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<title>Home gyms are all some buffs need during pandemic – The Globe and Mail</title>
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<description><div><img src=”https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resources/assets/meta/facebook-1200×630.png” class=”ff-og-image-inserted”></div><figure class=”c-inline-img “> <figcaption class=”c-article-media__info c-article-media__info–article” readability=”2″> <div class=”c-article-media__description” readability=”9″> <p class=”c-article-media__caption”>Young man using laptop and exercising at home</p> <p class=”c-article-media__credit”>damircudic/iStockPhoto / Getty Images</p> </div> </figcaption> </figure> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Since last year, formerly on-the-go Canadians have adapted to the notion that there is no place like home.</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Much as foodies now look to their own kitchens or takeout for a taste of entertainment and experimentation, many gym-goers, yoga junkies and hardcore HIIT-ers have turned to their private antiseptic rooms and strong wi-fi connections to simulate the experience that once belonged to sweat-filled shared spaces.</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>And even though there’s been a loss of communality that gyms and studios offered, many exercise seekers have accustomed themselves to the affordability, practicality and hermeticism of the home fitness experience and won’t relinquish it when they reach the post-pandemic world.</p> <div class=”j-f-wrap”> <div class=”u-wrapper pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-commercial-dfp-ads” id> <div class> <div id=”c-ad–flex-gpt-1″ class=”c-ad c-ad–inline c-ad–flex” readability=”6″> <div class=”c-ad__wrapper” readability=”7″> <p class=”c-ad__message”>Story continues below advertisement</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>“I do kettlebell training and Pilates at two different clubs. Both are live or on-demand and without having to commute I can fit them into my schedule,” says Jessica Brooks, a media teacher in Toronto. “I am working out now more than I’ve been able to since my first daughter was born six years ago.”</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Like it or not, the shift in fitness is real. Peloton, the wired spinning service that brought high-end gyming into the home at exactly the right time, has become the holy grail of pandemic fitness, earning US$1.8 billion<b> </b>in total revenue in its most recently completed fiscal year, a 100-per-cent increase year over year. Last March also saw luxury fitness brand Equinox pivoting to launch its online platform Variis in the U.S. One year later, the company has no plans to retreat from its online expansion. “It just does not make sense for the company to put all of its cards into physical facilities because the landscape has changed,” says Mark Hendricks, Toronto area Equinox group fitness manager. Instead, Variis has been given a makeover and debuted to Canadian members this month as Equinox Plus.<b> </b>The swanky online platform will be included with an Equinox membership and available as a monthly subscription to non-members.</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Independent instructors have made the shift to online, too, and plan to keep it that way. Amica Hilton, one of Toronto’s most popular yoga teachers, once found herself travelling to three different studios daily because of their scheduling and pay scales. Now she rolls out of bed to teach multiple classes a day from her downtown apartment, making her own schedule and earning more money.</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Of course, there are struggles. Hilton, 35, has to fight much harder for new business now that the internet has become the mother of all gyms. Still, she is very clear about where she will land when things reopen post-COVID. “I tried to go back to the studio to teach last summer, in the brief period of reopening, and it seemed like I was going to another world,” she says. “The students were very young and didn’t seem to really be worried by the pandemic at all. I started thinking, ‘If I get sick, I won’t be able to teach and I can’t take that risk…’ There is now a stigma attached to getting COVID. Even if COVID is gone, there will be paranoia around any type of sickness for a long time. I can’t afford to be the pariah of the yoga community simply for getting a cold.”</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Though the pandemic may have made germaphobes of us all, hopeful Canadians in the fitness industry believe this too shall pass. Equinox’s Hendricks says, “There is a small percentage of people who enjoy not having to leave their home to get quality fitness, but there will still be a massive industry for facility gyms when this is all said and done. You simply can’t recreate the energy exchange you get in a group class at home.”</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Many support the viewpoint of Hendricks, including award-winning chef and restaurateur Susur Lee, who has been practicing yoga religiously for nearly a decade. Lee draws a hard line on online yoga classes: “I can’t feel anything when I look at a screen. I crave the energy of others during my practice.” Lee was one of the first Canadians to fall victim to COVID-19 back in March of 2020. But he does not let fear get in the way of him returning to a yoga studio. The 62-year-old was one of the few who returned to a studio last summer to practice. The discipline, he says, “has taught me patience, flexibility and deep breathing techniques.”