Auckland has become the second DHB to fully vaccinate 90% of Māori within their rohe. South Canterbury has become the ninth DHB area to vaccinate 90% of Māori with a first dose.

Several other DHBs are getting very close to this milestone. This is an opportunity to recognise the mahi of Māori providers who have worked hard alongside local DHBs to lift Māori vaccination rates across the motu.

Today, we are reporting 15,102 paediatric doses administered yesterday, bringing the total to 110,123. There were 56,899 booster doses administered yesterday, bringing the total to 1,110,408.

Boosters lower your chances of getting very sick and being hospitalised from COVID-19 including the Omicron variant, and help to slow the spread of the virus.

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Police close roads downtown Toronto ahead of trucker protests

Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said on Friday that road closures are already in place in the downtown area ahead of anticipated trucker protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates over the weekend.

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Alberta marks 26 COVID-19 deaths reported Friday; AHS to allow visitors to bring N95s

promised an imminent announcement of removing public health restrictions and the Restrictions Exemption Program, provincial health authorities announced the COVID-19 deaths of 26 people had been reported in the past 24 hours.That brought the pandemic death toll to 3,634. Data from the province indicates 83 Albertans have died of COVID-19 since Friday, Jan.

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US COVID-19 death toll hits 900,000, sped by omicron

COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000.The two-year total, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina.The milestone comes more than 13 months into a vaccination drive that has been beset by misinformation and political and legal strife, though the shots have proved safe and highly effective at preventing serious illness and death."It is an astronomically high number. If you had told most Americans two years ago as this pandemic was getting going that 900,000 Americans would die over the next few years, I think most people would not have believed it," said Dr. Ashish K.

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Africa needs sixfold rollout boost to hit COVID vaccine target

Officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said yesterday that countries need to increase their vaccination rate six times to reach the June target of immunizing 70% of the population.

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ACIP fully recommends Spikevax, as CDC expands wastewater surveillance

Today during a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the group voted unanimously to fully recommended the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in adults 18 and older.

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COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adults living with HIV in New York was lower than that of the rest of the state's population as of October 2021, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).New York public health agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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It may be possible for people who got Omicron to be reinfected with it, Ontario experts say

Interactive: Inside COVID’s rehabilitation hospitals A recent preprint study _ one that has not been peer-reviewed _ suggested that mild Omicron infection doesn’t render enough immunity to prevent future infections, while infections from the Delta variant, which tended to be more severe, produced higher protection.Dr. Fahad Razak, an internist and member of the province’s science advisory table, said Ontario is not seeing “significant” numbers right now of people with more than one Omicron infection.But milder illnesses that give people congestion, cough, fever, and leave them feeling unwell but not so sick that they need to go to the hospital — like many Omicron infections — may leave people more susceptible to reinfection, he said.“The parts of your immune system that protect against those milder infections, they tend to wane much faster than the parts of your immune system that protect against the more severe infection,” Razak said.

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COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000

Health care workers administer COVID-19 tests at the drive-thru mega testing site on the east side of the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station on January 12, 2022 in Norwalk, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation's death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000.The number of lives lost to the pandemic in the U.S.

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COVID-19: New Omicron subvariant BA.2 detected in New Brunswick

Omicron subvariant called BA.2 has been identified in New Brunswick, the province announced Friday.In a release, it said the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory in Moncton identified the variant in a sample from a person in Zone 1, the Moncton region.

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Alberta First Nation calls attention to ‘blatant disparity’ in response to Coutts protests

Critical Infrastructure Defence Act is being applied differently to non-Indigenous protests than it is to Indigenous protests.In a statement, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation chief and council said if the Coutts protest was organized by Indigenous people, authorities would have responded quickly to remove it.“Over the past several days we have watched in dismay as the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., is allowed to continue without intervention from authorities.” Movement at Coutts border on 5th day of blockade, one lane open in each direction Demonstrators began parking their vehicles and blocked the highway between southern Alberta and the United States on Saturday in solidarity with similar events in Ottawa and countrywide — to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and broader public health measures.The tie-up stranded travellers and cross-border truckers for days, compromising millions of dollars in trade and impeding access to basic goods and medical services for area residents.Police tried to peacefully break up the demonstration Tuesday, only to see others breach a nearby police barricade and join the blockade.Chad Williamson, a lawyer representing truckers blocking access to the border crossing, said Wednesday afternoon they spoke with Mounties and agreed to open some blocked lanes.However, on Thursday, a second protest on Highway 4 about 20 kilometres north of Coutts choked off traffic, RCMP said. New blockade pops up as Coutts border protest enters 6th day The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said that at about 12 p.m.

