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17.04.2021 / 02:09

B.C.’s Interior Health region about to reach 10,000 COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

B.C., it seems surreal to think that after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Interior Health Authority (IHA) was reporting just a few cases a day.On April 16, 2020, there were three cases of the virus reported in a region that includes a population of about 750,000, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC).But on April 16, 2021, 110 people tested positive in the IHA, according to the BC CDC — one of the highest case counts in a single day.By Saturday morning, the region will reach a somber milestone: 10,000 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

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COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatchewan to be expanded to first responders

COVID-19 vaccinations.However, the province says it could be two weeks before those start.Mobile vaccination units are currently targeting select congregate living settings including group home and shelter staff and residents.

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Ontario expands pharmacy COVID-19 vaccination program

COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the province races to slow to spread of the virus.Government officials announced Sunday that the move will rapidly expand availability of the AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged 55 and over this week.With the new locations, more than 1,400 pharmacies will offer vaccines, with the province expecting to add another 100 by the end of April.The announcement came as Ontario reported 4,456 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, marking a new single-day high for new infections.

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Winnipeg to open 2nd vaccine supersite May 7

April 9, 2021Members of the vaccine task force said they’ll also be bringing in university and college students to help with immunizations.The province will provide more information about the ongoing vaccine rollout at its 12:30 p.m. news conference Friday.Dr.

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Researchers racing to develop one vaccine for all coronaviruses

COVID-19 and its known variants, researchers around the world are in a race to find a universal vaccine that could protect against the current strain of the coronavirus as well as future ones.The U.S. Army started Phase 1 clinical trials this week of a vaccine called Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle (SpFN) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, Md.

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Saskatchewan changes eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccination

Saskatchewan government has changed the eligibility for those who can receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the province.In Regina, the city’s drive-thru site will begin administrating the Pfizer vaccine as of Friday morning, but only for individuals who are 53 and 54 years old.

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Public health officials report Manitoba’s first confirmed COVID-19 variant death

COVID-19 death has been linked to a variant of concern, Manitoba public health officials said Thursday.The death, linked to the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the U.K., was a man in his 70s from Winnipeg who died in late March.Health officials reported three additional COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba Thursday, all from the Winnipeg health region: a man in his 70s, a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 70s, the latter of which is linked to the outbreak at Holy Family Home.A total of 137 new cases were reported, including 37 linked to the B.1.1.7 variant and three uncategorized cases.The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 4.8 per cent provincially and 4.6 per cent in Winnipeg.COVID-19 Bulletin #395 https://t.co/EXPNNwbr9c

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Saskatchewan continues age-based COVID-19 vaccine plan despite calls to target essential workers

Paul Merriman said everyone 30 years of age and older in the province could be vaccinated by May 10 if it sticks to its current age-based vaccine strategy.However, some doctors are calling on the province to pivot away from its plan and target essential workers.“COVID-19 is mutating into variants of concern (VOC) that threaten to overwhelm Saskatchewan’s health system. The virus is adapting.

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Vaccine registration now open for British Columbians born in 1949 or earlier

COVID-19 appointments with their local health authorities.The province has been focusing this week on registering clinically vulnerable British Columbians for their vaccine and Indigenous British Columbians 18 years of age and older.“We have added 150,000 people who have received letters who are clinically extremely vulnerable,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said.“Every age cohort you move on to is larger than the last one. There are more 72-year-olds than there are 73 years old.

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Vaccinated? Unvaccinated? Either way, you can take part in this COVID-19 vaccine safety study

Halt on AstraZeneca use doesn’t mean vaccine is unsafe, Nova Scotia’s top doctor says The study includes people across the country — with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as the two Maritime provinces taking part.“The only way we can really track those rare events is if we recruit a lot of people,” said Dr. Jennfer Isenor, a professor and researcher with Dalhousie University in Halifax, who is the regional investigator with the study“I think it reinforces the importance of CANVAS and actively surveilling vaccine safety.”In typical years, the CANVAS Network conducts surveillance for vaccines ranging from the seasonal influenza, to newer vaccines such as the H1N1 influenza vaccine in 2009.

