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Complex state COVID vaccine guidelines tied to lower uptake

Complex state COVID-19 vaccine eligibility guidelines lead to confusion about eligibility and may contribute to low uptake, according to a population-based study of US adults published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

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Two COVID boosters effective against severe Omicron in nursing homes

A study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows that US nursing home residents who received a second mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster dose 60 days earlier were 26% protected against Omicron infection, 74% against hospitalization or death, and 90% against death alone.

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Hospitals to open new COVID-19 clinic at vaccination site in Cambridge

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ArriveCAN, mask mandates among changes as Canada drops COVID-19 border rules

After more than two years, Canada’s COVID-19 border rules are coming to an end, the federal government announced Monday.

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U.S. should follow Canada and scrap COVID-19 border rules, lawmakers urge White House

Lawmakers from the northern United States are cheering reports that Canada is poised to abandon COVID-19 vaccination rules for foreign visitors, and want President Joe Biden’s administration to follow suit.

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Alberta COVID-19 wastewater levels trending up in Calgary, Edmonton

COVID-19 wastewater data shows cases are rising again across Canada “(Calgary has) been coming down a lot,” Kevin Frankowski told Global News on Friday. He is the executive director of Advancing Canadian Water Assets and co-lead of the pan-Alberta wastewater monitoring project.“We’re about 80 per cent of the way down the Wave 5 peak, and for a while it was kind of just staying at the same level.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Manitoba continue to drop

COVID-19 situation continues to improve.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, there are now 380 Manitobans hospitalized with the virus — a drop from 388 on Monday. The province said 178 of that number are active cases.

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Stealth Omicron BA.2 spreading fast globally. What we know so far about the new Covid varaint in 10 points

World Health Organisation (WHO) last week pointed out that Omicron is transmitting at a very intense level around the world. “We have sub-lineages of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. BA.2 is more transmissible, and this is the most transmissible variant we have seen of the SARS-COV2 virus to date", the WHO official pointed out.

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COVID-19 mask mandate lifts in Ontario for most settings

COVID-19 mask mandate has lifted for most settings in the province.As of Monday, individuals are no longer required by the province to wear a mask, except for in certain settings including public transit, long-term care and retirement homes, congregate care and living facilities, homes for individuals with developmental disabilities, other health-care settings, shelters, and jails.Masking requirements have also been lifted in schools, as has cohorting.

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Is 4th Covid wave coming? Will it have serious impact on India? Top health experts answer

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Free COVID rapid antigen tests to be made available at grocery stores

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores, pharmacies and other settings.A government source with knowledge of the plan told The Canadian Press that Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce more details on Wednesday.The source said there will be a limit of one box of five tests per household per visit, though some stores might have different processes.Ontario provided free rapid antigen test kits at malls and liquor stores in December ahead of the holidays.

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Frustrated Albertans scramble to find free COVID-19 antigen test kits following provincial rollout

A day after Alberta rolled out free COVID-19 antigen test kits, there was mounting frustration as supply ran low.

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Waterloo company offering ‘low-cost’ rapid COVID-19 antigen test kits to the public

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests: Everything you need to know “With the rising number of COVID-19 outbreaks in schools and workplaces across the country, we recognized the need for more accessible and widespread testing,” Jeremy Hedges, The Canadian Shield CEO, stated.“Due to regulatory issues, everyday Canadians are paying some of the highest prices in the world for rapid testing – we strongly believe that we can play a role in making that no longer the case.”The company says the kits will only be available to residents of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.The Canadian Shield says it expects wider availability “as provincial ministries issue interim orders and change the regulatory landscape.” Parent-led rapid COVID-19 testing program

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B.C. reports 742 new COVID-19 cases over 4 days as total case count tops 150K

COVID-19 over the past four days along with one death.There were 160 cases from Friday to Saturday, while 196 cases were reported from Saturday to Sunday, 185 from Sunday to Monday and 201 from Monday to Tuesday. Two of the cases were epi-linked.More than half of the new cases were in the Interior Health region, which recorded 395 infections.

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Long-awaited report into Alberta COVID-19 response to be released this week: Shandro

COVID-19 pandemic will be released “later this week,” Tyler Shandro tweeted Tuesday morning.Alberta’s health minister made the comments after media reports that the report wouldn’t be released.“The media response to the reporter said the interim report only reflected the pandemic response to the first wave,” Shandro tweeted.“The report would be considered for release together with future reviews of the entire pandemic response.“Given the interest in the report, the full report will be posted earlier than planned in the interest of full transparency.”The report would be considered for release together with future reviews of the entire pandemic response.

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Canada’s Delta-driven 4th wave of COVID-19 will be ‘different’ amid vaccinations: experts

COVID-19, experts are saying that its spread will likely be “very, very different” than Canada’s previous waves.The warning came from chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam on Friday, who pointed at the upward trend in cases across Canada.

