A new campaign, ‘Vax to School,’ is aimed at getting students between the ages of 12 and 17 in Peel Region double-dosed in an effort to facilitate a safe return to in-person classes in September.

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COVID-19: Moderna ‘essentially the same’ as Pfizer, Mackie says as clock ticks on thawed doses

COVID-19 as it looks to use up thousands of thawed Moderna doses that will go bad in the next two weeks.The health unit said Wednesday that there was an excess of 21,300 thawed Moderna doses in local fridges as a result of a decline in vaccinations over the previous two weeks.The thawed doses are “above and beyond” those already allocated through upcoming appointments, the health unit says, adding they need to be used by Aug. 12 as vaccine taken from freezers and thawed must be used within 30 days.

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Biden calls on states to offer $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called on states to provide people who get vaccinated with $100, as an incentive to encourage more people to get the shot.

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Biden tells federal workers to get vaccinated or face weekly COVID-19 testing

Speaking on Thursday about the U.S. government’s next steps in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, President Joe Biden said federal government employees would need to “attest to their vaccination status” or face weekly COVID-19 testing.

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Biden says it’s ‘still a question’ whether federal government can mandate vaccines for everyone

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday it is “still a question” whether the federal government could make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for the wider U.S.

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Harvey Weinstein: 1 sexual assault count dismissed

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge on Thursday dismissed one of 11 sexual assault counts against Harvey Weinstein, giving the former movie mogul and convicted rapist a minor and possibly temporary victory.At a hearing with the 69-year-old Weinstein in the courtroom, Judge Lisa B. Lench agreed with his defense attorneys that a count alleging sexual battery by restraint in May of 2010 was too old, and outside the statute of limitations.But she gave the prosecution permission to refile the charge in a way that may be allowable, setting up an ongoing fight.Weinstein pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts last week in his first court appearance in the California case.

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Biden: Federal workers must get COVID-19 vaccine

President Joe Biden today announced all civilian federal workers and contractors need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or face regular testing, mandatory mask wearing, and limits on travel. The president also announced a new incentive program that calls on states and territories to give the newly vaccinated $100 when they get the shot.

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Israeli advisors back COVID vaccine boosters for older people

Israel's vaccine advisory group today recommended that adults in older age groups receive a booster COVID dose, a strategy other countries are eyeing as Delta (B1617.2) variant activity surges and questions swirl about the length of vaccine protection.

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Summer camps more than a breath of fresh air for kids

Ajax mother opening business to fill disability service gap Sakina Kizilbash, Xavier’s mom, says “this has been the highlight of their year so far.”After what she calls a lost year, Kizilbash wanted to get her two kids into something this summer, so she enrolled them at Lake House Stables.“Just for them to be able to get outside, do some activity, meet other kids; that’s been really important and that’s been something we’ve been missing for a long time,” said Kizilbash.Xavier was glad to have the opportunity.“My mom’s at work, my dad’s at work, so what am I supposed to do, stay home?” he said.While riding has been the highlight so far for Xavier, he says there’s so much more to it.“You actually get to make up time with other kids that you

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Biden sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers, directs DOD to do same

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, social distancing, masking and restrictions on travel. Biden is also directing the Pentagon to determine how and when the COVID-19 vaccine will be made mandatory for members of the U.S. military.Until now, defense leaders have said that the vaccine will remain voluntary for troops around the world until the Food and Drug Administration gives final approval to the drug.

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COVID-19 vaccines are now mandatory at some U.S. companies. Could Canada be next?

COVID-19 vaccines, employers are slowly starting to remind staff that office life will return — and soon.But for some companies, there’s a catch: you might be required to be vaccinated before going back to work. COVID-19 vaccine: What employers can — and cannot — demand in Canada That’s the policy that may soon await those who work for Google — including, potentially, Canadians — as CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in a recent email.“First, anyone coming to work on our campuses will need to be vaccinated,” he wrote.“We’re rolling this policy out in the U.S.

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White House says ‘we see ourselves as a model for other companies’ as Biden expected to mandate vaccines for federal employees

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday that “we see ourselves as a model for other companies and organizations” after news broke that President Joe Biden is expected the mandate COVID-19 vaccines or regular testing for federal employees.

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News Scan for Jul 29, 2021

Vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine against COVID-19 was 91% up to 6 months after the second dose, according to a non–peer-reviewed study published yesterday on the preprint server medRxiv.The researchers followed 44,060 people 16 and older, randomly assigning h

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Israeli study finds 2.6% COVID breakthrough infection rate

A New England Journal of Medicine study yesterday details breakthrough COVID-19 infections in 39 of 1,497 fully vaccinated Israeli healthcare workers, with most cases mild or moderate but 19% with symptoms lingering for more than 6 weeks.