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Metro Vancouver residents 55 to 65 years old can now receive AstraZeneca vaccine if they choose

COVID-19 vaccine not be administered to people under 55 over concerns it may be linked to rare blood clots.The province is continuing to use the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for its aged-based program. Currently, those born in 1948 and earlier can book an appointment to receive the vaccine.

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‘Short-term instability’ remains despite good news on Canada’s vaccine supply: Ontario government

COVID-19 vaccine supply despite positive news from the federal government Tuesday about speeding up shipments later this year, a spokesperson for the premier’s office says.Ivana Yelich, the director of media relations for Premier Doug Ford, provided an update in an email Tuesday regarding the current status of vaccine shipments.“Following today’s announcement from the federal government about increased shipments two months from now in June, we’ve received some questions about expected deliveries over the coming weeks,” Yelich said.“While this is good news that will enable provinces to use the full extent of their capacity sooner, it still does not solve the short-term instability of vaccine supply.” Canada getting 5M Pfizer doses ahead of

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COVID-19 vaccine appointments booked up for April in Leeds, Grenville, Lanark

COVID-19 vaccine appointments for April are taken on Ontario’s online booking system.The health unit says it is currently adding more for May.Those who are 70 and above who have not been able to book an appointment for their vaccination are asked to call the health unit and add their names to a local vaccine contingency list.

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B.C. to announce additional COVID-19 restrictions, changes to AstraZeneca vaccine rollout plan

Global BC Facebook page and CKNW.Henry is expected to target the new restrictions on areas that have seen increased transmission.The province is expected to target in-person dining in restaurants and bars. The expectation is the industry will move towards a model with outdoor dining and take-out.

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Over 200 Queen’s University medical students volunteer to administer COVID-19 vaccines

Kingston residents flock to Invista Centre COVID-19 vaccination site to receive their shots Dr. Samantha Buttemer, the medical advisor for public health to the faculty of health sciences at the university and a medical student herself, says that Kingston Health Sciences Centre was alerted that they would be getting a large amount of vaccines that needed to be distributed quickly.“There was issues in terms of figuring out staffing to staff the vaccination clinics,” says Dr.

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N.B. reporting 1 new COVID-19 case as vaccination clinics for high school teachers set to begin

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Premier opens door for ‘more flexibility’ for vaccinated British Columbians

COVID-19 cases a day.So far 444,140 doses of vaccine have been distributed in B.C., including at least one dose for 357,047 British Columbians.“As you know, there are no simple answers in this situation,” Horgan told a news conference on Thursday.“Having said that, as more and more people are vaccinated, hundreds of thousands already with hundreds of thousands more to come, I think we will see a relaxing with some of the regulations, as we already have.”The Centre for Disease Control in the United States has announced fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing.The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way — in a single

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‘God bless America’: Doug Ford reacts to report U.S. plans to send Canada 1.5M vaccine doses

COVID-19 vaccine doses, calling it “fabulous news.”Ford has previously pressed the U.S. to assist Canada by sending vaccines.

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Quebec’s ‘Plan B’ for leftover COVID-19 vaccines at the end of the day

COVID-19 vaccines, there are cases when there are leftover vials at the end of the day.Regional health authorities say it’s rare but they do have backup plans to avoid vaccine spoilage and waste.CIUSSS de L’ouest de L’ile de Montreal assistant director Talia Toledano says it’s rare there are leftovers but when there are, they make sure they never go to waste.“Sometimes we’ll have someone who is 85 who will come in, who made a mistake and didn’t take an appointment when they thought they did, so we’ll take their name and phone number and keep it,” says Toledano.“We have a board by age group and then if we have leftovers we call from the oldest person on the list to come and get their vaccine.”Toledano says the priority always remains

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Kingston-area public health to delay second COVID-19 doses for some

COVID-19 vaccine, it may take longer than previously expected to get the second.The Kingston-area health unit says it wants increase the number of people benefiting from the first shot, so it will be delaying some people’s second dose by up to 16 weeks.Over the next few weeks, many people who received their first dose on or before March 10 will receive an email with a booking cancellation and a follow-up phone call from KFL&A Public Health to reschedule their second dose.

