Here’s your update with everything you want to know about the COVID-19 scenario in British Columbia and internationally from July 29 to August 29. 1, 2022.
We’ll provide summaries of what’s happening here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly every day of this week, with progress added as we go, so don’t check back. frequently.
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Here are the B. C. Figures given on July 28:
• Hospitalized cases: 401 • Intensive care: 35 • New cases: 921 in seven days until July 21 • Total cases shown: 378,291 • Total deaths in seven days to July 23: 29 (total 3,908)
Read the full report here| Next update: August at 3 p. m. m. (or later)
• Experts say that others with the greatest threat of serious illness who have not yet earned a COVID-19 booster moment deserve not to wait for the next-generation Omicron-targeted vaccines due to launch in the fall. • Two new studies point to rainy Wuhan market as most likely source of COVID • Ontario doctor suspended for spreading COVID misinformation • Japan urges regions to organize COVID response as variant spreads • Project of COVID-19 monitoring in Canada’s long-term care suspended due to lack of knowledge • Airport COVID measures derail Israeli terror survivors to Canada’s wonderland • COVID-19 vaccine stockpiles open for toddlers and young children in Ontario Add sexual disorder and hair loss to list of prolonged COVID symptoms: examine five start receiving COVID -19 vaccines, Quebec is suggested to replace messaging • Omicron BA. 5 accounts for 82% of Variants of COVID in US: CDC • Calls from ers and mavens increase to get rid of ArriveCan app despite constant factor • President US President Joe Biden ‘feels good’ and plans to end COVID isolation until end of week
People most at risk of severe illness who have not yet gained a moment of COVID-19 booster do not expect the next-generation vaccines targeting Omicron that are expected in the fall, five vaccine experts told Reuters.
In many countries in addition to the United States, the BA. 5 Omicron subvariant of the virus is booming, but existing vaccines continue to offer coverage rather than hospitalization for serious illness and death.
And, as the virus evolves, it’s unclear which edition will be widely released in the fall or whether the new vaccines, intended for BA. 4/5 in the U. S. will be released. The U. S. and BA. 1 in Europe will be a smart combination.
“If you want a reminder, get it now,” said Dr. John Moore, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, co-author of an editorial on the topic being studied recently.
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— Reuters
Students who make plans to live in the University of Toronto apartments will want to receive two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine and at least one booster dose before moving in September.
The university says it recently reinstated the vaccination requirement for academics and workers living in its residences.
The school says in a note to students and that being up to date on COVID-19 vaccines provides the most effective coverage compared to serious illnesses.
The university stopped requiring evidence of vaccination for those who took in-person categories on May 1.
It has also lifted its mask mandate in its interior spaces.
The university still encourages others to wear medical masks in high-density indoor spaces when physical distancing is not possible.
— The Canadian press
Quebec’s public fitness leader urges all citizens to get vaccinated if it’s been months or more since their last dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The booster shot is especially important for others 60 and older and for other people with chronic illnesses, Dr. Luc Boileau said Friday. Still, Quebecers of all ages would benefit from a new dose because the coverage provided by the vaccine decreases over time. Said. People who contracted COVID-19 in May, June or July are asked to wait 3 months and then get vaccinated, he added.
“If it’s been five months since you got a booster dose, it’s time to get a new one because immunity decreases after five or six months,” Boileau told a news convention in Montreal. “We will be careful to give ourselves each and every one of the most productive possibilities to avoid a serious illness. This is to update your immunity.
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— Montreal Gazette
Two new studies provide further evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a market in Wuhan, China, where live animals were sold, further reinforcing the theory that the virus appeared in nature rather than escaping a Chinese lab.
The study, published online Tuesday by the journal Science, shows that Huanan’s seafood wholesale market is likely to be the first epicenter of the scourge that has now killed nearly 6. 4 million people worldwide. Scientists conclude that the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, has most likely spread twice from animals to humans.
