MONTREAL After causing headaches for health authorities, COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec workplaces decreased at the end of April, says the provincial public health institute and the trend seems to be continuing. This is the first time in several weeks that the INSPQ (Institut national de santé publique du Québec) has been able to gve such a positive weekly report on the workplace situation. It confirmed that the number of new outbreaks of COVID-19 in the workplace dropped at the end of last month, according to the most recent report on the subject, released on Tuesday, which compared the last two weeks of April.
WARRINGTON’S coronavirus vaccination has been on the road this week, making jabs more accessible for communities. Its latest trip saw it visit provide jabs to scores of eligible employees at a food manufacturing firm in Woolston yesterday morning, Tuesday. Greencore is a leading manufacturer of convenience foods, which is proud to supply a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient products to retail and food service customers across the UK. The Woolston branch was delighted to be visited by the bus, which is operated by a partnership between Central and West Warrington Primary Care Network, Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group, Warrington’s Own Buses and Warrington Borough Council.
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Olympics-Weightlifter Hubbard poised to become first transgender Olympian
Weightlifting - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women s +90kg - Final - Carrara Sports Arena 1 - Gold Coast, Australia - April 9, 2018. Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand is introduced. REUTERS/Paul Childs
May 8, 2021
By Ian Ransom
(Reuters) -New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is on track to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after meeting modified qualifying requirements for the Tokyo Games.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) said the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) had revised its qualifying due to the impact of COVID-19, putting Hubbard in the frame for Tokyo selection.
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Three days straight of public hearings with 140 people scheduled to speak (not all showed up) means there were plenty of suggestions, critiques, and praise for the council’s proposed Long Term Plan.
Three full days of public submissions made for plenty of suggestions and criticisms from the public for the council’s plans, so this week’s column looks at some highlights. On the first day of the hearings on Tuesday, there was a broad range of speakers and topics brought to the table. While some submitters used their five or 10 minutes of speaking time to focus on a single issue, others took aim at a wide range of topics in the short time allocated.