</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Lee will be back on the mat when the studios eventually reopen and now that Canada has accelerated its inoculation pace, the hope for many is that the new normal will fast become a thing of the past. On the flipside, however, the pandemic has taught busy Canadians that the time they share at home in the comfort of loved ones is invaluable. So, even if the question of whether it’s safe to share the air in a gym setting does dematerialize, it may well already have been replaced by another: Is this worth my time?</p> <div class=”j-f-wrap”> <div class=”u-wrapper pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-commercial-dfp-ads” id> <div class> <div id=”c-ad–flex-gpt-2″ class=”c-ad c-ad–inline c-ad–flex” readability=”6″> <div class=”c-ad__wrapper” readability=”7″> <p class=”c-ad__message”>Story continues below advertisement</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>For Kate Strasburg, a psychiatrist and mother who has worked in an emergency room setting throughout the pandemic, the answer is a hard no. The Toronto physician says, “I have very happily adapted to my gym routine at home. And though I miss the social piece I used to get at a gym workout, I’m willing to trade it for the minutes, even hours, I get back to focus on other parts of my life.”</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”>Ultimately, countless Canadians will opt for Air Pods and a closed bedroom door over a commute and a padlock because even when the fight against COVID is eventually over, the battle against time continues.</p> <p class=”c-article-body__text”><a href=”https://www.theglobeandmail.com/newsletters/#newsletter-group-5″><i>Sign up</i></a><i> for the weekly Health &amp; Wellness newsletter for the latest news and advice.</i></p> <p><strong><a href=”https://blockads.fivefilters.org”></a></strong> <a href=”https://blockads.fivefilters.org/acceptable.html”>(Why?)</a></p></description>
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<title>Ottawa breaks another COVID-19 case count record with 370 cases Sunday – CTV Edmonton</title>
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Ottawa Public Health says 370 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, surpassing Saturday’s one-day case count record of 325.</p>
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According to OPH’s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 19,725 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city since March 11, 2020.</p>
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No new deaths were reported on Sunday. The pandemic death toll stands at 475 residents of Ottawa.</p>
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OPH also reported 159 newly resolved cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The active case count now exceeds 2,400.&nbsp;</p>
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The number of COVID-19 patients in Ottawa hospitals continues to climb, exceeding 80 for the first time since the pandemic began. A third of all COVID-19 patients in Ottawa are in intensive care.</p>
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This is the third day in a row that Ottawa has set a daily case count record. There were 242 cases reported on Friday and 325 on Saturday. This is also the fourth record high so far this month, after April 3’s report of 240 new cases.</p>
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Ontario reported a record-high <a href=”https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-breaks-covid-19-record-with-more-than-4-400-new-cases-reported-1.5382956″ target=”_blank”>4,456 new cases of COVID-19 province-wide</a>, along with 21 new deaths and 2,617 newly resolved cases.</p>
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Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches <a href=”https://twitter.com/VeraEtches/status/1381256510945234951″ target=”_blank”>again posted to Twitter</a> to urge people to stay home.</p>
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“I am urging everyone to stay home. If you must go out for essential purposes wear a mask and keep 2M distance. We must lower the curve together,” she wrote.</p>
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<strong>OTTAWA’S KEY COVID-19 STATISTICS</strong></h2>
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Ottawa entered Ontario’s COVID-19&nbsp;<a href=”https://covid-19.ontario.ca/zones-and-restrictions?gclid=Cj0KCQjwmcWDBhCOARIsALgJ2QflfQ89YaX_gWg4heYEtOr6jb89NYFAlO1GFmG7cL2SvOtZAGUIgbUaAklmEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds” target=”_blank”>stay-at-home order</a>&nbsp;at 12:01 a.m. April 8.</p>
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Ottawa Public Health data:</p>
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COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (April 3-9): 163.1</li>
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Positivity rate in Ottawa: 9.2 per cent (April 2-8)</li>
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Reproduction number: 1.20 (seven day average)</li>
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Reproduction values greater than 1 indicate the virus is spreading and each case infects more than one contact. If it is less than 1, it means spread is slowing.</p>
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<strong>VACCINES IN OTTAWA</strong></h2>
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As of April 9:</p>
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Dose 1 administered: 167,822&nbsp;</li>
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Dose 2 administered: 27,395</li>
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Total doses received: 223,150</li>
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The city received 25,740 new doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 11,800 doses of the Moderna vaccine, and 11,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine during the week of April 4.</p>
<p>