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U.S. events led to massive COVID-19 outbreak – mostly among fully vaccinated

COVID-19 at public events in a Massachusetts county had been fully vaccinated.The study, published on Friday, showed that three-quarters of those infected were fully vaccinated, suggesting the Delta variant of the virus is highly contagious.A separate CDC internal document, first reported by the Washington Post on Friday, described the Delta variant as being as transmissible as chickenpox and cautioned it could cause severe disease.

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Ontario opens provincial COVID-19 vaccine booking system to people 12+

The provincial COVID-19 vaccine booking system is now open to everyone 12 and older in Ontario. As Katherine Ward reports, experts say this will help curb transmission, and informed consent should be a priority.

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Alberta Health estimates 1,100 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday

– 1,100 cases– 550 additional cases of VOCs; 35% of active cases are now VOCs– 12,100 laboratory tests– 9% positivity– Hospitalizations – remain stable– 10,000 vaccine doses administered on April 2– 685,000 doses to date. (2/3)— Dr.

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Toronto residents react to latest provincial COVID-19 shutdown restrictions

Ontario government officials announced a tightening of restrictions amid a growing number of COVID-19 cases. Erica Vella has reaction.

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COVID-19: 84 new cases in London-Middlesex as shutdown plans unveiled by province

Eighty-four new cases have been reported in London-Middlesex, local health officials said Thursday as the province unveiled plans to put all of Ontario into a month-long shutdown Saturday to curb a growing third wave of the pandemic.The health unit also reported that 49 additional local cases had screened variant positive, while another two had been confirmed through genomic sequencing to involve the B.1.1.7 variant, first detected in the U.K.Thursday’s update puts the regional pandemic case tally at 7,176, of which 6,424 have resolved, an increase of 26 from the day before.

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Organ issues linked with 'long COVID-19'

Long-term COVID-19 symptoms include fatigue, "brain fog," and, according to a study published yesterday in BMJ, organ problems like respiratory or heart disease.

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Hamilton reports over 100 new COVID-19 cases, 3 new outbreaks

COVID-19 pandemic, says residents letting their guard down over the last few months is likely the reason for recent spikes in coronavirus cases in cities like Hamilton.Dr. Peter Juni says individuals not following distancing and mask rules, plus the efficiency of coronavirus variants, appear to be key in the spread according to the agency’s recent studies.

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Premier Kenney to join Dr. Hinshaw for Alberta’s COVID-19 update Thursday

Jason Kenney is set to be on hand for Thursday’s update on COVID-19 in Alberta.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide the update at 3:30 p.m.

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AHS COVID-19 vaccine booking website will be down for upgrades Wednesday morning

online COVID-19 immunization booking website, the tool will undergo upgrades that will take it offline for a couple of hours in the middle of the night on March 3.Alberta Health Services said the site will be unavailable from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.

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Hinshaw, Shandro to provide provincial COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

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Toronto and Peel Region push back on provincial COVID-19 reopening plan

Overall cases of COVID-19 may be dropping, but the medical officers of health for Peel Region and Toronto say variant cases pose a serious threat. Both have told the province’s top doctor that easing restrictions next week is the wrong move.

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Indigenous people should be prioritized in provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Miller

COVID-19 vaccinations reaffirms the standard set for provinces to prioritize Indigenous people in their vaccination programs.Miller says his department is working with Indigenous leaders and the provincial and territorial health authorities to prepare mass immunization programs in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities.

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Alberta COVID-19 numbers higher in February than before second wave in the fall

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Alberta’s COVID-19 case count, hospitalization numbers are higher now in February than they were before the second wave began four months ago in October.

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NDP leader calls for quicker COVID-19 vaccine plan using Canada’s military

Jagmeet Singh is calling for a quicker, clearer vaccination plan that would see Canada’s military deployed across the country to speed up provincial COVID-19 inoculation efforts.The federal government should engage military personnel along with more medical and nursing students and retired health-care workers to ramp up Canada’s faltering vaccine rollout, Singh said Tuesday.The announcement, presented as a campaign-style pledge ahead of a possible election this year, comes despite the fact that provinces have not publicly requested military assistance with vaccine delivery.“The provinces haven’t specially asked for that,” Singh said in an interview.

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Alberta COVID-19 cases drop but variants remain dark cloud in coronavirus fight

Alberta has made big progress in the fight against COVID-19, with case numbers continuing to drop. But there is also a big concern for what could trigger a third wave: the spread of variants. Lauren Pullen reports.

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Kingston prepares for out-of-region COVID-19 patients

Ontario hospitals and facilities with available ICU bed capacity may see patients from overwhelmed hospitals transferred for care as COVID-19 cases reach record highs.

