains unchanged in the last day, leaving 63 people in ICUs across the province.There are no new outbreaks in health-care facilities.

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6 Sunwing party plane passengers slapped with fines up to $5K, ‘more penalties’ coming

the infamous Sunwing flight to Mexico that saw reality TV stars and influencers vape, sing and dance on board have been slapped with financial penalties.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced on Tuesday that six revellers received “penalties” of up to $5,000 because they were not fully vaccinated when they boarded the flight to Cancun — but he did not disclose the exact amount of each of their fines.“Certain behaviours reported in connection with the flight on December 30, 2021, are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Alghabra said in a press release.“This is why Transport Canada took immediate action. Aviation rules must be respected by everyone, for the sake of everyone’s safety.

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Hawaii to lift last remaining U.S. statewide mask mandate by end of March

COVID-19 mask mandate in the U.S. will be lifted by March 26, Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday.No states will require masks indoors after 11:59 p.m.

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Adjustments needed as COVID-19 response moves from pandemic to endemic: Hinshaw

Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said after two years, many adjustments will be needed as society moves from dealing with COVID-19 as a pandemic to living alongside it as an endemic disease.

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2 years since Alberta’s first confirmed COVID-19 case: ‘We’ve come so far’

It’s been exactly two years since Alberta’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said while looking back at how the pandemic played out and where the province goes from here.

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Alberta announces COVID-19 vaccines boosters for teenagers

Starting March 14, Health Minister Jason Copping said Alberta youth between the ages of 12 and 17 will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine boosters, as long as their second jab was at least five months ago.

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Ontario’s top doctor to provide update Wednesday on ‘plan to live with’ COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, the Ministry of Health said Kieran Moore will “provide an update on Ontario’s plan to live with and manage COVID-19.”Moore is scheduled to deliver remarks at 11 a.m.The news comes as the province continues with its plan to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier this month, capacity limits at indoor public spaces including restaurants and gyms were dropped.

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Peter Andre heartbroken as he reveals his mum's health is 'really declining'

Peter Andre revealed to fans that his mum Thea's health is "really declining" as she gets older.The 49-year-old star who is only one year away from turning 50, is oping to visit his elderly parents in Australia as soon as possible, with the current situation making him "sad".In particular, the last two years have been tough for Peter and his family due to the Covid-19 pandemic - with Australia enforcing a strict ban on travel.While the Mysterious Girl hitmaker had been looking forward to marking his milestone birthday, the chart topper also admitted that he is riddled with worry that Thea's health is getting progressively worse.The doting father of four wrote in his weekly New magazine column: "I feel great about being a year away from 50."I dreaded turning 40 but actually my forties have been really amazing, I feel relaxed, and in a very happy place career wise and personally."The only thing that worries me about turning another year older is that my parents are getting older and my mum's health is really declining, which makes me sad.""But everything else is going well and I feel great," he added.Just weeks ago, Peter was overwhelmed as he took to social media to share his glee that coronavirus restrictions were finally lifting in the country that he grew up in.Peter, who was born in London but raised in Australia had even toyed with the idea of moving back to his homeland but knew this would be tricky because of his four children and wife Emily who are UK-based.The singer showcased a news article from the BBC that stipulated restrictions changes down under.He said: "I am so, so, so, happy."As a desperate attempt to see his family, Peter even contacted the Australian embassy, explaining that his mother Thea had been

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News Scan for Mar 08, 2022

Three percent of 10,403 adults with COVID-19 pneumonia were diagnosed as having new-onset dementia after a median of 182 days, a significantly higher proportion than that observed with other types of pneumonia, finds a study yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.University of Missouri at Columbia researchers conducted a case

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WHO lays out plan for COVID vaccines to tackle new variants

The World Health Organization (WHO) technical advisory group on COVID-19 vaccines today weighed in on potential updates to COVID-19 vaccines in light of emerging variants such as Omicron, outlining different options and what data are needed to guide new strategies.

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Philadelphia public schools to drop mask mandate on Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA - The School District of Philadelphia said it will move ahead with its plan to make masks optional for students and staff on Wednesday. In a letter to families shared a week ago, Superintendent William Hite Jr. wrote that masks will be optional for students and faculty starting Mar.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports 2 new deaths; LHSC caring for 45 COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, memory loss, U.K. study finds At least 130 staff cases are currently active at LHSC, down from 136 on Monday, March 7. Monday’s tally was the first update to be released by LHSC since Feb.

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, China, and has since spread globally, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Muscle pain, sputum production, diarrhea, and sore throat are less common.

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