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Ontario releases school absenteeism data as kids return to in-person learning

More than one out of five Toronto students were absent from schools on Friday. The province is now releasing this type of data, although public health units and schools are no longer required to report COVID-19 cases. Brittany Rosen has more.

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Ontario now the only province or territory without a child-care deal with Ottawa

On Monday, Nunavut’s government penned a deal with Ottawa for more affordable child-care. The Ford government is the only province or territory to not find common ground, leading to more frustrations and political jockeying.

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News Scan for Jan 24, 2022

A new Canadian study shows visits for mental health and substance abuse problems by physicians increased 27% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is published in JAMA Network Open.The study was based on mental health and substance use outpatient

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Waterloo school board warns of bus cancellations due to COVID-19

3,861 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 615 in intensive care “Bus companies are now experiencing an increase in driver absences due to COVID-19 isolation.”The board says that 90 per cent of bus routes are currently running normally although some routes have had delays of more than 50 minutes.It says this has meant that STSWR will be cancelling some routes between January 25 and February 18.The board did not say which routes would be cancelled but did note that the cancellation would be communicated to the affected students and families.

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3,861 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 615 in intensive care

COVID on Monday with 615 in intensive care units.This is up by 64 hospitalizations and an increase of 11 in ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Those figures aren’t updated on Mondays, however, due to incomplete data reporting from hospitals over the weekend.However, figures from last week show roughly 44 per cent of those hospitalized with COVID were admitted for other reasons. Of those in intensive care with the virus, roughly 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.3,861 people are hospitalized with #COVID19.

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Majority of Canadians support more COVID-19 restrictions for unvaccinated: poll

COVID-19 and concerns around the Omicron variant wave rising in the country, a majority of Canadians are in favour of imposing more restrictions on those who have not gotten the shots yet, according to new polling.An Ipsos poll published Monday and conducted exclusively for Global News showed that 67 per cent want the government to impose further measures on the unvaccinated population, with nearly half (49 per cent) of the respondents blaming the unvaccinated for prolonging the pandemic – now entering its third year. Canadians’ support for lockdowns, government dips amid Omicron COVID-19 wave, poll finds This comes as some provinces in the country, like Ontario and British Columbia, are already moving ahead with easing restrictions based on key metrics such as hospitalizations and intensive care admissions.Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos public affairs, said Canadians have become increasingly polarized when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations, lockdowns and the pandemic in general.“What we’ve seen over the space of, particularly Omicron, is that people are becoming more divided,” he told Global News.Those divisions were made further evident in this latest poll, as 52 per cent said they were in favour of putting a tax on the unvaccinated, while 48 per cent opposed that measure.Earlier this month, Quebec became the first province in Canada to announce its plan to impose a tax on adults who choose to remain unvaccinated.

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USC to resume in-person classes Monday; UCLA on Jan. 31

LOS ANGELES - The University of Southern California, which began the spring semester remotely due to locally rising COVID-19 cases, will welcome students back to campus on Monday.Remote classes began Jan. 10, and were originally set to revert to in-person instruction on Jan. 18, the Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Jr.

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Oxford High School students return to building for first time since November shooting

OXFORD, Mich. (FOX 2) - Oxford High School students will be back in the classroom at the building Monday.Classes have not been held at the building since the Nov.

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Staffing shortages hitting Ontario home care sector, organization says

Ontario long-term care sees staff absences of 20% to 30% amid COVID outbreaks It says the situation is even more dire given the high number of staff absences as workers are exposed to or infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.The organization says the shortage is also putting added strain on Ontario’s hospital system, as the latest numbers from the province show 582 patients would be eligible to leave hospital with publicly funded home care, were the resources available.“We’re being deluged with calls and we do not have the staff to respond,” said Sue VanderBent, CEO of Home Care Ontario. “There are no longer enough nurses and personal support workers in the system to provide people with the help they need at home.”The organization said staff in the sector are paid less than their equivalents in other parts of the health-care system, though they perform similar work.For example, personal support workers are paid at least $5 per hour more if they work in long-term care homes or hospitals, Home Care Ontario said.

