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Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) worker Sergio Ricardo, left, and two neighbors, carry an elderly COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Credit: The Associated Press
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is imposing an earlier curfew for Montreal and the suburb of Laval as it tightens COVID-19 restrictions for the second time in three days because of a third surge of coronavirus infections fueled by more contagious virus variants.
Premier Francois Legault announced that beginning Sunday, people in Montreal and Laval will have to remain at home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. or face fines of more than $1,000 Canadian (US$800).
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MONTREAL â- The Quebec government is imposing an earlier curfew for Montreal and the suburb of Laval as it tightens COVID-19 restrictions for the second time in three days because of a third surge of coronavirus infections fueled by more contagious virus variants.
Premier Francois Legault announced that beginning Sunday, people in Montreal and Laval will have to remain at home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. or face fines of more than $1,000 Canadian (US$800).
Last week, Legault placed Quebec City, Levis and Gatineau under the earlier curfew, advancing it from the previous 9:30 p.m. start. The government also closed schools and non-essential businesses in those three cities for at least 10 days, and Legault announced Thursday that those measures would be prolonged until April 18.
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PHILIPPINE SEA â The U.S. 7th Fleet that operates throughout the Indo-Pacific says 96% of its personnel have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The fleet said in a news release that more than 14,000 of its service members had received their full doses of the vaccine, which it began administering on January 5.
âWe are in a pandemic and our principle weapon for ending this and saving lives is the vaccine,â vaccine coordinator Capt. Joseph F. Penta was quoted as saying. âWe owe it to ourselves, our family and country to make every effort to stop the pandemic.â
Receiving the vaccination was voluntary and medical personnel were on hand to answer any questions about the process, the release said.
Amtrak return in Vermont met with excitement
Amtrak services will be restarting in July, which could provide a needed boost in Vermont s economy. Share Updated: 7:56 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021
Amtrak return in Vermont met with excitement
Amtrak services will be restarting in July, which could provide a needed boost in Vermont s economy. Share Updated: 7:56 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021 It s been more than a year since Amtrak services stopped in Vermont because of Covid-19, but Thursday the Vermont Agency of Transportation announced that services should resume starting July 19. Last March we suspended Amtrak service in and out of Vermont due to Covid, Dan Delabruere at the Vermont Agency of Transportation said.The services include The Vermonter, running from St. Albans through Massachusetts and Connecticut all the way to Washington D.C. There is also the Ethan Allen Express, connecting Rutland to Albany and ending in New York City. Both options will return to their normal
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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Regular weekly unemployment claims continue at a very high level as claimants were required to refile. Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington said last that the pandemic hit one year ago. The annual refiling then triggered the increase. However, initial claims are nearly 15,000 fewer than the same time last year.
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On April 3, 2020, the Labor Department reported 1,761 new weekly filings, an increase of 250. This week s filings, which are a recent high, are, however, 14,713 fewer than the same time last year.
Nationally, claims unexpectedly rose back over 700,000. These remain historically high numbers.