South Korea administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities Friday, launching a mass immunisation campaign that health authorities hope will restore some level of normalcy by the end of the year.
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
Canada s top doctor said nationally there are 964 reported cases of the variant first detected in the U.K., up from 429 reported two weeks ago. There were also 44 cases of the variant first discovered in South Africa, and two cases of the version first found in Brazil.
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Vancouver Coastal Health workers administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Vancouver on Friday.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
Briefs: House votes on virus bill
Minimum wage hike will not be included in this legislation
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Feb 26, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, take questions from reporters about President Joe Biden s nominees, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Minimum wage hike will not be included in this legislation
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WASHINGTON Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House on Friday, despite a setback that means a minimum wage boost is unlikely to be in the final version that reaches President Joe Biden.
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