Toronto District School Board says students 12 and older must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to play competitive winter sports such as basketball, hockey and swimming.In a statement Friday, the board said the decision is directed toward winter sports that involve “competition between schools, mixing of students and travel to other TDSB schools and/or external venues.” Toronto schools to gradually resume extracurricular activities The board said the decision is consistent with Toronto Public Health’s (TPH) messaging and recommendations.

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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
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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