Jon CohenScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.An ethics board that oversees clinical trials in the United Kingdom today said a research team there can begin to intentionally infect volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19, a world-first experiment intended to accelerate research into vaccines against the disease.The hotly debated “human challenge” experiment will, as a first step, determine the lowest level of the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, needed to infect the healthy, young volunteers.

The researchers then plan to vaccinate additional volunteers and expose them to that “challenge dose” to assess protection and the immune responses that correlate with it.The human challenge model, long.

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COVID-19: Quebec to enforce elementary school students in red zones to wear masks in class

COVID-19, the Canadian Press has learned from a reliable source on Wednesday.The provincial government will first implement the new measure to the greater Montreal region and then to other red zones across the province a week later, on March 15.Public health recommended that the government tighten sanitary measures in schools in order to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variants that are showing to be more transmissible.Elementary school students — aside from those in grades 5 and 6 — are currently only required to wear masks in the bus and in the hallway.

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COVID-19: Demand overwhelms Alberta vaccine booking system

The online and phone booking system for Albertans vying for COVID-19 vaccines was so overwhelmed the website crashed. As Jill Croteau reports, the system was so stretched to the limit that thousands are left without appointments.

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Residents at Saskatchewan long-term care facilities relieved to get COVID-19 vaccine

More than 40 per cent of long-term care residents in the province have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority; residents at some facilities say they’re relieved.

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Pressure grows on provinces to keep up with demand for COVID-19 vaccinations

Variants are adding urgency to Canada’s COVID-19 immunization rollout, and many Canadians are eager to get the shot.

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France considers single vaccine dose for COVID-19 survivors

The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna require two doses. But new research suggests survivors of the illness only require one dose. Crystal Goomansingh explains why France is considering adopting this strategy.

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US military begins delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses to Texas, New York

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday began delivering shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and announced that service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.The expanded vaccination effort came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with military commanders overseeing the COVID-19 response effort.

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Vernon, B.C., long-term care facility

COVID-19 outbreak over at Vernon’s Creekside Landing, a long-term care facility.A total of 40 cases were connected to the care home, including 25 residents and 15 staff.Two deaths were linked to the outbreak. Coronavirus: Business traveller lamenting lack of private testing sites in Okanagan “I want to thank the team at Creekside Landing who worked hard with public health to manage this challenging outbreak,” Susan Brown, Interior Health president and CEO, said in a news release.

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Florida vaccine supply about to get a boost, governor says

Gov. Ron DeSantis said between the four FEMA mass vaccination sites, an increase in Pfizer vaccine, and Johnson & Johnson on the way, the state of Florida is going to start seeing more coronavirus vaccine very soon.

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Ontario to launch COVID-19 vaccine appointment portal on March 15

Monday, March 15 — that’s when the head of Ontario’s vaccine distribution task force says the province will launch an online appointment portal. It’s also the day seniors 80 and older become eligible to book their first shot.

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Alberta Health Minister says AHS is ‘fixing the the problems’ with COVID-19 vaccine booking system

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says he stands with those disappointed with the issues some experienced while trying to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments Wednesday morning.

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‘Abusive’ B.C. ferry passengers arrested, fined $920 for refusal to mask up

Woman escorted off B.C. ferry for refusing to wear mask, causing ‘disturbance’ According to police, the women — aged 19 and 43 — walked onto the ferry in Tsawwassen and ignored direction from staff to put a mask on.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Police say both women had reusable masks in their possession, but simply refused to put them on.

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Two more deaths and another 456 COVID-19 cases reported in B.C.

COVID-19 on Wednesday, along with two additional deaths.In a written statement, health officials said active cases had dipped slightly to 4,668, while another 7,924 people were isolating due to possible exposure.Of the new cases, 108 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 259 were in the Fraser Health region, 35 were in the Island Health region, 30 were in the Interior Health region and 20 were in the Northern Health region.There were 237 people in hospital, 64 of whom were in critical or intensive care.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province has administered a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 168,267 people, or about 3.3 per cent of B.C.’s population, and the full two-dose

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Second World War vet questions Ontario vaccine rollout plan

Ontarians continue to navigate the province’s vaccination rollout plan as dates are adjusted as more vaccines are made available. But one sector of the province is questioning the way the Ford government is rolling out vaccinations and they want to know why seniors living outside of congregate care settings aren’t included as a first priority.

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Coronavirus: Toronto education tech company providing interactive virtual learning experience

coronavirus pandemic, many students were thrown into a world they had never experienced before.Virtual learning can be challenging and it is not always engaging, so a Toronto-based education technology company came up with an online interactive learning experience that is proving popular in its approach to virtual education.“We wanted to create virtual reality campuses that are more immersive, more virtual, more gamified,” said the founder and CEO of Tech Adaptika, Hosni Zaouali.Tech Adaptika developed a “live virtual campus,” which provides students with a comprehensive virtual learning experience.

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Marion County pastors, NAACP hold vaccination events in underserved areas

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Some pastors in Marion County started a partnership with a local NAACP chapter and the county’s health department to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to minorities in the area.

