Nova Scotians urged to ‘tighten up’ as potential COVID-19 exposures, cases increase

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coronavirus restrictions may end in just two weeks time.Opening Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson said: “It is my intention to return on the first day after the half-term recess to present our strategy for living with Covid.“Provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions – including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive – a full month early.”Mr Johnson indicated that as long as the data remained positive, the legal duty to self-isolate would be lifted a whole month earlier than planned.The plan was for self-isolation regulations to expire on March 24., but the announcement means the law could axed on around as early as Thursday 24 February.Mr Johnson's announcement comes as a leading expert believes the UK is “past the point” where vaccinating young, healthy children against Covid-19 will do any good.Paul Hunter, professor of medicine from the University of East Anglia, said most children have already had coronavirus, with the vast majority not falling seriously ill.Prof Hunter told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme infection rates in children are “falling really quickly at the moment”, adding: “So I think in many ways we’re past the point where vaccines are actually going to make much difference.”This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest updates. Reporters working on dailystar.co.uk will be working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.

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COVID-19 test among the staff and are suspending team in-person activities until further notice.According to a news release, the Cape Breton Eagles, who played the Sea Dogs Wednesday night, will also not be competing until the investigation by public health officials is complete. Coronavirus — U Sports cancels remaining national championships in 2021 because of pandemic The league said players and staff will now be isolated and members of the organization who have been in contact with the infected person will be tested.“Public Health Officials have been contacted by the League.

coronavirus on Thursday and said 23 cases remain active in the province.The new case is under investigation.In a Tuesday provincial briefing, top doctor Dr.

COVID-19 at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.The update with be livestreamed on the Global News website.New Brunswick reported nine new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Wednesday and said there were 40 active cases.

COVID-19 in the province on Wednesday.Five cases located in the Moncton region involve three people aged 20 to 29, one individual aged 30 to 39 and one individual aged 40 to 49.Two cases in the Saint John region involve one person in their 20s and one in their 30s.The other two cases consist of one individual in their 30s in the Fredericton region and another person in their 50s in the Bathurst region. P.E.I implements mandatory mask policy as COVID-19 cases surge in Canada All nine people are self-isolating and are under investigation, health officials say.There are now 40 active cases of the coronavirus in New Brunswick.Dr.

coronavirus on Wednesday and said 24 cases remain active in the province.The province said all three cases are located in the central zone and are close contacts of previously reported cases.In a Tuesday provincial briefing, top doctor Dr. Robert Strang issued a stern warning to Nova Scotians, confirming for the first time that the province is starting “to see community spread.”There have been at least seven cases for which Public Health has not been able to trace close contacts.

Ayrshire, it was revealed this afternoon.New Scottish Government data shows that 32 NHS Ayrshire & Arran patients have died in the last seven days after testing positive for the virus.The news means 270 people have now died, according to Public Health Scotland figures.Of the people to die overnight, five were from South Ayrshire, two were from East Ayrshire and two were from North Ayrshire.The tragic news emerged as the region recorded 86 new positive tests overnight bringing the total to 5,857.North Ayrshire accounted for 39 of the new cases, while East Ayrshire had 26 and South Ayrshire recorded 18.There are 111 people in NHS Ayrshire & Arran hospitals with confirmed coronavirus a rise of two from yesterday.The number of patients in ICU

COVID-19 crisis.“People’s attitudes are like 90 per cent of how you fight this virus,” Anthony Rosborough said, a Haligonian who travelled to Italy this summer to begin his PhD studies in law.The experience may be instructive for Nova Scotians as the province’s top doctor announced on Tuesday that the province is at the beginning of the second wave.“Clearly we are in the beginning of the second wave but the trajectory we take is up to us,” Dr. Robert Strang said at a provincial COVID-19 update.Since the beginning of November, the province has had 42 cases.

