Essential workers in British Columbia, Canada receive appreciation and a morale boost from outreach events of the global Church.
Category: Health
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COVID-19 modelling shows B.C. bending the curve of variant cases
VANCOUVER — Efforts by British Columbia health officials and residents are managing to suppress infections that have been driven by COVID-19 variants, a group of modelling experts says. The group of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences says projections show a 30 to...
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Hospitalizations, ICU admissions growing for younger Canadians in third wave
The third wave is outpacing anything Canada has seen before is clear.
The average daily case loads of COVID-19 in January peaked at around 8,100 cases, while in April it appears to have peaked at around 8700 cases.
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
Ontario is reporting 3,369 new COVID-19 cases today as the number of admissions to provincial intensive care units continues to climb.
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Toronto’s 5n2 Kitchens Receives 10,000 Pounds of Food Donations and More From INC’s Aid To Humanity
Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) donates more than10,000 pounds of food donations and a $5,000 cheque to Toronto's 5N2 Kitchen Project.
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COVID-19: Montreal newspaper blasted for front-page photo of Trudeau in India
Dany Doucet, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, said the photo was chosen to illustrate Trudeau’s attachment to India and the difficult choice he faces regarding flights from that country.
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PHL President Duterte pleased with pace of vaccination rollout in the Philippines
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday lauded the pace of the country’s vaccination rollout, saying it is proof that the government is doing its best to ensure that more Filipinos are protected against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a pre-recorded meeting with Cabinet members, Duterte said he was pleased with the report which...
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Ontario tightens restrictions, gives police new powers amid dire COVID predictions
To enforce the measures, police and bylaw officers will now be able to stop motorists and pedestrians to ask them where they live and why they’re not at home.
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AstraZeneca very safe, effective, with extremely rare risk of clots: Health Canada
"There are also other risks from COVID-19, including death, and the balance between risks of a vaccine weighed against the risks of COVID-19 heavily falls towards the virus being a much bigger risk", said Dr. Supriya Sharma, the chief medical adviser at Health Canada who manages the regulation of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Ontario sees vaccine supply issues, Ottawa keeps AstraZeneca on the market
“Fundamentally what we have here is an issue of supply,” said Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city’s medical officer of health. “We are all suffering as a result of a delay in the arrival of the vaccine.”