A handful of countries are investigating more reports of blood clots in people who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, including the Netherlands, which has suspended use in people younger than 60.In other international developments, more countries where virus activity is surging reported record highs for daily cases.Blood clot reports prompt probes, pausesHealth groups continue to maintain that the benefits from the AstraZeneca vaccine greatly outweigh the risks, but reports of rare blood clotting problems in those who received the vaccine continue to trickle in.In the Netherlands, the health ministry today announced a pause in vaccinating people younger than 60 as a precaution over possible side effects.

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Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweeping government study released Tuesday that concludes the situation is worsening.

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LinkedIn lets 15,900 employees take week after Easter off in push to avoid burnout

LinkedIn is allowing its staff members a full, paid week off post-Easter to support mental well-being.Nearly all 15,900 full-time employees will be able to take a break from work next week to avoid burnout, the company told news agency AFP Friday. LinkedIn's coined "RestUp!" week begins Monday."There is something magical about the entire company taking a break at the same time," LinkedIn responded to AFP's inquiry.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented on Tuesday about U.S.

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Canada’s health minister says discussions on ‘vaccine passports’ with international partners ongoing

Canada’s Health Minister Patty Hajdu said on Tuesday while now was not the time to travel, there were ongoing discussions with international partners about potential “vaccine passports” for travel outside the country, saying wherever “that conversation evolves,” Canadians will have the documents necessary for travel.

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Rachel Bilson Talks Co-Parenting with Ex Hayden Christensen During COVID-19

Rachel Bilson is opening up about co-parenting with Hayden Christensen during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Spartan Bioscience seeks creditor protection after COVID-19 rapid test issue arises

COVID-19 test has filed for creditor protection after pausing shipments of the product due to a recently identified issue with the system.Spartan Bioscience Inc. says the problem is not a safety issue.The Ottawa-based company says it’s seeking protection from creditors while it restructures its operations and refines the test’s performance.

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AstraZeneca UK vaccine trial in children paused: Oxford

A British trial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on children has been paused while regulators assess its possible link to blood clots, Oxford University, which helped develop the jab, has said.

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Low transmission of Covid-19 in outdoor settings

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Manitoba schools see drop in enrolment during pandemic: report

school enrolment report, which attributes “significant decreases” in enrolment to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.The report, which is mandatory for public schools, funded independent schools, and non-funded independent schools, shows about a five per cent decrease in children attending school in person, and a 118 per cent increase in kids being homeschooled.Enrolment numbers are based on the total number of pupils attending school on Sept. 30, 2020.

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New Brunswick reports 3 new COVID-19 cases, 18 people hospitalized

online vaccination booking tool for regional health authority clinics will undergo scheduled maintenance from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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Toronto schools ordered to close temporarily due to rising COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases.Dr. Eileen de Villa, who oversees the public health department in Toronto, issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act to order schools closed as of Wednesday.

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Vancouver restaurant that has licence suspended says it’s closed until further notice

not be allowed to reopen until April 20 after the city said it repeatedly violated provincial health orders.Owner Rebecca Matthews took to the Instagram account Monday to thank everyone for their support over the past few days.“I just wanted to pop in here and say ‘we are here, we are figuring things out, how best to move forward,” Matthews said in an Instagram story.“The reason we did this was not to make a couple of extra bucks, or because we think we’re better than anyone else, we should open and everyone else to stay closed, it has nothing to do with that.

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Central Florida works to vaccinate college students as state tallies 5,459 new COVID cases

ORLANDO, Fla. – With Florida now vaccinating people 16 and older, Central Florida universities are working to get shots to their respective students.

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New Jersey launches searchable site of police use-of-force reports

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal (NJ OAG) TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey’s attorney general has launched an online database that allows the public to search reports of police use of force from across the state’s more than 500 police departments.Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Tuesday in a statement that the new site, which his office says is a beta, or test, version, is part of an ongoing effort to increase police accountability and openness.The site includes data from Oct. 2020, when Grewal began to require police departments to submit reports online for the database, until Feb.

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‘We must all speed up’: Trudeau offers help to provinces as vaccine rollout trails deliveries

Justin Trudeau says the federal government stands ready to jump in and help provinces with their vaccination efforts as millions of vaccines await administering in freezers across the country.According to a series of tweets issued by Health Minister Patty Hajdu on Monday night, a total of 10 million vaccines have been distributed to the provinces to date – but as of Monday night, over 3.3 million of those jabs have yet to go into the arms of Canadians.“I think people recognize the fact that we must all speed up the vaccination process,” Trudeau acknowledged on Tuesday.“We’ll continue doing our job to make sure that more and more doses are delivered throughout the country, but if the provinces need additional resources, additional

