280 new COVID-19 cases in Niagara over last seven days
Niagara improves after recording 604 new COVID-19 cases in the previous week
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Universal paid sick days endorsed by Council
- St. Catharines City Council endorsed a motion to press the Province for universal paid sick leave.
- St. Catharines joins the Ontario Medical Association, Ontario Nurses Association and 11 Greater-Toronto-Hamilton-Area Mayors who are all supporting universal sick leave.
- The move comes as workers not covered by Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit face loss of wages in choosing whether to take sick days during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Niagara top doctor says very risky time for Niagara to reopen
Province was unable to control spread of COVID-19 prior to the lockdown
Niagara COVID-19 numbers for Feb 4
Niagara sees 38 new cases of COVID-19
Niagara’s COVID-19 active case count falls
However COVID-19 related deaths continue
Niagara COVID-19 numbers for Feb 3
COVID-19 active cases falls below 1000
Photo: Jack Moreh - Freerange StockCanada has tentative deal for new Covid-19 vaccine
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada has a tentative deal with U.S. based Novavax to manufacture millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
- However, the vaccine still needs approval from Health Canada.
- If approved, production of the vaccine could start before the end of the year in a new Montreal facility.
- It is believed that the new facility could produce around two million doses per month.
Photo: Don Andrews - Freerange PhotosSudbury mayor wants COVID-19 highway checkpoints
- Brian Bigger, the mayor of Sudbury, is asking for highway checkpoints to discourage non-essential travel to northern Ontario.
- The checkpoints would allow for a northern bubble to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the north.
- The idea isn’t new as Quebec successfully instituted highway checkpoints last fall to discourage travel.
- However, the provincial government has said it is not considering highway checkpoints at this time.
Photo: Freerange StockNiagara COVID-19 numbers for Feb 2
34 new COVID-19 cases showing improvement