More than 40,000 booster doses given yesterday; 24 community cases; eight in hospital

Health Minister Jason Copping addresses a patient died while waiting for care in the emergency room of the Red Deer Regional Hospital this past weekend.

A baby turned blue and had to be rushed to hospital after her dad followed Covid-19 advice from a conspiracy theory forum.

WILTON MANORS, FLORIDA - JANUARY 29: Sweetheart candy hearts are seen on the shelf at the To The Moon Marketplace on January 29, 2019 in Wilton Manors, Florida. William Newcomb who works at the store said, 'they stocked up early on the heart shape ca BRYAN, Ohio - One of the country’s favorite Valentine’s Day candy is about to get sweeter.Sweethearts candies said it will roll out a new theme for its engraved messages in 2022: Words of Encouragement. The popular treat will feature 16 new sayings including "WAY 2 GO," "CRUSH IT" AND "HIGH FIVE." The classic messages will remain such as "BE MINE," HUG ME" and "CUTIE PIE."Candy makers say this year’s theme aims to show people "how special they are, give their spirits a lift and say a special thank you to anyone who helped them do and become their best."RELATED: How to send Valentines to kids in hospitals, nursing home residents and more"From the beginning, our candies have delighted while serving a purpose," Diana Eschhofen, Director of Corporate Communications for Spangler Candy Company, Sweethearts’ family-owned maker said in a news release.

Two countries that experienced early Omicron surges in Europe—Denmark and the Netherlands—today announced that they were stepping down their restrictions.

Winnipeg warns of COVID-19 exposure in city council chamber Six more Manitobans with COVID-19 have died, bringing the death toll to 1,521 on Tuesday.According to the province, 15 per cent of eligible Manitobans don’t have a single dose of the vaccine, while 78 per cent have received at least two shots.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada - Leah Gorham made a career switch like no other when she quit her nursing job to become a truck driver. The 42-year-old left her post at Saint John Regional Hospital in New Brunswick in October 2021. She had worked there since February 2006.

RELATED: Thousands of appointments canceled in Florida after FDA halts use of certain COVID-19 antibody drugsThe regulatory move was expected because both drugmakers had said the infusion drugs are less able to target omicron due to its mutations. Still, the federal action could trigger pushback from some Republican governors who have continued promoting the drugs against the advice of health experts.Omicron’s resistance to the two leading monoclonal antibody medicines has upended the treatment playbook for COVID-19 in recent weeks.Doctors have alternate therapies to battle early COVID-19 cases, including two new antiviral pills from Pfizer and Merck, but both are in short supply. An antibody drug from GlaxoSmithKline that remains effective also is in short supply.Inside a monoclonal antibody treatment site in Tampa.

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Guelph General Hospital is reporting Tuesday that it is treating 32 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, while public health reported another fatal case in the city.The number of patients with the virus has increased by one from the previous day, while the hospital also reported that 28 staff members have tested positive and another 17 are waiting for results. ‘Ontario is closed for business’ — Concert, theatre organizers face new COVID hurdles  Across Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, 48 people are in the hospital with COVID-19, including 12 in an intensive care unit.Guelph’s coronavirus death toll has reached 49 during the pandemic with one new fatal case.Testing has captured 22 new cases in the city, raising its total case count to 8,682.

COVID-19 in the coming days, the province’s premier said Tuesday.François Legault unveiled the new plan, which includes allowing restaurants to reopen with limited capacity as of next week, during an update on the situation.The government has also given the green light to indoor private gatherings, but for a maximum of four people or two households starting on Monday. Students will also be able to participate in extracurricular activities and sports will be allowed for anyone under 18, but competitions remain off limits.“The idea is to go gradually, carefully,” Legault said, referring to loosening some measures.The second phase comes on Feb.

ROSCOMMON, Mich. - A northern Michigan police dog rescued a Pennsylvania man who got lost Sunday in a densely wooded area during frigid temperatures, police said.The Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office said Ghost and his handler, Deputy Dakota Darsow, were called Sunday night to Gerrish Township after local police received a report that a 58-year-old man was missing after going for a walk.Several hours had passed and the man, who police believed was likely cognitively impaired, had not returned in temperatures that were around 11 degrees (-11.7 Celsius), police said.The sheriff's office said Ghost and Darsow tracked the man for about a half-mile through thick woods before finding him.The man, who told officers he had gone for a walk and got lost, was taken to a local hospital for treatment for exposure, police said."Another great job by Ghost.

