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Major COVID-19 outbreak reported at Kingston prison
Testing is being offered to all staff and inmates at these institutions. Joyceville Institution is a medium-security facility located about 20 kilometres northwest of Kingston. As well, two correctional officers at Joyceville have recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Due to a lack of sufficient time for quarantining, it appears cases are beginning to be detected at the secondary i... [Full Article...]
Province Confirms 1940 New Cases of COVID-19 This Morning
Those are some of the main conclusions from the latest modelling update , which was provided by provincial science advisers at Queen's Park on Thursday. "We have got to get that down". Among the key findings, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, and Dr. Adalsteinn Brown say COVID-19 cases continue to grow, referring to it as at a "critical juncture", while percent posi... [Full Article...]
Team Tracking Source of COVID Will Be Allowed Into Wuhan
Fabian Leendertz, a biologist at Germany's Robert Koch Institute and a member of the World Health Organization 10-person mission team, told the Associated Press that they will look at stored medical samples and x-rays from before the first known outbreak to see if the virus was circulating earlier, and take samples from bats and other species to try track down the animal in which the virus first... [Full Article...]
169 new COVID-19 cases, 154 recoveries
Four previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North West (two), North Central (one), and Regina (one). The province's seven-day average for COVID-19 cases is 243, or 20.1 new cases daily per 100,000 population. [Full Article...]
First vaccine given in U.S. as roll-out begins
I feel like healing is coming. I hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history". "I want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe", she added. For her part, Lindsay urged Americans to continue to wear face masks and keep a healthy distance while the vaccine is distributed. Driven to air fields in Lansing and Grand Rapids, the shipments were then flow... [Full Article...]
Covid-19 tiers: Suffolk stays in tier 2 despite cases tripling
Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, the health secretary revealed that Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Peterborough and Portsmouth would all enter into tier 3. "So many sectors of our economy have faced disappointment after disappointment this year, made worse by a Government unresponsive to the dire situation they were in". [Full Article...]
FDA, Pfizer revising COVID vaccine guidelines on side effects
Albert said the effects of COVID-19 is bad to witness. He continued to encourage others to get the vaccine, sharing, "You're having it not just for yourself but for people who you are close to - you're doing your bit for society". COVID-19 vaccinations have arrived and could end the pandemic - but that would require a huge percentage of the population taking the vaccine (some experts estimate as... [Full Article...]
Southern California region hits 0% ICU bed capacity
Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said average daily deaths from COVID-19 in the county have spiked up 267% since November 9, reaching 44 per day as of last week, and likely even higher this week given the recent rising death figures. However, Walker explained that making room for more patients by converting regular beds into ICU beds means "an extra strain" on those who staff them, since ICU ... [Full Article...]