Ottawa Public Health reports 157,037 Ottawa residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, accounting for 15 per cent of the population.</p>
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<strong>VARIANTS OF CONCERN</strong></h2>
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Ottawa Public Health data*:</p>
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Total B.1.1.7 (UK variant) cases: 23</li>
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Total B.1.351 (South Africa variant) cases: 6</li>
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Total P.1 (Brazil variant) cases: 0</li>
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Total variants of concern/mutation cases: 1,842</li>
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Deaths linked to variants/mutations: 7</li>
</ul>
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*OPH notes that that VOC and mutation trends must be treated with caution due to the varying time required to complete VOC testing and/or genomic analysis following the initial positive test for SARS-CoV-2. Test results may be completed in batches and data corrections or updates can result in changes to case counts that may differ from past reports.</p>
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<strong>HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA</strong></h2>
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Ottawa Public Health reports 81 people are currently in Ottawa-area hospitals with COVID-19 related illnesses.</p>
<p>
That’s up from 73 people in hospital on Saturday.</p>
<p>
Twenty-six people are in the intensive care unit.</p>
<p>
Of the people in hospital, three are in their 20s (one is in the ICU), five are in their 30s (one is in the ICU), four are in their 40s (one is in the ICU), 18 are in their 50s (six are in the ICU), 21 are in their 60s (nine are in the ICU), 18 are in their 70s (seven are in the ICU), nine are in their 80s (one is in the ICU), and three are 90 or older.</p>
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<strong>ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA</strong></h2>
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The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa continues to climb.</p>
<p>
There are 2,411 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, up from 2,200 active cases on Saturday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
159 more Ottawa residents have recovered after testing positive for COVID-19. Ottawa Public Health reports 16,839 resolved cases of COVID-19 in the capital.</p>
<p>
The number of active cases is the number of total cases of COVID-19 minus the numbers of resolved cases and deaths. A case is considered resolved 14 days after known symptom onset or positive test result.</p>
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<strong>COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY</strong></h2>
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0-9 years old: 39 new cases (1,530 total cases)</li>
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10-19 years-old: 46 new cases (2,515 total cases)</li>
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20-29 years-old: 90 new cases (4,417 total cases)</li>
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30-39 years-old: 68 new cases (2,902 total cases)</li>
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40-49 years-old: 52 new cases (2,565 total cases)</li>
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50-59 years-old: 39 new cases (2,343 total cases)</li>
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60-69-years-old: 24 new cases (1,403 total cases)</li>
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70-79 years-old: 12 new cases (814 total cases)</li>
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80-89 years-old: Zero new case (750 total cases)</li>
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90+ years old: Zero new cases (483 total cases)</li>
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Unknown: Zero new cases (3 cases total)</li>
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<strong>COVID-19 TESTING IN OTTAWA</strong></h2>
<p>
The next update from the Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce will be released on Monday, April 12.</p>
<p>
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce says 3,459 swabs were processed at assessment centres in Ottawa on April 8.</p>
<p>
A total of 5,989 lab tests were performed in Ottawa on Thursday.</p>
<p>
The average turnaround from the time the swab is taken at an Ottawa assessment centre to the result is 29 hours.</p>
<p>
The Ontario government says 56,378 COVID-19 tests were completed across the province on Saturday.</p>
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<strong>CASES OF COVID-19 AROUND THE REGION</strong></h2>
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Eastern Ontario Health Unit: 53 cases</li>
<li>
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health: 11 cases</li>
<li>
Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox &amp; Addington Public Health: 23 cases</li>
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Leeds, Grenville &amp; Lanark District Health Unit: 22 cases</li>
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Renfrew County and District Health Unit: 2 cases</li>
<li>
Outaouais (Gatineau and western Quebec): 59 cases&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<strong>INSTITUTIONAL OUTBREAKS</strong></h2>
<p>
Ottawa Public Health is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 36 institutions in Ottawa, including long-term care homes, retirement homes, daycares, hospitals and schools.</p>
<p>
An outbreak at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute that was first declared on March 16 has ended. The outbreak affected five patients and four staff. One patient died.</p>