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COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 12 cases Thursday

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as well as six more recoveries, though the local case count increased by 11 to 12,765 cases with 54 active cases, 12,482 recoveries and 229 deaths.The number of cases involving a variant of concern increased by two to 3,594.

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Amid pushback, Alberta health minister defends plan to ease COVID-19 isolation, masking, testing rules

COVID-19, as case numbers climb in Alberta.“This is a plan that is based on the science and based on the data,” Shandro said during an unrelated news conference in Edmonton Thursday morning.“We know that people will continue to have that anxiety but this was work that was done by public health based on the science, based on the data.” Alberta to adjust COVID-19 masking, isolation, testing rules over next month Effective Thursday, close contacts will no longer be notified of exposure by contact tracers nor will they be legally required to isolate – although it still recommended.The province will also end asymptomatic testing.Further measures will be eliminated Aug. 16.

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20 new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region, highest number in over a week

COVID-19 walk-in clinics for students to be held at high schools in Kitchener, Cambridge in August Thursday’s number lifts the total number of cases in the region to 18,340 and the rolling seven-day average number of new cases back up to 14.1.Another 15 people from the area were also cleared of the virus, lifting the total number of resolved cases across the region to 17,930.And for the sixth straight day, no new COVID-19 related deaths were reported, leaving the death toll in the area at 282 including 17 victims this month.A new COVID-19 outbreak was reported at the Adventure4Change day camp in Waterloo where seven people from multiple cohorts have tested positive.This news was somewhat balanced by the fact three other outbreaks were

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Find out which vaccine is seeing the most breakthrough cases in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES - COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County continue to rise. The county has been averaging daily new cases between 2,000 and 2,500 over the past week. Numbers like these haven’t been seen since February. During a meeting with the County Board of Supervisors, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said over the past few weeks case rates have risen drastically among unvaccinated people.

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Two COVID-19 deaths reported by Manitoba health officials Thursday

COVID-19 Thursday.Two women from the Winnipeg region — one in her 40s and one in her 70s, both of whom were linked to the Alpha variant, have died.As of Thursday morning, 46 net-new cases have been identified in the province, bringing Manitoba’s total number of lab-confirmed cases to 57,548.COVID-19 Bulletin #497 https://t.co/dIqGxidHG4 pic.twitter.com/8hIBwQ1olF— Manitoba Gov News (@MBGovNews) July 29, 2021 Manitoba reports 23 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths Of the new cases, 21 were in the Interlake-Eastern health region, 13 in Winnipeg, and the other regions of the province reported single-digit cases.The current five-day test positivity rate is 2.1 per cent provincially and 1.1 per cent in Winnipeg.

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Business group seeks clarity as Ontario meets 1st target for further easing restrictions

COVID-19 vaccine, meaning one of three conditions the province has set for moving beyond Step 3 of its reopening plan has been met.In light of the news, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business called on the province to communicate its plans for pandemic rules going forward and how it will respond if infections spike again.

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COVID-19 booster: Israel to offer 3rd shot to older citizens

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel’s prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated.The announcement by Naftali Bennett makes Israel the first country to offer a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.In this photo illustration, silhouette of hands in medical gloves hold a medical syringe and a vial in front flag of Israel.

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser restores mask mandates indoors – regardless of vaccination status

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Police save baby left in car at Las Vegas casino in 100-degree heat

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A dad is facing charges after allegedly telling arresting officers that he left his 6-month-old son unattended in a hot car while he went inside a casino to gamble.Officers with the North Las Vegas Police Department identified the suspect as Mitchell Anthony Hooks."Mitchell told me he shouldn’t have done what he did and that he deserved anything that was coming to him," Officer Osvaldo Cerda-Guzman wrote in the police report. "He went on to say that there was no excuse for it and no reason for it."Police released body camera footage of the July 16 incident that showed officers removing the crying child from the car, then handing him over to paramedics for evaluation.

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Premier League reveal Covid-19 passport stance and how it will affect Man City and Manchester United

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Canada, Mexico imported AstraZeneca doses from facility not fully inspected: regulator

AstraZeneca‘s COVID-19 vaccine and offered them to the public without health officials properly inspecting the operations of the U.S. manufacturer, according to inspection records and the regulators involved.The Baltimore plant belonging to Emergent BioSolutions Inc was producing vaccines for both AstraZeneca Plc and Johnson & Johnson under a $628 million U.S.

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COVID-19: 70% of eligible residents in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph now fully vaccinated

COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the area the previous day.More than 350 of the shots were first doses and just about 2,100 were second doses, public health said.

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Covid-19 vaccination: Over 45.55 crore doses administered in India so far

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About 9,000 Covid vaccine doses administered in 3 Delhi jails: Officials

Covid vaccination drive for the inmates in the 45-plus age category on March 18, while the inoculation of the inmates in the 18-44 age group began on May 18.

