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The Ontario government is calling for stronger measures at airports, in part over concern about a new variant of COVID-19 found in the United Kingdom.
“We’ve seen in other jurisdictions what out of control caseloads and deaths look like,” Premier Doug Ford said Monday.
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“And I am also extremely alarmed by reports of a new strain of COVID-19 that is much more contagious than what we have seen and what we’ve been facing so far.”
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Midwives have been treated like an afterthought during the COVID-19 pandemic despite the important health-care services they provide, says the president of the Midwives Association of B.C. We have been just systematically left out of any pandemic pay and any pandemic supports, Lehe Spiegelman told It s quite demoralizing, nine months down the road, to be working to the extent that midwives are working without this important safety net.
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a survey of 121 midwives conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia, 81 per cent had to buy or make their own personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic. Seventy-seven per cent said they experienced burnout due to increased demands and a lack of government support.
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For the second day in a row, Ontario s Ministry of Health is reporting more than 2,000 cases of COVID-19.
There are 780 new cases in Toronto, 528 in Peel, 148 in York Region, 143 in Durham and 111 in Windsor-Essex County.
2,043 more cases are considered resolved, and there have been 43 more COVID-19 related deaths.
Right now in Ontario, there are 932 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 256 in ICU, and 157 in ICU on a ventilator.
49,189 tests were completed in the last day, with 65,597 still under investigation.