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London, Ont. youth sports to return as Ontario lifts COVID-19 restrictions

sports.Starting Jan. 31, Ontario will begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions on select businesses, including allowing 50 per cent capacity in restaurants, retailers and sports and recreational fitness facilities.In a statement to Global News, the province confirmed that as of Jan.

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Canadians may see less food in grocery stores, but experts say no need to panic

some food items and increased prices as the Omicron COVID-19 variant snags supply chains and a vaccine mandate takes effect for cross-border truckers, according to industry experts.However, they say that Canadians should not worry about food availability and that no one needs to panic buy.“There is food on the grocery shelves,” said Michelle Wasylyshen, spokesperson for the Retail Council of Canada, which represents big-box grocery stores in the country.She said, though, that there could be shortages of certain products, such as soups, cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables, and meats. Grocery stores could close if labour, product shortages worsen: experts Some Canadians may have noticed empty shelves recently, but Wasylyshen said that is a result of the winter storm that hit Canada over the previous week.While weather plays a role in shipment delays, other, long-term issues still persist that has the retail council “concerned,” Wasylyshen said.These include labour shortages from absenteeism and the Omicron COVID-19 wave, which has caused workers to have to isolate and impacted operations.Fortunately, both British Columbia and Ontario have said that it appears the peak of the fifth wave of the pandemic has been reached, so more workers are expected to return, Wasylyshen said.Another hit likely to impact supply is the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers on both sides of the border.Canada’s mandate came into effect on Jan.

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Phased return to the workplace starts today

Employers can start bringing staff back into the workplace from today onwards, following the announcement of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions on Friday.

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‘Mission: Impossible 7’ delayed once again due to COVID

Mission: Impossible 7 has been delayed once again due to continuing concerns around COVID.Last September, the seventh film in Tom Cruise’s franchise was pushed back to September 30, 2022, four months after its original slated release on May 27, 2022. Before that, its original date for release was first set for July 2021.Paramount Pictures and Skydance have now announced that the movie will now come out on July 14, 2023 after COVID continued to impact production on the film, which has taken place in the UK.The eighth film in the series, being filmed concurrently with the seventh, will now not come out until July 28, 2024, a year later than most recently planned.“After thoughtful consideration, Paramount Pictures and Skydance have decided to postpone the release dates for Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 in response to delays due to the ongoing pandemic,” the studios said in a joint statement.“We look forward to providing moviegoers with an unparalleled theatrical experience.”Tom Cruise has been filming Mission: Impossible 7 throughout the UK, popping up in Birmingham restaurants and a Warwickshire family’s garden via helicopter.Most recently, the actor’s bodyguard had his car stolen while filming in Birmingham, which was believed to have contained thousands of pounds worth of goods belonging to Cruise.Last year, Cruise explained how he kept the set of Mission: Impossible 7 running during the pandemic.The actor, who both produces and stars in the action movie, told Empire about the protocols put in place to keep filming safely.

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Ontario Hockey League postpones 2 regular season games from its Sunday schedule

Ontario Hockey League postponed two games from its Sunday schedule. OHL postpones five games due to Storm, Battalion entering COVID protocols The Windsor Spitfires-Kitchener Rangers game was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols affecting the Spitfires.

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Ontario reports 3,797 people in hospital with COVID-19, 56 more fatalities

COVID-19 in Ontario on Sunday, with 604 individuals receiving care in an intensive care unit (ICU).That’s according to the latest data released by the province. Ontario reports 4,026 people in hospital with COVID-19, 47 more deaths The latest numbers mark a decrease from the data shared on Saturday, which said 4,026 people were hospitalized with the virus.The number of people currently on a ventilator also decreased by three from 378 on Saturday to 375 on Sunday.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk, dies at 95

Exiled Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh attends a photocall promoting the film 'Buddha' during the 59th International Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2006 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images) HANOI, Vietnam - Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died.

