Date of publication: June 15, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 16 minutes of reading • 74 comments Here is your daily update with everything you need to know about the situation of COVID-19 in BC. and around the world. Photo from iStock / Getty Images Plus
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Here is your briefing with everything you need to know about the situation of COVID-19 in BC. and worldwide for the week of June 9-15, 2022.
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We will provide summaries of what is happening here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly every day of this week, with developments being added as they occur, so be sure to check back often. You can also receive the latest COVID-19 news in your inbox at 7pm by subscribing to our newsletter here.
The following are the last facts of BC. given on 9 June for 29 May to 4 June:
• Hospital cases: 325 • Intensive: 28 • New cases: 895 in seven days • Total number of confirmed cases: 372,611 • Total deaths in seven days: 43 (total 3,614) Read the full report here Next update: June 16 at 1 p.m. (or later)
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Ottawa had to discard nearly 15 million doses of expired vaccines for COVID-19 • Do you still have COVID-19? Here are some good questions and answers about re-infections and immunity: • Increasing reading for COVID is here to tell, says publisher Harry Potter • Ottawa announces end to vaccine requirements for domestic and outbound international travel federally regulated workers • Canada’s travel industry demands more steps to end airport stalemate • No need to panic about COVID re-infection, says UBC health expert after Prime Minister Justin Trinto Alberta is set to end its latest COVID restrictions by the end of Tuesday, including transport masks. Both commercially available mRNA vaccines are safe, with low risks of serious side effects Pandemic stress has been linked to ovulation disorders for many women with no apparent changes in menstrual cycles, according to a new UBC study. A new blood test that measures immune system T cells could provide more accurate information about the body’s ability to control the coronavirus than antibody tests, say antibodies. researchers. • The US will abandon COVID testing for incoming international air travel travelers. show another 43 deaths, while hospitalization and cases are declining.
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Nearly 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada have expired
OTAWA – The federal government had to discard nearly 15 million expired COVID-19 vaccine doses, including nearly 14 million AstraZeneca vaccines donated to the COVAX vaccine sharing alliance last year. According to a document submitted to the House of Commons last week, the government rejected about 1.2 million doses of Moderna vaccines that expired in either mid-March or mid-April this year. But that waste is just a drop in the bucket compared to the nearly 13.6 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines the government donated to other countries last year that remained in the manufacturer’s warehouses until they ran out, according to new data provided by National Post from Health Canada.
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This is due to the fact that, despite a series of donations proudly announced by the Trinto government in July 2021 (including 17.7 million doses of AstraZeneca), it turns out that the global COVAX vaccine sharing alliance was already flooded with AstraZeneca when the doses were given. Canada. Read the full story here. – National Post Office
Why we can never stop getting COVID: What we know about re-infections and immunity
“I feel good,” Prime Minister Justin Trinto assured Canadians on Monday as he shared the second positive test for COVID-19 since January, joining growing numbers of repeated reports of COVID. “He is not alone,” said Dr. Kathryn Hankins, Co-Chair of the Canada Immunity Task Force. Nearly nine million adults in Canada were infected by the “parent” Omicron, BA.1, by mid-March, according to research funded by a working group published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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“Most people who took BA.1 may have thought, ‘I’m fine now for a while.’ But it depends on what the virus throws at us,” Hankins said. mutating and rotating immunity from vaccines and previous infections. COVID infections also do not always affect the immune system. Another study funded by the Hankins team found that one in eight people with COVID did not develop detectable antibodies. The only prognostic factor for the inability to produce antibodies? No fever or chills. “We will probably never stop getting COVID,” said Matthew Miller, director of the Canada Chair of Virus Pandemic Research at McMaster University in Hamilton. How often we become re-infected will depend on how fast SARS-CoV-2 mutates in the future and how long the immunity lasts, he said.
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Read the full story here. – National Post Office
Harry Potter publisher says increased COVID reading is here to stay
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc said the increase in reading during the lockdown in Britain was the new normal after the pandemic, as the company, best known for the Harry Potter series, reported record revenue. Full-year sales rose 24% to 230 230.1 million ($ 277 million) and profits rose 40% as people continued to buy novels and books about hobbies and personal interests, the company said in a statement Wednesday. exceeding analysts’ estimates. Shares of Bloomsbury rose more than 6% at the start of trading in London. The publisher’s sales and profits also rose sharply two years ago before the Covid-19 virus spread around the world forcing people to stay home and stores temporarily closed.
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Bloomsbury said Covid has turned many people into regular readers and book buyers, even as social life returns to normal and sales in the first quarter of this fiscal year are stable. “The pandemic has made us all rethink the way we spend our time and that has resulted in increased book sales,” said Bloomsbury CEO Nigel Newton. “The increase in reading, which seemed to be one of the only rays of light in the darkest days of the pandemic, may now be revealed to be permanent.” – Bloomberg
Federal Vaccine Orders Must Be Suspended for Domestic, Outgoing Travelers
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says the Canadian government will suspend vaccination orders for COVID-19 for domestic and outbound international travelers and federally employed workers. The new rules will take effect on June 20, although the requirements for foreign nationals coming to Canada will not change. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc warns that the government is ready to “bring back” the necessary policies if there is a resurgence of the virus in the autumn. Travel groups have blamed federal public health measures and orders for delays at airport customs that have contributed to long-awaited passenger delays and forced flight delays and cancellations. LeBlanc says the decision to withdraw the federal mandate is not a response to the situation at Canada’s airports, but rather “based on science.” The change will also affect federal employees who have been on unpaid leave due to their vaccination status. Read the full story here. – The Canadian Press
Further steps beyond suspension of COVID-19 testing to reduce delays: travel industry
Ottawa’s suspension of random COVID-19 tests at customs marks a major shift towards clearing clogged terminals, but more measures are needed to end the airport impasse, industry groups say. Waiting times and flight delays at major airports improved immediately after the traffic went into effect on Saturday, according to the Canadian Airports Council and the Greater Toronto Airport Authority. “We are very encouraged by the news. “It’s a big step forward in addressing the issues of delay,” council chairwoman Monette Pasher said in an interview Monday. “But there is still a lot of work to be done, as there were still bases for gates, albeit for shorter periods of time. “In our business we never want to see people waiting on the tarmac.” On Friday, Ottawa announced that it would suspend COVID-19 testing of randomly selected incoming international passengers and that mandatory rapid tests for unvaccinated arrivals would take place off-site from 1 July. Airports council and other industry groups are now calling for an end to vaccination orders for passengers and aviation, security and customs officials, saying hundreds more could return to work amid a labor crisis. Read the full story here. – The Canadian Press
UBC professor of medicine says you do not need to panic about COVID re-infection
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