Friday, the latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world. This record will be updated on the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
3:30 p. m. Toronto reports 350 cases of COVID-19 to Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto City Medical Health Officer.
Toronto has noticed that nearly 10% of its total of 21,919 cases since the start of the pandemic has happened in the last 8 days, De Villa said at a press conference on Toronto’s COVID-19 today.
Ninety-five others are in the hospital, adding 26 in the intensive care unit. Twelve are being intubated, De Villa said.
“The progress we’ve made over the more than 8 months carries risks,” Mayor John Tory said.
Tory said it was a difficult Thanksgiving for the people of Toronto.
“This is an incredibly complicated moment.
“We have to do it and we will,” said Tory, who added that if the people of Toronto succeed, “we have a chance at a general Christmas. “
The 28-day recess imposed through the province’s resolution to move to a modified step 2 of blocking restrictions is to save you a broader and longer blockade, the mayor said.
“A healthy economy requires healthy people,” Tory said. ” The prestige quo is an option. “
“These measures show that this is a comprehensive technique to keep other people healthy and get them back to work,” Tory said.
The mayor thanked the federal and provincial governments for advanceting money for restaurants and small businesses.
De Villa said it would take a few weeks to see the effects of the new measures and asked others to accept them as true.
“This is a vital day for Toronto . . . The most vital day,” De Villa said.
He noted that the transition to a modified Stage 2 block can serve as a firewall and prevent the pandemic from without control.
“We have a chance of infection rate. “
“We will have to be aware that the virus is in a position to erupt if we let our guard down,” said De Villa, who added that those who have a duty of the government’s reaction to the crisis are aware of the intellectual consequences. that this entails Citizens.
“Reducing the spread of the virus means a Toronto where you can live and work,” he says.
“It will be a Thanksgiving that we will remember, but we prefer to forget,” De Villa said.
He said good luck controlling virs would give us anything to be grateful for next year.
She urges the people of Toronto to wonder if they are leaving home:
Do I go somewhere I have to go, or just somewhere I have to go through?
Can I take my trip?
Can I do what I want to do outside?
Can I stay away from others when I’m there?
Do I have my with me?
Lower infection rates may not occur overnight, De Villa said.
“We have to dedicate ourselves to living in order to live normally. “
When asked if the measures imposed across the province were sufficient, De Villa answered yes, but the City Council will review the awareness and the need for adjustments in the coming weeks.
A Toronto Star reporter noted that the province’s announcement of the new measures came a week after Toronto requested them and that as a result valuable days were lost to combat the number of COVID-19 cases.
Tory and De Villa declared it a complicated resolution for Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford to return to the form of the Stage 2 blockade.
Tory said the City is the choice of a winter playground program for restaurants to have.
He suggested Torontons to local restaurants by ordering or dining in the courtyards.
The City is postponing recreation systems starting where other people gather indoors, maintain their systems outdoors and also seek to expand more outdoor activities.
NOTE: A one-day COVID-19 contextual center will open Saturday in Downsview Park.
No appointments required and it’s free.
The Community Screening Center will be located at 40 Carl Hall Road, Unit 49 and will settle for 10am and 2pm appointment visits for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms or who has been in touch with whoever tested positive. .
The clinic is hosted through the Rhema Foundation Canada in partnership with Switch Health, Black Creek Community Health Center, Ontario Health Center and Team Rubicon Canada.
3:04 p. m. A hospital in southwest Ontario has reported that its COVID-19 screening center has been exorbitant with approximately one hundred non-visits consistent with the day since it switched to an appointment-only system.
A spokeswoman for Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, said Friday that it appears that other people seeking evidence are making reservations at the sites, but only show up for the appointments they want. more productive.
“We sense that everyone is frustrated and needs peace of mind to have a check,” Cheryl Evans said in an interview. “When booking, visit to stay at a checkup facility or center”
The hospital’s COVID evaluation center, which switched to an appointment formula in mid-September, has 550 test spaces available both one day, the maximum of which is filled within minutes of opening reservations both one and both in the morning, Evans said. .
But only about 450 tests are being done, as some other people simply don’t show up for appointments, he said.
