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State NSW hits two weeks without a local COVID-19 case
WA has entered into a snap five-day lockdown in response to the COVID-19 case, a hotel quarantine security guard in his 20s. Based on the health advice, the small number of recent arrivals from Queensland and Victoria who are serving their 14 days of self-quarantine will be permitted to end their period of quarantine on the same day those states transition to "very low risk". [Full Article...]
U.S. reports over 470 cases of coronavirus variants
African-Americans are 2.9 times more likely to be hospitalised due to Covid-19, and 2.1 times more likely to die of the disease , Dr Marcella Nunez-Smith, who was appointed by President Joe Biden to coordinate an equitable response to the coronavirus crisis, said Monday. [Full Article...]
NY's Cuomo: Governors Meeting With White House Tuesday
Andrew Cuomo characterized calls for restaurant workers to be prioritized within the state's coronavirus vaccine rollout a "cheap, insincere discussion" on Monday . "And every doctor on this line or any place else will say, that's an area of concern". As most of New York State deals with a major snowstorm, Gov. [Full Article...]
15 recovered COVID-19 cases reported in Grande Prairie
There have now been 57 cases of either United Kingdom or South African variant strains detected in Alberta, including eight cases from five different households that have not been linked to travel. Since launching in November, the program has found almost half - 28 - of Alberta's variant cases amongst some 45,000 incoming travellers. Alberta has changed self-isolation rules for those infected wi... [Full Article...]
Daily COVID-19 cases in London-area continue downward trend
A process that health officials say is now complete. Southwestern Public Health, the health unit for the two counties, said the latest cases bring the total case count to 2,318. It is in the adult emergency department at University Hospital and has seen ten staff members and zero patients infected. There are 341 COVID patients in intensive care units (down from 354 yesterday) and 253 COVID pat... [Full Article...]
Canada on verge of deal to make COVID-19 vaccines at home
Canada has inked an agreement with a US pharmaceutical company to produce their COVID-19 vaccine in Montreal, Que. Health Minister Julie Green says the territory was to get 7,200 Moderna doses this week, but will receive 4,700 instead. But their plan, like that of Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax and Johnson and Johnson, does not involve making any of that vaccine in Canada. This weekend marked a mile... [Full Article...]
Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin - 33 Posted
Manitobans can now find out where they fit in the province's vaccine priority list and how many people are in line before them. Manitoba's First Nations communities have been the hardest hit by COVID-19. It means the proper distribution so First Nation people get the outcomes they are entitled to. The province has launched its Vaccine Queue Calculator . [Full Article...]
County Reports 182 New COVID Cases, 4 Deaths
Another 376 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients where no positive test is on record. Even then, last Friday's case increase included 4,052 positive cases that had been backlogged from previous weeks, which has inflated the current average. [Full Article...]