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Delta variant accounts for 88% of COVID-19 cases in Ontario: Yaffe

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Canada’s 1st confirmed COVID case was reported in Toronto 2 years ago today

COVID-19 was reported in Toronto.It involved a man in his 50s who had recently travelled to Wuhan, China — the epicentre of the outbreak at the time.The man was being treated at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital and his condition was reported to be stable, officials said.The case was later confirmed through secondary testing and it marked the beginning of an unprecedented period in Ontario and Canada as a whole. Canada’s 1st ‘presumptive’ case of new coronavirus discovered in Toronto News of the first “presumptive” case broke late on a Saturday afternoon.A hastily organized press conference with health officials was held not long after at Queen’s Park in downtown Toronto.It comprised of Ontario’s then-chief medical officer of health Dr.

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Delta variant will likely become main strain in Ontario, but vaccines can stop spread: officials

COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, will likely become the main strain of the virus in the province, but vaccinations can still stop its spread.“I think it’s fair to say that Delta strain will become the predominant strain in Ontario, just as has happened in other jurisdictions, particularly the U.K.,” Dr. Barbara Yaffe said.Yaffe said it may be a similar situation to the Alpha variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, that became dominant in Ontario.

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Ontario confirms 1st rare blood clot death linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Ontario’s deputy chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe confirmed Wednesday the province had its first death associated with a rare blood clotting disorder linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

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Ontario reports 1st fatal case of rare blood clot after man received AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health, made the announcement during a news conference at Queen’s Park Tuesday afternoon.

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Ontario reports total of 14 blood-clotting cases due to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

On Monday, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe reported the province faced a total of 14 total cases of blood clotting due to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, 10 of which are vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT).

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Ontario to shorten COVID-19 vaccine dose interval starting with health-care workers

When asked about the time frame for administering second COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ontarians, associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said Monday the province will eventually see shorter intervals between mRNA vaccine doses, particularly for frontline health-care workers and for people in certain high-risk groups.

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Canada should look at ‘really cutting down on’ non-essential travel, Yaffe says

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Ontario could announce new restrictions Friday to curb surging COVID-19 rates

COVID-19 which are straining hospital capacity.The province’s associate medical officer of health said Thursday that additional recommendations have been made to cabinet.Dr. Barbara Yaffe said the situation in the province is “dire” and worse than any other point in the pandemic.

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Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health calls current COVID-19 situation ‘dire’

COVID-19 situation in the province is “dire.”“I really wish I had better news to give you today,” Dr. Barbara Yaffe told reporters at Queen’s Park Thursday afternoon.“I have been providing updates to Ontarians for over a year now and at some of the previous press conferences I referred to the situation as worrisome and even scary.

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Ontario reports record-breaking COVID-19 numbers with 4,736 new cases

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe reported the province’s most severe daily COVID-19 case count ever on Thursday: 4,736 people infected with the coronavirus.

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Ontario sees highest COVID-19 case numbers since mid-January

Ontario reported 3,295 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, which is the highest the province has seen since mid-January, said associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe.

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Coronavirus: Ontario government considering vaccinating migrant farm workers on arrival

migrant farm workers vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as they arrive and is willing to take on the task if Ottawa doesn’t, a top provincial health official said Thursday.Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate medical officer of health, said the province is in talks with the federal government to have the temporary foreign workers given a vaccine “when they come in, optimally at the airport.”“We’re working with the federal government on this, hopefully they will be OK to do it,” Yaffe told reporters.

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Ontario is seeing ‘significant increase’ in number of coronavirus variants

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said Monday that the province is seeing a “quite a significant increase” in the number of COVID-19 cases that are screening positive for a “variant of concern.”

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Coronavirus: Ontario health official comments on Peel Region student isolation policy

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe responded to questions Monday after Peel Region clarified an error in a policy regarding the self-isolation of asymptomatic students.

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U.K. variant of COVID-19 likely already in Windsor, Ont., hospital chief of staff says

coronavirus is present in the southwestern Ontario border city.Dr. Wassim Saad is expecting confirmation within the next “week or so.” B.C.

