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• Holiday getaway pushes U.S. airport traffic to pandemic high

  The Fourth of July holiday weekend is jamming U.S. airports with their biggest crowds since the pandemic began in 2020.

  

• Omicron-specific COVID shots could increase protection as boosters: European regulators

  Coronavirus vaccines tweaked to include the Omicron variant strain can improve protection when used as a booster, the European Medicines Agency and other global health regulators said on Friday.

  

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  WATCH | Physician expects new COVID-19 variants every few months: 'Whole world is a petri dish'

  An emergency room physician in Toronto is warning that COVID-19 variants will continue to 'mutate endlessly' as the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are poised to become the dominant strains of the virus.

  

• North Korea suggests balloons, 'alien things' from South Korea brought COVID-19

  North Korea suggested Friday its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea — a highly questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to hold its rival responsible amid increasing tensions.

  

• Russia scraps remaining COVID-19 restrictions

  Russia said on Friday it was ending all restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19, including the requirement to wear masks, citing a steady decline in deaths from the virus.

• Pre-pandemic sized crowds descend on U.S. airports for holiday

  The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in America in 2019, before the pandemic.

• Lack of certification during pandemic fuelling lifeguard shortage, officials say

  A lack of programs to certify lifeguards amid the COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to the industry-wide shortage seen in Canada, a Toronto city official says.

• Have you been affected by airport delays or cancelled flights? We want to hear from you

  Have you been affected by airport delays or flight cancellations? Have you arrived at your destination without your luggage? Did you have to cancel a trip because your passport didn’t arrive in time? We want to hear from you. Email CTVNews.ca at dotcom@bellmedia.ca.

• Omicron cousin BA.5 predicted to cause nearly 70 per cent of COVID-19 cases by Canada Day

  Researchers examining the threat of emerging COVID-19 strains predict Omicron BA.5 will account for nearly 70 per cent of cases in much of the country by Canada Day.

• Ontario reports week-over-week uptick in COVID hospitalizations for first time since May

  Ontario is reporting a week-over week uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since May.

• NACI recommends fall COVID-19 booster in advance of possible future wave

  The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending booster shots this fall in advance of a possible future wave of COVID-19 in Canada.

• COVID-19 at Wimbledon: 3 top-20 men out after positive tests

  At Wimbledon, where the All England Club is following British government guidance that requires neither shots nor testing, three of the top 20 seeded men have withdrawn over the first four days of action because they got COVID-19.