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US job growth soars past expectations with 467,000 added, shaking off omicron surge

A 'Now Hiring' sign outside a Wendy's fast food restaurant in Seymour, Indiana, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.

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Ex-Montreal Canadien Chris Nilan says he lost radio job over vaccine refusal

pic.twitter.com/9G7DQsVMe0— Chris Nilan (@KnucklesNilan30) February 3, 2022He says he consulted his doctor and because of an unspecified medical condition he decided against vaccination.Nilan says a request for an exemption was refused, and on Tuesday he received a letter signed by a Bell Media executive informing him his contract was being terminated, which he called an “unfair action.” Vaccinated Canadians who catch COVID-19 can get booster 3 months after positive test: NACI Bell Media did not comment on the departure, but Nilan’s profile was erased from the TSN 690 website.Nilan, who had hosted “Off the Cuff” on the station for several years, played 688 games in the National Hockey League between 1979 and 1992 with the Canadiens, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers.

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COVID-19: Quebec adds 42 deaths, but hospitalizations decrease yet again

Quebec premier says no tolerance for mayhem as COVID-19 protest convoy heads to capital There were 3,400 new cases of the disease confirmed bringing the caseload since the start of the health crisis to 875,429.Some 30,530 PCR tests were carried out at screening facilities, with access still reserved to high priority groups like health workers.Meanwhile 55,984 self-declared rapid tests were registered on the government website, including 42,627 positive tests. COVID-19: Campaign to vaccinate students in Montreal schools picks up Vaccination continues, with 44,230 doses administered in the last 24 hours.

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Chicago student rescued from Lake Michigan ice after walking 1,000 feet offshore

CHICAGO - A 24-year-old Chicago student was dangerously walking off the shore of frozen Lake Michigan, where emergency personnel escorted him off the ice Friday morning. A 911 call was made by bystanders who were concerned, as the student was over 1,000 feet off the shore at Promontory Point, just across the street of the Museum of Science and Industry. The water is around 20-feet deep in the area."I was strolling on ice because I found it was solid, and I found it relaxing," the student said.

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2,634 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 517 in intensive care

COVID on Friday, with 517 in intensive care units.This is down by 163 hospitalizations and a decrease of 24 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Friday, there were 3,535 hospitalizations with 607 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 2,634 people in hospital with COVID-19, 54 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 517 people in ICUs with the virus, around 83 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while around 17 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

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Ontario to ease COVID-19 restrictions for visitors in long-term care homes

Ontario long-term care visitor restrictions under review, new minister says General visits from people five years and older who have had at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed to resume on Feb.

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Vaccinated Canadians who catch COVID-19 can get booster 3 months after positive test: NACI

Fully vaccinated Canadians who experienced a COVID-19 infection should wait at least three months to get a booster shot after symptoms start or testing positive, according to Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

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Delhi sees slight decline in new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate at 3.85%

Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 18,40,919, said the state health department on Friday. The positivity rate has fallen to 3.85%.

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Vaccination cards, N95 masks stolen from Philadelphia vaccine clinic, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police say they are investigating the theft of vaccination cards and N95 masks from a local vaccine clinic.The theft occurred back on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at the Pennsylvania Hospital clinic on the 200 block of South 8th Street. Police say they received a call from the clinic officials reporting that the cards and masks had been taken from a storage room at the clinic.

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WHO says Omicron-induced COVID-19 can lead to death in some people. Take these precautions

#Wordle, it’s science. Do all you can to protect yourself from #COVID19. https://t.co/qtz54HZADF

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Omicron threat: People vaccinated thrice can fight Covid variant, shows study

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Philadelphia pilots first of its kind free Narcan machine

