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Top headlines:
- Canada’s economy has recovered about 92 per cent pandemic job losses
- As infections rise, Quebec considers a vaccine mandate for health-care workers
- Return of indoor and outdoor school sports in Ontario met with elation, concern
In the past seven days, 7,225 cases were reported, up 61 per cent from the previous seven days. There were 67 deaths announced, up 29 per cent over the same period. At least 428 people are being treated in hospitals.
Canada’s inoculation rate is 8th among countries with a population of one million or more people.
Sources: Canada data is compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data is from Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus explainers: Coronavirus in maps and charts • Tracking vaccine doses • Lockdown rules and reopening
Photo of the day
A United Airlines employee swabs his nose for COVID-19 test at in New Jersey, U.S. on May 6, 2021.
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Coronavirus in Canada
- Quebec is considering imposing a vaccine mandate for health-care workers amid a rise in new COVID-19 cases in the province. The news comes a day after Premier François Legault said his government will impose a vaccine passport system to curb the spread of the virus.
- In Ontario, students and coaches are meeting the return of both indoor and outdoor school sports with a mix of elation and concern. Teachers and health experts are worried the government’s reopening plans could accelerate the spread of the Delta variant. Meanwhile, the province reported 340 new COVID-19 cases today.
- COVID-19 infections continued to climb in New Brunswick, one week after the province lifted all pandemic-related restrictions. Health officials reported six new cases on Friday, all in the Moncton region, and 38 cases since July 30.
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s government said it will lift its mask mandate next week. Masks will no longer be mandatory in most places beginning Aug. 10, but they will still be required in health facilities and in congregate living centres for seniors.
At the Canada-U.S. border, a work-to-rule campaign by Canadian border agents slowed traffic to a crawl just days before COVID-19 restrictions were scheduled to ease.
- Guards who work for the Canada Border Services Agency were following procedures to the letter, part of a job action that began early Friday amid contract talks between the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s Customs and Immigration Union, which represents some 9,000 agency employees.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about the dispute and noted that there is mediation under way between the union and the Treasury Board. “We are hopeful we’re going to be able to settle this at the bargaining table,” he said during a news conference in Montreal.
COVID-19 vaccines: The label for Pfizer’s shot will be amended to list Bell’s Palsy as possible side-effect. Meanwhile, vaccines give COVID-19 survivors a big immune boost, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
Coronavirus around the world
- Scientists in the U.K. say there are early signs that vaccinated people may be able to transmit the Delta variant as easily as those who have not gotten the shot”. Nearly 75 per cent of the British population has had two vaccine doses, and Public Health England said that “as more of the population gets vaccinated, we will see a higher relative percentage of vaccinated people in hospital.”
- In the United States, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that vaccines give COVID-19 survivors a dramatic boost in virus-fighting immune cells. Meanwhile, daily new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have climbed to a six-month high, with more than 100,000 infections reported countrywide.
- South Africa’s low growth and high unemployment presents a major challenge, showing the need for structural reforms, said Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the country’s woes, with unemployment hitting a record 32.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2021.
- More than half of Australia’s population is in lockdown as the country tries to contain the latest surge in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant. Sydney has logged record infections for the second straight day.
Coronavirus and business
Canada added 94,000 jobs in July, Statistics Canada said Friday. The country’s economy has recovered about 92 per cent of its pandemic job losses.
- The unemployment rate fell to 7.5 per cent from 7.8 per cent in June. Meanwhile, the economy has recovered about 92 per cent of its pandemic job losses, leaving another 246,000 positions to go.
- The entirety of job creation in July was driven by the private sector, where the number of employed people rose by 123,000. Nearly all the new jobs had full-time hours. And struggling young Canadians picked up the bulk of positions.
Also today: United Airlines is the first U.S. airline to make COVID-19 shots compulsory for all domestic employees.
Globe opinion
- Cathal Kelly: Tokyo Olympics will forever be known as the first COVID Olympics
- The Editorial board: Justin Trudeau is about to call an unneeded pandemic election. The least he can do is help make it a safe one.
- Paul W. Bennett: The pandemic has undermined what used to be a given in public education: mandatory attendance
- Tom Koch: Lest we forget: We need to support the veterans who survived their war against COVID-19
More reporting
- Remote work has changed Canadians’ willingness to commute.
- Pandora raises guidance as fewer shops will have to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Oil prices tumble, closing out a week of losses on worries that the Delta variant will derail global economic gains.
Information centre
- Everything you need to know about Canada’s travel restrictions for vaccinated and unvaccinated people
- Waiting for a second dose? We answer your COVID-19 vaccine questions
- What is and isn’t ‘paid sick leave’ in Canada? A short primer
- Got a vaccine ‘hangover’? Here’s why
Sources: Canada data are compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins University and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data are from Johns Hopkins.
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