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Plane carrying doses of COVID-19 vaccines for kids touches down in Canada

HAMILTON — The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for children landed in Canada on Sunday, clearing the way for provinces and territories to gear up in earnest for the next phase of the national mass immunization campaign. A UPS plane

Tory vaccination status in spotlight after MP tests positive on eve of new Parliament

OTTAWA — Concern over the vaccination status of Conservative MPs was front and centre on the eve of a new session of Parliament after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. Quebec MP Richard Lehoux's diagnosis added urgency to the push

Quebec reports 707 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths

Quebec is reporting 707 new cases of COVID-19 today and three more deaths attributed to the virus. Health officials say COVID-19-related hospitalizations dropped by two from the day before to 199, while the number of patients in intensive care declined...

Ontario reports 741 new cases of COVID-19, three new deaths

Ontario is reporting 741 new cases of COVID-19 today as the province prepares to receive its first shipment of the children's vaccine. The daily case count is up slightly from the 728 reported on Saturday, and marks the fourth straight day

Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle

WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in President Joe Biden's sweeping social agenda bill. It's meant to break the cycle of annual price increases ...

Tens of thousands protest Belgium’s tighter COVID-19 rules

BRUSSELS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people demonstrated through central Brussels on Sunday to protest reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases.

‘I lost everything’: Guadeloupe riots overtake COVID protest

LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Residents in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France, expressed dismay Sunday after protests against COVID-19 restrictions erupted into rioting and looting for the third day in a row, prompting F...

UK to probe racial bias in medical devices after COVID toll

LONDON (AP) — The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately from COVID-19.

Austria begins national lockdown to fight surging infections

VIENNA (AP) — Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday to combat soaring coronavirus infections, a step being closely watched by other European governments struggling with national outbreaks that are straining health care systems.

Ukraine’s doctors pushed to the limit by COVID-19 wave

KAKHOVKA, Ukraine (AP) — As coronavirus infections hit Ukraine, a single shift for Dr. Oleksandr Molchanov now stretches to 42 hours — 24 of them in Kakhovka's hospital, followed by another 18 hours spent visiting tents set up to care

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