coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday:The Toronto District School Board says three teachers from Thorncliffe Park PS have begun the work refusal process on Thursday after dozens of COVID-19 cases were detected.According to the TDSB’s website, as of Wednesday afternoon, there were 24 cases among students and two cases among staff, with 17 cases resolved.Last week, hundreds of tests were completed as part of a pilot project from the Ontario government for voluntary COVID-19 testing of students and staff without symptoms in schools.

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Breakups can be painful, but for some the pandemic can make it worse

COVID-19 pandemic has only made them tougher to recover from.Author Amy Chan of Breakup Bootcamp: The Science of Rewiring Your Heart recently joined The Morning Show to share tips on how to heal from a breakup during the pandemic. Baby boom to breakups — Here’s how COVID-19 is testing relationships Chan says the first step is to recognize whether you are stuck in a relationship due to the “sunk cost fallacy.”Instead of focusing on the time invested in the past, focus on the present and the future value of the relationship, she suggests.“Ask yourself, ‘If I was to make the same decision right now, would I choose this person?’” she said.

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Five thousand people sign up to asymptomatic coronavirus testing in Johnstone

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 5,000 people in Johnstone got themselves checked out for Covid-19 at the town's asymptomatic testing centre, it has been revealed.Renfrewshire Council piloted the country's first lateral flow test in a fixed location at Johnstone Town Hall between December 2 and 9 in a bid to find out more about residents and workers who were carrying coronavirus unknowingly.The quick and simple swab test - which returns results in about 45 minutes - was open to anyone who worked, lived or went to school in Johnstone and around 40 per cent of the target population stepped forward to take part.The findings will be considered at a national level to inform

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Bil Kelly: More money for health care can come after we flatten the curve

the federal government says estimated that $8 out of every $10 in government support programs for Canadians during the pandemic has come from the federal government, and the price tag for that is enormous.The reality is that we won’t see any improvement in health care or the economy or any other facet of our lives until we snuff out this pandemic, and that should be the prime minister’s and the premiers’ first priority.In the meantime, there was a commitment to pour more money into the health transfer pot and to offer federal money to address the problems in long term care.And, the prime minister also confirmed that his government will cover the full cost of providing vaccines to the provinces.The premiers didn’t get what they wanted, when

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$200M allocated by Saskatchewan to clean up inactive oil and gas wells

oil and gas sites in the province.Under Phase Two of the Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP), up to $200 million in funding can be accessed to accelerate the retirement of inactive wells in the province.

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‘Baffling’: Morden mayor rebuffs La Broquerie reeve’s ‘plandemic’ stance in open letter

Morden mayor tests positive for COVID-19 Burley and his family tested positive for the virus in late November. At the time, Burley told Global News he was too ill for an interview but confirmed his diagnosis and said he was having trouble forming words.“For anyone who says ‘COVID is just a cold’ I can confirm it’s not, in no way whatsoever,” he wrote on his Facebook page.“Tests came back positive in our house, and I feel like I’m dead or dying 23 hours a day.

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Ontario reports 1,848 new coronavirus cases, 45 deaths

coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 136,631.Friday’s case count is a decrease from Thursday’s which saw a record breaking 1,983 new cases. On Wednesday, 1,890 cases were recorded and 1,676 on Tuesday.According to Friday’s provincial report, 469 cases were recorded in Toronto, 386 in Peel Region, 205 in York Region and 106 in Windsor-Essex.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]All other public health units in Ontario reported under 100 new cases in the provincial report.

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Churches in Windsor, Ont. move services online as COVID-19 spreads

COVID-19 infections rise in the city.Current restrictions in the region allow religious services to fill 30 per cent of a room’s capacity with physical distancing.But more than a dozen church leaders say in an open letter that they are suspending in-person worship and moving services online in light of increasing cases.“We love to gather and worship together on Sunday morning, but our faith is so much more than one day a week, and we consider it an honour to lay down our privileges for the sake of our neighbours and larger community,” said the letter, which was posted online Thursday afternoon. Windsor-Essex County Health Unit orders schools to close as coronavirus cases rise Rev.