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Coronavirus: Investigation underway if U.K. variant now in community spread says Ontario health official

Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate medical officer of health, on Tuesday said there were eight new cases of the COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K.

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Coronavirus: About a third of people not following health guidelines, enforcement needs to be increased says Yaffe

Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate medical officer of health, on Monday remarked that about a third of the population was not following public health guidelines.

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Coronavirus: Yaffe says there isn’t very good evidence if curfews work or not

Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate medical officer of health, was asked Monday about a curfew after sources told Global News that Ontario would be headed towards one to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, though it was eventually taken off the table.

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 positivity rate in Ontario went up ‘quite a bit’ in children over holiday period

According to Ontario’s associate medical officer of health Dr.

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Ontario reports 3 more cases of coronavirus variant believed to be more contagious

coronavirus variant, bringing the total number of known cases in the province to six.Dr. Barbara Yaffe said Monday that all of the new cases are linked to travel.Yaffe said the first involves a resident of York Region with a recent travel history to the U.K., while the second is a resident of Peel Region who doesn’t have a travel history but was a close contact of a person who travelled to Dubai and tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health official stresses ‘don’t take a vacation’ after finance minister takes ‘personal trip’

While she would not specifically comment on Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips taking a “personal trip” out of the country with his wife, deputy chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe on Tuesday stressed she would prefer people “don’t take a vacation” at this time unless travel is essential.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health official stresses importance of travel quarantine in wake of new variant

Ontario deputy chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe on Tuesday stressed that people returning to Ontario from abroad need to abide by the 14-day quarantine, especially in the wake of the new variant of COVID-19 being reported.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health official addresses change on policy over Pfizer vaccine doses

Ontario deputy chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe on Tuesday spoke about the change in policy to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which originally saw the province holding back on doses to ensure those who received the first dose would get the second required dose 21 days later.

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New coronavirus strain: Canada detects two cases of virus variant first seen in UK

infectious Covid-19 variant that recently emerged in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in Canada, health authorities said on Saturday.In a statement, Barbara Yaffe, acting chief medical officer for Ontario, said, "The cases are a couple from Durham with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts."The health officials said that the couple has been placed in isolation, the same day that Ontario reimposed a lockdown for several weeks due to a surge in cases of coronavirus in the province since early December."This further reinforces the need for Ontarians to stay home as much as possible and continue to follow all public health advice, including the provincewide shutdown measures beginning today," Dr Barbara Yaffe

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Ontario confirms Canada’s 1st known cases of UK coronavirus variant

coronavirus variant.The province’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe made the announcement in a news release Saturday.Officials said the cases involve a couple from Durham Region with no known travel history, exposure, or high-risk contacts.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health official says province needs COVID-19 measures that reduce social interactions

When asked about specific actions that should be implemented within Ontario to slow the spread of COVID-19, Dr.

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Coronavirus: Yaffe defends lockdown in Toronto, Peel region as necessary

Associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe defended the government’s decision to introduce a lockdown in Toronto and Peel Region as necessary, saying Ontario “cannot let the numbers just keep going up without doing what needs to be done.

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Coronavirus: Ontario ‘heading in wrong direction’ of COVID-19 wave, Dr. Yaffe says

Associate chief medical officer of health, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, said on Thursday that Ontario’s COVID-19 trends are “concerning,” and “overall, we’re heading in the wrong direction.” She stated that the province “needs to get these numbers down” to protect Ontarians, as well as the health-care system from becoming overwhelmed.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health officials explain ICU capacity concerns amid 2nd wave

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Ontario expected to release new COVID-19 modelling projections

coronavirus modelling data will be released Thursday afternoon, one day after the province recorded its highest ever single-day case count.A government spokesperson confirms to Global News that Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, the dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, will release updated modelling projections alongside Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, and associate chief medical officer of health, Dr.

