Year in review: A look at news events in March 2020
A health-care worker is seen outside the emergency department of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver on March 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward December 31, 2020 - 11:30 AM
A look at news events in March 2020:
01 - Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina s Democratic primary, riding a wave of African-American support to get some badly needed momentum for his White House bid.
01 - The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France s Louvre museum, as Italy was recognized as the epicentre of the outbreak in Europe. A new U.S. government advisory urged Americans not to travel to two Italian regions hardest hit by the new virus, Lombardy and Veneto.
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The Winnipeg Jets have not yet received the green light to land on home ice by the province, though that appears to be more of a formality at this point.
Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief public health officer, reiterated on Thursday that they had signed with other provinces on to the league’s return to play plan last week but there are some details that do need to be ironed out, including changing the health orders. Other provinces like Alberta gave approval for games to be played in both Edmonton and Calgary in the morning.
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A sign marks the Shamattawa First Nation s gym as a red zone. First Nations residents of Manitoba make up just under 11 per cent of the population but 15 per cent of COVID-19 deaths, 23 per cent of cases and 33 per cent of current hospitalizations.(Tyson Koschik/CBC)
WINNIPEG Manitoba is getting ready to ramp up its COVID-19 immunization campaign. Plans were unveiled Wednesday to broaden the eligibility criteria in the New Year as more vaccine arrives to get doses into thousands of arms each week. It comes as Health Canada granted approval to a second vaccine to protect people from the virus. “Supply is not the only issue. We also have to be able to transport the vaccine to personal care homes and to all other sites as part of our rollout plan. The approval of the Moderna vaccine today is a positive step,” said Dr. Joss Reimer, Manitoba’s medical lead on COVID-19 immunization.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson
Manitoba NDP MP Niki Ashton says the federal government should distribute the COVID-19 vaccines directly to Indigenous communities. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
OTTAWA The Trudeau government is rejecting an NDP demand to overstep the provinces and dispatch COVID-19 vaccines directly to Indigenous communities.
OTTAWA The Trudeau government is rejecting an NDP demand to overstep the provinces and dispatch COVID-19 vaccines directly to Indigenous communities. We need to see a plan now, NDP MP Niki Ashton told reporters Monday. We need to ensure that there is no patchwork approach to delivering the vaccine to Indigenous communities.