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As the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads even further, some Canadian schools are being forced to change their pandemic protocols. Heather Yourex-West reports on the difficult start to the school year.

As Canada gets set to open its land border to Americans, concerns are being raised about the surging Delta variant, and who’s potentially being put at risk.

The Delta variant has parents across the country concerned as it continues to spread among kids. But as Joe Scarpelli reports, experts are still debating whether or not it’s more dangerous in children.

‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson joins Saskatchewan Health Authority Chief Medical Officer Dr. Susan Shaw to discuss what she calls a crisis in the province’s health-care system. Saskatchewan is seeing record-setting hospitalizations in a Delta variant-fuelled fourth wave, and Shaw doesn’t see a plateau coming in the near future. She is hopeful the newly...

Global’s Keith Baldrey has more on how infectious the Delta variant is and new data showing younger people are getting hit hard, especially if they’re unvaccinated.

Doctors and politicians are try to persuade more Canadians to get immunized against COVID-19, as the more contagious Delta variant spreads further among the unvaccinated. As Mike Le Couteur reports, if persuasion doesn’t work, coercion could be the next step.

Global News’ Washington Bureau Chief Jackson Proskow breaks down new CDC face mask recommendations as U.S. vaccination levels fall and the Delta variant fuels a rise in COVID-19 cases.

“Having two doses of vaccine has never been more important,” Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said in her Wednesday update, explaining the Delta COVID-19 variant spreads more easily so the second dose is critical for protection. She said 64 per cent of Albertans are fully immunized and 75 per cent have...

UBC Pediatrician Dr. Ran Goldman talks about how to protect children from the Delta variant, as COVID-19 cases spike among young kids.

Months of pandemic progress could soon be wiped out in the U.S., where the Delta variant is rapidly spreading, and the vaccination rate is stalling. As Jackson Proskow explains, the uptick in cases could threaten the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday announced COVID-19 benefits, including the wage subsidy and the rent subsidy, are being extended, as are the Canada Recovery Benefit, the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit and the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit. All had been set to expire on Sept. 25, but will now run until Oct. 23.

B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant is concerning for health officials but there is no data to support that strain is taking off more rapidly than any other strain.

Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health. Dr. Robert Strang, says the province is still in the race against COVID-19 and the Delta variant until at least 75 per cent of residents are fully vaccinated.

Alberta is preparing to shift away from its COVID-19 strategy that’s been in place since the pandemic began. The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association has raised concerns about these changes. Kim Smith spoke with Dr. Noel Gibney, co-chair of the Strategic COVID-19 Pandemic Committee, on what the changes could potentially mean for Albertans.

With the new school year just weeks away the more easily transmitted Delta variant has teachers and parents concerned about the spread of the virus — particularly amongst — younger — unvaccinated children. Julia Foy reports.

On Sunday’s episode of CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Israeli health official Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis warned of new data suggesting COVID-19 vaccinations may not be as effective against the Delta variant. “The decision to make a booster shot available is a combination of two things: evidence of what we think is waning immunity…and evidence that we...

As parts of Canada further ease pandemic measures, the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant continues to spread in greater numbers. As Sarah Komadina reports, it’s sparking concerns that loosening protocols too fast will result in harder-hitting fourth wave.

In an interview with Global’s Jackson Proskow, America’s top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci stressed the importance of getting tested for COVID-19 — even if you are fully vaccinated — as health officials warn of an imminent 4th wave, driven by Delta-variant infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. are warning the new Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading even among vaccinated Americans, with officials calling it as contagious as chicken pox. It comes after a CDC review found nearly three-quarters of those infected at an outbreak in Provincetown, Mass., were fully vaccinated.

New cases of COVID-19 in the United States reportedly rose in all 50 states over the past week, with doctors blaming the surge on the highly transmissible Delta variant infecting unvaccinated people. As Jennifer Johnson reports, a crisis is looming as the country’s vital vaccination numbers also slow to a crawl.