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Quebec adds 1,713 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths as hospitalizations jump

coronavirus caseload is continuing to climb after the province reported 1,713 new infections Friday.The health crisis has led to 53 more deaths, according to health authorities. This includes six deaths in the past 24 hours.The province has seen 160,023 cases since March while recoveries have topped 136,000.

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Coronavirus: EU agrees vaccines should arrive simultaneously in member states, Merkel says

COVID-19 vaccines should arrive across the European Union’s 27 member states at the same time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Brussels on Friday, stating they “want to do this in a very coordinated fashion and show that everyone has the same kind of access.”

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Toronto can receive Pfizer vaccine doses next week: Dr. Eileen De Villa

Toronto medical officer of health Dr. Eileen De Villa shares insight on the rising COVID-19 numbers and the vaccine rollout plan for Toronto.

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Canada could hit 12-14K daily coronavirus cases in January, modelling shows

coronavirus cases by January, according to new national public health modelling.It emphasizes the need for all large provinces to strengthen their COVID-19 response, according to Theresa Tam, Canada’s top doctor.“The resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic in Canada shows the current daily case count far exceeds that of the first wave,” Tam said at a press conference on Friday.“There’s little indication this upward trajectory would change without further intensified public health measures.” Canada approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, will start administering ‘within days’ Cases have been rising in a number of provinces over the past few months.

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Nova Scotia to provide update on COVID-19

COVID-19.Nova Scotia reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and said 64 active cases of the coronavirus remain in the province. Nova Scotia reports 4 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 1 at school in Eastern Passage Nova Scotia also reported another school-related case.

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When will the general population get the COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. Bogoch answers the latest COVID-19 questions

Dr. Isaac Bogoch joins The Morning Show to give the latest COVID-19 updates and talk about Ontario’s vaccine rollout plan in Toronto and Ottawa.

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20% Americans have reportedly gotten hurt while setting up Christmas trees in 2020: Survey

Christmas tree-related injuries are on the rise. At least that’s what a survey from LendingTree’s insurance comparison resource ValuePenguin says.According to its survey, 1 in 5 Americans have reportedly been injured while setting up their Christmas tree this year.

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Some dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus from sweat, study says

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Development of unique Australian COVID-19 vaccine halted

Dennis NormileScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.The backers of Australia's homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidate today announced a halt to its further development, after some of the first people to receive the vaccine in a safety trial generated antibodies to an unintended target, the AIDS virus.

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Grey's Anatomy honors COVID-19 patients with a powerful tribute to the victims of coronavirus

Grey's Anatomy honored the lives of victims and those affected by the coronavirus on Thursday's episode.After Chandra Wilson's character Miranda Bailey lost her mother to the deadly virus, Bailey recited a list of patients who had also died from COVID-19.Once the eye-opening scene was over, viewers of the medical drama watched while hundreds of names were listed on the screen.

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Former Bin Laden subordinate released after judge agrees he's too obese to survive coronavirus

A former Osama bin Laden henchman convicted in two deadly 1998 bombings is free and living in the U.K. this week after being released early — thanks to a Manhattan federal judge who agreed the terrorist was way too obese to survive the coronavirus behind bars.

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Explained: Where are we in the coronavirus vaccine race?

WHO IS FURTHEST ALONG?U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech are the vaccine trailblazers. They were the first in the world to release full late-stage trial data on Nov.

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Coronavirus Maharashtra update: Tally grows by 4,268; 2,774 patients recover

Also read: Why Hollywood studios’ romance for Bollywood has prematurely souredAs many as 2,774 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the state's recovery count to 17,49,973, the official added.Maharashtra has 73,315 active patients now.Mumbai division, which comprises Mumbai city and its satellite towns, reported 1,301 fresh cases, which took its total count to 6,46,450.