Nova Scotia is officially in the second wave of the pandemic, according to health officials. Community spread of the virus is happening once again, with five more cases being reported today.

coronavirus in the province at 3 p.m. Tuesday.The update will be streamed live on the Global News website.This week Nova Scotia reported its first cases of COVID-19 associated with schools.According to the province, one person at Graham Creighton Junior High in Cherry Brook and one person at Auburn Drive High in Cole Harbour tested positive for the virus.

COVID-19 at a tire store in Dartmouth.The province says there may have been a potential exposure at GCR Tire & Service Centre on 42 Isnor Dr. on Nov.

With the increase in cases in Nova Scotia, especially in the Halifax area, there is increasing concern about what we can do to protect the Atlantic bubble. One infectious disease expert says we can turn that around, and avoid a lockdown, if we take action now.

COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Toronto high school after 13 students tested positive for the virus.The Toronto District School Board says Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute remains open.When asked about the outbreak, Toronto Public Health says it will advise if a class, cohort or a school should be closed for a period of time.

New Brunswick health officials reported eight new cases of the coronavirus on Monday.Six of the new cases in the Moncton region include:The other two cases were reported in the Fredericton region and involve two people in their 20s.The province said 28 cases remain active.There have been 375 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic, with 341 people having recovered and six deaths reported.New Brunswick also said on Monday that a new gargle test method for children is now available at all COVID-19 assessment centres.“The addition of the new sample collection method will make testing easier for parents and children,” said Dr.

coronavirus on Monday.Health officials say both cases are in the central health zone, which includes Halifax, and are connected to previously reported cases.The province said the source of infection is still under investigation.

Day after Nova Scotia’s top doctor announced a cluster of COVID-19 cases in the Clayton Park area. He now says there is nothing to suggest we have any spread into the broader community.

COVID-19 pandemic restriction system, Waterloo Public Health says it has asked the province to move into the orange restrict level which would place further restrictions on the area.“Given the continual increase in our cases and complexity of outbreaks over the past week, we have met the indicators in the orange restrict category of the provincial framework,” Dr. Julie Emili of Waterloo Public Health said Friday.

Demand for coronavirus testing is down, but positive cases spike across Canada “In terms of test results, we continue to test any symptomatic residents and staff and will be conducting another complete round of testing on any residents and staff who have not already tested positive, based on Public Health Ontario recommendations,” Huron Perth Public Health said in an update on its website.One of the two residents who are currently hospitalized is in intensive care.There have been 222 COVID-19 cases in Huron Perth since the pandemic began, 61 of which are currently active.Forty of the active cases involve staff or residents of the home with a further seven in the community being linked to the outbreak.

COVID-19 in the province. The new measures will impact gathering sizes, restaurants, fitness classes, churches and more.During a news conference in which he spoke via teleconference, Premier Jason Kenney said the new measures were decided on Wednesday.

COVID-19 cases, Opposition Leader Rachel Notley described the Alberta government’s response to the pandemic as inadequate.“What we learned today is the UCP have blown past their own previously stated triggers by 50 per cent and only now are we getting the most limited of actions,” she said in a news release.Notley responded after the government announced a lengthy list of measures it was taking, including a two-week ban on indoor group fitness classes and team sports in some municipalities, reduced hours during which restaurants and pubs can sell liquor in some areas, a two-week prohibition of amateur singing, dancing and theatre groups and further limits on how many people can gather at various events and settings.While the measures are

Western University in London, Ont., has created a new tool that they say will help provincial and national policymakers make decisions on which of the “near-endless stream” of contact-tracing apps to utilize.Public health officials use contact-tracing, or CT, as part of efforts to limit the spread of infectious diseases, like COVID-19, by identifying and subsequently isolating close contacts of a confirmed case to help “break the chain of human-to-human transmission,” Western University says.

COVID-19 at a grocery store in Halifax.The province says a person who tested positive may have been infectious on Nov. 7 while visiting the Barrington Street Atlantic Superstore between 9 and 10 a.m.“Anyone present at the location during this time is asked to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19,” says a press release.The province says anyone exposed may develop symptoms up to and including Nov.

