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The answer is complicated. Even with a robust vaccine campaign, some U.S. states are seeing cases soar again. Michigan, Minnesota and Washington are all grappling with a third wave even as infection rates drop across the country. But where vaccination rates are lower, as in  Germany, France and India, hospitals are swamped with a new variant-driven surge. Two countries that appear to have escaped the third wave, the United Kingdom and Israel, made two critical moves. They combined their impressive vaccine efforts with public health measures that drove down cases and set them up to eventually...

  TORONTO -- Ontario's Liberal Party is appealing directly to Progressive Conservative MPPs to “overrule the Premier” and pass legislation to give front-line workers paid sick leave during the third wave of COVID-19. In a letter addressed to all MPPs, but specifically targeted at members of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus, Liberal labour critic Michael Coteau is urging Queen’s Park politicians to “stand up” to the government and mandate sick leave for employees.  “Let me speak directly to my Conservative colleagues,” Coteau writes. “After the debacle of this past weekend, y...

Author of the article: Brian Lilley Publishing date: Apr 17, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  3 minute read  •  Crowds were small at the Beach and a few people used the playground near the Olympic pool as the Ford government walked back its latest province-wide stay-at-home restrictions and allowed parks to remain open. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network Article content The Ford government will let playgrounds stay open and clarify the ability of police to stop and ask people why they are out of their homes after getting an earful from the public and police services ...

Author of the article: Elizabeth Payne Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021  •  3 days ago  •  5 minute read  •  Ontario Premier Doug Ford takes off his mask during an April 1, 2021 announcement at Queen's Park. Ontario will enter into a four-week partial shutdown beginning Saturday as COVID-19 cases in the province spike. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Photo by Frank Gunn /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content Ontario pulled the “emergency brake” Thursday, placing the entire province into a four-week partial shutdown beginning Saturday amid a worsening pandemic. The move was immed...

Steini Brown, Ontario’s COVID-19 pandemic prognosticator, pulls no punches Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Days before Premier Doug Ford’s government was set to end Ontario’s stay-at-home order for most of the province, Adalsteinn Brown presented new COVID-19 modelling that showed lifting public-health measures could lead to a sharp rise in ca...