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Health Canada has given the go-ahead for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. It is the third COVID-19 vaccine Ottawa has approved.
The warmer-than-usual weather continues today, but with snow and rain. There is a 60 per cent chance of snow all weekend and on Monday, too.
The province’s spring thaw outlook report, states the risk of a “major spring high-water event remains low” in most areas.
Movie theatres are allowed to reopen in Quebec today, but they can’t sell food. There are no plans to reopen cinemas in Manitoba under proposed loosening of pandemic restrictions announced Thursday.
you know, it s an honor to get up here and represent my boss, secretary kathleen sebelius and be like brandt colfax, another round of applause for dr. colfax, please. (applause) to have a reinvest and recovery act, our stimulus law with the leadership of leader pelosi, of our mayor, of our supervisors, and our community to have $9-1/2 million given to this city and to this area for this. but not just for this, but everybody s already setting this this morning, the local impact, the state impact, the national impact, and indeed the international impact. and i represent a region that is 50 million people. california, arizona, nevada, hawaii, it s a three territories and three countries in the pacific. and i could tell you that i have moved around my region. i ve been working with the hiv/aids and other communities throughout our region. do you know how many people have said to me, i got my information through san francisco? (applause) that is something to be really proud
contacted and been victims of aids to come here and tell us what s going on in their lives. help us help them help the rest of the world figure this out. this is what san francisco does. i am very, very proud of everyone who participates in this high level of interchange. so, again, thank you very much and i look forward to these great discoveries that we ll have. thank you, san francisco, for being a great place. [cheering and applauding] thank you, mayor lee. and in addition to the stimulus money that we have to thank president obama for, we also have to thank him for his wise choice of the director of the white house office of national aids policy, dr. brad colfax. [cheering and applauding] well, good morning, everybody. isn t the fog great? [laughter] after spending the summer in d.c., i can say i will never, ever be critical of fog again. [laughter] and as many of you know, i had the privilege before going to the office of national aids policy in d.c. to work for
[cheering and applauding] well, good morning, everybody. isn t the fog great? [laughter] after spending the summer in d.c., i can say i will never, ever be critical of fog again. [laughter] and as many of you know, i had the privilege before going to the office of national aids policy in d.c. to work for the health department for 15 years under barbara s inspirational leadership and susan s incredible mentor ship and supervision. it s just beenen fantastic to g to d.c. and realize what incredible history and progress san francisco has and continues to make and help guide us at the national level in terms of the epidemic. today the celebration of bridge research is just another step forward, a huge step forward in the city s remarkable leadership at the local, national, and international level in hiv prevention care and treatment. and the bridge research team, the history has just been remarkable in terms from the early days of the epidemic, in terms of the natural histo
them a hand. (applause) from the engineering james ing and ray louie, give them a hand. (applause) and for construction administration jose gordato. (applause) and, of course, from the public health side, mark primo from dpw, [speaker not understood] who both led these projects. a little quick note about the project itself, the building is over 100 years old. and while all this work was going on, nobody in the building and all the people who work here, they were not disrutctionved. they were able to continue working. disrupted and as you heard we are 70% complete and very, very happy to be here for this grand opening. and as we heard from all the speeches today, it will be a world renowned center and public works is happy to be part of that. thank you very much. (applause) so, none of this could have happened without the support of the public health department. we are fortunate to be working under dr. thomas argon who heads up the population public health unit. we a