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• Omicron COVID-19 variant can be fought with same tools used to combat Delta: WHO

  Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, or if it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the vaccine.

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• COVID-19: 1 confirmed, 2 probable Omicron cases detected in Halton Region

  "I urge all residents to be vigilant given the entry of the Omicron variant in our community," Halton Region medical officer of health Dr. Hamidah Meghani said. 

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• Etobicoke Catholic school closed to in-person learning due to COVID-19 outbreak

  The Toronto Catholic District School Board said as a result of direction from Toronto Public Health, Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic School is being temporarily dismissed.

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  Dec 2
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• Alberta Health announces 366 new COVID-19 cases identified over past 24 hours

  There have been 366 new COVID-19 cases identified in Alberta over the past 24 hours, according to a pandemic update on the provincial government's website Thursday afternoon.

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  Dec 2
• COVID-19 booster shot bookings for 50-plus begin Dec. 13 in Guelph: public health

  Guelph's public health unit says residents who are 50 years of age and older can start to book appointments for a third COVID-19 vaccination beginning Dec. 13. 

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  Dec 2
• COVID-19: Booster dose bookings to begin Dec. 13 for those 50+ in London-Middlesex: MLHU

  The eligibility update comes amid rising cases of COVID-19 locally and across the province, as well as concerns about the new Omicron variant.

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  Dec 2
• Quebec won’t expand COVID-19 booster access to those under 70 just yet: premier

  "What my public health is telling me is that people over 70 years old need a third dose, but for the ones under 70, the two doses are enough to cover them,'' Legault said.

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  Dec 2
• 16% of Waterloo Region residents aged 5-11 have had COVID-19 vaccine shot

  Waterloo Public Health reported that 16.06 per cent of area residents aged five to 11 have now had a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  Dec 2
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• Manitoba reports 172 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

  Since March 2020, Manitoba has now reported 68,166 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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  Dec 2
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• Durham Region detects its 1st confirmed case of Omicron variant

  Durham Region Health Department says they have confirmed one case of the Omicron variant from a close contact of a returning traveller from a country in southern Africa.

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  Dec 2