COVID-19 Tuesday afternoon.Jason Copping and Dr. Deena Hinshaw are scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m.

Hospitality venues across Stirling are enjoying the first few days after the loosening of Covid restrictions as local case rates continue to plummet.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the White House Competition Council in the East Room of the White House January 24, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital said their son has been removed from the transplant list because he has not been vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a report.The hospital told CBS Boston that its policy is in line with other transplant programs in the U.S. that require the vaccine because it fits under the lifestyle behaviors of the candidates.

COVID-19 dropped by 21 to 3,278. Of those patients, 263 were being treated for the disease in intensive care units — which remains unchanged from the previous day.Health officials say 272 patients were admitted to hospital in the past 24-hour period, while 293 people were discharged.The province also recorded 2,977 new COVID-19 cases.

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NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Troops in the United States are on high alert over escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Local leaders in Philadelphia’s Ukrainian community are worried."Somebody’s getting ready for a big battle. And, what would anybody feel like? Before a major war? To that locality – WWII.

The Scottish Government have confirmed 23 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

The Scottish Government has confirmed three coronavirus deaths were reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.

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Coronavirus variant of Omicron could be set to destroy its current version, just weeks after 400 cases were diagnosed in the UK.The new Omicron BA.2 strain has been in the UK since November but has also made appearances in Europe and India.And last week, it was classed as a “variant under investigation” by the UK Health Security Agency.The current variant, which outpaced Delta in a matter of days at the end of 2021, is known as Omicron BA 1.More than 6,400 confirmed cases of the new strain have been found in Denmark, which is now believed to be the epicentre, The Mirror reports.However, Anders Fomsgaard, chief physician and virus researcher at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), told Danish media: “We cannot see any difference in hospitalization numbers, death rates with BA.2, so it is not something that worries us yet.“It is still a new piece in the Covid game.“Right now we should just treat it as yet another variant until new data should eventually show other results.”And virologist Dr Tom Peacock said that he is confident that the new strain is “not a Delta to Omicron change”.He claimed that this will be a “slower and more subtle” switch.He added: “That said, I would not be surprised if BA.2 slowly replaces it over the coming months with a slightly more 'optimised' mutations.”Let us know your thoughts on the changes in restrictions in the UK in the comments below“Very early observations from India and Denmark suggest there is no dramatic difference in severity.”England will be virtually restriction-free on Thursday, despite 94,397 cases of the Covid being reported in the 24-period from January 23 to 24.The UK overall has reported more than 154k deaths since the pandemic began, with 16 million cases since March 2020,

Nicola Sturgeon will make her weekly statement on coronavirus today as Omicron restrictions in Scotland are finally scrapped.

YG Entertainment’s roster have tested positive for COVID-19.Earlier today (January 25), the entertainment agency announced that iKON’s Junhoe – the fourth member of the group to contract the virus – and TREASURE’s Yoshi have tested positive for COVID-19. The statement noted that both artists had received their COVID-19 vaccinations and will be self-quarantining at home.“As with the confirmed cases earlier, we took intensive preemptive measures beyond the guidelines of the quarantine authorities,” Their statement reads, as translated by Soompi.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has distributed a total of 250,000 Indigenous Medicine Boxes to residences, it was revealed on Tuesday (24) at the weekly Cabinet Media Briefing.Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Dullas Alahapperuma explained that though it was decided to allocate Rs. 6 Billion for this purpose, the Cabinet had only approved Rs.

RADNOR TWP, Pa. - Authorities in Delaware are investigating a pair of carjackings that happened outside two different Wawa locations. According to investigators, two women were sitting outside the convenience store on the 2600 block of Philadelphia Pike early Saturday morning when a pair of suspects ripped open the door. Police say the carjackers told the victims to get out and when they were slow to comply they struck a 56-year-old woman in the head with a handgun.

The original version of this story incorrectly said Alberta added 22,955 cases of COVID-19 on the weekend. That is the number of tests that were completed.

