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<title>Estimated 950 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta reported Sunday – rdnewsnow.com</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Hospitalizations in Alberta due to COVID-19 “remain stable,” Hinshaw tweeted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=”wpb_column vc_column_container “&gt;
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&lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&gt;On April 3, there was an estimated:&lt;br&gt;– 950 cases&lt;br&gt;– 600 additional cases of VOCs; 38% of active cases are now VOCs&lt;br&gt;– 11,200 laboratory tests&lt;br&gt;– 8% positivity&lt;br&gt;– Hospitalizations – remain stable&lt;br&gt;– 8,000 vaccine doses administered on April 3&lt;br&gt;– 693,000 doses to date. (2/3)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;— Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) &lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CMOH_Alberta/status/1378822278381666305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&gt;April 4, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hinshaw noted that the usual COVID-19 update will resume on Monday, April 5.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“In the meantime, please continue to follow the health measures that are in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 and help protect those around you,” she stated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During Saturday’s update, Dr. Hinshaw noted the health officials were investigating a “significant” outbreak in Alberta involving P.1 variants of concern – the variant that originated in Brazil, linked to a returning traveller.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=”article-byline”&gt;
&lt;p&gt;by &lt;span class=”sc-author”&gt;Justin Goulet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>COVID-19 in Sask.: Record number of people in intensive care, 3 deaths recorded – CBC.ca</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Saskatchewan reported 221 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and three people have died.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two of the people who died were in their 50s and in the Regina zone. One was in their 80s, in the southeast zone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;section id=”inread-wrapper-id-160090655″&gt;&lt;/section&gt; &lt;p&gt;As of Sunday there were 194 people in hospital in the province due to COVID-19, including a record 44 in intensive care.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The most recent update said 2,367 of the more transmissible coronavirus variants of concern (VOC) were identified in Saskatchewan — mostly in the Regina-area.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The province warned that VOCs are beginning to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw and Weyburn areas. Over 100 VOC cases have now been identified in the Saskatoon, south central and southeast zones.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Two new VOC cases were confirmed by whole genome sequencing. The Regina area accounts for 84 per cent of the VOC cases with confirmed lineage reported in the province.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Of the 34,544 known COVID-19 cases to date in the province, 2,196 are considered active. The Regina-area reported 1,117 active cases.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The seven-day average of daily new cases in Saskatchewan is 216 or 17.6 new cases per 100,000 population.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;figure class=”imageMedia image full”&gt;&lt;div class=”placeholder”&gt;&lt;img loading=”lazy” alt srcset=”https://i.cbc.ca/1.5975454.1617565921!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/saskatchewan-covid-april-4-2021.jpg 300w, https://i.cbc.ca/1.5975454.1617565921!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/saskatchewan-covid-april-4-2021.jpg 460w, https://i.cbc.ca/1.5975454.1617565921!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/saskatchewan-covid-april-4-2021.jpg 620w, https://i.cbc.ca/1.5975454.1617565921!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/saskatchewan-covid-april-4-2021.jpg 780w, https://i.cbc.ca/1.5975454.1617565921!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/saskatchewan-covid-april-4-2021.jpg 1180w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px” src=”https://i.cbc.ca/1.5975454.1617565921!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/saskatchewan-covid-april-4-2021.jpg”&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=”image-caption”&gt;Over 1000 of the province’s active cases on April 4, 2021 are in the Regina area.&lt;!– –&gt; &lt;!– –&gt;(Government of Saskatchewan)&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The new cases Sunday are in the following provincial zones:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Far northeast:&amp;nbsp;seven.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Northwest: seven.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;North central: three.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Northeast: six.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Saskatoon: 27.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Central east: 13.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Regina: 112.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Southwest: four.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;South central: 15.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Southeast: 26.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;The province also reported 165 new recoveries on Sunday. There have been 31,909 known recoveries in total as of Sunday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span readability=”1.904″&gt;&lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en” readability=”6.664″&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moment of calm before our next ICU patient makes their way up to the unit&amp;lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/StayHome?src=hash&amp;amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&amp;gt;#StayHome&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=”https://t.co/mpeAt7VqZG”&amp;gt;pic.twitter.com/mpeAt7VqZG&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/drsusanshaw/status/1378776750306570240″&gt;@drsusanshaw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;To date, 681,074 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan, 3,527 of which were processed on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vaccination dashboard to launch Monday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The province said it expected&amp;nbsp;to receive 14,100 doses of Moderna vaccine on Tuesday. These doses were originally part of a delayed&amp;nbsp;March 22 shipment.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On Monday, the Ministry of Health said it would launch a new dashboard with details on vaccine administration in the province.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This will include information on first and second doses administered by age range.