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Donovan Mitchell, Jazz agree to five-year max extension
On Sunday morning, they signed guard Donovan Mitchell to a rookie scale max contract extension, league sources told The Athletic. Mitchell, 24, made $3.64 million last season and will earn $5.1 million in 2020-21, the final year of his rookie deal, according to Spotrac . [Full Article...]
Oxford COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective, Especially in Older Adults
Results of those trials should definitely be known by Christmas, the Oxford Vaccine Group's director, Andrew Pollard, said, adding it was too early to know whether and how well the vaccine works in preventing COVID-19 disease. But rival drugmakers Pfizer Inc, BioNTech and Moderna Inc have in the past 10 days edged ahead, releasing data from late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials that shows more than... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 vaccine | First Americans could be vaccinated on December 12
Slaoui said that means, if authorized, the vaccine could be rolled out the next day. Slaoui's comments follow the announcement on Friday that Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech , have asked the Food and Drug Administration to grant an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine - which has been found to be 95% effective. [Full Article...]
Health unit reporting 18 new COVID-19 cases
Health officials confirmed 1,534 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, which comes after the province reported a record-breaking number of 1,588 new cases on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, Peel Region is the virus hotspot with 490 new cases, followed by Toronto with 460 and York Region with 130. Another 1,588 tests came back positive by the end of the day on Friday, just a few cas... [Full Article...]
Johnson to confirm end date for England virus lockdown
Prof Semple's comments come as the prime Mmnister is expected to tell MP's that although national lockdown will end on December 2 , England will return to a tougher version of the regional three tiers of coronavirus restrictions. Now Johnson plans to tighten those measures. The government put England under a four-week lockdown that started November 5. The government's Scientific Advisory Gr... [Full Article...]
Alberta considers more COVID-19 restrictions
As of Saturday afternoon, 33,543 people have recovered from COVID-19. Ottawa, Nov 22 (IANS) Amid the ongoing second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Canada, some of the country's province have reported record high single-day confirmed cases, according to health authorities. [Full Article...]
Ontario reports 1,534 COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ottawa is also down slightly to 43, with four patients still in intensive care. The new record comes as Toronto and neighbouring Peel Region will move into lockdown on Monday, under the toughest measures available in the province's COVID-19 restriction system. [Full Article...]
USA expects to begin Covid vaccinations by 11 December
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a " Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. A spokesperson for the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which is investing in the production and promotion of the vaccine overseas, said that the price of Sputnik V would be unveiled next week. [Full Article...]