<p>
Outbreaks at St. Isidor Elementary School and Louis Riel high school have ended.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
New outbreaks were declared at a supported independent living home, a group home, and four elementary schools.</p>
<p>
There are 15 active community outbreaks: Eight outbreaks are linked to restaurants, two outbreaks are linked to construction workplaces, one outbreak is linked to a private social event, one outbreak is linked to sports &amp; recreation, one is linked to a health workplace, one is linked to a services workplace, and one is linked to a retail workplace.</p>
<p>
<strong>The schools and childcare spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:</strong></p>
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<li>
Centrepointe Home Daycare (March 26)</li>
<li>
St. Leonard Elementary School (March 30)</li>
<li>
Connaught Public School (April 2)</li>
<li>
Sacred Heart High School (April 3)</li>
<li>
Centre Educatif La Clementine (April 6)</li>
<li>
Sawmill Creek Elementary School (April 6)</li>
<li>
École élémentaire catholique De La Decouverte (April 7)</li>
<li>
St. Dominic elementary school (April 7)</li>
<li>
Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School (April 8)&nbsp;</li>
<li>
École élémentaire catholique St. Guillaume (April 8)&nbsp;</li>
<li>
École élémentaire publique Michaëlle Jean (April 8)&nbsp;</li>
<li>
École secondaire catholique Beatrice-Desloges (April 8)</li>
<li>
John McCrae Secondary School (April 8)</li>
<li>
Blossom Park Public School (April 9) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
<li>
École élémentaire catholique George-Étienne Cartier (April 9) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
<li>
Mary Honeywell Elementary School (April 9) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
<li>
Glen Ogilvie Public School (April 10) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>
<strong>The long-term care homes, retirement homes, hospitals, and other spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>
The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus (Feb. 19)</li>
<li>
University of Ottawa Heart Institute (March 12)</li>
<li>
St. Vincent Hospital (March 15)</li>
<li>
University of Ottawa Heart Institute (March 21)</li>
<li>
Supported Independent Living (March 23)</li>
<li>
Longfields Manor (March 24)</li>
<li>
St. Vincent Hospital – 4N (March 26)</li>
<li>
St. Vincent Hospital – 5N (March 26)</li>
<li>
Sisters of Charity (March 28)</li>
<li>
Hillel Lodge (March 30)</li>
<li>
Group Home A-11533 (March 31)</li>
<li>
Queensway Carleton Hospital (April 2)</li>
<li>
Group Home A-11965 (April 3)</li>
<li>
William E. Hay Centre (April 3)</li>
<li>
Park Place (April 4)</li>
<li>
Viva Barrhaven Retirement Community (April 5)</li>
<li>
General Campus Warehouse (April 6)</li>
<li>
Supported Independent Living home (April 9) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
<li>
Group Home (April 10) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
</ol>
<p>
A single laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in a resident or staff member of a long-term care home, retirement home or shelter triggers an outbreak response, according to Ottawa Public Health. In childcare settings, two children or staff or household member cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a 14-day period where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the childcare establishment is considered an outbreak in a childcare establishment.</p>
<p>
Under provincial guidelines, a COVID-19 outbreak in a school is defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in students and/or staff in a school with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school (including transportation and before or after school care).</p>
<p>
Two staff or patient cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a specified hospital unit within a 14-day period where both cases could have reasonably acquired their infection in hospital is considered an outbreak in a public hospital. &nbsp;</p>
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<title>COVID-19: Some Sask. vaccine clinics switching to AztraZeneca, 236 new cases – Regina Leader-Post</title>
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<description><header aria-label=”Beginning of Article” class=”article-header” readability=”28.28125″> <nav aria-label=”Breadcrumb” class=”breadcrumbs”> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Breadcrumb Trail Links</h2> <ol class=”breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled”> <li class=”breadcrumbs__item”> <a aria-current=”page” class=”breadcrumbs__item-link” href=”https://leaderpost.com/category/news/saskatchewan/”>Saskatchewan</a> </li> </ol> </nav> <p class=”article-subtitle”> On Friday, 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given in the province. No new deaths were reported. </p> <div class=”article-meta”> <div class=”published-by”> <p>Author of the article:</p> <span class=”published-by__author”>Amanda Short</span> </div> </div> <figure class=”featured-image”> <picture class=”featured-image__ratio featured-image-category__saskatchewan”> <source media=”(min-width: 1200px)” srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;type=webp, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;type=webp 2x” type=”image/webp”> <source media=”(min-width: 1200px)” srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=564&amp;type=jpg, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1128&amp;type=jpg 2x” type=”image/jpeg”> <source media=”(min-width: 768px)” srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;type=webp, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;type=webp 2x” type=”image/webp”> <source media=”(min-width: 768px)” srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=472&amp;type=jpg, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944&amp;type=jpg 2x” type=”image/jpeg”> <source media=”(max-width: 767px)” srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288&amp;type=webp, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;type=webp 2x” type=”image/webp”> <img alt=”This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S.” class=”featured-image__image” height=”750″ src=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288″ srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/swimco-bankruptcy-20200727-1-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576 2x” width=”1000″> </picture> <figcaption class=”featured-image__caption image-caption”> <span class=”caption”>This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S.