Evans said the evaluation center tries to open appointments when it receives cancellations, but can only do so if those who made the initial booking tell the center they no longer want the space.
2:50 p. m. Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford announced a $300 million fund for small businesses affected by new closures and restrictions, with the elimination of taxes on provincial and municipal assets, as well as electric power and herbal fuel bills.
2:46 p. m. La World Health Organization reports a world record of 350,000 new cases of coronavirus.
The UN fitness firm says the displayed peak of 350,766 instances is approximately 12,000 a record set earlier this week, which generally includes more than 109,000 instances of Europe.
British scientists have reported that the coronavirus epidemic doubles every few weeks; French hospitals lack beds in the ICU; Spain has declared a state of emergency in Madrid for the outbreak of cases.
WHO’s head of emergency services, Dr Michael Ryan, declared global outbreaks and said there are “no new answers. “He says that while the company needs countries to avoid punishing economic blockades, governments will have to make sure that the most vulnerable people are and take steps to do so.
1:54 p. m. Three Manitoba residents died after COVID-19 outbreaks at two long-term care homes in Winnipeg.
Health officials say an 80- and 70-year-old died in connection with an outbreak at Parkview Place, while an 80-year-old at Heritage Lodge also died.
The province reports a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, specifically in Winnipeg.
84 new instances are reported throughout the province, 64 in the provincial capital.
Winnipeg underwent stricter restrictions on 28 September to halt the rise in numbers.
Masks are mandatory in indoor public spaces and meetings are limited to 10 people and outside.
1:50 p. m. Canada’s Deputy Director of Public Health says Canada is at one point in the COVID-19 pandemic and has canceled its Thanksgiving plans.
Dr Howard Njoo says his son will not stop in Ottawa after abandoning Montreal’s plans.
Both cities are COVID-19 hot spots.
He says it’s important that others in those places aren’t closer than other family members now.
This means that even members of the close circle of relatives remain separated if they do not live together.
1:49 p. m. Public fitness officials in New Brunswick report thirteen new cases of COVID-19.
There are now 37 active instances in the province and 238 instances since the start of the pandemic.
Officials convened a press conference this afternoon to provide more details.
With the accumulation of cases this week, the government has made the mask mandatory in the interior public places of the province.
1:49 p. m. Prime Minister Francois Legault called on Quebecers to make sacrifices and contact others over Thanksgiving weekend, as the government reported more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the seventh time in 8 days.
“Resist the temptation to see your friends and family,” Legault said at a news convention on Friday.
On Friday, the fitness government reported 1,102 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of in the province to 84,094.
Legault said the fact that the daily case rate remained strong over the next week was a sign that his government’s technique for combating the pandemic was working.
The government has imposed strict and partial closures in the most populated areas of the province, forcing bars, gyms and other collecting places to close. Interiors and collections are also prohibited.
1:15 p. m. According to Canada’s public fitness officer, if Americans reduce the number of others they come into contact with by 25-35%, this may be the wave of COVID-19.
Dr. Theresa Tam says some of that can happen if Americans don’t see so many people, but in some cases there will also be more restrictions imposed through the government.
(Update) 1:11 p. m. Ontario is imposing new restrictions on Toronto, the Peel region and Ottawa to curb the spread of COVID-19.
They will ban indoor meals in restaurants, bars, gyms, cinemas and casinos.
The measures shall enter into force and shall be in force for at least 28 days.
The government is also asking others in these spaces to leave their homes for fundamental purposes only.
The new restrictions occur when Ontario recorded new instances of COVID-19 on Friday, most commonly in Toronto, the Peel region, and Ottawa.
The government says that if existing trends continue, the province can simply revel in the “worst-case scenarios” noticed in northern Italy and New York City before the pandemic.
12:27 p. m. : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is creating a new emergency hiring grant that will provide budget directly to companies that want to pay their hiring.
The old rent subsidy paid to the owners. The new subsidy will cover up to 65% of rental prices eligible for companies that have lost profits due to COVID-19 and up to 90% for companies that must close completely due to the wave of the moment. COVID-19.
12:22 p. m Array: Trudeau says that on Thursday, Canada recorded the maximum instances of COVID-19 that it has recorded in a day without getting married since the start of the pandemic.