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Ottawans aged 60-plus able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments on Wednesday

expanding the availability of COVID-19 vaccine appointments to all Ottawa residents aged 60 and older as of Wednesday.Any Ottawa resident born in 1961 or earlier across the city can book their vaccine at a community clinic via the provincial system on Wednesday, lowering the age cap for vaccinations to 60 from 70.Ottawa had temporarily suspended new bookings via the provincial system last week after all slots up until April 7 had been filled, but appointments were reopened over the weekend.Those aged 55 and up can also book appointments at one of 34 pharmacies as part of the pilot program expanded to the city this past weekend.Meanwhile, residents aged 50 and older who live in certain high-risk areas of Ottawa are also being prioritized for

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Department Offers Update on COVID-19 Variants

https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/immunization/wyoming-covid-19-vaccine-information/.Wyoming offers free at-home COVID-19 testing.

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COVID-19 vaccines to come to Ontario’s hot spots for those 50+, provincial portal bookings expanding to 60+

COVID-19 hot spot neighbourhoods will be able to get their vaccines in the coming weeks.The government says prioritizing those communities located in 13 public health units will help prevent the spread of COVID-19.Officials say many of the people who live in those hot spot neighbourhoods are essential workers.The 13 public health units are: Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Ottawa, Peel, Simcoe-Muskoka, Southwestern, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Windsor-Essex, and York Region.

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COVID-19: Beer Store reports employee in London, Ont., tested positive

COVID-19.The employee worked at the store at 514 Adelaide St. N.

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Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools in hot spots

COVID-19 grew louder on Tuesday as some health units opted to close schools amid rising case numbers across the province.Opposition leaders called on the government to offer vaccines to education workers, while unions said schools in areas with high infection rates should close until the shots are offered.NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should “urgently” vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms. Peel Region medical officer of health ordering schools to close for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 “Parents, educators, and students across the province have been thrown into chaos once again,” Horwath said.

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Vaccine cert should not lead to discrimination - ICCL

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties said that a digital certificate for Covid-19 vaccination cannot and should not lead to any type of discrimination.

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Manitoba’s top doctor to provide COVID-19 update

COVID-19 situation in the province at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.The event will be streamed live on this web page.It will be the first time the doctor has provided comments since the Easter long weekend.On Monday, the province announced 135 new COVID-19 cases.

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Philadelphia announces COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expansion

FILE - Nurses draw vaccine doses from a vial as Maryland residents receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the Cameron Grove Community Center on March 25, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. PHILADELPHIA - As the Philadelphia region works to make the goal of President Biden's goal of having all American adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Philadelphia officials announced new dates towards that mission. Currently, Philadelphia is partially in Phase 1C. Those included in Phase 1C include sanitation workers, maintenance and janitorial staff, utility workers, and postal and package delivery workers. As of April 12, Phase 1C will be expanded to include workers who cannot work remotely.

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Canada facing 'very serious' third wave of COVID-19 pandemic: PM Trudeau

OTTAWA: Canada's hospitalizations are surging, intensive care beds are filling up and COVID-19 variants are spreading as a third wave of the pandemic sweeps across much of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday."Around the world, countries are facing a very serious third wave of this pandemic," Trudeau told a news conference. "And right now, so is Canada."Canada has averaged nearly 5,200 new coronavirus cases per day over the past week, and has recorded a total of more than a million positive tests and 23,000 deaths.The Canadian province of Ontario - the nation's most populous - entered a limited lockdown on Saturday, but some local health officials are calling for more drastic measures.

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Gujarat imposes night curfew in 20 cities amid Covid-19 spike. Details here

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WHO says AstraZeneca Covid shot's benefits outweigh risks; assessing latest data

GENEVA: The World Health Organization expects there will be no reason to change its assessment that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 outweigh any risks, its regulatory director said on Tuesday.The WHO is closely studying the latest data alongside European and other regulators, in light of reports of blood clots among people who have been vaccinated, said Rogerio Gaspar, WHO director of regulation and prequalification.A senior official at Europe's medicines regulator has said there is a clear "association" between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain, though the direct cause of the clots is still unknown.The European Medical Agency (EMA) said in a statement after the comments by Marco

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No plan to end Kumbh Mela despite rise in COVID-19 cases

New Delhi: Despite the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry does not plan to end the holy congregation, Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, prematurely and is hoping that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are being followed there.On being asked if Kumbh Mela can be a super-spreader of COVID-19, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, "As the super spreader events are concerned, the union government almost a month ago issued an SOP, specifically for practices to be adopted in Kumbh and had a long meeting with the state government's officers.""One fact that we usually lose sight of is that the duration of Kumbh has already been curtailed, Kumbh wherever it happens is usually for three and a half to four months, the present Kumbh has

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CDC: There's 1-in-10,000 chance of getting COVID from surfaces