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Fauci: In country as ‘rich and sophisticated’ as US, 500,000 shouldn’t have died of COVID-19

LOS ANGELES - As the United States reached another grim and devastating milestone of 500,000 deaths this week due to the coronavirus, Dr.

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Dad, 48, who died from Covid had jab just days before he was diagnosed

coronavirus received his first dose of the vaccine a month before he passed. Chris Moore, 48, had been shielding from Covid during the pandemic but returned to his role as an NHS administrator in December 2020.He was given his first dose of the Pfizer jab on January 2 at the University Hospital of North Durham but began to experience symptoms just days later.

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First COVAX vaccine shipment arrives in Ghana

Less than a year after it was first unveiled as a plan to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the first shipments landed in a participating country today, with Ghana receiving its first doses.

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COVID-19 antibodies were present for up to 3 months in people infected with coronavirus, NIH study finds

LOS ANGELES - Researchers from the National Institutes of Health say they have found evidence that people who have been previously infected by the novel coronavirus appear to be protected against reinfection, though the extent to which that protection holds up against emerging variants remains unclear. "The data from this study suggest that people who have a positive result from a commercial antibody test appear to have substantial immunity to SARS-CoV-2, which means they may be at lower risk for future infection," said Dr.

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Montgomery County continues COVID-19 vaccine rollout

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - It was "second dose" Wednesday at the vaccination site at Montgomery Community College."I’m in a classroom with kids makes me just feel better because kids are kids," teacher Linda Greenwade said.Vaccinating at two sites, the sprawling county of 830,000 reports it has given over 110,000 residents at least one shot in the arm. But at that rate, the head of its board of commissioners says "herd immunity" is months off.Word of the likely approval of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine is welcome news."Not only is it a single dose, its storage requirements are much simpler it can be stored in a normal refrigerator for some period of time," Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners,

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Coronavirus: Business traveller lamenting lack of private testing sites in Okanagan

With the new federal regulations governing international travel, some Okanagan residents who have to travel for work are finding it tough to obtain the necessary COVID-19 test before boarding a flight.

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Alberta to offer COVID-19 vaccines at community pharmacies in March

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announces the government will offer COVID-19 vaccines to those eligible at certain pharmacies in the province starting in March.

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Coronavirus: 9 variant cases for Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

7 are in Northumberland County and 2 are in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Mark Giunta has an update.

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Nova Scotia prototype vaccine clinics successful

With Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 case numbers slowly rising, Nova Scotia Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Strang, provided additional details on upcoming community immunization clinics.

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Alberta plans to expand COVID-19 vaccine program to every Albertan when it has supply

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the provinces COVID-19 vaccine pharmacy plan will expand as the vaccine supply increases.

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Alberta records 430 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths Wednesday

COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as 13 additional deaths from the disease.The new cases came after 9,467 tests were processed, putting the province’s positivity rate at 4.6 per cent.As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 307 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Alberta, with 56 of them in intensive care units. Alberta COVID-19 vaccine booking site ‘experiencing very high volumes’ as appointments open to those 75 and older There were 4,545 actives cases of COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday.

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Paul Woods seeks extra $1M in lawsuit against London Health Sciences Centre

Paul Woods is seeking an extra $1-million in punitive damages in a lawsuit against the London Health Sciences Centre, on top of the $2.5-million in his initial claim from January.Woods was removed as London Health Sciences Centre’s president and CEO in early January, just days after LHSC’s board of directors confirmed that he had travelled to the United States on five occasions since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, most recently from Dec. 19 to 25, 2020.

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COVID-19: 5 new cases for Peterborough area, close contacts drop by 81

COVID-19 on Wednesday and a significant drop in the number of close contacts.The new cases, along with six more resolved cases, decrease the number of active cases to 34 as reported on the health unit’s COVID-19 tracker. There are now 576 resolved cases out of the 619 cases since the pandemic was declared.

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Montreal seniors’ advocates foresee problems accessing vaccine sites, making appointments

COVID-19 vaccinations, and then accessing vaccination sites.“There will be quite a few seniors who won’t go out of fear or just the ability to get there on their own,” said Gerry Lafferty of the New Hope Seniors Citizens’ Centre in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.Lafferty envisions many logistical issues for seniors to access vaccination centres, including for seniors who don’t drive, don’t want to take a bus and suffer from physical mobility issues.“They have a very justifiable fear of falling and breaking their hips,” he said.Starting Monday, about 42,000 Montreal seniors 85 and older are eligible to get vaccinated with their first COVID-19 shot.

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Jill Biden says health inequities have lasted 'far too long'

RICHMOND, Va. – During a visit to a cancer center Wednesday, first lady Jill Biden said health disparities have hurt communities of color “for far too long” and “it’s about time” the country got serious about ending those inequities.

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US ready to distribute J&J COVID vaccine, White House says

Today leaders of the White House COVID-19 response team said they are ready to distribute Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine when and if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues an emergency use authorization (EUA)—which could come as early as this weekend.