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Vaccine supply still slowing Hamilton, Niagara’s COVID-19 vaccination plans

COVID-19 vaccinations among the population in the next few weeks will be the limits in the supply chain.EOC director Paul Johnson told Global News on Monday that the city is ready to get more shots in people’s arms but said the major concern over the next three to four weeks will be the managing of supply.“We’re worried about the delay,” Johnson said. “We just would like more.” Hamilton closes outbreak at Macassa Lodge, suggests start of third COVID-19 wave in Ontario Johnson said with the recent allocation of staff and the set up of large and small-scale vaccination sites, the city is ready to vaccinate up to 10,000 people a day.“We’re going to be at 10,000 a day from a readiness perspective.

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Pharmacy vaccine bookings to begin in Quebec

COVID-19 immunization campaign.Health Minister Christian Dubé announced earlier this month that some 350 pharmacies in the Montreal area will start taking appointments through the province’s vaccine booking portal Monday, with shots to begin March 22.He said the program will eventually expand to more than 1,400 pharmacies across the province that will administer about two million doses.The Montreal region is being prioritized in part because of the presence of more contagious COVID-19 variants, such as the B.1.1.7 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom.

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How to navigate Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine booking system

COVID-19 vaccine booking system is set to launch on Monday. Here’s what you need to know to use it.The province’s online portal and an accompanying phone line are set to start taking appointments on Monday at 8 a.m.People who are eligible to get vaccinated can book online at http://www.ontario.ca/bookvaccine, while those wishing to schedule by phone can call 1-888-999-6488.

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Essential workers in Britsih Columbia won’t receive AstraZeneca shots until late April

COVID-19 vaccine set to arrive will be targeted for clusters and community outbreaks. Some of the vaccine is already in British Columbia.

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Lethbridge post-secondary schools prepare to welcome more students to campus this fall

NDP wants Alberta government to make changes to post-secondary budget “We are proud of the work we’ve done over the past year for the on-campus learning experiences we’ve been able to provide to our students, while following all of the health guidelines to keep everybody safe,” Workman said.The college says during the current winter term, students frequently had on-campus experiences and a variety of trades and health sciences programs had a constant on-campus presence.Across a variety of programs, more than 20 courses and 25 lab sections were offered on-campus during the winter term, along with environmental sciences programs that offered outdoor experiences.In total, the college averaged nearly 400 students on campus each day in

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‘Hoping for it’: Multiple vaccination clinics in Durham open for priority populations

COVID-19.“I’ve been kind of hoping for it,” said Jim Boyle who was first in line to be vaccinated at Pickering’s Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Centre.Boyle says he’s relieved to finally get some protection against the virus.In addition to the Pickering site, vaccination clinics in Oshawa and Clarington also opened Tuesday. The region says once all eight vaccination clinics are up and running, the goal will be to immunize 10,000 people a day.

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Province scrambling to fix vaccination phone line problems for Vancouver Coastal Health

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Obviously, we wanted it to be ready for weeks ago, but it does take time to get those things together. Fraser Health is the only health authority that had that type of an online booking system that was robust enough at this point.”The province only released call volume numbers on Monday morning, saying more than 1.7 million calls were placed to the phone lines across B.C.

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Successful COVID-19 vaccines brighten global economic outlook

world economy is bouncing back from the pandemic crisis faster than expected, thanks in part to successful coronavirus vaccines and U.S. stimulus efforts, but the improvements are uneven and joblessness remains a big concern, according to a new forecast.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday raised its expectations for global GDP growth to 5.5 per cent this year and 4 per cent next year.

