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Americans not yet eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, will be soon.  All 50 states plan to open vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and older by April 19. Several states have already done that, including Alaska, Mississippi and Georgia. According to President Joe Biden, 90% of all adult Americans will be within 5 miles of a vaccination clinic. The American … Read more

Elliott is due to share the number of new diagnoses and vaccinations this morning. The province also opted not to share statistics on Good Friday, but on Saturday reported there had been more than 3,000 cases of COVID-19 for two days running. Students will also be back in their classrooms tomorrow after the province put an end on Thursday to … Read more

Multiple reports say today Premier Ford will announce a province-wide lockdown, lasting a month. Internal government sources told Global News that all regions of Ontario will move into the Grey Zone starting at 12:01am on Saturday. It will mean that restaurants are shutting down for in-person service and will only be able to offer takeout and delivery. Essential retail stores … Read more

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says spring break in the province’s schools will go ahead as scheduled for the week of April 12th. Lecce says the government continues to follow advice from the province’s top doctor and the break originally set for March will not be postponed again. He adds safety protocols will be stepped up when students and staff return … Read more

Premier Ford says his government is considering additional restrictions to address a surge in new cases of COVID-19. Ford told reporters yesterday that everything is on the table and he won’t hesitate to lock things up if needed to address rising cases fuelled by the spread of more infectious variants. He says he will consult the province’s top doctor before … Read more

Multiple provinces are suspending their use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in younger patients. The National Advisory Committee on Immunizations is recommending against administering the shot in anyone under the age of 55. However, the vaccine regulators are not pulling AstraZeneca’s approval in Canada, although the committee says regulatory changes could still be made. Health Canada is demanding the drugmaker … Read more

Dr. Anthony Fauci has appeared to claim credit for the decision to quickly develop vaccines against COVID-19, in remarks that are sure to anger Donald Trump.  Fauci made the comment in an interview with CNN for a special last night, diving into the details of America’s pandemic response.  “When I saw what happened in New York City, almost over-running … Read more

A hospital group says Ontario’s intensive-care capacity is reaching a critical level. The Ontario Hospital Association says the number of severely ill patients is approaching a previous peak. The record for ICU patients being treated in Ontario hospitals for COVID-19 is 420 people. This comes as provincial health officials say more contagious variants of the virus now make up half … Read more

More Canadians may soon be getting their COVID-19 vaccinations as health officials across the country prepare for the single-largest week of vaccine shipments since the start of the pandemic. Moderna is playing catch-up, sending 600,000 shots this Thursday — part of a shipment of 846,000 that was due last week. The other two approved vaccines, Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca, are expected … Read more

Hair salons and outdoor fitness classes are being allowed to reopen in Ontario regions under lockdown. The province will allow gyms to offer outdoor fitness classes, training and personal training in regions under Grey zone restrictions as of today. Personal care services like hair and nail salons can open with capacity limits starting April 12th. Personal care services and gyms … Read more

Bill Gates said the world won’t return to normal, with no traces of the COVID-19 pandemic, until the end of 2022.   The billionaire philanthropist made the prediction yesterday during an interview with Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster TVN24.   “This is an incredible tragedy.  We can measure the economic cost but we probably can’t even measure the loss … Read more