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North Carolina dog ‘shovels snow’ after winter storm

RALEIGH, N.C. - Man’s best friend became an even better friend when he "helped" dig out from a winter storm that blanketed parts of North Carolina. Video from Suzanne Ward showed a two-year-old yellow lab named Bear shoveling snow in Raleigh on Saturday morning.The National Weather Service’s initial snowfall reports indicated parts of the state received more than four inches of snow.RELATED: Bitter cold Friday with single digit wind chills and temperatures in the 20sAccording to FOX Weather, a winter storm spread across the Southeast and southern Mid-Atlantic with snow and ice, creating travel headaches from Georgia to southeastern Virginia to start the weekend.The coastal Carolinas faced a significant ice threat, including power outages and tree damage, as freezing rain spread across the region on Saturday.

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Ontario reports 4,026 people in hospital with COVID-19, 47 more deaths

COVID-19 Saturday with 600 patients currently in intensive care.The latest number of hospitalizations is a decrease of 88 from Friday’s data.However, this is an increase of 69 in comparison to last Saturday’s hospitalizations which stood at 3,957.Of the 4,026 people hospitalized, around 56 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while about 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but then tested positive for COVID-19. 4,114 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 590 in intensive care The latest number of patients in intensive care is an increase of 10 from the previous day.Of the 600 people currently in ICU, around 81 per cent of those in intensive care were admitted because of COVID, while around 19 per cent were admitted for other reasons but test positive for COVID-19.For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 783 were unvaccinated, 194 were partially vaccinated and 2,079 were fully vaccinated.For those in ICUs, 216 were unvaccinated while 17 were partially vaccinated and 227 were fully vaccinated.

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Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible' sequels delayed yet again due to COVID

Tom Cruise's next two "Mission: Impossible" films have been delayed once again due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Paramount Pictures and Skydance announced Friday that the release of "Mission: Impossible 7" will be pushed from Sept. 20 to July 14, 2023.

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‘Mission: Impossible 7’ and ‘8’ Delayed Amid Ongoing Pandemic, New Release Dates Set

Tom Cruise-led franchise saw suffer multiple delays. It had been pushed from November 2021 to May 2022, before its last release date of Sept.

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Labour shortages in Ontario amid push for more home isolation

Ontario’s Green Party leader is joining labour leaders to ask for more paid sick leave and more time away from the workplace for those who may have been exposed to COVID-19. Seán O’Shea reports.

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Surgery backlogs and lacking data raising concerns over Ontario’s reopening plans

Patients and advocates say the government needs to address the growing surgery backlog before reopening the province. Meanwhile, there are warnings that not enough data is available to support the reopening plans. Matthew Bingley reports.

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Some parents say students in Ontario received ill-fitted masks upon return to schools

Ontario are raising concerns about the three-ply cloth masks their children received from schools this week, saying the masks are too big and not protective enough against the highly-contagious Omicron variant.The provincial government said it would be providing school staff with N95 masks and students with three-ply cloth masks as in-person learning resumed this week.A spokeswoman said the province sends a mix of sizes to boards, which have the flexibility to place varying orders for the sizes their students need. A few boards said the masks they received were too big for some young children and said they were working on addressing the issue.

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30 COVID-19 cases at Guelph General Hospital, 61 staff off work: report

COVID-19, says the latest report on local hospitalizations that was shared on Friday.It shows that as of 9 a.m., the hospital has only one ICU bed available, while eight people in the emergency department are waiting to be admitted due to there being no beds available. This includes both COVID and non-COVID patients.

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New Covid sub-variant named 'Stealth Omicron' investigated as 53 cases identified in UK

A total of 53 cases of an Omicron Covid sub-variant have been found in the United Kingdom.