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China launches coronavirus vaccine certificates to allow cross-border travel

China has launched a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for its citizens planning cross-border travels, joining other countries issuing similar documents as they seek ways to reopen their economies.As vaccines are globally being rolled out, a few countries including Bahrain have already introduced certificates identifying vaccinated people, and the European Union agreed to develop vaccine passports under pressure from tourism-dependent southern countries.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry apologizes for ‘bad communications’ with people whose 2nd vaccine dose was cancelled

COVID-19 vaccine were cancelled in the province.The vaccinations were pushed back until the summer after the province announced plans to extend the gap between first and second vaccine doses from 42 days to 112 days. Leading B.C.

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Oxford study finds AstraZeneca vaccine effective against Brazil variant: source

COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca PLC is effective against the P1, or Brazilian, variant, a source with knowledge of the study told Reuters on Friday.The data indicates that the vaccine will not need to be modified in order to protect against the variant, which is believed to have originated in the Amazonian city of Manaus, said the source, who requested anonymity as the results have not yet been made public. Pfizer says South African variant could notably cut down vaccine protection The source did not provide the exact efficacy of the vaccine against the variant.

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Experts say lower vaccine efficacy shouldn’t be deterrent

COVID-19 vaccines.And they worry that will lead to unnecessary hesitancy at a time when Canada’s inoculation rollout needs to ramp up.The recently approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and the shot by Johnson & Johnson that could be next in line for authorization, showed 62 and 72 per cent efficacy in preventing COVID-19 infections in their respective clinical trials. Canada approves Johnson & Johnson’s 1-shot COVID-19 vaccine Compared to the 95 per cent effectiveness of mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, it seems like a glaring difference.

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B.C. to prioritize COVID-19 outbreaks and clusters with first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

COVID-19 outbreak or cluster will be the first to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia.Provincial health officer Dr.

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Coronavirus: Durham announces vaccine rollout plan with goal of 10K doses administered per day

Canadian-approved vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech. Staff expressed they hope they will obtain the other approved vaccines in the coming months.

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Canada adds 3,091 new COVID-19 cases, 58 deaths as vaccinations ramp up

coronavirus cases and 58 deaths Thursday as provinces ramped up their vaccine rollouts.The country now has 858,220 cases total and 21,865 deaths, while over 240,000 have been vaccinated — the highest weekly total in more than a month, according to Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer. Feds prepare for influx of COVID-19 vaccines, say Q1 targets will be met More than 40 per cent of Canada’s population over 80 years old have now received their first vaccine dose and about 5.5.

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‘A dire warning’: New report highlights existing barriers in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

COVID-19 vaccination rollout.The research honed in on pneumonia, influenza and shingles vaccinations for people age 65 and older. It then graded each province based on federal immunization guidelines and how each province measured up.

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COVID-19: 2 new cases for Peterborough area, Buckhorn daycare outbreak cases at 17

COVID-19 on Thursday.The data decreases the number of active cases to 31 as reported on the health unit’s COVID-19 tracker, down from 34 on Wednesday. One of the active cases is the B.1.1.7 variant, first reported in the United Kingdom, which was reported on Tuesday.There are now 581 resolved cases out of the 621 cases since the pandemic was declared — approximately 93.5 per cent.

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Florida women disguised themselves as ‘grannies’ to get COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccines in Florida, where health officials say the pair dressed as “grannies” in order to beat the age rules in the state.Florida is prioritizing health-care workers and people 65 and older for the vaccine, but two women in their 30s and 40s somehow got their first dose and were on the verge of getting their second, according to Dr. Raul Pino, head of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County.

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Coronavirus: New super vaccination centres coming to the West Island

COVID-19 vaccination clinics.Each one of them is supposed to be able to accommodate up to 2,000 people a day for the coveted shot in the arm. Feds unveil accelerated rollout schedule following fresh coronavirus vaccine deals Work on the Bob Birnie arena is well underway to retrofit one of the ice rinks into a massive vaccination area for the public.John Belvedere, the Pointe-Claire mayor, says he’s expecting the place to be open on March 1.“This is going to be one of the big vaccination centres.

