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Amid concerns about the emergence of variant strains, new COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada s two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease.
Ontario recorded 49 deaths even as its daily case count continued an ongoing decline, with 1,670 new infections. Quebec, which saw 53 more COVID-19-related deaths, reported 1,328 new cases.
Public health officials have raised concerns about the emergence of variants of the novel coronavirus, believed to be far more contagious. While the numbers of confirmed cases remained small, testing has only just begun to ramp up. It is a huge concern particularly at this point of the pandemic, when we are seeing downward trending of daily new cases across the country, said Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine, an epidemiologist at the University of Saskatchewan. This could actually see those trending down, reversing and going up again.
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A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at a pop-up vaccine clinic for EMS workers Center in Salt Lake City on January 5, 2021. File photo by The Associated Press/Rick Bowmer
A Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get the COVID-19 vaccine will have to answer for their alleged actions in a courtroom.
Former Great Canadian Gaming Corp. CEO Rodney Baker and his wife, Ekaterina Baker, were given summary tickets last week for violating the territory s Civil Emergency Measures Act, which carries fines of up to $1,000, plus fees.
The former president and CEO of the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation and his wife are facing charges including failure to self-isolate after allegedly chartering a plane to a small town in western Canada and posing as local workers to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The former president and CEO of the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation and his wife are facing charges including failure to self-isolate after allegedly chartering a plane to a small town in western Canada and posing as local workers to receive the coronavirus vaccine.