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Ontario reports 1,983 new COVID-19 cases, 35 deaths
He says health-care workers providing care in long-term care homes and other high-risk settings will receive the vaccines. Provincial officials will update the public on the next steps in the three-phased vaccine rollout plan, Ford said. Health Minister Christine Elliott said 515 cases were in Peel Region, 496 in Toronto, and 208 in York Region. This has resulted in health officials projecting COV... [Full Article...]
Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf tests positive for COVID-19, enters isolation
Wolf said. Wolf's spouse, Frances Wolf, tested negative for the virus but will continue to quarantine with him at their home in Mount Wolf, near York, the governor's office said Thursday. He went on to state that it has become "increasingly likely" that some hospitals won't be able to treat all of the people who go there for treatment, which could lead to additional deaths as patients in need of... [Full Article...]
Uganda orders 9m doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid surging new infections
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it plans to provide 500 million doses of its vaccine for poor countries once results of clinical trials are announced by the end of January. Africa is better equipped to deal with a potential second wave of Covid-19, leveraging on measures adopted in tackling the pandemic's initial adverse health effects, experts affirmed during a special ... [Full Article...]
MDH changes COVID-19 quarantine recommendations
However, evidence indicates the risk of a person becoming infected and passing along that infection is highest in the early days of the quarantine and much lower in the last few days of the 14-day period. "This approach balances a reduced burden of quarantine, including physical and mental health benefits and more complete compliance, against a small possibility of increasing the spread of the vir... [Full Article...]
Pennsylvania reports 220 new coronavirus deaths, 8703 new cases
The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of November 24 was 96.8%. As of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, December 9, there were 248 new deaths reported for a total of 12,010 deaths attributed to COVID-19. Individual long-term care facility outbreak updates are provided on the Illinois Department of Public Health website. Numbers also may vary because of data lags. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom issues allergy warning for Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
It appears, however, that four hospitals in the Seattle area will be among the first to receive doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Washington state, according to UW Medicine spokesperson Susan Gregg. "Some people have likened this to a post-it note - it gives your body a post-it note, your body reads the post-it note and says "I can remember that"... [Full Article...]
London has the highest coronavirus infection rate in England, PHE data shows
The harshest coronavirus restrictions would be "catastrophic" for London , mayor Sadiq Khan warned as rising cases threatened to push the capital into Tier 3. "It's really important, leading up to Christmas where the rules will be relaxed even more, we do all we can to keep ourselves safe, our families safe but also don't allow the NHS to be overwhelmed in January". [Full Article...]
6 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Wednesday
Nova Scotia is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 today. The statement said Deeks will "lead Public Health surveillance, support epidemiologists and support Nova Scotia's publicly funded immunization program". According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, surveillance includes data collection and analysis that is "essential to planning, implementation and evaluation of public hea... [Full Article...]