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  • A passenger from Air India flight 187 from New Delhi arrives at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Wednesday April 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Canada imposes ban on passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

    The federal government is imposing a 30-day ban on all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday at 11:30 p.m. EST, as COVID-19 infections continue to surge in those countries.

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Vaccine rollout

  • In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, senior Clinical Research Nurse Ajithkumar Sukumaran prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer, at a clinic in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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    Coronavirus vaccination tracker: How many people in Canada have received shots?

    Vaccines to protect against COVID-19 are being approved in Canada and elsewhere. (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

    Here's where and when you can get a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada

    Pharmacist Barbara Violo arranges all the empty vials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that she has provided to customers at the Junction Chemist in Toronto, on April 19, 2021. (Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

    Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

    Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, Vice-President of Logistics and Operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada, speaks during a technical briefing on the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

    1.9M vaccine doses coming next week, but Canada could administer 3.1M: PHAC head

  • President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations at the White House, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    'We hope to help a little more': Biden says he spoke to Trudeau about more vaccines

    Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    AstraZeneca advice from national panel delayed by new data on COVID-19 and variants

    Residents of Toronto's Jane and Finch neighbourhood, in the M3N postal code, line up at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

    Lineups here, unused doses there: Are COVID-19 shots getting to the places that need them most?

    A vaccination clinic planned for Cargill workers at the plant outside High River, Alta. has been postponed. (file)

    Site of COVID-19 outbreak last year: Vaccination clinic at Alberta beef plant postponed

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

  • This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)

    Tracking variants of the novel coronavirus in Canada

    Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    Canada watching COVID-19 surge in India closely, but country-specific travel restrictions 'only go so far': Tam

    A researcher at Aalborg University screens and analyzes positive Danish COVID-19 tests for the new virus variant, in Aalborg, Denmark, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

    COVID-19 variant of interest vs. variant of concern: What does it mean?

    An electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (AFP)

    First case of 'double mutant' COVID-19 variant confirmed in Quebec

  • A laboratory technical assistant at LifeLabs, handles a specimen to be tested for COVID-19 after scanning its barcode upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

    5 P.1 variant cases detected in Sask.

    A lone traveler enters the Calgary Airport in Calgary, Alta., Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

    PHAC suspends added screening guidelines for travellers from Brazil amid COVID-19 variant surge in Canada

    A pregnant woman is shown in this stock image. (Pexels)

    Brazil asks women to delay pregnancy over new coronavirus variant fears

    Two new studies found no evidence that people with the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant experience worse symptoms . (AFP)

    B.1.1.7 variant not linked to more serious infections: study



Cases in Canada

  • Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provided, from Edmonton on Thursday, April 15, 2021, an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health. (photography by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta)

    Alberta reports 1,857 cases, identifies B.1.617 variant

    Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix provide an update on COVID-19 on April 19, 2021. (Province of BC/Flickr)

    1,006 new cases, hospitalizations reach another record in B.C.

    A nurse gets a swab ready to perform a test on a patient at a drive-in COVID-19 clinic in Montreal, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

    Sask. reports 254 new COVID-19 cases; 1 death

    In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, medical personnel don PPE while attending to a patient who is not infected with COVID-19, in a section of New York's Bellevue Hospital outfitted to care for COVID-19 patients. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

    N.S. announces 'near full-lockdown measures' for Halifax area

VACCINES EXPLAINED

  • A new study out of New York suggests, for fully vaccinated people, the risk of still getting COVID-19 remains extremely low. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

    Risk of getting COVID-19 after full vaccination extremely low: new study

    FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2021 file photo a health worker shows the media how she prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered to a patient. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

    Blood clots from AstraZeneca shot reach rate of 7.9 per million doses: British regulator

    Doctors are worried that coronavirus may end up being like influenza, which requires a new vaccine every year both because the circulating strains mutate fast and because immunity from the vaccine wears off quickly. (Sergio Flores/Getty Images)

    How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last?