Covid cases. On Monday, the country had reported 3,06,064 new cases and 439 deaths.

Let's take a look at the restrictions in Kerala as Covid cases continue to rise

COVID-19 has been increasing in recent weeks amid a pandemic wave spurred on by the Omicron variant.New public health data indicates the average number occurring per day hit close to three (2.86) last Wednesday and has been almost two per day since last Tuesday.The last time Hamilton faced similar numbers was during the third wave of the pandemic almost exactly a year ago, when the average hit 3.14 on Jan. 15, 2021.The city’s medical officer of health says the numbers are being watched “very closely” and compared with the number of cases currently affecting the surrounding community.

As the threat of COVID-19’s Omicron variant lingers, new Ipsos polling exclusive to Global News shows most Canadians support even further restrictions on the unvaccinated.

Today, we are reporting 56,788 boosters administered yesterday, the highest number in one day so far, bringing the total to 1,053,055.

In a written statement, B.C. health officials report 987 people are in hospital, and 129 are in critical care due to COVID-19 related illness on Monday, Jan.

Mayor Jim Kenney  PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is about to undergo a medical procedure Tuesday.The Mayor’s office announced Kenney will be treated for atrial fibrillation through an ablation procedure.They went on to say the procedure is minimally invasive and routine.The Mayor will be under anesthesia during the procedure and will be out Tuesday and Wednesday.

Authorities say 19-year-old Nicholas Bednarek was killed when the car he was in sideswiped a guardrail and slammed into two utility poles on Sunday morning. CHELTENHAM, Pa. - A young man was killed when he and a carful of youths hit a guardrail and slammed into two utility poles over the weekend in Montgomery County. According to investigators from the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, an 18-year-old driver and four others between 17-19 were in a 2006 Honda Accord on Greenwood Avenue early Sunday morning when the vehicle sideswiped a guardrail and shattered two utility poles.Officers from the Cheltenham Police Department found the occupants suffering from serious injuries, according to investigators.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 26: Carlos Dunlap #8 of the Seattle Seahawks reacts during the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears at Lumen Field on December 26, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The family of Seattle Seahawks defensive end Carlos Dunlap II said his father was the victim in a deadly car collision in South Carolina over the weekend.North Charleston Police said male pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Saturday night on Ashley Phosphate Road. The victim was taken to a hospital where he later died, according to authorities. Investigators said they located the driver on the scene but that no charges have been filed at this time as the case remains under investigation.Carlos Dunlap Sr.

NEW YORK - A man who opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun equipped with a high-capacity drum magazine, killing an NYPD officer and critically wounding another in a narrow apartment hallway in Harlem last week, has died, police said.Lashawn McNeil, 47, who was shot and wounded during the fatal encounter Friday night, died on Monday at Harlem Hospital, the NYPD confirmed.Three police officers had responded to an emergency call from an apartment on West 135th Street from a woman saying her adult son — McNeil — had become "problematic" on Friday night, Mayor Eric Adams said last week. The officers spoke with the woman and another person in the front of the apartment, police said. Neither said anything about McNeil, who was in a back bedroom, having a weapon, police said. Police Officer Jason Rivera and Police Wilbert Mora began walking down a narrow hallway to check on McNeil, who swung open the door and began shooting, police said.

At a briefing to the World Health Organization (WHO) executive board today, its director-general warned that conditions remain ideal for new variants to emerge and that countries have the power to change the drivers of the pandemic.

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SELLERSVILLE, Pa. - Pennsylvania has deployed its first pandemic "strike team" of out-of-state health care workers to a Bucks County hospital under severe strain from COVID-19, the state's top health official announced Monday.The team, which includes nurses and respiratory therapists, started Saturday night at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville. Workers will staff the overnight shift at the hospital for the next 14 days.The state's Department of Health recently contracted with GHR Healthcare to supply health care workers for temporary assignment to hospitals in need of staffing assistance.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to plummet across all ten boroughs according to new figures.

Across the country new daily case counts for COVID-19 are declining, but cities and states are still struggling with high demands for hospital services, and Los Angeles late last week reported its most deaths in a single day since Mar 10, 2021.