12:10 p. m. : The new leader of the Green Party asks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to adopt the ordinary resolution to suspend two federal part-elections in Toronto, adding one in which she seeks to win a seat in Parliament.
Annamie Paul, who is running for the vacant position of former finance minister Bill Morneau at the Toronto Centre, told the Star that she believed that holding the votes at the time the wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was taking place would force the electorate to make an “impossible choice” between participating in democracy and making sure they are protected from the fatal coronavirus.
She will be suspended at a later date by the Toronto Centre and the York Centre, recently scheduled for October 26.
Alex Balling all has the story.
11:30 a. m Array: A one-day emerging COVID-19 center will open Saturday in Downsview Park.
No appointments are required and it is free.
The Community Screening Center will be located at 40 Carl Hall Road, Unit 49 and will settle for 10am and 2pm appointment visits for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms or who has been in touch with whoever tested positive. .
The clinic is hosted through the Rhema Foundation Canada in partnership with Switch Health, Black Creek Community Health Center, Ontario Health Center, and Team Rubicon Canada.
11:15 a. m. : The Quebec fitness government today reports 1,102 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of in the province to 84,094.
Four deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours and 18 more have been linked to the new coronavirus. It is now believed that a death in the afterlife attributed to COVID-19 is due to other causes, bringing the death toll in Quebec to 5936.
Today, another 433 people are hospitalized, an increase of 8 from the previous day, with another 67 people in resuscitation, one less than the day before.
11:10 a. m Array: The number of new instances of COVID-19 in the Ontario public has increased from 56 to a total of 628 in the last two weeks.
In its most recent knowledge published Friday morning, the province reported that 32 more academics were inflamed for a total of 369 in the last two weeks; since the beginning of school, there have been 482 in total.
Ann Marie Elpa has the story.
10:15 a. m. Array: Ontario reports 939 cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted. This is the day the province has set a record for infections.
Locally, there are 336 new instances in Toronto, Peel, and 126 in Ottawa.
There are 724 instances resolved. More than 44,900 tests were conducted, Elliott said.
Computer modelers had warned that Ontario could obtain 1,000 new cases according to the day until mid-October.
The province also reports new deaths from the virus.
Ontario’s medical director of health said Thursday that he has new public fitness measures for the government to combat the increase.
Dr. David Williams would say what they are or when they could be implemented.
Three of Ontario’s most level-headed fitness advisers, adding Williams, have a press conference scheduled for 1 p. m.
10:04 a. m. : A case of COVID-19 shown at one of the best schools in northeast New Brunswick.
The director of Sugarloaf High School in Campbellton says the board is working with public fitness officials to identify other academics or who may have had contact with the individual.
In a post on social media, Michael O’Toole says his school, which is just across the border from Quebec, is closed to allow for cleaning and touch-tracking.
O’Toole says that academics living in Listuguj First Nation and Pointe-à-la-Croix on the Quebec side of the border will get laptops and other technologies that allow them to participate in distance learning.
10:04 a. m. : The New Brunswick Public Health Agency reported 3 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, one in Campbellton involving a 30-year-old user.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, Medical Director of Health, stated that the other two cases were travel-related and concerned with others in the Fredericton and Saint John areas.
There are a total of 24 active cases in the province, with 3 others hospitalized and one in intensive care.
Earlier this week, 19 others tested positive for the virus in an outbreak at the Notre-Dame Manor special care home in Moncton.
9:40 a. m. (update): Ontario is about to impose sudden new pandemic restrictions in time for Thanksgiving weekend, and the province reports a record of more than 900 new cases of COVID-19, the resources confirm.
Prime Minister Doug Ford’s closet is at an emergency assembly Friday morning to explore tougher measures to curb the immediate spread of the highly contagious virus in hot spots like Toronto, despite the prime minister’s insistence throughout the week that you cannot justify new features due to a problem. few ‘bad actors’ ».
Rob Ferguson of Star has the story.
9:15 a. m. : The city of Toronto suspends the following recreation systems and from Tuesday in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19.