</span> <span class=”distributor”>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</span> </figcaption> </figure> </header> <section class=”article-content__content-group” readability=”59.066829665852″> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Article content</h2> <p>A day after changes in age eligibility and offered vaccine saw long lines and hours-long wait times at Regina’s drive-thru vaccination site, Saskatchewan has set another new single-day record for vaccinations.</p> <p>On Friday, 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given in the province, raising the total number to 268,895.</p> <p>Friday’s doses were given in the far north west (268), far north central (seven), far north east (225), north west (776), north central (704), north east (964), Saskatoon (2,321), central west (700), central east (1,588), Regina (1,565), south west (871), south central (578) and south east (1,664) zones. There were 384 doses administered with zone of residence pending.</p> <p>Forty-seven per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 50 and older have received their first dose.</p> <p data-async>On Saturday, age eligibility at Regina’s drive-thru vaccination site <a data-evt=”click” data-evt-typ=”User Interaction Click” data-evt-val=”, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;Click Source Vertical Position %&quot;, &quot;Click Source Vertical Position Pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;shifted to ages 52, 53 or 54 only&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/regina-drive-thru-vaccine-clinic-eligibility-shifts-to-ages-52-54-only&quot;}” href=”https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/regina-drive-thru-vaccine-clinic-eligibility-shifts-to-ages-52-54-only”>shifted to ages 52, 53 or 54 only</a>. Anyone age 55 and older is currently eligible to <a data-evt=”click” data-evt-typ=”User Interaction Click” data-evt-val=”, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;Click Source Vertical Position %&quot;, &quot;Click Source Vertical Position Pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;book their vaccine appointment online&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-booking#utm_campaign=q2_2015&amp;utm_medium=short&amp;utm_source=%2Fcovid19-vaccine-booking&quot;}” href=”https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-booking#utm_campaign=q2_2015&amp;utm_medium=short&amp;utm_source=%2Fcovid19-vaccine-booking” rel=”noopener noreferrer” target=”_blank”>book their vaccine appointment online</a> or by phone.</p> </section> <div class=”ad__section-border article-content__ad-group”> <section class=”ad”> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Advertisement</h2> <div class=”ad__container”> <div class=”ad__label”> <p> Story continues below </p> </div> <div class=”ad__inner” id=”ad__inner-1″ readability=”6.5″> <div class=”ad__placeholder” readability=”8″> <p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section class=”article-content__content-group” readability=”66.728971962617″> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Article content</h2> <p>The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Saturday that other clinics would be following Regina’s suit and switching to the AztraZeneca vaccine, “in order to remove any age-barriers that prevent immunization of younger residents.”</p> <p>The changes, taking place in the coming days, will apply to booked appointments and drive-thru clinics in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Humboldt, Moose Jaw and Watrous.</p> <p data-async>Speaking with reporters <a data-evt=”click” data-evt-typ=”User Interaction Click” data-evt-val=”, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;Click Source Vertical Position %&quot;, &quot;Click Source Vertical Position Pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building following Question Period Saturday&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-rejects-vaccine-priority-for-essential-workers-despite-renewed-calls&quot;}” href=”https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-rejects-vaccine-priority-for-essential-workers-despite-renewed-calls”>at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building following Question Period Saturday</a>, Health Minister Paul Merriman said that people won’t be able to “pick and choose” which vaccine they receive one they arrive at those clinic.</p> <p>“The only thing that is specific right now is the drive-thru in Regina just because that’s under the age of 55, so we have to obviously identify that that is not AstraZeneca,” Merriman said. “Other than that, to my knowledge, there will be no advance notice of what you are getting … Any vaccine is a good vaccine.”</p> <p>Saskatchewan reported 236 new cases and 126 more cases of variants of concern (VOC) on Saturday. Of these, Regina was responsible for 91 cases of the original strain and 64 of the VOCs for 155 additional cases in total.</p> <p>The city now has 1,039 active cases, nearly half of all active cases in the province. A total of 2,253 VOCs have been reported in the area.