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A COVID-19 hot spot in Ontario is planning to ramp up its vaccine rollout by lowering the age of people eligible to receive the shot every week.
The top doctor for Peel Region, which includes the cities of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon, said he hopes the move will help control the spread of COVID-19 variants of concern that are threatening to overwhelm the health-care system.
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Canada is likely to exceed the U.S. infection rate in the coming days
The assumption that we would fare better than our neighbours to the south held true through much of the pandemic s first year. Not anymore.
(Source: Johns Hopkins University CSSE COVID-19 Data)
On April 6, Canada’s rate of new COVID-19 cases came as close as its ever been to that of the United States since the beginning of the pandemic, as Canada posted 180.8 cases per million population, while the U.S. posted 195.7 per million population. And our case count is rising so fast up 28 per cent in the past week alone that we’re likely to exceed the plateauing U.S. rate in the coming days.
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Ottawa Public Health reports 176 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, with one new death
Province confirms Ottawa among health units where residents 60 years of age and older can book vaccinations through provincial system as of Wednesday
Schools to shut done in Toronto, Peel despite provincial assurances that closures not needed
Premier Doug Ford hinted Tuesday that further restrictions may be coming in the province in the face of apparent lack of response to the province’s “emergency brake” shutdown measures.
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