“All this evidence tells us the same thing: it’s directly targeting this specific market in the middle of Wuhan,” said Kristian Andersen, a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research and co-author of one of the studies. “I myself was convinced of the leak from the lab until we examined it very thoroughly and took a closer look at it. “
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– The Associated Press
Dr. Jeff Matheson isn’t exactly aware of the message with COVID-19.
The Toronto-area doctor refused to wear a mask and suggested patients take off theirs, saying they had done harm. He told them that the pandemic was a media hoax designed to gain advantages from other people like Bill Gates, that COVID control effects were being sold to China for DNA sequencing, and that parents deserve to sue schools if they force their children to cover their faces.
Ontario’s medical regulator recently suspended Matheson’s license for months and called his moves “shameful, dishonorable and unprofessional. “
But the doctor who denies COVID is the only one.
Throughout the pandemic, court cases have reached schools of doctors and surgeons accusing doctors of flouting public fitness rules, selling conspiracy theories, prescribing unproven treatments, and issuing fake vaccine exemption letters.
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—Tom Blackwell, National Mail
Japan is encouraging the regional government to take steps to involve a new variant of coronavirus that has sent cases to record levels, there is no plan for drastic national measures.
A seventh wave of COVID-19 brought the daily number of new cases in Japan to a record 233,094 on Thursday as the BA. 5 variant spreads, putting pressure on healthcare and disrupting some of the company’s operations.
Japan never imposed national closures in other countries and instead periodically asked other people to stay at home as much as possible and limited the opening hours of restaurants and bars.
On Friday, Chief Cabinet Deputy Secretary Seiji Kihara said the regional government adapted its reaction to their express situations.
“Instead of a national response, we need the regional government’s efforts to be based on their local situations,” Kihara told a regular news conference.
—Reuters
A group of experts collecting information on COVID-19 in Canadian nursing homes says it wants to avoid their jobs because provinces are no longer making data on the spread of the virus in the sector sufficiently public. Contents
The task led by the National Institute on Aging, founded at Metro University in Toronto, was presented in April 2020 and presents detailed information on cases, outbreaks and deaths in long-term care homes in map form, with a summary for each province. and territory. .
He has experience with organizations such as the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Health Data Institute and has contributed to domestic and foreign studies on COVID-19 in a field that has recorded a large proportion of deaths from the virus in Canada.
But provinces have been sharing less knowledge about outbreaks and instances since the beginning of this year and the data is being made public much less than in the past. The scenario has reached a point where it is now too complicated to keep the task of the expert group alive. Said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of fitness policy studies at the institute.
—The Canadian press
An organization of Israeli summer campers, all victims of terrorist violence, had to spend the first day of a charity-sponsored vacation in Canada on Wednesday struggling to meet the COVID testing deadline instead of visiting Canada’s Wonderland, after nearly a portion of the 33 young people settled on random testing at the Toronto airport. according to the organizers.
“We woke up with 15 emails, informing 15 of the young people that they want to get tested,” said a charity organiser.
Rules for the federal government’s new off-site random testing program for foreign arrivals require anyone selected for random testing to full testing over the next day.
The situation became even more complex as young people do not speak English and stayed with families in the Greater Toronto area, forcing organizers to address various issues in the city on Wednesday to help young people meet the draw deadline. That meant canceling all paid trips to Niagara Falls and Wonderland Canada on Wednesday, and organizers spent the day helping the 15 campers fill out the paperwork and locate a LifeLabs location in a position to verify them all at once.
—Bryan Passifium
Ontario parents can make an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine for their toddlers and preschoolers starting today.
The province’s booking portal opened pediatric vaccination appointments for young people from six months to less than five years old at 8 a. m.
Families can also schedule appointments through their own booking systems, as well as some number one care providers and pharmacies.
Clinics for the little ones are expected to increase across the province in the coming days and some plan to schedule appointments today.
Toronto Public Health says it plans to start giving shots to young children today and some pharmacies will also start vaccinating.
