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1M vaccine doses to be delivered every week in next phase of COVID-19 immunizations: Fortin

OTTAWA — When Canada enters Phase 2 of the national mass COVID-19 immunization effort in April, federal officials are planning to receive “more than” one million doses of approved vaccines every week, on average. Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin, who is leading Canada’s logistical rollout and distribution of vaccines from the Public Health Agency of Canada, called […]

Curfew coming to Quebec as new, stronger lockdown takes effect on Saturday

MONTREAL — As of Saturday, Quebecers will be living under a curfew while the province struggles to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, Premier Francois Legault announced a “shock therapy” of several new lockdown measures on Wednesday afternoon. Among the measures is a curfew that will require Quebecers to be in their homes by 8 […]

Ontario reports record-high 3,519 new COVID-19 cases on deadliest day of pandemic so far

Ontario reported a single-day record of 3,519 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as well as 89 more deaths of people with the illness — the deadliest day so far of the entire pandemic for the province. “This has been a significant week for us,” said Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, noting […]

COVID-19 restrictions extended for 2 weeks, K-12 students will return to classrooms Monday: Kenney

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney announced on Thursday Alberta’s COVID-19 restrictions will be extended until at least Jan. 21. He also said students who chose to learn in person will return to the classroom on Monday. Kenney reported 968 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 6.4 per cent, 871 hospitalizations with 139 people in […]

Fewer tests, 400 cases: Alberta reports lowest daily COVID-19 case count in months

EDMONTON — Alberta reported about 400 new cases of COVID-19 in a preliminary update by the chief medical officer of health Sunday morning. The last time a daily case count from the province numbered in the 400s was Oct. 28. Dr. Deena Hinshaw noted fewer tests – about 8,100, or less than half of what […]

‘This is a deadly disease;’ Canada surpasses 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19

Canada surpassed 15,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, and at least one infectious disease expert says the somber milestone should be a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the dangers of the disease are overhyped. Quebec reported 37 deaths Monday, pushing Canada past 15,000. Health officials in that province said seven deaths took place in the […]

1 case of U.K. COVID-19 variant detected in Alberta

EDMONTON — Alberta has confirmed one case of the COVID-19 variant in a person who recently arrived from the United Kingdom. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw confirmed the case during an in-person update on Monday afternoon. “The good news is that this individual did everything they were supposed to do, following quarantine, […]

പ്രശസ്ത കവയിത്രി സുഗതകുമാരി അന്തരിച്ചു.

മലയാളമാകെ കവിതയുടെ രാത്രിമഴ പെയ്യിച്ച കവയിത്രി സുഗതകുമാരി ഇനി ഓര്‍മ. എണ്‍പത്തിയാറ് വയസ്സായിരുന്നു. കോവിഡ് ബാധയെത്തുടര്‍ന്ന് തിരുവനന്തപുരം മെഡിക്കല്‍ കോളേജിലെ തീവ്രപരിചരണത്തിലിരിക്കെയായിരുന്നു അന്ത്യം.  ആറന്മുളയിലെ വഴുവേലി തറവാട്ടില്‍ ഗാന്ധിയനും കവിയും കേരള നവോത്ഥാന പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങളുടെ അമരക്കാരനുമായിരുന്ന ബോധേശ്വരന്റെ (കേശവ പിള്ള) മകളായി 1934 ജനുവരി ഇരുപത്തി രണ്ടിനാണ് സുഗതകുമാരി ജനിച്ചത്. അക്കാലത്തെ പ്രശസ്ത സംസ്‌കൃതം പണ്ഡിതയായ വി. കെ കാര്‍ത്യായനി ടീച്ചറായിരുന്നു അമ്മ. തത്വശാസ്ത്രത്തില്‍ തിരുവനന്തപുരം യൂണിവേഴ്സ്റ്റി കോളേജില്‍ നിന്നും ബിരുദാനന്തര ബിരുദമെടുത്തശേഷം ധര്‍മാര്‍ഥ കാമമോക്ഷങ്ങളിലെ മോക്ഷം […]

Canada restricts travel from U.K. due to new COVID-19 strain

OTTAWA — The federal government is restricting travel from the U.K. for 72 hours in an effort to keep a contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 out of Canada. The travel ban comes into effect first thing Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter after an hours-long meeting with members of […]

Canada surpasses half a million COVID-19 cases

Canada has now recorded more than half a million cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic, adding more than 100,000 cases in the last two weeks. The grim milestone came after Saskatchewan reported 252 new cases of the disease today, bringing the national tally to 500,242. Quebec also set a new case […]