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4,114 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 590 in intensive care

COVID on Friday with 590 in intensive care units.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 4,114 people in hospital with COVID-19, which is up by 53 since yesterday, 54 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.There are 590 people in ICUs, which is down by four from the previous day. Around 82 per cent of those in intensive care with COVID were admitted because of the virus, while around 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

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COVID-19: Kitchener hospital issues warning about ‘unprecedented level of pressure’

4,061 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 594 in intensive care “Today we are facing an unprecedented level of pressure across our hospital,” said GRH president Ron Gagnon on Thursday.“Since the beginning of the pandemic we’ve added 146 additional beds and today, all but one — a remaining bed in our critical care — is filled.”As of Thursday, the hospital also had four active COVID-19 outbreaks which increased the challenges the hospital was facing.Gagnon said the hospital may need to begin transferring patients elsewhere but given that hospitals in other areas of the province present similar challenges, that may be no easy task.“We are working as hard and fast as we can to find available beds and team members to staff them,” said Bonnie Camm, executive vice president of clinical services.

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BREAKING: Tamil Nadu announces complete lockdown on Sunday amid Covid surge

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Return to workplace can be done a bit faster - Ibec

Danny McCoy, the chief executive of Ibec, has said the lifting of most Covid restrictions is a "positive development" and that a gradual return to the workplace can be done "that little bit faster".

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As Omicron fuels COVID fatigue, Canadians weigh the risks for themselves

As the news first spread that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had entered Canada, Ottawa resident Saad Khan calculated his personal risk tolerance for a very important event — and he decided it was worth it.

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Multiple vehicle collision on Southern Expressway; Heavy traffic towards Colombo

COLOMBO (News 1st); A multiple vehicle collision was reported on the Southern Expressway on Friday (21) morning between Kahathuduwa and Kottawa.As a result, heavy traffic is being reported along the Southern Expressway towards Colombo.

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Adele tearfully postpones Las Vegas residency after ‘delays,’ COVID among team: ‘Been absolutely destroyed'

Adele fans will have to wait a little while longer before seeing her perform in Las Vegas. The "Easy On Me" singer, 33, was set to launch a residency at the famed Colosseum of Caesars Palace Hotel on Jan. 21, but announced via Twitter on Thursday that the shows would not be taking place just yet.

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Adele reschedules Vegas show due to COVID-19 cases, delays: ‘I’m gutted’

Adele performs live on stage during the television show 2015! Menschen, Bilder, Emotionen - RTL Jahresrueckblick on December 6, 2015 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS - Less than 24 hours after Adele’s Las Vegas residency was set to kick off, she announced it would be postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 delays and increased cases among crew. "I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready," Adele said in a tearful social media post.

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Ontario to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions

As COVID-19 cases decline in Ontario, the province will start easing restrictions on January 31. Mike Drolet looks at when most measures could be lifted, and why struggling businesses aren’t celebrating.

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Restaurants, bars and gyms set to reopen at 50% capacity in Ontario

On January 31st, restaurants, bars and gyms will be able to reopen at 50% capacity. Caryn Lieberman reports.

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Ontario residents increasingly relying on rapid tests

While rapid antigen tests aren’t the so-called gold standard for COVID-19 detection, people are becoming increasingly more reliant on them now that PCR tests are in short supply.

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Ontario lays out its latest pathway to eased restrictions

The Ford government has laid out a plan to see the gradual lifting on restrictions from the end of January to mid-March. But many questions remain unanswered over the timing and what details were left out. Matthew Bingley reports.

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Here's Why Four 'Amazing Race' Teams Didn't Return After Hiatus for COVID-19

The Amazing Race finally returned to CBS this month after being off the air for more than two years and this season is unlike any other.