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is piloting a first-of-its-kind free Narcan machine that officials hope will limit the number of overdose deaths in the city. The first Narcan Near Me touchscreen tower was placed outside the Lucien Blackwell Regional Public Library at the corner of 52nd and Chestnut streets in West Philadelphia. The machine will dispense an Overdose Recovery Kit that includes Narcan, gloves, a face shield and instructions. Philadelphia Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole said West Philadelphia was strategically picked to receive the first Narcan Near Me tower. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"Places like West Philly don't have many resources as they need to combat this deadly problem," Bettigole said. Since 2017, officials said Philadelphia has been fighting a rise in overdose deaths due to the spread of fentanyl and heroin being sold in the city.Officials claim they have stepped up their efforts to provide resources to addicts in Kensington which has helped reduce the number of overdose deaths. "Within the library system since October 2015 there have been over 54 reported incidents concerning overdoses and 41% of those it was the free library staff who administered Narcan to individuals in need," Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia Kelly Richards said. Jacqueline Soder, who attends a clinic every day to help beat her drug addiction, believes the machines are a good first step in helping quell the number of overdose deaths. "People that use don't like Narcan because when you get with it, it drains everything out of you," Soder said.

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65% of Covid vaccination beneficiaries in 15-18 age group jabbed with first dose

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Māori now 90% partially vaccinated

The ninety percent first dose milestone was today achieved by Māori across Aotearoa says Patricia Joseph, Equity Group Manager at Ministry of Health’s Immunisation Programme.

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Health experts urge caution as more regions roll back COVID-19 measures

As countries around the world begin to relax COVID-19 mandates, Canadian health experts are warning against easing COVID-19 restrictions too soon, saying it could be problematic for some provinces.

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Minneapolis mayor releases bodycam video after police shot, killed Amir Locke

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - After more than 30 hours of unanswered questions and increased calls for transparency, the mayor of Minneapolis has released body camera video of the police shooting and killing of an armed man in a downtown apartment Wednesday.TRIGGER WARNING: This video is graphic and is not suitable for young people or sensitive viewers. Viewers, please use your own discretion.A member of the Minneapolis SWAT team shot and killed an armed man in a downtown apartment building while serving a search warrant around 6:48 a.m.

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Māori to reach 90% first doses today; 209 community cases; 9 in hospital

Māori across Aotearoa will today reach 90% partial vaccination (first dose). As of 11am this morning, they were just 142 doses away from reaching this important milestone.

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COVID-19: City of Calgary weighing impacts of potential easing of provincial health measures

COVID-19: City of Calgary updates vaccine passport bylaw, including age and ID requirements The city’s vaccine passport bylaw has been in effect since September 2021, which made it mandatory for certain Calgary businesses like bars, restaurants and movie theatres to opt into the provincial passport system.Changes were made to the bylaw in November 2021 — and again last month — to better align it with the provincial program.Due to the language in the bylaw, it “ceases to have effect” if the province’s program is scrapped.City officials said the mask bylaw, however, would be unaffected by the change.Premier Jason Kenney announced early this week that his government is hoping to remove some public health restrictions, including the vaccine passport program, by the end of the month if the province’s COVID-19 situation improves sufficiently to warrant the changes.Kourtney Penner, the city councillor for Ward 11 and chair of the city’s emergency management committee, has made a request to city administration and CEMA for an update on the impacts to the city. COVID-19 causing Calgary Transit staffing shortages, route changes, cancellations “We do know that there would be impacts and we would have to respond accordingly,” Penner told Global News.

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Mayor Garcetti says he holds his breath when taking photos maskless at Rams NFC Championship game

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti responded to critics after photos posted online showed him maskless during the Los Angeles Rams game Sunday at SoFi Stadium.LA Lakers legend Magic Johnson posted pictures on social media, in a suite with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and San Francisco Mayor London Breed, all posing for photos without anyone wearing a mask. The photos were criticized by many online.

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine receives provisional approval

New Zealand medicines regulator Medsafe has granted provisional approval of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid, for adults 18 years and over.

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US COVID-19 cases continue steep decline

Cases of COVID-19 continue to drop significantly across the country, as the most recent surge caused by the Omicron variant is declining at a rapid pace.

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Aylmer, Ont. police count 116 vehicles as protest convoy passes through town

Truck convoy draws large crowd in London, Ont. on Thursday Organizers had originally expected between 250 to 300 vehicles to participate in the convoy, according to Horvat.Prior to the convoy’s arrival, Elgin County OPP had posted on their Twitter account that Culloden Road, Talbot Line, Rogers Road, Glencolin Line and Imperial Road/John Street would be impacted.Hundreds of trucks and cars just finished a slow roll convoy through my hometown Aylmer, Ontario.