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3% of coronavirus tests in Ontario over last day were positive

COVID-19 tests performed in Ontario over the last day came back positive, the province’s associate chief medical officer said Wednesday, calling the rate a “worrisome” one.The per cent positivity rate increased from the previous day’s 2.6 per cent, according to provincial data, as Ontario recorded 721 new COVID-19 cases out of roughly 32,200 tests.Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, said the seven-day average is 2.2 per cent positivity, but she noted even that is increasing slightly.

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Ontario considers changes to safety protocols at gyms due to Hamilton COVID-19 outbreak

COVID-19 outbreak at Hamilton’s SPINCO studio.During an update at Queen’s Park on Wednesday, Dr. Barbara Yaffe told reporters that the outbreak at the gym was “concerning” and that she has reached out to the province’s medical team for potential changes.“I made recommendations that the public health measures team reconsider the guidelines for spin cycle places and other kinds of gyms, because that obviously, even though they followed guidelines, there was obviously significant transmission,” Yaffe said.

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Coronavirus: Ontario health officials provide update on COVID-19 school screening tool

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe on Thursday provided an update on changes to the COVID-19 school screening tool, saying that it now includes two sets of questions about symptoms, and that the symptom list no longer includes abdominal pain or conjunctivitis.

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Coronavirus: Ontario seeing 75 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases in Toronto, Ottawa and Peel

Ontario’s Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said on Monday that there’s been about a 75 per cent increase in cases in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa, but other regions are also seeing increases province-wide.

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Coronavirus: Yaffe says Ontario is in a wave, but unclear if province has entered the ‘big second wave’

Ontario associate chief medical officer of health Barbara Yaffe said Saturday that the province has entered a “wave” of rising COVID-19 infections, but said it’s unclear whether it is one of several smaller waves Ontario could face throughout the fall, or a “big second wave.”

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Coronavirus: Ontario health official explains why mandatory testing not being used for teachers

Ontario’s deputy chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe responded to questioning about why mandatory testing for teachers would not take place when schools reopen, saying testing is only one component of preventing outbreaks and doing daily testing could “complicate the picture.” She said, however, if they have even a suspect case in a school, all contacts would be tested regardless of if they’re symptomatic or not.

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Coronavirus: Ontario officials plead with young people to follow public health guidelines

coronavirus at social gatherings.“You may feel you’re invincible and you’ll get through it,” Premier Doug Ford said.“It’s not just about yourself getting through it. Yes, you’re healthy, you’re young.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario health official says Trinity Bellwoods Park goers should self-isolate

Despite Ontario Premier Doug Ford urging those who were part of the crowd at Trinity Bellwoods Park this past Saturday to get tested for COVID-19, associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said on Monday they should self-monitor and isolate for 14 days, stay away from those at higher-risk of contracting COVID-19, and if they still are concerned after 14 days, get tested.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario’s top doctor says province not yet out of ‘first wave’ of COVID-19 cases

Asked if Ontario is concerned about a second wave of COVID-19 cases, the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams said the province is not yet out of the so-called “first wave” of COVID-19, adding that increased testing would not necessarily stop a second wave of the virus.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario health official says communication given to assessment centres over COVID-19 testing

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario watching for potential cases of rare inflammatory illness in children related to COVID-19

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario close to completing testing in long-term care homes

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario reports 525 new COVID-19 cases, 59 additional deaths

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe on Tuesday announced that as of 4 p.m.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario sees drop in new cases, highest single-day increase in deaths

Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said on Monday that there were 424 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 14,856.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario reports 640 new COVID-19 cases, total reaches 13,519

During a provincial COVID-19 update on Friday, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe reported 640 new cases of the virus in the province, for a total of 13,519. She also said there were an additional 50 deaths.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario health officials ‘remain extremely concerned’ about long-term care homes

During a COVID-19 update on Friday, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said that they “remain extremely concerned” about the province’s long-term care homes and “other congregate settings” during the virus outbreak.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ontario reports 551 new coronavirus cases, total rises to 11,735 with 622 deaths

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0