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Rittenhouse seeks return of gun used in Kenosha protest

Kyle Rittenhouse KENOSHA, Wis. - Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest.Rittenhouse's attorney Mark Richards filed paperwork with the Kenosha County Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking the return of the items, explaining that Rittenhouse wants the AR-15 style rifle back so that it can be destroyed, the Kenosha News reported.Law enforcement has had the gun since the day after Rittenhouse shot three men, two of them fatally, on Aug. 25, 2020, during a night of protests and unrest in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer.Rittenhouse turned himself in to police in his then-hometown of Antioch, Illinois, within hours of the shootings.

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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doc suggests Niagara’s back to school plan not in line with province

COVID-19 pandemic.In a letter, Dr. Kieran Moore suggested Dr.

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Longest locked-down county set for return to normality

When the history of the Covid-19 pandemic is written, Kildare will have the unenviable claim of being the county that was locked down for longer than anywhere else in Ireland.

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Here’s a look at Ontario’s planned timeline to lift COVID-19 restrictions

Ontario will start lifting public health restrictions at the end of this month.Restrictions will be scaled back every 21 days starting Jan. 31 to allow for health indicators to be assessed.

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Ontario students seek grade ‘freeze’ during Omicron interrupted semester

Omicron-interrupted semester after some boards said final marks wouldn’t fall further than where they were at the end of last year.The students behind various petitions — which have together garnered more than 15,000 signatures supporting the call for a grade freeze — have formed a sort of unofficial network, sharing information about advocating for what they say would be a more equitable system that accounts for the complexities of the COVID-era classroom. Ontario to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions on Jan.

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Ontario to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions on Jan. 31

COVID-19 restrictions on some businesses — including restaurants and gyms — beginning the end of January.Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Jan.

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4,061 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 594 in intensive care

COVID on Thursday, though just over half of them were initially admitted due to virus complications, with 589 in intensive care units.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 4,061 people in hospital with COVID-19, which is down by 71 since yesterday, 55 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 45 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.There are 594 people in ICUs, which is up by five from the previous day. Around 81 per cent of those in intensive care with COVID were admitted because of the virus, while around 19 per cent were admitted for other reasons.Last Thursday, hospitalizations were at 3,630, with the number of people in ICUs at 500.

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Elton John finally returns to stage 2 years after hip surgery, COVID-19 delays

health delays — Elton John is resuming his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour.His retirement tour began in 2018, but due to a series of postponements, he was forced into a performance hiatus.But now, the 74-year-old British singer is back on the road and played at the Crescent City in New Orleans on Wednesday night.“Wow, we haven’t played a show since the 6th of March 2020. This is a new experience for us, I’ve never had this amount of time off in my life … playing music, well at least since I was 17 years of age,” the “Tiny Dancer” singer said to the New Orleans audience, who hung onto their coveted tickets for 745 days.“I can’t thank you enough for being so patient,” he continued.

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Howard Stern thinks hospitals should not treat Covid anti-vaxxers: ‘You’re going to go home and die’

Howard Stern has suggested that hospitals across the US should deny Covid treatment to patients who are unvaccinated against the virus.The 68-year-old radio host was speaking on Wednesday’s episode of his SirusXM programme The Howard Stern Show, which he often uses to condemn anti-vaxxers.In a segment, the host was asked by a listener what he thought ‘about just letting the pandemic run wild and move through the unvaccinated?’In response, Stern insisted: ‘If it was up to me, anyone unvaccinated would not be admitted to a hospital’‘At this point, they have been given plenty of opportunity to get the vaccine.’He went on to suggest the unvaccinated will ‘die’, and that they ‘don’t trust the government’.‘They think that there’s a conspiracy to turn them into a magnet or something like this.‘They think they are going to become magnetised if they take the vaccine. I’ve taken this vaccine three times, and the worst side effect is for a day, I think I had a little bit of a headache.’The native New Yorker also explained that there were enough Americans who’d taken the vaccine by now.‘Look at us sampling where nothing has happened to us.

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'Second type' of Omicron Covid that may spread faster being monitored by scientists

There is evidence of a new type of Omicron Covid, according to experts.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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