Kami Kandola, says while the delay is disappointing, the territory's vaccine rollout plan is flexible and changes will only be felt in the short term.ģ p.m.: Nova Scotia is reporting one new case of COVID-19 and now has 10 active infections. The Northwest Territories' chief public health officer, Dr. Green says the federal government has also told her a shipment expected in mid-February will also be reduced. Health Minister Julie Green says the territory was to get 7,200 Moderna doses this week, but will receive 4,700 instead. Health officials are reporting 223 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths.ģ:03 p.m.: The Northwest Territories says a delay in shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Canada means the territory will receive fewer doses than expected this month. It says it's assessing what impact COVID-19 variants could have on the spread of the virus and whether current public health measures should be tightened. The province says both people quarantined, their other contacts were notified, and it's believed there was no further transmission. Health officials say the strain from the United Kingdom was found in two residents from in and around Regina. This is an immense public failure, a historic sorrow that builds day by day.Ĥ p.m.: Saskatchewan has identified its first cases of a COVID-19 variant. Overwhelmingly, packed into workspaces, public transit, and small homes, and forced into contact with the public, they contract the coronavirus in greater numbers. They are more likely to have lower pay, no paid sick pay, are less unionized, more easily laid off, have fewer benefits and so on. We think of COVID-19 as a health survival story but as time progresses it becomes more about financial survival, often the same thing.Įssential workers live differently. The numbers show that about 65 per cent of Toronto residents are considered essential workers, people in sectors that can remain open with some in-person staffing (some sectors including government were excluded for data collection reasons). We all have a mental map of our nation and our city but Star reporters Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Andrew Bailey have gathered data to give us a map of Toronto lockdown employment, a visual most people wouldn’t have bothered with much in days when we breathed more easily. Lockdown is a good time to gather information, as the Star has just done on defining workers and industries considered crucial to keeping our nation functioning. Who is an essential worker? What stores are necessary? How can industry adapt? Victoria Gibson, a Toronto Star affordable housing reporter, talks to “This Matters” host Adrian Cheung on the precarious living situation of thousands, details of the second eviction moriatorium and what a long-term fix to a long-standing problem could look like.Ĭlick here to listen: This Matters: Ontario’s eviction moratorium, explainedĤ:10 p.m.: Star columnist Heather Mallick writes: With each day of lockdown, daily life is boiled down a little more. Advocacy groups for tenants argue eviction notices are being dealt with in a system that favours landlords. Staffing levels for peer support workers, nurses, physicians and other key roles are stable, it added.Ĥ:15 p.m.: Thousands of eviction notices have been filed to Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board for nonpayment of rent since the first moriatorium on evictions ended in August 2020.Ī Toronto Star report into eviction notice data found two postal codes listed on more eviction filings, known as L1s, than any other postal code in Ontario since the first moriatorium. To date, 108 resident cases and 105 staff cases have been resolved, the statement said. “For residents, this means settling back into everyday life and routines at the home including safely taking part in the activities they enjoy,” Kwolek said. “We are now turning our full attention to recovery, ensuring the home is equipped to prevent future outbreaks and meeting all long-term care standards,” Susan Kwolek, the executive leader of Voluntary Management Agreement for Tendercare, said in a statement. The hospital stepped in to oversee the long-term-care home in a Voluntary Management Agreement on Dec. 4:53 p.m.: The outbreak at Tendercare Living Centre in Scarborough, which saw 74 residents die, is finally over, North York General Hospital announced Tuesday.
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