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Bill Gates makes bleak prediction for when coronavirus pandemic will finally end

Bill Gates has offered his prediction for when the coronavirus pandemic will finally be over.The billionaire Microsoft founder has made a number of guesses about key events of the global health crisis that has brought the world to a standstill, most of which have been proven correct. Sadly he doesn't think we'll be completely back to normal until halfway through 2022, although he believes things could start resuming in some countries over the spring of 2021.

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UK coronavirus hospital deaths up by 346 in sign second wave 'levelling off'

The UK's coronavirus hospital death toll has increased by 346 to 51,535 in another sign that the peak of the second wave could be levelling off.

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New York City bars, restaurants pursue adaptation to survive

NEW YORK – Olivier Conan didn't see how it was going to work, keeping Barbès, his Brooklyn bar/performance space, open through the pandemic when live performances and crowded spaces have been at the top of the DON'T list.“The whole idea of this place is the opposite of social distancing. It was social proximity," he said.So, Conan adapted — taking his approach of curating what he wanted to expose his customers to and turning it from music to wine.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Pays Tribute To Coronavirus Patients As Character Loses Battle With Virus During Emotional Episode

Spoiler alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched the December 10 episode of “Grey’s Anatomy”.

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USPS Operation Santa letters detail pandemic's impact on children before Christmas: 'We got closer'

Operation Santa, run annually by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), has provided a unique insight into the lives of young Americans in 2020, as many letters postmarked for the North Pole express how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted children and parents this Christmas.

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Potential COVID-19 exposure reported on Air Canada flight to Halifax from Toronto

COVID-19 self-assessment online to book a test, regardless of whether they have COVID-19 symptoms.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Public health anticipates that anyone exposed to the virus on this flight may develop symptoms up to, and including, Dec.

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First Maimonides residents to get COVID-19 vaccine this weekend, health authorities say

coronavirus vaccine rollout at a long-term care centre in Montreal is set to start as early as this weekend, local health authorities say.The Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Côte Saint-Luc, which has been hard hit by the pandemic’s second wave, is among one of the first health-care institutions to gain access to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.The CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, the regional health authority that oversees centre, said in a statement that it contacted family representatives Thursday to send them “the consent form and background information on the vaccine, as soon as we got them from the government.”This was done to best help the health authority manage the tight timeline.

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Oregon's sports teams have gotten plenty of coronavirus tests while nurses, hospitals struggle: report

Professional and top-tier college athletes in Oregon are tested about 1,700 times a week combined, while some health care workers are struggling to just receive one, according to a report. The Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Bears are tested multiple times per week.The Trail Blazers get tested daily, the top schools get tested six times per week and the Timbers four times.

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Wales 'will enter full lockdown after Christmas' if coronavirus rates fail to drop

Wales could go into full lockdown after Christmas unless rising coronavirus infections are curbed, the First Minister has warned.

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Donations to Guelph’s United Way campaign down amid COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.With only a couple of weeks left in the campaign, they are reminding everyone that they have a role to play as the community responds to and recovers from the impact the disease has had. Christmas trees being collected in Guelph for Children’s Foundation fundraiser “In a year like no other, our community has stepped up in extraordinary ways to help our families, friends, neighbours — even strangers.

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Coronavirus: Outbreak closes unit of Niagara Falls Hospital

COVID-19 outbreak has closed an inpatient unit at the Greater Niagara General Hospital in Niagara Falls.Niagara Health says two patients and one worker have tested positive for the coronavirus in the inpatient unit C.The area is now closed to new admissions and transfers, except if medically necessary. Visitors are not permitted on the unit, except in special cases.

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NHS in Wales 'will not be able to cope' if coronavirus hospital admissions continue to rise, First Minister warns

direct to your inbox The NHS in Wales will not be able to cope if coronavirus hospital admissions continue to rise at the rate they currently are at, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.

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Brevard middle school teacher dies from COVID-19 complications

MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Brevard County middle school teacher has died due to complications related to COVID-19, according to officials.Elizabeth Toro, a reading teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, died this week after contracting the coronavirus.Toro, who had been with Brevard Public Schools for five years, is the first known Brevard County teacher to have died as a result of the coronavirus.