    Elaine McCartney is pictured at her home in Guelph, Ont. (Courtesy of Elaine McCartney)

    Some COVID-19 long-haulers reporting improved symptoms after being vaccinated

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    U.S. preparing for 1-year COVID-19 booster shots; Pfizer chief sees need

    The blood clots seen in a handful of people vaccinated with AstraZeneca are described by the French Medicines Agency (ANSM) as 'highly untypical.' (AFP)

    AstraZeneca very safe, effective, with extremely rare risk of clots: Health Canada

    In this Wednesday, March 24, 2021 image from video provided by Duke Health, Alejandra Gerardo, 9, looks up to her mom, Dr. Susanna Naggie, as she gets the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations during a clinical trial for children at Duke Health in Durham, N.C. In the U.S. and abroad, researchers are beginning to test younger and younger kids, to make sure the shots are safe and work for each age. (Shawn Rocco/Duke Health via AP)

    Children and COVID-19 vaccines: What you need to know

    A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, is removed from a portable cold storage box in preparation for a vaccination, in Machakos, Kenya, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP / Brian Inganga)

    Doctors' message for anyone worried by blood clot news: 'They're good vaccines'

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    COVID-19 raises risks for expectant mothers and babies, study says

    A new computer modeling study shows how a flushing toilet can send a cloud of little particles containing fecal matter into the air that could carry coronavirus. (Shutterstock/CNN)

    Don't linger after you flush: Public toilets may spread COVID-19 aerosols, study finds

  • A health-care worker administers the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

    How a Twitter account is helping Canadians find vaccination appointments

    Health-care staff get ready to prone a 47-year-old woman who has COVID-19 and is intubated on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

    Ont. doctor admits 3 COVID-19 patients to ICU after they turned down vaccines

    Canadian data shows pregnant women are five times more likely to get infected and hospitalized than women who aren't pregnant, and doctors are urging pregnant people to receive the vaccine if they are eligible.

    Worst fear come true: Toronto woman was in ICU with COVID-19 days before giving birth

    A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., Saturday, April 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

    Why some Canadians believe delaying their COVID-19 vaccination is the ethical choice

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    Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo participates in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

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    Health-care worker Thi Nguyen administers Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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    A researcher at Aalborg University screens and analyzes positive Danish COVID-19 tests for the new virus variant, in Aalborg, Denmark, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

    WATCH:Quebec confirms first case variant that emerged in India

POLITICS

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INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

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    COVID-19 curves: Compare Canada and other key nations

    Visit CTVNews.ca for an interactive look at the COVID-19 outbreak in key countries.

  • Migrant laborers sit in a bus to travel to their villages following a six-day lockdown put into place to control the rising cases of coronavirus infections, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

    India records global high 314,835 cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours

    India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world's second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.

    A couple wearing face masks take pictures at the world-famous Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

    Dutch coronavirus infections rise ahead of lockdown easing

    The Dutch public health institute said Thursday that 9,648 new coronavirus infections were recorded over the past 24 hours, in the highest daily increase since January. The news came just days before planned relaxations in the country's months-long lockdown.

    FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2021 file photo a health worker shows the media how she prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered to a patient. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

    Blood clots from AstraZeneca shot reach rate of 7.9 per million doses: British regulator

    Britain's medicines regulator on Thursday said there had been 168 major blood clots following a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, a rate of 7.9 clots per million doses, a jump in incidence from the previous week's figure.

How it affects me

  • A woman sits on a bed with her head bowed in this stock image (Pexels/Alex Green)

    Feelings of isolation worse now than at any point during pandemic: report

    A year into the pandemic, a new mental health report by Morneau Shepell says that isolation is taking its greatest toll yet on Canadians.

  • Visitors line up at a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Parkway Forest Community Centre in Toronto on Monday, April 19, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Why you shouldn't ask people how they got their COVID-19 shot before you

    Canadians are being reminded by experts not to question others on how they were eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccine as they may have underlying health conditions they want to keep private.

    A customer walks into a Cannabis dispensary on Queen St. in Toronto, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

    How has Canada's cannabis use changed since legalization and the pandemic?

    The number of Canadians who use cannabis either occasionally or daily has increased in the three years since legalization, with more than one in three reporting an increase in their consumption during the pandemic.

    A woman wears a face mask and latex gloves as she talks on her phone in Montreal, Saturday, June 6, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Graham Hughes)

    The pandemic forced us to create habits that benefit the Earth and ourselves. Here's what to keep

    Some of our pandemic behaviours have benefited the environment, like buying locally, reducing our commutes and flying less. Other habits have reduced our odds of catching other illnesses.

Your finances during the crisis

  • A person looks at a Canada Revenue Agency homepage in Montreal, Sunday, August 16, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

    Filing 2020 taxes late could lead to months of delays for COVID-19 financial aid, says CRA

    With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.

  • A young woman in bed while at home sick. (Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels)

    Why doctors, advocates are calling for permanent paid sick days for Canadian workers

    Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference in the Parliamentary precinct on the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuesday April 6, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Sickness benefit available, feds willing to help provinces vaccinate: PM Trudeau

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.

    In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a delivery worker rides his bicycle along a path on the West Side Highway in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

    As Liberals consider EI update, gig workers hope to qualify for social safety net

    The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.



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