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Selasa, 06 Juli 2021

COVID-19 in B.C.: Most new cases in Interior Health; Vancouver Coastal Health has most active cases; and more - The Georgia Straight

Case numbers continue to plummet across the province.

However, Interior Health had the most new cases, and the most active cases are in Vancouver Coastal Health.

According to a statement from the B.C. Ministry of Health, the province is reporting 87 new cases over the past three time periods, including:

July 2 to 3: 30 new cases;
July 3 to 4: 37 new cases;
July 4 to 5: 20 new cases.

Currently, there are 652 active cases—a decrease of 77 cases since July 2.

The new and active cases include:

45 new cases in Interior Health (160 total active cases);
33 new cases in Fraser Health (193 total active cases);
five new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health (245 total active cases);
two people from outside of Canada (nine total active cases);
one new case in Northern Health (34 total active cases);
one new case in Island Health (11 total active cases).

Among the active cases, there are 85 individuals currently in hospital (14 fewer cases since July 2) and 22 in intensive care units (eight fewer since July 2).

Over the past three time periods, three deaths have been reported—one each in Vancouver Coastal Health, Interior Health, and Northern Health.

With 162 recoveries over the weekend, a cumulative total of 145,362 people who tested positive have now recovered.

Since the onset of the pandemic, B.C. has recorded a cumulative total of 147,790 COVID-19 cases.

In B.C.’s immunization program since December, the province has administered 5,288,644 doses of Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines.

As of today, 78 percent (3,613,370 individuals) of eligible people 12 and older in the province have received their first vaccine dose and 36 percent (1,668,268 individuals) have now received their second dose.

Vancouver Coastal Health has declared outbreaks over at:

Minoru Residence in Richmond (declared over on July 2), where three residents tested positive but there were no deaths;
the Care Centre at Hollyburn House in West Vancouver (declared over today), where one resident and one staff member tested positive, and there weren’t any deaths.

Currently, there are five active healthcare outbreaks: Laurel Place, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital, and Surrey Memorial Hospital in Fraser Health); and Rotary Manor Dawson Creek in Northern Health.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) added the following flights to its public exposure lists (affected row information is listed at the BCCDC website when available):

July 1: WestJet 3327, Kelowna to Vancouver;
June 26: WestJet 100, Vancouver to Calgary;
June 26: WestJet 3375, Calgary to Kelowna.

Meanwhile, Sobeys listed one employee who tested positive last worked on June 26 at the Safeway located at 4300 32nd Street in Vernon.

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Senin, 05 Juli 2021

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says he was convicted for drunk driving in 2003 - CTV News Atlantic

HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says he was convicted of drunk driving in 2003 and was cleared of a second drunk-driving charge in 2005.

The 38-year-old premier made the announcement Monday, as speculation increases that an election call is imminent.

Rankin told reporters he wanted to disclose his run-ins with the law because his office has been receiving inquiries about the cases.

The premier says he was fined and his licence was suspended in 2003 for driving while impaired, and that he was charged two years later with the same offence but was declared innocent.

He says his actions were "selfish" and he's "very, very sorry" for his behaviour.

Rankin says when he ran for office, he disclosed the incidents to former premier Stephen McNeil, and that he informed the Liberal party about them when he ran for leader.

"I moved on with my life, but it is known in my community where I grew up, in Timberlea-Prospect, and among all my friend groups," Rankin said. "Whenever I was asked, I never shied away (from discussing) that very poor decision I made."

Former NDP leader Robert Chisholm suffered political damage after he disclosed during the 1999 provincial campaign that he had been convicted of drunk driving at the age of 19. Critics accused him of attempting to conceal the conviction.

Chisholm resigned shortly after the 1999 election but the party eventually won the 2009 Nova Scotia election under Darrell Dexter.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2021.

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2021-07-05 20:23:49Z
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N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province exceeds 40% mark for second doses, sees 1 new case - CBC.ca

New Brunswick has hit another COVID-19 vaccine milestone today as the province heads toward the green phase of recovery by the start of August.

More than 40 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have now received a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Overall, 279,688 eligible residents, or 40.3 per cent, have gotten a second jab, while first doses have remained stable at 78.4 per cent, or 543,297 people vaccinated.

Anyone over the age of 12 is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and anyone who has had one dose for 28 days can get a second.

New Brunswick is in phase two of the province's three phase return to green. In stage three the mandatory order will end and all restrictions will be lifted.

To get to that stage 75 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers will have had to receive a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

The province is hoping to reach that stage by Aug. 2.

Mobile clinics

To speed up vaccinations, the province announced several mobile clinics will take place this week.

The province is working with Extra-Mural and Ambulance New Brunswick to put on the clinics.