—The Canadian Press
Add hair loss and libido to COVID-related symptoms, British researchers warn.
By comparison, nearly part of a million people who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infections before mid-April 2021, without being hospitalized, with nearly two million uninfected people of age, sex and fitness.
Overall, 62 persistent symptoms were linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection after 12 weeks, the researchers reported Monday in Nature Medicine.
Among the most common were shortness of breath, distortions of smell, chest pain and fever, but also examined known memory problems, inability to perform familiar movements or orders, intestinal incontinence, erectile dysfunction, hallucinations and swelling of the limbs as more. it is not unusual in people with a long COVID.
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— Reuters
MONTREAL — A pediatrician at a Montreal children’s hospital said Monday that the government wants to do more to promote vaccinating young children against COVID-19.
As Quebec’s vaccination crusade opened up to children older than six months to five years, Dr. Olivier Drouin said the message from health officials was ambiguous and left parents unsure of what to do.
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, parents have been told that young children get sick,” Drouin, a doctor at MONTREAL’s CHU Sainte-Justine, said in an interview. “So why would they want to vaccinate them?”
The government’s message, he said, has focused too much on reducing the threat of infection in children. It’s a mistake, he says. ” The message will have to move from reducing the threat of infection to reducing its severity. “
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—The Canadian press
Omicron’s BA. 5 suboperation is estimated to account for 81. 9 of the coronavirus variants circulating in the U. S. In the U. S. food and drug administration during the week ending July 23, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. USA
This prevalence is higher than the 75. 9% estimated last week.
BA. 5 has led to a wave of new infections internationally and has been shown to be effective in evading immune coverage presented through vaccination or a past infection.
Omicron’s BA. 4 subprooperation is estimated to account for 12. 9 of the flow variants in the United States, according to the data.
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— Reuters
Calls to remove the ArriveCan app continue from doctors and generation experts as travelers, even after the government constant a technical factor that required some users to quarantine unnecessarily.
While the flaw was constant last Wednesday, social media platforms are filled with messages from passengers complaining that the app in general isn’t user-friendly.
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— The Canadian press
MASKS: Masks are not mandatory in enclosed public places, individual companies and event organizers may decide to require them.
Masks are also recommended, although not mandatory, on public transport and in British Columbia. On ferries, they are still needed in federally regulated travel spaces, such as trains, airports, and airplanes, and in health care facilities.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS: Lately there are no restrictions on meetings and occasions such as meetings, weddings, funerals, religious services, training and fitness activities and swimming pools. There are also no restrictions or capacity limits for restaurants, pubs, bars and nightclubs. ; and without restrictions on sports activities.
NURSING HOMES: There are no capacity restrictions for visitors to long-term care services and assisted living services, however, visitors will be required to provide evidence of vaccination before traveling. a medical exemption and visitors attending compassionate end-of-life visits.
Visitors to senior apartments must also take an immediate antigen screen before visiting the facility or be screened upon arrival. Exemptions from the screening are available to others who provide compassionate care or end-of-life care.
Anyone living in Colombie-Britannique. et eligible for a vaccine can get one by following these steps:
• Register online at passv. bc. ca/getvaccinated to schedule an appointment in your community. • Or, if you prefer, you can log in and then move on to an walk-in clinic from your fitness authority. • The formula will notify you when it’s time to take your current dose. • The same formula will also alert you when it’s time to give your booster dose.
TESTING CENTERS: COVID-19 check collection centers in British Columbia lately only screen other people with symptoms who are hospitalized, pregnant, considered high-risk, or living/working with high-risk individuals. You can find a check in the middle of B. C. Map of the Centers for Disease Control.
If you have mild symptoms, you don’t want a check-up and stay home until the fever goes away. Those who don’t have symptoms don’t want control.
RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS TO TAKE AWAY: Eligible British Colombian citizens over the age of 18 with a non-public fitness number can go to a pharmacy to get a loose takeaway control kit containing five immediate COVID-19 antigen checks.
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