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Home Hardware sign in Strathroy, Ont. expresses support for trucker protest

Home Hardware in Strathroy, Ont., west of London, has been shared hundreds of times online after the message was changed to express support for the controversial trucker convoy.On Feb. 2, the sign read, “We support the truckers — end the mandates.” The message was changed the following day, returning to the typical signage announcing store deals or other shopping information.Global News has requested comment from the owner of the Strathroy location but had yet to hear back by publication time.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 more deaths, LHSC caring for 139 COVID patients

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported three deaths and 189 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, compared with one death and 220 cases last Thursday.The deaths involved two men, in their 60s and 80s, and a woman in her 90s. None were associated with long-term care homes or retirement homes.Meanwhile, the London Health Sciences Centre reported 139 COVID-19 inpatients on Thursday, with 25 in critical care.As noted, LHSC is caring for 139 COVID-19 inpatients, with 25 inpatients in adult critical care, compared with a record-high 166 inpatients, 19 of whom were in critical care, last Thursday.Of those, there are five or fewer in Children’s Hospital with zero in pediatric critical care. Last Thursday, the same figures were reported.

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France travel rule change introduces stricter Covid vaccination 'expiration date' requirement

Vaccination requirements for UK travellers heading to France have been tightened, bringing into force an 'expiration date' for second jabs.

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Covid 'bounces back' to 200,000 cases a day in UK, new data suggests

Covid cases in the UK are reportedly back to 200,000 new per day, a new report from a symptom study suggests.

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Covid-19: Over 168.40 cr vaccine doses administered in India so far, says govt

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Mumbai's fresh Covid-19 cases dip below 1,000-mark, positivity rate at 2.29%

Mumbai in the last 24 hours, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday. The city also saw seven deaths due to the infections in the same duration.

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reopen schools now, said the central government on Thursday.

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Delhi sees dip in new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate at 4.3%

Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 18,38,647, said the state health department on Thursday. The positivity rate has fallen to 4.3%.

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More US adults taking melatonin for sleep, despite lack of long-term safety data, study says

FILE - A bed is pictured in a 2018 file image taken in London, England. (Photo by: Ed Reeve/View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) More Americans are taking over-the-counter melatonin supplements to help them fall asleep, according to a new study published this week.

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YG Entertainment confirms 10 of its artists have fully recovered from COVID-19

YG Entertainment artists have fully recovered from COVID-19 and are no longer in quarantine, confirms the label.YG issued a statement earlier today (February 3) via Break News announcing that 10 of its artists, who were all previously diagnosed with the virus, have recovered and are no longer in isolation.These artists include WINNER’s Lee Seung-hoon, iKON’s Kim Jin-hwan, Song Yun-hyeong, Goo Jun-hoe, Kim Dong-hyuk and Jung Chan-woo, TREASURE’s Choi Hyun-seok, Yoshi, Jun-gyu and Mashiho. This means all idols who were previously reported to have contracted the virus have now recovered.“They were respectively quarantined in their homes and health authorities evaluated that they were in no danger of further spreading the virus,” wrote YG, as translated by Korea JoongAng Daily.

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ITV This Morning's Vernon Kay under fire for reaction to carer who was fired for not having Covid vaccine

Vernon Kay has come under fire as he returned to This Morning.

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100,000 dogs and cats facing euthanasia as people return adopted pets to animal shelters

LOS ANGELES - They're our best friends. They know when we're sad and are always loyal and happy to see us.Now, these adorable fur babies need our help more than ever."We’re facing a crisis in America’s animal shelters because there are 100,000 more cats and dogs sitting in America’s shelters right now compared to the same time last year," said Holly Sizemore, the chief mission officer with Best Friends Animal Society.The reason – more pets are going into animal shelters and not as many coming out.

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‘It was terrifying’: Woman says family vehicle was hit during rush of Coutts protesters

COVID-19 pandemic. Others are protesting the vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers, some showing support for the trucker convoy in Ottawa.

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‘Of course I’m worried’: Coutts mayor on 5th border protest day

The mayor of the town caught in the crosshairs of the trucker convoy protest said he’s received threats and was even paid a visit by protesters at his home. Jim Willett speaks with Global’s Blake Lough Wednesday morning.

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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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