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  Ontario, Alberta follow Manitoba, B.C. in giving AstraZeneca vaccine to 40 and up

  Starting today, those aged 40 and over in Ontario and Alberta are able to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

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  New Zealand expects Australia 'travel bubble' to stay open despite new virus case

  New Zealand authorities reported on Tuesday that a worker in Auckland airport has tested positive for COVID-19, but doubted whether the new case would warrant ordering a pause in quarantine-free travel with Australia.

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  Disinfecting surfaces to prevent COVID-19 often all for show, CDC advises

  The risk of surface transmission of COVID-19 is low, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. Far more important is airborne transmission -- and people who obsessively disinfect surfaces may be doing more harm than good.

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  AP source: Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine

  Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre can now begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine, a senior defence official told The Associated Press on Monday, months after a plan to inoculate them was scuttled over outrage that many Americans weren't eligible to receive the shots.

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  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.

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  COVID-19 may not actually infect the brain, but neurological damage persists: study

  A recent study suggests that COVID-19 likely doesn’t infect the brain itself, but researchers say common neurological symptoms found in those with the virus may be a result of the brain being deprived of oxygen, and immune cells misfiring.

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  Otters at Georgia Aquarium test positive for coronavirus

  The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta says its Asian small-clawed otters tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

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  Two COVID-19 cases pop up in Kinngait, Nunavut, unrelated to Iqaluit outbreak

  Nunavut is reporting two COVID-19 cases in Kinngait, Nunavut, but the territory's chief public health officer says they're not related to the ongoing outbreak in Iqaluit.

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  Greta Thunberg backs COVID-19 vaccine inequity fight

  Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Monday slammed the 'tragedy' of vaccine inequity as she donated 100,000 euros (US$120,000) from her foundation to the Covax scheme for global access to COVID-19 jabs.

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  'Staying home is a privilege': Ont. government needs to implement paid sick days, doctor says

  As more of the new Ontario restrictions come into effect this morning, experts are registering their dismay over how the new rules fail to address actual issues raised persistently by health-care workers — such as the need for paid sick days.