Six mobile clinics are scheduled for this week:

Grande-Anse — Club d'âge d'or de Grande-Anse, 61 de la Tourbe Ave., Tuesday, July 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Paquetville — Centre des loisirs de Paquetville, 1086 du Parc St., Wednesday, July 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saint Andrews — Saint Andrews Farmers' Market, 212 Water St., Thursday, July 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bathurst — Bowlarama, 2020 St. Peter Ave., Thursday, July 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Blacks Harbour — Fundy Arena, 6 Arena St., Friday, July 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dieppe — Bowlarama, 476 Gauvin Rd., Saturday, July 10, from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

People attending the mobile clinics are asked to bring their Medicare card, a signed consent form and a record of vaccination if receiving a second dose.

The clinics will be administering the Moderna vaccine.

One new case

Public Health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the province on Monday.

Zone 3, Fredericton area, 1 case

One person 20 to 29 years old.

The case is related to travel.

There are 18 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick.

So far, there have been 2,338 cases of COVID-19 in the province with 2,273 recoveries and 46 deaths.

Four people are in hospital with COVID-19, none in intensive care.

On Sunday 461 COVID-19 tests were administered bringing the pandemic total to 365,059 tests.

There are no new public exposure notices. Previous public exposure notices can be found on the government of New Brunswick's website.

Atlantic COVID roundup

Nova Scotia reported one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The province has 45 known active cases.

Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed 13 new cases and its active case count is 17.

Prince Edward Island has no new cases and one active case.

Too early to worry about unvaccinated

A behavioural science consultant says she isn't too concerned about the thousands of New Brunswickers who don't yet have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

They'll come round, said Laura Scrimgeour of the Ottawa-area company Strategic Bias.

According to Public Health, about 200,000 eligible for vaccines don't yet have their first dose. Almost 544,000 have had their first shot and more than 279,600 their second.

"There are more people who are getting vaccinated than who aren't — by a lot," Scrimgeour said in an interview on Information Morning Fredericton.

"And humans are incredibly social creatures. We behave according to what we think other people want us to do and what we see other people doing to a massive degree. It's difficult to understate how powerful an influence that is on our behaviour."

Scrimgeour said it's natural for some people to be slow to get their vaccines, comparing them to people who file their taxes late. She said some people might have issues with child care, they feel invincible, or they're spending more time online looking at conspiracy theories.

Eventually, she said, those people will come around because getting a shot has become the social norm.

But since the vaccine holdouts in New Brunswick are concentrated among people 20 to 40 years old, Scrimgeour suggested something is going on and is worth investigating.

Depending on why they aren't getting vaccinated, it might take targeted ads or mobile clinics to reach them, she said.

What to do if you have a symptom

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment test online.

Public Health says symptoms of the illness have included a fever above 38 C, a new or worsening cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, a new onset of fatigue, and difficulty breathing.

In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with one of those symptoms should stay at home, call Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor, and follow instructions.

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2021-07-05 18:27:56Z
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Last day on the job for Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO - CBC.ca

Twenty-seven years to the day after he incorporated the company he co-founded, Jeff Bezos has retired as CEO of Amazon, handing over the reins to Andy Jassy, head of the company's cloud computing division.

Bezos told employees and shareholders his plans to step down back in February, naming Jassy his successor and announcing he would still have an active role with the company as executive chair, where he will keep focusing on his and the company's many side initiatives, including space exploration, combatting climate change and philanthropy.

"As executive chair I will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives but also have the time and energy I need to focus on the Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post and my other passions," Bezos said at the time, noting that, "I've never had more energy, and this isn't about retiring."

The date was chosen because of the symbolism, as Bezos incorporated the company on July 5, 1994.

An electrical engineer and computer programmer by training, Bezos worked on Wall Street after his university days, including at one firm where he met his future wife, MacKenzie. The pair would marry in 1993.

The pair dreamed of starting an online business, although they were not sure what to sell at first.

Bezos quickly determined that an online bookstore would resonate with consumers, so he and MacKenzie set out on a road trip to Seattle — a city chosen for its abundance of tech talent and proximity to a large book distributor in Roseburg, Ore.

While MacKenzie drove, Bezos wrote up the business plan for what would become Amazon.com. Bezos convinced his parents and some friends to invest in the idea, and Amazon began operating out of the couple's Seattle garage the next year.

The company was unprofitable for several years, before expanding into e-commerce, server hosting and other initiatives. Today, Jassy takes over a company that is worth more than $1.7 trillion US, and took in almost $400 billion in revenue last year.

Jassy, who has been with Amazon since 1997, ran the cloud-computing business that powers video-streaming site Netflix and many other companies, making it one of Amazon's most profitable businesses.

Among Jassy's challenges are growing calls for tighter regulation on tech giants. A report by the U.S. House judiciary committee in October called for possibly breaking up Amazon and others, making it harder for them to acquire companies and imposing new rules to safeguard competition.

Problems like that will be the concern of Jassy from now on. But Bezos, meanwhile, will turn his focus to his other pursuits: fulfilling his childhood dream of travelling to space.