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Real-world trial of Pfizer COVID vaccine finds high 2-dose, good 1-dose protection

A large observational, real-world study from Israel estimates that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 46% effective at preventing infection 14 to 20 days after the first dose and 92% 7 days after the second dose, backing the results of an earlier randomized, controlled trial, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big 'real world' test

A real-world test of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose.

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‘It tastes like candy’: 105-year-old woman beats COVID-19 on gin-soaked raisin diet

Lucia DeClerck beat the coronavirus at 105 years old. (Credit: Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing Center) LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Lucia DeClerck never thought she would survive COVID-19 and live 105 years on earth, but she credits her spiritual life — and her diet — to her longevity."I don’t have any secret other than pray, pray, pray...

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Rapid tests in Ottawa schools found no COVID-19 cases last weekend: OPH

coronavirus testing in Ottawa schools found zero cases among more than 1,000 staff, students and family members, the local public health unit says.Ottawa Public Health has partnered with local schools and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to provide rapid antigen testing at community clinics for the past four weekends looking for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.OPH selects schools in neighbourhoods with higher COVID-19 rates for the testing, and sometimes includes those with symptoms, high-risk contacts of cases as well as family members of staff and students. Ottawa school board chair urges Ontario ministers to vaccinate teachers, staff against COVID-19 At the most recent clinic, held at St.

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Potential COVID-19 case identified a Polson Park school in Kingston

COVID-19.All students and staff connected to the cohort have been told to self-isolate “out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of protecting the school community,” the Limestone District School Board said.Note that a positive case has yet to be detected for sure, but the health unit is simply investigating a potential case of the virus at the moment. COVID-19 found at 3 Kingston schools The health unit will be reaching out to students and staff who may have been in close contact with the person being investigated.

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30 more positive tests for COVID-19 reported in Waterloo Region

coronavirus on Wednesday, lifting the total number of local COVID-19 cases to 10,468.The rolling seven-day average of new cases falls to 40.9 with Wednesday’s announcement.

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Coronavirus: City of Toronto cancels major events up to July 1

coronavirus concerns.Officials said in a news release Wednesday that the cancellation affects City-led and City-permitted “major outdoor events.”Included are festivals and other large in-person gatherings on City property.

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Quinte Mohawk School moves online due to COVID-19 case on school’s bus line

COVID-19 was identified on the school’s bus line.According to a Facebook post from the school, a case was identified on Mohawk Bus Lines recently, prompting the school to close until March 22. Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory resident dies after testing positive for COVID-19 The decision is being made out of an abundance of caution, the school said in a statement posted Tuesday.All students of the school are deemed low-risk.

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Original 9, Hewitt in Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021

Billie Jean King and the other members of the Original 9 who laid the groundwork for the women’s professional tour are the first group elected together to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joining Lleyton Hewitt and Dennis Van der Meer in the Class of 2021.

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Things to Know: States push their own relief packages

Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

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Latest coronavirus infection rate for Greater Manchester shows overnight increase for the first time since early January

that the effects of the national lockdown may be wearing off.At a press conference today, Sir Richard Leese, the leader of Manchester council ad the region's health lead, admitted our infection rates are 'not going down fast enough'.He pointed to Bury where there has been several days of positive cases increasing and said while it’s 'too early to say' if it is a trend, it is an ‘area of concern’.Bolton is once again the borough with the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester with 236.5 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 20. There were 446 positive tests in Bury for the same period, and that is 60 more than in the previous week.

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Call for Taoiseach to address global vaccine inequality

A Government spokesperson has said the Taoiseach will continue to argue for greater solidarity on vaccines when he meets virtually with European leaders tomorrow.

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SFU experts dispute B.C.’s plan to prioritize vaccine roll-out by age and not profession

would be better served prioritizing non-health-related essential workers for COVID-19 vaccines no matter their age.Caroline Colijn, Paul Tupper and Chris McCabe say vaccinating those out in the public can reduce overall virus exposure.The B.C. government is currently vaccinating people solely based on age starting with those over the age of 80 and working down.“One well-known fact about COVID is that older age groups have the highest risk of experiencing severe complications or dying from being infected.

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Is a single COVID-19 vaccine dose enough for those previously infected?

coronavirus vaccines continue to roll out to vulnerable populations across Canada, health officials are looking at data about the effectiveness of a single dose in preventing COVID-19 illness.A new letter by two Canadian experts published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) last week stated that with a 92.6 per cent efficacy, the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine was “highly protective.” Delaying second dose of coronavirus vaccines is ‘risky gamble,’ experts say During a news conference on Feb. 18, Dr.

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Montreal public health aims to clamp down on COVID-19 variants

coronavirus variants.Dr. Mylène Drouin, director of the city’s public health department, said Wednesday that variants have been detected in up to eight to 10 per cent of new COVID-19 cases.There have been 22 outbreaks linked to them — some of which have already ended — since January, she added.

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Florida’s theme park industry is bouncing back faster than most states’, IAPPA study says

ORLANDO, Fla. – Though the theme park and attractions industry is still feeling the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a new study shows Florida is doing comparatively better than most other states.

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