COVID-19 from surfaces, according to a Monday update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The CDC has made clear that COVID-19 is a respiratory disease transmitted mainly through human-to-human interaction but noted last spring that "it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose or possibly their eyes."The CDC website now cites several studies that "suggest that the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection via the fomite transmission route is low, and generally less than 1 in 10,000, which means that each contact with a contaminated surface has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection."FILE - A member of Jefferson County

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection lasts at least 6 months, study finds

BOSTON - New research suggests the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 offers protection for at least six months.Findings published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine echo what Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, said last week about their vaccine, which works in a similar way.The study of Moderna’s vaccine followed 33 healthy adult participants and found "antibody activity remained high" across all age groups six months after the second dose, researchers said. The team was led by Nicole Doria-Rose of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

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Nearly 40,000 kids lost a parent to COVID-19, study suggests

WASHINGTON, D.C. - NOVEMBER 02: On the eve of the 2020 Presidential election, the last of the day's light falls on flags planted to remember some of the over 220,000 thousand Americans who died of COVID-19 on November 02, 2020 at the Armory in Washin An estimated 40,000 children in the U.S.

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Oakland airport terminal now open after suicidal man with knife taken away in ambulance

OAKLAND, Calif. - Terminal 1 at the Oakland International Airport was closed for nearly four hours Tuesday morning after a suicidal man with a knife threatened to harm himself.He was taken away in an ambulance just before 10 a.m., capping a tense encounter that began about 5:45 a.m.There were no reports of any injuries. Alameda County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tya Modeste said the man, in his 30s, had passed a note to a TSA employee that said "Help me."He then pulled out a large knife and held it to his throat, she said. He appeared to be in a severe mental health crisis, she said, and she described him as "highly agitated."AdvertisementDeputies and crisis negotiators were sent to speak with the man to get him help.It was not clear if the man

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Maharashtra reports 297 Covid-19 deaths in last 24 hrs, highest this year

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One more person has died in hospital in Greater Manchester after testing positive for coronavirus

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Thousands of people across Greater Manchester have been denied £500 Covid support payments

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COVID-hit Nats make many moves before 1st game of season

WASHINGTON – Starting pitchers Jon Lester and Patrick Corbin, closer Brad Hand and four position players expected in the lineup — left fielder Kyle Schwarber, first baseman Josh Bell, second baseman Josh Harrison and catcher Yan Gomes — were put on the 10-day injured list by the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

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Restaurant owners clash with police in Rome lockdown protest

ROME – Restaurant owners and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to pandemic lockdown measures clashed with police Tuesday during a protest outside Parliament in Rome.

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Toronto FC players, staff begin getting COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida

Toronto FC personnel has received its first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine with more to follow.General manager Ali Curtis, currently in Mexico for the MLS team’s Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League game against Club Leon on Wednesday, said he was among six to eight staff members vaccinated Saturday in Florida.Non-travelling players and staff were due to get vaccinated Tuesday in Orlando, where TFC has set up shop for the 2021 season due to pandemic-related border restrictions.Curtis said he expected the rest of the travelling party would be vaccinated Friday upon their return to Florida.

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Canadians share mixed feelings of joy, disappointment as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp-up

COVID-19 pandemic.Until last Tuesday, when the province imposed a three-week-long “circuit breaker,” B.C. was one of few provinces that hadn’t entered a second lockdown after its first in March of last year.

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Could Alberta see COVID-19 restrictions tighten?

Alberta’s emergency management cabinet committee is meeting on Tuesday amid rising COVID-19 case numbers. As Sarah Offin reports, many are bracing for the possibility officials will determine tighter health restrictions are needed in the province.

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Disney cancels US cruises through end of June

Disney announced Tuesday that is canceling all U.S. sailings through the end of June — including trips on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, which call Port Canaveral their homeport.

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WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19

COVID-19 has unfairly impacted some people more harshly than others, exacerbating existing inequities in health and welfare within and between countries. For World Health Day, 7 April 2021, WHO is therefore issuing five calls for urgent action to improve health for all people.

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443 new cases of Covid-19, nine further deaths

There have been nine further Covid-related deaths and 443 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.

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Brazil's COVID-19 death surge set to pass the worst of record U.S. wave

RIO DE JANEIRO : Brazil's brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, climbing well beyond an average 3,000 fatalities per day, scientists predict, as contagious new variants overwhelm hospitals.Brazil's overall death toll trails only the U.S. outbreak, with nearly 333,000 killed, according to Health Ministry data, compared with more than 555,000 dead in the United States.But with Brazil's healthcare system at the breaking point, the country could also exceed total U.S.

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Hextall on Hockey: Don’t bet against a playoff bubble

Vancouver Canucks currently resides on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list.The NHL requires individuals with positive tests to self-isolate for 10 days and for close contacts to self-isolate for two weeks — which would suggest a multi-week layoff looms for the Canucks.The situation in Vancouver is much bigger than hockey.

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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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