These are: registered and educational systems such as skating and swimming, dance, fitness and organizational wellness systems; hockey games and scrums; non-recreational and street skating systems; table tennis, billiards, table football; Access to the city’s two greenhouses; and indoor spaces for social gatherings and sports/organization of fitness games.
These systems are considered to have the maximum threat of transmitting COVID-19 due to the fact that they are indoors.
The suspension of enrolled and educational systems will mean approximately 20,000 enrollees.
Jennifer Pagliaro’s star has the story.
8:38 a. m. : According to Statistics Canada, the country added 378,000 jobs in September, while Canadians adjusted to back-to-school routines and raised employment to 720,000 pre-pandemic levels.
The unemployment rate fell to 9. 0%, falling from the all-time high of 13. 7% in May.
The numbers exceeded the month’s profit expectations.
Financial literacy firm Refinitiv said economists’ estimates predicted a gain of 156,600 jobs and an unemployment rate of 9. 7%.
8:33 a. m. : The Sri Lankan government worked friday to involve the development of new coronavirus infections, ordering the closure of bars, restaurants, casinos, nightclubs and spas.
The Indian Ocean island country reported its first infection spread in more than two months over the weekend, which led to the discovery of a group centered around a clothing factory in a densely populated western province.
On Friday, the number of cluster-related infections increased to 1,053, with more than 2,000 people more invited to quarantine at home. Most of the inflamed are colleagues of the first patient, who works in the clothing factory.
8:19 a. m. : Ontario will succeed in a new high with more than 900 new instances of COVID-19 today, resources said. New severe restrictions are being implemented through Prime Minister Doug Ford’s office.
8 a. m. : The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) urges its 79,000 members to avoid open days and to use online assessments.
“With the increase in instances in Ontario, we will need to continue to restrict face-to-face interactions as much as imaginable and use virtual equipment first,” he said Friday.
Real estate was considered an essential activity after the end of the pandemic. In May, when the economy opened up and clients’ interest in real estate increased, OREA issued rules for safe exposures, but continued to recommend that agents use online sales tools. , communication and documentation where possible.
7:47 a. m . : The rate of coronavirus infection in England nearly doubled the week to October 1, adding to fears that a new wave of pandemic is spreading across the country.
“The number of infections has increased in recent weeks,” the Office of National Statistics said Friday. The rate increased to one in 240 from one in 470 a week earlier, he estimated.
The figures come as the UK government prepares to announce new restrictions for the country’s hardest-hit spaces from Monday, potentially adding the latest restaurants and bars. This week, England’s Medical Director of Public Health Yvonne Doyle warned that the trend towards more instances and hospitalizations “is of wonderful concern. “
7:30 a. m. : The record number of COVID-19 tests reported Thursday masks a shock in the Ontario system, with a decrease in the volumes of evaluation centers, high rates of positivity, and other provinces that rescue Ontario’s delay.
This week, Health Ontario ordered some hospitals in the Greater Toronto area to verify volumes at evaluation centers, according to a memorandum noted through the Star, as part of an effort to persistently queue undated checks.
At other hospitals in the Greater Toronto area, screening “targets” have remained the same, but the number of other people receiving swabs continues to decline, in some cases by nearly half. Doctors say the transfer to appointment-based bookings only moves queues online and shifts the accumulation of evidence before sample collection that follows.
Read the full Star story here.
6:40 a. m. : Coronavirus infections in Slovakia reached a record for the third consecutive day, reaching nearly 1,200 in a day for the first time.
The Ministry of Health said the increase in the number of other inflamed people had reached 1184 on Thursday, compared to the previous record of 1037 set a day earlier.
In reaction to record numbers, the government announced Friday that it would deploy 267 corps of army workers to help the government seek contacts, conduct tests and distribute protective equipment.
Prime Minister Igor Matovic said more restrictive measures would be imposed next week if the momentum slows down over the weekend.
6 a. m. : Russia has reported more than 12,000 new coronavirus infections, the largest buildup since the onset of the pandemic.
The government working group on the outbreak said the 12,126 infections reported Friday brought the country’s total to nearly 1. 3 million.
Russia lately has the fourth number of cases shown in the world and has reported more than 22,000 deaths.
