Choir director Dawn McCormick leads students as they record vocals in pop-up tents during choir class at Wenatchee High School on February 26, 2021 in Wenatchee, Washington. The school has been using pop-up tents as COVID-19 enclosures for its music programs as students return to classrooms.
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Doctors in
Alberta say any further loosening of COVID-19 restrictions should wait until “all high-risk individuals” in the province have been vaccinated. The government could ease
restrictions on many businesses as soon on Monday.
Two regions in
Ontario, Thunder Bay and Simcoe Muskoka, will move into lockdown on Monday amid a spike in cases. Meanwhile, restrictions in seven other areas, including Niagara Region, moved to the second-strictest level. And, the province’s science advisers say priority for the COVID-19 vaccine should be given based on age and neighbourhood. And, universities in the province want $500-million to deal with pandemic pressures.
Feb. 25: The pandemic’s stay-at-home requirement has been a major reason homebuyers sought bigger properties, contributing to rapidly rising mortgage debt
Feb. 24: Some international travellers arriving at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport have refused to comply with a new rule requiring a three-day hotel isolation, local police said.
Feb. 23: The government’s handling of the highly specialized Global Public Health Intelligence Network, or GPHIN, is an important area of concern when looking at what went wrong in the early days of the outbreak, researchers say
Coronavirus Update: COVID-19 death toll in U.S. surpasses 500,000 Jessie Willms and Lacy Atalick Published February 22, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight.
Top headlines:
In the last 7 days,
390 deaths announced,
2,139 people are being treated in hospitals and
795,288 others are considered recovered.
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1,851,710 doses of vaccine distributed to provinces have been administered. That’s