Ontario logs 4,736 new COVID-19 cases, another single-day record in the province
Ontario is reporting another single-day record for COVID-19 infections today as hospitalizations and intensive care admissions continue to climb in the province.
Provincial health officials logged 4,736 new cases today, topping the previous record of 4,456 infections confirmed on Sunday.
The rolling seven-day average of new infections now stands at 4,200, up from 3,093 just one week ago.
Ottawa drops specific COVID-19 screening for travellers from Brazil as variant spread throughout British Columbia
Canada has dropped specific screening requirements for travellers arriving from Brazil, measures aimed at reducing the spread of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 that is now spreading rapidly throughout Western Canada.
The change is taking place as the B.C. government raises the alarm about travellers circumventing the rules imposed by Ottawa for all international arrivals travelling by air. Premier John Horgan said his government may impose travel restrictions unilaterally, after learning that more than 100 passengers arriving at Vancouver International Airport have refused to quarantine as required by Ottawa since Feb. 22. “We haven’t taken travel restrictions off the board, quite frankly.”
The variants of concern spread more rapidly and can cause a more severe case of COVID-19. In particular, the P.1 variant, first associated with Brazil, may be able to re-infect people who have already had the virus, and “current treatments and vaccines may not work as well on cases of this variant,” according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
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AstraZeneca very safe, effective, with extremely rare risk of clots: Health Canada
OTTAWA — There is enough evidence to say the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may cause very rare blood clots but the shot is still extremely safe, very effective and will remain on the Canadian market, Health Canada said Wednesday.
Experts thought Thalidomide was swell too.