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Alberta reports 1,183 new COVID-19 cases Friday, 24 additional deaths

COVID-19 on Friday, along with 24 additional deaths from the disease.As of Friday afternoon, there were 851 people in hospital with COVID-19, 135 of whom were being treated in intensive care.The new cases come one day after Premier Jason Kenney announced the COVID-19 public health restrictions brought in in December would be extended. Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in place until Jan.

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Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in place until Jan. 21

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says current COVID-19 lockdown rules will continue for another two weeks. Tom Vernon reports.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 7, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases Since August Reported TodayDOH reports 322 new cases of coronavirus today, the highest number since August 29, 2020, which had 310 COVID-19 cases reported. 30 of today’s cases are backdated from between 12-20-20 and 1-5-21, due to a reporting lag from a laboratory.

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Edmonton ups COVID-19 enforcement, praises province for ‘prudent’ extension of restrictions

COVID-19 situation Thursday.As of Jan. 7, the Edmonton zone had 5,465 active cases of COVID-19, 455 people were in Edmonton hospitals because of the novel coronavirus (64 of whom were in intensive care) and a total of 646 people had died in the Edmonton area from COVID-19.To compare, on Nov.

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US authorizes first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test

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New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 3, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Two Additional Deaths and 144 New Cases Reported Today COVID-19 has claimed the lives of two more O‘ahu residents. A woman, 80-years-old or older, had been hospitalized with underlying conditions.

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Doug Ford calls on Health Canada to focus on reviewing rapid COVID-19 antigen tests

COVID-19 antigen tests in the hope that one will be approved and used to alleviate the surging testing demand in the province.“That should be their number one priority,” Ford said.“I know Health Canada is doing a great job. They’re extremely, extremely busy but this should be the number one priority.”Ford made the remarks during a rare Saturday press conference in which he announced that new gathering restrictions would be expanded to the entire province amid a spike in coronavirus cases.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry provides Monday COVID-19 numbers for the province of B.C.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided an update on the province’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Covid-19 Antigen Test must for passengers travelling to Jammu and Kashmir by air, rail or road

COVID-19 antigen using the RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen Test or prescribed method," an official release said.The release said all in case of air or rail passengers who have a valid contactable phone number with the Aarogya Setu app downloaded on their phones, they will be sent to home quarantine for 14 days or till their test results are reported negative.It said that in case of air or rail passengers without a valid contactable phone number with the Aarogya Setu app downloaded on their phones, they will be sent to administrative/institutional quarantine or paid quarantine for 14 days or till their test results are reported negative "in which case they are released for home quarantine".The release said that in the event of any such air or rail

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Vishat Diagnostics gets ICMR nod to supply COVID-19 antigen testing kit

₹425, gets ICMR approval MUMBAI : Mumbai-based firm Vishat Diagnostics on Friday said it has received approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for supplying COVID-19 rapid testing antigen kit manufactured by Coris BioConcept.The company plans to launch the testing kit named, 'COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip' at a price of ₹425, Vishat Diagnostics said in a statement.The kit tests for antibodies in users to determine whether they have had coronavirus infection in the past."With COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip, we are bringing CE certified (allowed to sell in European Economic Area) and ICMR approved kits at affordable prices, which is also our company's driving force for all other product lines," Vishat Diagnostics MD Pratik Chaitala

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Mylab gets commercial approval from ICMR for Covid-19 antigen rapid testing kit

New Delhi: Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday announced that its ‘Pathocatch’ covid-19 antigen rapid testing kit has received a commercial approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research, making it the first Indian firm to get the nod.“After bringing an affordable RT-PCR test to reduce dependence on foreign kits, we launched Compact XL to accelerate COVID-19 testing. Now, with the approval for an antigen testing kit, we will cover whole spectrum of COVID-19 testing and leave no stone unturned to fight this pandemic," Mylab managing director Hasmukh Rawal was quoted as saying in a statement.Mylabs said its antigen test is priced at ₹450 per unit.

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3M, MIT partner to make rapid COVID-19 antigen test

COVID-19, the company said on Tuesday.The test would produce results within minutes and could be administered on a low-cost, paper-based device, similar to a home pregnancy test, that could be delivered at the point of care."We are seeking to improve the speed, accessibility and affordability of testing for the virus, a major step in helping to prevent its spread," said John Banovetz, the chief technology officer at 3M.The research effort is being aided by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, which is running a project called Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) that funds the development of new testing technologies in academia and business.The program aims to have the new tests available for use by late summer or early

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Lake County offers free COVID-19 testing at 3 locations

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Lake County is offering both residents and non-residents the opportunity to receive free COVID-19 testing at three different locations throughout the county.

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COVID-19 antigen test could give quick results, but is not foolproof

The cheap, simple-to-use test could miss as many as 4 in 10 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, its developers argue that as part of triage for suspected cases, the test could help conserve scarce resources for more sensitive laboratory testing.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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