TORONTO â The government of Ontario will be getting help from Canadaâs military in dealing with a surge of coronavirus infections, while several other Canadian provinces are tightening health restrictions in hopes of avoiding a similar situation.
Ontarioâs solicitor general says resources are coming from the Canadian armed forces and the Canadian Red Cross.
Ontario has been struggling with a new wave of the pandemic that has seen the number of COVD-19 patients in intensive care surge. Ontarioâs Ministry of Health reported 2,271 people were in hospitals with COVID-19 on Monday, including 877 in ICUs.
Several other provinces imposed new restrictions Monday, including Nova Scotia, which closed Halifax-area schools to in-person learning for two weeks after the province revored a single-day record for new cases for the second day in a row.
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SEOUL, South Korea South Korean President Moon Jae-in has met with the CEO of Maryland-based Novavax and promised to push for a swift approval of the companyâs coronavirus vaccine, which will be produced through a local biotech firm.
South Korean officials hope that SK Bioscienceâs production of the Novavax vaccine will help prevent possible supply shortages in coming months as the United States, European nations, and India strengthen controls on vaccine exports while coping with domestic outbreaks.
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