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After holding the Golden Globe Awards, the stars were forced to stay home after the Critics Choice Awards less than a week later due to COVID.
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis shared the news in an Instagram post ahead of Sunday’s event with a photo of a positive COVID test. She had previously attended the Globes, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything, Everywhere, All of a Sudden Everything.
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“Unfortunately, this cheerleader will not be at all at the weekend festivities to cheer on her friends and colleagues. Life at the rhythm of life,” he wrote. I’m glad there are all those tests at home so I don’t go to lunch @americanfilminstitute and spread my germs. “
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Other stars who had to leave the occasion this weekend after testing positive for COVID included Colin Farrell, Michelle Pfeiffer and Brendan Gleeson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gleeson and Farrell attended the Golden Globes, where Farrell won Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin.
Pfeiffer intended to attend the Critics Choice Awards to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to actor Jeff Bridges. Both starred in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys.
“I’m sorry to miss the Critics Choice Awards today. Yes, Covid,” he wrote on Instagram.
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This comes as experts warn about the rise of COVID in the U. S. U. S. Hospital admissions for COVID patients are at the fourth-highest rate of the pandemic, according to knowledge from the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of COVID-related patients deaths rose from 2705 to 3907 in just one week, from January 4 to 11.
Meanwhile, in Canada, at the beginning of the new year, the director of public health, Dr. Theresa Tam said Canadians stay informed about their vaccinations, continue to wear masks indoors when there are many people or when visiting vulnerable people, and stay home when sick.
“The overall good news is that even when cases are increasing, ICU admissions and deaths are low, so that’s what we want to track, because right now our overall purpose is to lessen the serious consequences,” he told The Canadian Press.
In a recent post on Twitter, Tam said it was still “too early” to let his guard down.
In Canada, adjustments in the population immunity point and existing global trends suggest that a slight accumulation of #COVID19 is likely to occur in the new year. With other respiratory viruses also circulating, it’s too early to let our guard down. #VaccinsPlushttps ://t. co/PNJH42zw2g pic. twitter. com/kY7WUxlr65
“In Canada, diversification in the point of population immunity and existing global trends suggest that a slight accumulation of #COVID19 may occur in the new year,” he said. “With other respiratory viruses also circulating, it’s too early to let our guard down. “
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