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COVID-19 vaccine at your local pharmacy? Manitobans hoping for accessible service

COVID-19 vaccine in future, you might be able to do it at your local pharmacy, if everything goes according to plan.The vaccines being used now have to remain frozen before being used, but new vaccines that don’t require a freeze are expected to come into production in the months ahead — and the province is asking doctors and pharmacists to let them know if they would be interested in administering COVID-19 vaccines.Winnipeg pharmacist Robyn Small of Tache Pharmacy told 680 CJOB it wouldn’t be a stretch for her pharmacy to administer the shots, as they’ve been giving several other shots routinely for several years now.

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4 more COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba reported Sunday

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Concern around COVID-19 variants grows in B.C. with fears cases could soar with more interactions

COVID-19 modeling data Friday and there’s concern around the virus variants currently circulating in the province.Due to the shortage of vaccines and the unknown nature of the variants, the province is still grappling with what additional measures would be effective in reducing deaths linked to COVID-19 and reducing the spread of the virus.Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said based on the information provided by the province, right now British Columbians are having about half the number of contacts in a typical day as pre-pandemic.

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Prime Minister Trudeau rejects plea from premiers to release details of vaccine contracts

Novavax says ‘rolling review’ of its COVID-19 vaccine started by Health Canada During the hour-long FMM, Trudeau made his own pitch to the premiers that they needed to help him restore public confidence in Canada’s vaccination plan.

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Kingston MOH updates COVID-19 vaccine rollout, variants, possible regional reopening

COVID-19 vaccine rollout, possible variants of concerns and the likelihood of further lockdowns.Moore said as of Thursday, about 70 per cent of the region’s long-term care and high-risk retirement home residents have received the first dose of their vaccine, which equates to about 1,200 residents.About 800 others in the region — health-care workers and primary caregivers — have also received the vaccine. Kingston public health hopes to immunize 120,000 locals against coronavirus by fall Due to delays in vaccine deliveries, Moore said Kingston would not be meeting the goal of Feb.

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Scott Moe advocating for consistent supply of vaccines, information from feds

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said he will be pressing for “clarity and certainty” surrounding COVID-19 vaccines during the First Ministers meeting on Thursday.He said he is concerned because the province has no confirmation of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine shipments past the end of February. Moe said the lack of information has complicated the province’s vaccine rollout plans.

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Manitoba prepared to deliver 1.5M COVID-19 vaccine doses in second quarter of 2021

COVID-19 vaccine between April and July, although that depends on vaccine supply.At a technical briefing Wednesday, provincial officials said the province’s second-quarter vaccine plan — which includes new supersites in the Interlake-Eastern and Southern Health regions — is expected to be ready by March.Expanded capacity in Winnipeg is also planned, with a second site in the city able to be opened on short notice.

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Canada adds 4,876 new coronavirus cases as anger builds over reduced vaccines

coronavirus cases and 114 deaths as provinces expressed anger at lowered vaccine shipment expectations.The country now has 766,102 cases total and 19,647 deaths.The federal government started the day by reassuring provinces that the country will get four million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses by April after data showed there could be a minimum of 3.5 million. Officials insist Canada still on track for 4M Pfizer doses by March despite planning data Already, vaccine shipments over the coming weeks have been reduced as the company deals with troubles at its Belgium plant.Canada is expected to receive 149,000 doses over the next two weeks — one-fifth of what had previously been promised, according to Maj.-Gen.

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Kingston board of health discusses local impact of new COVID-19 variant

coronavirus variant might affect to the local community over the next few months.On Monday, KFL&A Public Health announced a positive case of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant — a more contagious mutation of COVID-19 first identified in the U.K. — in the local community.Tuesday, Dr.

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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