COVID

Hundreds of B.C. truckers took to the road Sunday kicking off what they called a “freedom convoy” to Ottawa in protest of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers. Scores of big rigs gathered…
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People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents were ordered Sunday to undergo mass coronavirus testing following a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the Winter Olympics. The…
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To exercise with Covid or not—that’s the question some fitness buffs are asking. The American College of Sports Medicine has suggested people under 50 who experience mild or no symptoms to rest for at least seven to 10 days after testing…
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is postponing her wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions Sunday following the discovery of nine cases of the omicron variant in a single family that flew to Auckland to…
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Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Saturday that an annual COVID-19 vaccine would be preferable to more frequent booster shots in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Pfizer/BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine has shown to…
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The United States, the World Health Organization‘s top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration’s long-term…
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Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the Omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. They are the first large U.S. studies to look at vaccine…
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The Omicron wave of COVID-19 may have peaked in Canada, according to Canada’s top doctors. While limited testing capacity means daily case numbers are still inaccurate, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said a number…
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Ontario is reporting 4,114 people in hospital with COVID on Friday with 590 in intensive care units. The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who…
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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry indicated a significant shift in B.C.’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, saying everyone should assume they’ve been a close contact and that contact-tracing is no longer…
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