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Mass. health officials confirm first case of COVID-19 variant in state
The health department said it was notified of her test results on Saturday evening. The individual is a Boston resident, a female in her 20's. A genetic sample was sent to the U.S. Close contacts were also identified at that time, per the release, which added the woman will be interviewed again following the public health's determination that the aforementioned COVID-19 variant was the cause o... [Full Article...]
Manitoba to provide update on COVID-19 cases
The province had broken the 3,000-case mark in early January and has a seven-day rolling average of more than 1,900 cases a day. Health Minister Christian Dube noted on Twitter that the Quebec City region in particular had seen a decline in the number of new infections recently, which he saw as a sign that "the sacrifices that we're asking of Quebecers are bearing fruit". [Full Article...]
Covid-19: 2121 New Cases And Eight Additional Deaths
Dr Tom Black said: "Many of our members are deeply anxious about the coming weeks". Of the cases notified today: 1,065 cases are in Dublin, 306 in Cork, 181 in Galway, 180 in Kildare, 160 in Limerick and the remaining 1,052 cases are spread across all other counties . [Full Article...]
Ontario's first major COVID-19 vaccination site opens in Toronto
A portion of the funding will also be used to temporarily transition Mackenzie Health's Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital into a resource supporting the province's COVID-19 response. "We remain committed to doing everything we can, along with our partners, to help stabilize the home and have it return to normal operations", Caputo said in a statement. [Full Article...]
ISDH reports 3228 new cases of COVID-19
Sullivan 219 (182 confirmed, 37 probable) 2 new today, Tioga 2,152 (1,966 confirmed, 186 probable) 9 new today and Clinton 2,368 (2,163 confirmed, 205 probable) 21 new today, Northumberland 6,168 (5,606 confirmed, 562 probable) 34 new today. [Full Article...]
California Pauses Using Large Batch Of Moderna Vaccine
Erica S. Pan recommends that doses from Moderna lot 41L20A not be distributed for now. California health officials are asking for pausing the use of a huge batch of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine due to its "higher-than-usual number of possible allergic reactions". [Full Article...]
290 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths reported, 142 recoveries
Shahab said asymptomatic people made up just three per cent of the identified cases in Saskatchewan, but as many as 40 per cent of young people who get sick fall into that category. Poor conditions on Friday delayed the shipment arriving in the far northeast zone until Saturday. Clinics begin on Monday for priority health care workers. [Full Article...]
Canada to receive one million vaccine doses a week by April
It's estimated about 21,000 of those have also received their second dose. "Between mid-April and June, we will have enough doses to vaccinate up to 20 million people", or more than half of Canada's population of 38 million, he said. But two other vaccines are on the horizon - AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. However, Fortin would not go into whether the September timeline would be brought f... [Full Article...]