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Because the Ministry is transitioning to the new system and updating its reporting systems used for vaccine information, vaccine data is not available today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Today’s data will be included in the new dashboard tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep Easter celebrations safe: province&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The province is reminding Saskatchewan residents to abide by public health recommendations and consider hosting virtual gatherings over the Easter weekend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Except for the Regina region, private indoor gatherings must be from two to three consistent households and cannot exceed 10 people.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the Regina area, indoor private gatherings are limited to immediate households only, with the exception of individuals who live alone and single parents of minor children. Travel in and out of the Regina area is not recommended unless absolutely necessary.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;People planning Easter dinners are also encouraged to purchase their groceries ahead of time and have only one member of the household shopping.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;One person should handle the preparation of food and drink, following proper food safety protocols and wearing a non-medical mask, and all served food should be plated by a single person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=”https://blockads.fivefilters.org”&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=”https://blockads.fivefilters.org/acceptable.html”&gt;(Why?)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for April 5, 2021 – CTV Edmonton</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;OTTAWA —
Good morning.&amp;nbsp;Here is the latest news on COVID-19 and its impact on Ottawa.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fast Facts:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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Medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches is warning Ottawa that vaccination alone won’t reduce rising case counts.&lt;/li&gt;
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Ottawa has surpassed 18,000 total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.&lt;/li&gt;
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A new COVID-19 testing centre will open up in Nepean for at least the next two weeks to meet rising demand.&lt;/li&gt;
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Ontario has tapped the head of Ornge Air Ambulance to lead the province through Phase 2 of its vaccination plan.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;New COVID-19 cases:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;198 new cases on Sunday&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Total COVID-19 cases:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;18,023&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days)&lt;/strong&gt;: 114.9&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Positivity rate in Ottawa:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;6.5 per cent (Mar. 26 to April 1)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Reproduction Number:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;1.17 (seven day average)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Testing:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Who should get a test?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Ottawa Public Health says you can get a COVID-19 test at an assessment centre, care clinic, or community testing site if any of the following apply to you:&lt;/p&gt;
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You are showing COVID-19 symptoms;&lt;/li&gt;
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You have been exposed to a confirmed case of the virus, as informed by Ottawa Public Health or exposure notification through the COVID Alert app;&lt;/li&gt;
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You are a resident or work in a setting that has a COVID-19 outbreak, as identified and informed by Ottawa Public Health;&lt;/li&gt;
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You are a resident, a worker or a visitor to long-term care, retirement homes, homeless shelters or other congregate settings (for example: group homes, community supported living, disability-specific communities or congregate settings, short-term rehab, hospices and other shelters);&lt;/li&gt;
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You are a person who identifies as First Nations, Inuit or Métis;&lt;/li&gt;
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You are a person travelling to work in a remote First Nations, Inuit or Métis community;&lt;/li&gt;
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You received a preliminary positive result through rapid testing;&lt;/li&gt;
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You require testing 72 hours before a scheduled (non-urgent or emergent) surgery (as recommended by your health care provider);&lt;/li&gt;
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You are a patient and/or their 1 accompanying escort travelling out of country for medical treatment;&lt;/li&gt;
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You are an international student that has passed their 14-day quarantine period;&lt;/li&gt;
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You are a farm worker;&lt;/li&gt;
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You are an educator who cannot access pharmacy-testing; or&lt;/li&gt;
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You are in a targeted testing group as outlined in guidance from the Chief Medical Officer of Health.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Where to get tested for COVID-19 in Ottawa:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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There are several sites for COVID-19 testing in Ottawa. To book an appointment, visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=”https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/shared-content/assessment-centres.aspx” target=”_blank”&gt;https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/shared-content/assessment-centres.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Monday, April 5&lt;/p&gt;
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COVID-19 Care and Testing Centre – Moodie: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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COVID-19 Care and Testing Centre – Ray Friel: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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COVID-19 CHEO Assessment Centre and Kids Come First Care Clinic at Brewer Arena: 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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COVID-19 Assessment Centre for Adults at Brewer Park Arena: 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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Centretown Community Health Centre: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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Sandy Hill Community Health Centre: 9 a.m. to 3:30 pm.&lt;/li&gt;