COVID-19 situation remained serious Wednesday, with the province reporting 672 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of people in hospital with the virus to 217, 46 of whom were in intensive care units. 713 new cases of COVID-19, 7 deaths reported in Alberta Tuesday Seven additional deaths were reported Wednesday. Four of the fatalities were linked to COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals or long-term care homes.A man in his 90s linked to the outbreak at Mayerthorpe Extendicare in the North zone has died, as did a man in his 70s connected to the outbreak at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton.

COVID-19 announced today in Newfoundland and Labrador involve people who tested positive on the weekend and went unidentified because of a laboratory error.In a news release, officials from Eastern Health say an ongoing investigation into a positive case announced Sunday led to the discovery of the two previously unidentified cases.The investigation also revealed that the positive test announced Sunday was in fact negative, with the mistake stemming from a data manipulation error in the province’s public health laboratory.The two cases announced today are a man and a woman in their 60s who returned to the province from work in Alberta.Public health officials say they are members of the same household and have been self-isolating since they

New Brunswick health officials are reporting no new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday.The province says 16 cases remain active, 10 of which are located in the Fredericton region.To date, New Brunswick has confirmed 355 cases of COVID-19 and says 333 have recovered.There have been six deaths in the province.

“Passengers in these seats are asked to call 811 for advice and to continue to self-isolate,” says a news release.The province says anyone exposed may develop symptoms up to and including Nov.

COVID-19 in the Kingston region between Monday and Tuesday.According to the health unit’s COVID-19 dashboard, a male between the ages of 10 and 19 and a woman in her 40s tested positive for the virus over the last 24 hours.The region has seen a total of 197 cases since the pandemic began, 184 of which have resolved, bringing the active total to 13 as of Tuesday. Kingston elementary school temporarily closed due to 3 cases of COVID-19: board There are currently no active outbreaks in the Kingston area, despite a school closure prompted by three cases linked to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic school on Sunday.

coronavirus in the Kingston region between Friday afternoon and Monday.One case has resolved, bringing the region’s active case count to 11.All of the region’s six newest cases were female. Two girls under the age of nine, two women in their 20s, a woman in her 40s, and a woman in her 50s have contracted the virus.

COVID-19 from a Kitchener restaurant last week.It says as many as 175 people may have been exposed to the coronavirus during visits to the Algarve Restaurant between Oct. 28 and Nov.

coronavirus on Monday.The case involves an individual in their 30s who is a temporary foreign worker. The person is in self-isolation in Moncton.All New Brunswick regions are now back in the “yellow” phase of the provincial COVID-19 recovery plan as the province reports 21 active cases of the virus.

coronavirus on Monday.The province says the case is located in the Central Zone and is a close contact of a previously reported case.On Sunday, three cases in the Central Zone were reported and the sources were under investigation. In addition, nearly a dozen potential exposure locations have been identified in Halifax last week.Provincial health officials will meet for an update on COVID-19 in Nova Scotia at 3 p.m.

coronavirus on Sunday.The cases are located in the Central Zone and are under investigation.“I am concerned about the recent increase in both the number of cases and public exposure notices,” said Premier Stephen McNeil in a news release.“We cannot become complacent about this virus. That means we all must continue to follow public health protocols, including social distancing, wearing a mask, proper hand hygiene and limiting social contacts.”Chief of health Dr.

coronavirus on Sunday.The individual is in their 30s and is located in the Fredericton region. The province says the person is in isolation and their case is under investigation.Three new cases in the Fredericton region were reported on Saturday. Demand increasing for non-medical mask filter material To date, New Brunswick has confirmed 354 cases of COVID-19 and has seen 324 recoveries.The number of active cases in the province is 24, with two patients hospitalized.

COVID-19 have been reported Saturday, making it the deadliest day in the pandemic.Those deaths are:Two-hundred and seventy-one new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m., which brings the total lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 7,689. Manitoba reports 5 more coronavirus deaths, 243 new cases, tighter restrictions coming to south The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 9.4 per cent.