</p> <p>The south central zone — which includes Moose Jaw — added another 19 VOCs Saturday, bumping it up to a total of 285. The south east zone added 18 more VOCs, bringing its total to 301. There are 21 cases with residence pending.</p> </section> <div class=”ad__section-border article-content__ad-group”> <section class=”ad”> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Advertisement</h2> <div class=”ad__container”> <div class=”ad__label”> <p> Story continues below </p> </div> <div class=”ad__inner” id=”ad__inner-2″ readability=”6.5″> <div class=”ad__placeholder” readability=”8″> <p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section class=”article-content__content-group” readability=”52″> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Article content</h2> <p>The south central zone added 19 COVID cases and south east saw another 30 cases overall.</p> <p>The rest of the new cases Saturday were reported in the Saskatoon (35), far north west (six), far north east (2), north west (11), north central (five), north east (4), central west (two), central east (seven) and south west (10) zones.</p> <p>Fourteen new cases have pending residence information. One case each with pending residence information has been assigned to the north central, Regina and south east zones.</p> <p>Saskatchewan’s number of active cases is up to 2,381. The province reported 191 news recoveries Saturday, bringing the total to 33,149.</p> <p>The seven-day average of daily new cases sits at 235, or 19.2 new cases per 100,000 population.</p> </section> <div class=”ad__section-border article-content__ad-group”> <section class=”ad”> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Advertisement</h2> <div class=”ad__container”> <div class=”ad__label”> <p> Story continues below </p> </div> <div class=”ad__inner” id=”ad__inner-3″ readability=”6.5″> <div class=”ad__placeholder” readability=”8″> <p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section class=”article-content__content-group” readability=”50″> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Article content</h2> <p>There are currently 192 people in hospital. Regina leads the way with 75 hospitalizations, followed by Saskatoon (38), central east (13) and south east (six). Forty-six people are in intensive care in the province, with 24 of those in Regina.</p> <p>There were 3,439 tests processed in the province Friday.</p> <p>No new were deaths reported.</p> <p><b>Teachers’ union calls for vigilance after Easter break&nbsp;</b></p> <p>On Saturday, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation President Patrick Maze urged people to be vigilant against COVID and its variants as students in the province return to school Monday.</p> <p>“People who gathered and travelled during the break will now congregate in schools, increasing the risk of transmission for all,” Maze said in a release. “I urge everyone to follow all precautions as they return to school and stay home at even the smallest sign of illness and request the use of the rapid tests where available.”</p> </section> <div class=”ad__section-border article-content__ad-group”> <section class=”ad”> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Advertisement</h2> <div class=”ad__container”> <div class=”ad__label”> <p> Story continues below </p> </div> <div class=”ad__inner” id=”ad__inner-4″ readability=”6.5″> <div class=”ad__placeholder” readability=”8″> <p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section class=”article-content__content-group” readability=”17.189069423929″> <h2 class=”visually-hidden”>Article content</h2> <p><em>— With files from Lynn Giesbrecht</em></p> <section aria-labelledby=”moreTopicLabel5441354193064800450687697041636725″ class=”more-topic” data-carousel-icon-button data-carousel-type=”list”><button aria-hidden=”true” class=”more-topic__button-prev” data-carousel-prev tabindex=”-1″ title=”previous” type=”button”></button><ol class=”more-topic__items list-unstyled” data-carousel-slide-list tabindex=”0″><li class=”more-topic__item” data-carousel-item><a aria-label=”in a new tab” href=”https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/regina-drive-thru-vaccine-clinic-eligibility-shifts-to-ages-52-54-only” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”><picture class=”more-topic__item-image”><img alt=”Vehicles line up at Evraz Place in Regina for the drive-thru vaccination clinic, which is distributing the AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged 64.” class=”lazyload” data-src=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/0406_news_covid_vaccine_image0-w.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80″ height=”96″ loading=”lazy” src=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/0406_news_covid_vaccine_image0-w.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=5″ srcset=”https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/0406_news_covid_vaccine_image0-w.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/0406_news_covid_vaccine_image0-w.jpg?h=192&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 2x, https://smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital/leaderpost/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/0406_news_covid_vaccine_image0-w.jpg?h=288&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80 3x” width=”96″></picture><h3 class=”more-topic__item-text”><span class=”more-topic__item-text-clamp”> Regina drive-thru vaccine clinic eligibility shifts to ages 52-54 only </span></h3></a></li><li class=”more-topic__item” data-carousel-item><a aria-label=”in a new tab” href=”https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/some-moose-jaw-restaurants-close-dining-rooms-as-covid-19-cases-rise” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”><picture class=”more-topic__item-image”><img alt=”Staff stand in Deja Vu Cafe in Moose Jaw. 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