The Russian government insists that there is no immediate plan to impose a momentary blockade on the country, which lifted the maximum of virus restrictions imposed in the spring.
5:22 a. m. : China joins the global alliance of coronavirus vaccines known as COVAX, which it had in the past refused to join, without a deadline in September.
China has 4 vaccine applicants at the last level of clinical trials, making it more complex in progression time than others.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China would come together to ensure a fair distribution of vaccines and in the hope that more capable countries would too. The precise terms of China’s agreement and contribution are not yet clear.
The alliance is designed for the participation of richer countries to help finance access to poorer countries, so Trump’s leadership in the United States refused to sign for him.
5:19 a. m. : India has reported 70,496 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s total since the start of the pandemic to more than 6. 9 million.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health reported 964 deaths in more than 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 106,490.
India is seeing infections spread at a slower rate than last month, when infections reached a record 97,894 cases, while India recorded an average of more than 70,000 cases so far this month.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, India has reported the highest number of cases in the world in the United States.
5:15 a. m. : New coronavirus infections reported in the Czech Republic were the highest for the third consecutive day, recording 5394 cases.
The new instances raise the country’s total since the start of the pandemic to more than 100,000.
The government responded by imposing new restrictive measures to accommodate the increase, some effective on Friday and others on Monday.
Among them, all theaters, cinemas, zoos, museums, galleries, gymnasiums and public pools will be closed for at least two weeks.
In addition, all indoor sports activities will be prohibited and only a maximum of 20 people will be able to participate in sports activities abroad, a measure that will hard affect professional competitions such as football leagues.
5:10 a. m. : The UK government is about to announce Friday that companies will retain staff in the coming months if they are forced to close due to new blocking restrictions.
As the government is likely to tighten restrictions on public life in the coming days to cope with a sharp increase in new coronavirus infections, the economy is feared to suffer a new one and that thousands of jobs will be lost.
Treasury Chief Rishi Sunak understood how “people are worried about the coming winter months. “
5:05 a. m. : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will today announce more federal investment for Canada’s food banks to help them meet the increase in demand for their cause through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trudeau revealed his plans for the “big announcement” Thursday night while participating in a virtual city corridor across the country with others leading or volunteering at food banks.
As the pandemic wave spreads across the country and as Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, he predicted that food banks would be put under increased pressure to feed those who can’t make the purchase or who are afraid to leave their homes to buy them. .
At the height of the first wave in April, the federal government donated $100 million to national, regional, and local organizations facing food insecurity, adding Canada’s Food Banks, Salvation Army, and Community Food Centers.
Friday at four o’clock in the morning: Ontario’s new Democrats offer a multimillion-dollar plan to reorganize the long-term care sector as the first of their 2022 election platform.
The official opposition is about to unveil its for the sector at a press conference this morning.
The plan calls for a shift to a public non-profit long-term care formula over an eight-year period, phasing out operators.
The party says it would also create another 50,000 homes in smaller “family” homes during this period.
The NDP estimates that the plan would charge $6 billion in capital prices for 8 years and $9. 5 billion in operating investment over six years.
The party also says it will increase workers’ wages by $5 an hour.
Thursday 5:16 p. m. Ontario Medical Director recommends new pandemic restrictions to Prime Minister Doug Ford after the province set a record with 797 COVID-19 cases before Thanksgiving weekend.
“Alarm bells are ringing louder and louder,” Dr. David Williams said.
“We don’t want to be locked up. You can do safe things and check to reduce,” he added.
The highly contagious virus now sees an average of 2. 1 out of a hundred people who test positive.
The positivity rate in Toronto and Ottawa is about 3%, with parts of Toronto as high as 10%, as revealed through the Star on Tuesday.
There are 23 new outbreaks and 112 in the following week, double the amount of more than two weeks.
While the Ontario Hospital Association and others have called for food and beverages to be terminated inside bars and restaurants, no action goes on so far, however, those institutions may see additional restrictions after the Premier consults with their closet and assembly.
Ford said it implied that the long weekend would lead to a new wave of cases, so additional measures will most likely be announced on Friday and suggested that Ontarians eat Thanksgiving dinner with just members of your own household.
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