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New UK coronavirus isolation rules confirmed - what you can and can't do

The 14-day self-isolation period for holidaymakers and people who have had close contact with coronavirus patients will be cut to 10 days from Monday.

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Two drugmakers say their coronavirus vaccine won’t be ready until late 2021

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi said Friday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine won’t be ready until late next year because they need to improve the shot’s effectiveness in older people.The companies said early trials showed the vaccine produced an “insufficient” immune response in older adults, demonstrating the need to refine the product so it protects people of all ages. London-based GSK and Paris-based Sanofi, now expect the vaccine to be available in the fourth quarter of 2021.“The results of the study are not as we hoped,” Roger Connor, president of GSK Vaccines, said in a statement.

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Australia abandons homegrown coronavirus vaccine that produced HIV false positives

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday that his government won’t rush approval of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine because he wants people to have confidence in the productHis comments come as Australian researchers said they were abandoning their own potential vaccine because it produced false-positive results to HIV tests.

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People urged to restrict movements ahead of Christmas

The Government is advising people to start restricting their movements now if they plan to spend Christmas with vulnerable family members.

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Coronavirus self-isolation period in Scotland reduced after clinical advice

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Nicola Sturgeon announces 31 coronavirus deaths in Scotland amid 1,001 new cases

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. Nicola Sturgeon also announced that 1,001 new cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight, taking the total figure to 104,306.

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Coronavirus isolation rule cut from 14 days to 10 days, UK chief medical officers announce

coronavirus case will be slashed from 14 days to 10 days, the UK’s chief medical officers have announced today.

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Visitor restrictions are a rights 'infringement' - Social workers

Grave concerns have been expressed by the Irish Association of Social Workers over current visiting restrictions in nursing homes.

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Coronavirus 'is killing 10,000 more people a month than normal' SAGE expert warns

Coronavirus is killing 10,000 more people a month than normal and Christmas could only make things worse, a Government expert has warned.

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Mayo school to close early for Christmas amid Covid-19 concerns

A primary school in Co Mayo is to close for the Christmas holidays today due to concerns about the rate of Covid-19 transmission in the community.

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Another delay expected in Harvey Weinstein extradition

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Convicted former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to appear briefly via video from a New York prison Friday as part of legal efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges. Authorities say the extradition proceeding, originally scheduled for August, likely will be postponed again, this time until April 9.Weinstein, 68, is serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted in New York City earlier this year on charges of rape and sexual assault against two women.He faces similar charges involving five women in California, stemming from alleged assaults in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Hong Kong secures 15 million doses from Pfizer, Sinovac

coronavirus vaccine doses from two frontrunner firms and will receive the first shots as early as January, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday.Securing the delivery of 15 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the city's leader said that Hong Kong has reached agreements for 7.5 million doses each from Sinovac and Pfizer-BioNTech.

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Turn your living room into the North Pole by booking a virtual visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus

ORLANDO, Fla. – Christmas isn’t canceled but, like most things this year, it does look very different than what so many of us are used to due to the coronavirus pandemic.CDC guidelines have made spending time with Santa slightly more challenging, especially those in-person visits the kids look forward to every year.Fortunately, with the help of Mrs. Claus, the big jolly guy in red has learned to adapt to make sure that one-on-one time with Santa is still possible in the era of COVID-19.[RELATED: Sorry, Grinch, but coronavirus won’t stop NORAD from tracking Santa | SANTA-tized: Here is where you can get Santa photos this Christmas]Thanks to the elves, who helped Mrs.

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Ferrari CEO resigns 2 years after replacing Marchionne

ROME – Luxury sports car maker Ferrari says its chief executive, Louis Camilleri, has resigned for personal reasons.Chairman John Elkann will take over until a successor is named, Ferrari said in a statement late Thursday.Camilleri, who took over as CEO in 2018 following the death of longtime CEO Sergio Marchionne, is also stepping down as chairman of Phillip Morris International, one of Ferrari’s main sponsors.A person familiar with the matter said Camilleri had been stricken with COVID-19 and was convalescing at home after being hospitalized.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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