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Somerset West Community Health Centre: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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The drive-thru COVID-19 assessment centre at the NAC is closed April 5 and 6.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;NEW &lt;/strong&gt;-&amp;nbsp;COVID-19 Assessment Centre at Howard Darwin Centennial Arena: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vaccine eligibility screening tool:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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To check and see if you are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Ottawa,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=”https://secureforms.ottawapublichealth.ca/vaccines/COVID-19-Vaccine-Screening-Tool” target=”_blank”&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;COVID-19 screening tool:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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The COVID-19 screening tool for students heading back to in-person classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=”https://secureforms.ottawapublichealth.ca/School-Health-Sante-scolaire/COVID-19-Screening-Tool-for-Students” target=”_blank”&gt;&lt;strong&gt;can be found here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Symptoms:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Classic Symptoms:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;fever, new or worsening cough, shortness of breath&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Other symptoms:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;sore throat, difficulty swallowing, new loss of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, pneumonia, new or unexplained runny nose or nasal congestion&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Less common symptoms:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;unexplained fatigue, muscle aches, headache, delirium, chills, red/inflamed eyes, croup&lt;/p&gt;
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Ottawa’s medical officer of health delivered a stark message on social media on Sunday as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the nation’s capital.&lt;/p&gt;
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Dr. Vera Etches tweeted that two weeks after moving into the “Red-Control” zone under Ontario’s COVID-19 framework, “the curve has only worsened.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Furthermore, as supply of vaccines continues to be constrained in Ottawa, Dr. Etches warned that we cannot rely solely on the needles to get us through this.&lt;/p&gt;
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“[V]accination will not turn this curve. We have added testing capacity, are making space in hospitals with canceled procedures, and it won’t be enough if exponential growth continues,” Etches said. “There isn’t enough vaccine to protect everyone from this resurgence.”&lt;/p&gt;
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Ottawa is part of Ontario’s so-called “provincewide shutdown”, which places increased restrictions on many private and public gatherings and closes restaurant dining rooms and patios, gyms and salons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;img alt=”Dr. Vera Etches” src=”https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.5332455!/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/landscape_960/image.png”&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Ottawa Public Health is reporting another 198 people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, pushing the capital’s pandemic total to more than 18,000 confirmed cases.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ottawa surpassed 17,000 cases on March 29.&lt;/p&gt;
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Sunday’s report from Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows Ottawa has seen 18,023 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
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No new deaths were reported Sunday, leaving the city’s pandemic death toll at 467 residents.&lt;/p&gt;
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There are 47 people in the hospital and 16 in the ICU. The number of people with known active cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 1,600. The city’s incidence rate of new cases per 100,000 people is nearly 115 and the estimated reproduction number remains above 1, meaning the virus is spreading.&lt;/p&gt;
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A new COVID-19 assessment centre is opening today in Nepean.&lt;/p&gt;
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The new site will be at the Howard Darwin Centennial Arena at 1765 Merviale Rd.&lt;/p&gt;
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The assessment centre will take appointments for COVID-19 testing for anyone four years of age or older. It will operate seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce says this site will be open for at least two weeks to meet a rising demand for tests as cases climb.&lt;/p&gt;
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You can book an appointment by calling 1-877-232-8828 and selecting option 2 for ‘test booking’. The phone line is available in French and English and operates from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. If you need to cancel an appointment, you’re asked to call the same number.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;img alt=”Howard Darwin Centennial Arena” src=”https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.5374054!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_960/image.jpg”&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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The Ontario government has appointed the head of the province’s air ambulance service as the new task force head for Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout.&lt;/p&gt;
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In a statement to CTV News Ottawa, a spokesperson for Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said Dr. Homer Tien, a trauma surgeon and the president and CEO of Ornge Air Ambulance, will serve as the operational lead of the vaccine distribution task force as the province moves into Phase 2.&lt;/p&gt;
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“Dr. Tien has been part of the Task Force since it was established and has worked closely with the province on leading Operation Remote Immunity. Operation Remote Immunity was instrumental in delivering and administering vaccines to 31 remote fly-in First Nation communities in northern Ontario plus Moosonee,” the statement said.&lt;/p&gt;
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Phase 2 will prioritize frontline workers, the spokesperson said.&lt;/p&gt;
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According to the provincial government, Phase 2 will run from April through June, and will focus on high-risk congregate settings such as shelters and community living, individuals with high-risk chronic conditions and their caregivers, those who cannot work from home and other at-risk populations.&lt;/p&gt;
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