On July 20, the 57-year-old Bezos is slated to go into orbit on the Blue Origin rocket when it blasts off with its first batch of passengers. Along with Bezos will be his younger brother Mark and the winner of an auction who paid for another seat on the flight.

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2021-07-05 19:20:51Z
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Hiring intentions hit all-time high in Bank of Canada business outlook survey - Business News - Castanet.net

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New data from the Bank of Canada show hiring intentions among businesses have hit an all-time high and workers' confidence in landing a job has rebounded nearly to pre-pandemic levels.

The business outlook survey shows most businesses across the country and sectors plan to hire over the next 12 months as they foresee faster sales growth as restrictions loosen.

However, the survey notes that some businesses in high-contact service sectors like restaurants don't expect a return to their pre-pandemic staffing levels for at least the next 12 months.

The central bank's survey of consumer expectations says nearly half of respondents who lost hours or income because of the pandemic reported having a harder time finding work in their field now than a year ago.

As well, two-fifths of respondents to the consumer survey don't expect a quick return to a normal work schedule.

The central bank suggests the improved business and consumer sentiments reflect the pace of vaccinations and economic reopening, but adds that the results also suggest an uneven path out of the pandemic for the country's labour market.

The path for the economy is expected to get much rosier in the coming weeks and months, driven by strong expectations for consumer spending.

Households have on average amassed a mountain of savings during the pandemic as they had limited options to spend and government subsidies put a financial floor under the hardest-hit workers.

The number of businesses reporting improved indicators of future sales hit a record high in the quarterly survey, which the central bank suggested was another “concrete signal of a broad-based strengthening in demand relative to a year ago.”

Standing in the way of meeting those future demands are labour-related constraints, such as finding skilled or specialized workers that are likely to persist. The central bank also says there are some firms that worry about labour shortages limiting their ability to meet current demand.

The consumer expectations survey finds that respondents on average planned to spend just over one-third of their excess savings in the next 12 months, mostly on going out to restaurants and social activities that have been limited by lockdowns.

About 10 per cent of those funds are also slated to go for a down payment on a condominium or house as renters in particular plan on purchasing, owing to low interest rates, demand for more space, and expectations that prices are going to continue to rise.

The bank’s survey finds that four-fifths of respondents who worked from home during the pandemic expect to be able to continue to do so, which could put upward pressure on the housing market and depress demand for office space.

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2021-07-05 15:41:00Z
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Nova Scotia administers one-millionth COVID-19 vaccine, moves up eligibility - CTV News Atlantic

HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia hit a major vaccine milestone by delivering the province’s one-millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday.

N.S. Premier Iain Rankin toured the IWK hospital's vaccination clinic Monday, where the one-millionth vaccine was administered on Sunday.

1 M doses! We’ve reached a huge milestone - one million doses administered, more than the provincial population. And this morning, I celebrated at the vaccine clinic @IWKHealth. pic.twitter.com/7GEAQcs8Uq
— Iain Rankin (@IainTRankin) July 5, 2021

Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, are scheduled to give a live COVID-19 update Monday at 3 p.m. Atlantic.

MORE SECOND DOSES MOVED UP

Nova Scotians who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on or before June 15 are now eligible to book an appointment to receive their second dose earlier than originally scheduled.

In a news release Monday, the province announced that effective immediately, anyone who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on or before June 15 can now reschedule their appointment to receive their second dose at an earlier date.

Public health says recipients will receive an email to the account provided at the time of booking.

Anyone who did not provide an email must call the toll-free line at 1-833-797-7772 to reschedule or to request an email address be added.

When rescheduling the second dose, people will select a new date and time at any clinic across the province that has an available appointment.

The province says notices will continue to be sent over the following weeks as vaccine supply is received.

Health officials also say the drive-thru vaccine clinics in Dartmouth, Truro and Wolfville can now accommodate up to four people in one vehicle. At the time of booking you can schedule a maximum four people for one appointment time.

The province also says they have updated the Nova Scotia immunization record to include the Province of Nova Scotia logo. Anyone who received a hard copy or printed their record on or before June 30 should request a new copy or reprint a copy using the new format.

The province's COVID-19 online dashboard provides an update on the number of vaccines that have been administered to date – however, that number isn’t updated on the weekends.

As of Friday, 961,653 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, with approximately 72.9 per cent of the province's overall population having received at least one dose. Of those, 253,331 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.

The province says it has received a total of 1,081,070 doses of COVID-19 vaccine since Dec. 15.

All Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as they are eligible. COVID-19 vaccination appointments can be made online or by phone at 1-833-797-7772.

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2021-07-05 12:57:15Z
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Last day on the job for Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO - CBC.ca

The date was chosen because of the symbolism, as Bezos incorporated the company on July 5, 1994.

The pair dreamed of starting an online business, although they were not sure what to sell at first.

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