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AstraZeneca loses money on covid-19 vaccine for second straight quarter

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Four disease experts predict when exactly the coronavirus pandemic could finally end

coronavirus pandemic continues to rumble on - but it could end in a matter of months. Expert epidemiologist Neil Ferguson this week predicted the bulk of the pandemic will be behind us by the autumn.He hailed the UK's world-leading vaccine roll-out for having “fundamentally changed the equation” in combating the disease, with more than 37 million people now double-jabbed.

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Delhi's Covid vaccine stock to last four days, says bulletin

COVID-19 vaccines in Delhi will last for only four more days, the city government on Thursday notified in its vaccine bulletin.

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COVID-19 walk-in clinics for students to be held at high schools in Kitchener, Cambridge in August

Premier Doug Ford says Ontario’s back-to-school plan to be released in early August Despite the fact that people are running out of time to get both doses before school starts, only 70 per cent of people in that age group have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the task force’s dashboard.This is at least 10 per cent behind every other age category in Waterloo Region.The board says that clinics will run at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in Kitchener and Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School in Cambridge on Aug. 4 and Aug.

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Ontario reports more than 200 new COVID-19 cases for 1st time in three weeks

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, jumping back into the 200s for the first time in three weeks. The provincial case total now stands at 549,952.The last time a daily case count reached above 200 was on July 8 when there were 210 cases reported.According to Thursday’s report, 38 cases were recorded in both Toronto and Peel Region, 25 in Hamilton, 19 in Waterloo, 13 in Grey Bruce, 12 in Halton Region, and 10 in both Middlesex-London and York Region.All other local public health units reported fewer than 10 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 9,328 as three more deaths were recorded.

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AstraZeneca exploring options for Covid vaccine business: Report

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Germany to require proof of Covid immunity or negative test on arrival: Report

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More than 80 per cent of eligible Ontarians have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says more than 80 per cent of people in the province aged 12 and older have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.That means one of three conditions the province has set for moving beyond Step 3 of its reopening plan has now been met.The government has also said 75 per cent of people 12 and older must have received their second dose, and no public health unit can have less than 70 per cent of eligible people fully vaccinated.

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Coronavirus warning prompted Paul to lose five stone

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensLast April dad-of-two Paul started attending Danielle Menzies’ virtual Slimming World classes.And the changes to his health and lifestyle have been remarkable.His sleep apnoea has gone, his type 2 diabetes is under control and when before he struggled to walk 50 yards and sometimes needed a mobility scooter, he’s now completed several 100 mile walking challenges.He admits he’s tried several diets over the years but they’ve never stuck because he “likes his grub too much”.But with the coronavirus pandemic changing people’s lives overnight, the stark warning stuck with him and he’s determined to make it last.“I put on a bit during the last lockdown,” he said. “But I’m going to keep at it.

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EMA says it has confidence in mRNA vaccines for 12-15s

The European Medicines Agency said it has confidence in the safety and efficacy of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines for use among those aged 12 to 15.

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Jalen Hurts shrugs off chatter about Eagles pursuing Deshaun Watson

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 28: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on during training camp at the NovaCare Complex on July 28, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - Nick Sirianni kicked off Camp Competition with quarterback Jalen Hurts taking first-team snaps for the Philadelphia Eagles.That’s no surprise, though the team continues to be linked to Deshaun Watson."Have we done homework on quarterbacks that might be available? I mean, we have a short list," general manager Howie Roseman said Wednesday.

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Poll: Majority of Canadians agree climate action is urgently needed

More and more Canadians believe urgent action is need to fight climate change, according to a new poll conducted exclusively by Ipsos for Global News. Eric Sorensen explains why.

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AstraZeneca to seek US approval of COVID-19 vaccine in 2nd half of 2021

LONDON - AstraZeneca said Thursday that it intends to seek U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the second half of this year, offering a new timetable for the much-delayed application.The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker announced the schedule as it released second-quarter financial results, which showed that the company and its sub-licensees delivered more than 700 million doses of the vaccine to over 170 countries in the first half of this year.

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Biden plans to require COVID-19 vaccine for federal workers or take regular tests

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, social distancing, masking and restrictions on travel. An individual familiar with the president’s plan spoke on the condition of anonymity with the Associated Press. The official emphasized that the new guidance is not a vaccine mandate for federal employees and that those who decide not to get vaccinated aren’t at risk of being fired.On Wednesday, the Biden administration was still reviewing details of the expected guidance, and significant questions about its implementation and scope remained.

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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
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Peel Region rolls out ‘Vax to school’ youth-focused vaccine clinics in effort to ensure safe return to class

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