The latest news on COVID-19 developments in
He says those aged 40 and over will be able to book appointments for the shot starting on Tuesday.
As it stands, only those 55 and older can receive the
The Sunday night announcement came in a tweet, hours after
Kenney says more information will be released in the morning.
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A spokeswoman for the province's health minister says those 40 and older can start receiving the shot as of Tuesday.
The previous cut-off age was 55.
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There have also been three additional virus-related deaths.
The province's chief medical health officer says in a series of tweets that 800 of the new cases reported today are variants of concern.
Dr.
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The federal government says it has reached out to numerous provinces to see whether they can provide health-care workers to help with the surge in new COVID-19 cases in
Yet it isn't clear whether the
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The person who died was in their 50s and lived in the province's North Central zone.
Health officials report there have been 11,063 new doses of vaccine administered in the past day, bringing the provincial total to 345,126.
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Prime Minister
Trudeau says in a video update that workers from departments such as National Defence and Immigration will be reassigned to help in the
He says he’s also working with provinces such as
He says the federal government will also work with
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Authorities say those 18 and older will be invited to register for an immunization appointment over the course of the week.
Registration will be open to those 40 and above starting Monday, with the lower age limit decreasing every following day.
Those as young as 18 will be able to sign up by Friday.
The government says those who register for a vaccine will be contacted about booking an actual appointment after they've signed up.
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Today's new cases in the capital raise the total number of active infections to 22.
The city of approximately 8,000 went into lockdown Thursday when it identified its first case.
Health authorities identified 12 additional cases on Friday and six more on Saturday.
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The province's daily pandemic update says three cases have been removed due to data correction, bringing
The person who died was a man in his 70s from the
The province's five day test-positivity rate is 5.6 per cent.
There are 132 people in hospital in
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Chief public health officer Dr.
All three cases are related to travel outside of
The Island currently has 10 active cases.
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Four of the cases are in the
The three other infections are in the eastern health zone and are related to travel outside of
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Nine of the cases are in the
The remaining case is in the
The province has a total of 153 active infections.
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The province says two of the most recent deaths occurred in the past 24 hours, while the other seven took place
Hospitalizations in the province declined slightly, falling by nine to 683.
The number of patients in intensive care units remained stable at 175.
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Hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care units continue to reach record heights in
The province says 2,107 patients are currently in hospital, with 741 in an ICU and more than 500 on a ventilator.
Provincial figures show hospital admissions are currently outpacing recoveries from COVID-19.
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