Canada's Covid

From the CBC:

“Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada on Wednesday”

Canada has administered more than 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, CBC tracker shows.

Nova Scotia is entering the second phase of its reopening plan on Wednesday, a move that will allow more businesses to reopen and more social gatherings. "COVID isn't gone, but our numbers are staying low so we're able to take more steps to reopen in Phase 2," Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, said in a statement announcing the changes. Restaurants and bars in the province are now allowed to have indoor dining with physical distancing between tables, while retail stores are allowed to operate at 50 per cent capacity. The province also announced that it will open its borders to travellers from other Atlantic provinces as of June 23. Nova Scotia isn't the only province making a change on June 23 — Newfoundland and Labrador will reopen to travellers from the Atlantic region on the same day. The move means travellers won't have to isolate for 14 days upon entering each province. New Brunswick, which as of Tuesday met its goal of having a first dose of COVID-19 administered to 75 per cent of its eligible population, lifted some travel restrictions as it entered the first phase of reopening. Premier Blaine Higgs said Tuesday that the province could reach the next phase of its reopening plan sooner than expected, which would open travel even more broadly. "With your continued help and enthusiasm for the second vaccination, this will happen later this week," Higgs said during a briefing about reopening plans. In Prince Edward Island there will be some changes to travel guidelines for Atlantic residents as of June 23, with further opening to "partially or fully vaccinated individuals travelling to P.E.I. from within Atlantic Canada" as of June 27. Newfoundland and Labrador reported one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as health officials announced the province would be moving up second dose appointments. Nova Scotia, meanwhile, reported eight new cases of COVID-19. New Brunswick reported three new cases on Wednesday. Health officials in P.E.I. have not yet provided updated figures for the day.

What's happening across Canada As of 1:35 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Canada had reported 1,404,795 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 14,377 considered active. A CBC News tally of deaths stood at 25,991. More than 30.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered so far across the country, according to CBC's vaccine tracker. Across the North, there were no new cases reported in Nunavut on Wednesday, while Yukon reported 16 new cases. Health officials in the Northwest Territories have not yet provided updated figures for the day. Ontario on Wednesday reported 384 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths.  Quebec, meanwhile, reported one additional death and 153 new cases of COVID-19.

Provinces offering incentives to get vaccinated Manitoba and Alberta are offering cash, scholarships, and prizes in an effort to get more people vaccinated. Will it work? We discuss incentive programs with Kelly Peters, CEO and co-founder of BEworks, a behavioural economics firm; Azim Shariff, a professor and Canada 150 Research Chair of Moral Psychology at the University of British Columbia; and Rob Oxoby, head of the department of economics at the University of Calgary. 19:53 In Manitoba, 144 new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday, along with seven additional deaths. On Tuesday, Saskatchewan reported four deaths and 47 new cases of COVID-19. In Alberta, health officials reported four deaths and 127 new cases of COVID-19.  In British Columbia, health officials reported 108 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths as it began the second phase of its restart plan on Tuesday.

^ Canada is slowly getting back on-track. ^

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-june16-2021-1.6067400