16-year-old boy fatally shot outside Scarborough plaza identified
Police have identified a teenage boy who was fatally shot in Scarborough’s L’Amoreaux neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon.
U.K. government advisers have recommended against giving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and people over 80 because data shows that a third shot offers lasting protection against admission to the hospital.
For people over 65, protection against hospitalization remains at about 90 per cent three months after the third dose, according to data compiled by the U.K. Health Security Agency.
As a result, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization on Friday advised the government that there was no need to offer a fourth dose, or second booster, to vulnerable people at this time.
Instead, the government should focus on giving a third dose to as many people as possible to boost protection against the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
"The current data show the booster dose is continuing to provide high levels of protection against severe disease, even for the most vulnerable older age groups," said Prof. Wei Shen Lim, the committee's chair. "For this reason, the committee has concluded there is no immediate need to introduce a second booster dose, though this will continue to be reviewed."
The U.K. is racing to offer booster shots to adults across the country after research showed that two doses were not enough to protect people from Omicron. The variant has fueled a surge in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.
The number of people in the U.K. hospitalized with COVID-19 rose to 18,454 on Thursday, more than double the figure two weeks earlier.
Rising staff absences at U.K. hospitals have already prompted the military to provide backup to beleaguered doctors and nurses.
More than 39,000 staff members at hospitals in England were off work for reasons related to COVID-19 on Jan. 2, up 59 per cent from the previous week, according to NHS England.
The respected trade publication, the Health Service Journal, said staff absences across the entire National Health Service, including mental health trusts and other areas, may be as high as 120,000.
Police have identified a teenage boy who was fatally shot in Scarborough’s L’Amoreaux neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon.
210,000 pounds of food was delivered to the Ottawa Food Bank on Saturday, the largest donation in its 40-year history.
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Part of Highway 400 was closed on Sunday after an Ontario Northland bus caught on fire.
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he is 'even more alarmed than before' after reading the un-redacted report alleging there are MPs and senators who are participating to some degree in foreign interference efforts.
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For Father's Day, CP24.com and CTVNewsToronto.ca reached out to local politicians, community advocates, and other prominent figures in the city to ask them to share what important lesson they have learned from their dads.
Fancy Pokket owner Mike Timani has decided to create a 220-foot long flat bread to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
If certain goals that are in the Paris Climate Accord aren't met, the existence of polar bears in the Hudson Bay may come to an end.
In an attempt to invite one of the most popular recording artists in the world to the land of living skies – the City of Swift Current has offered to rename itself in honour of Taylor Swift.
More than a dozen dogs arrived by Cargojet early Thursday morning to the People for Animal Wellbeing Shelter to find a permanent place to call home in New Brunswick.