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Latest COVID-19 update in Canada: ‘Kraken’ spreads

Violin21/01/2023 54 Views

As the first pandemic-response guidelines of the year were released in Canada, public health officials warned it was “too early” to relax COVID-19 measures, noting the spread of the subvariant known as XBB.1.5, or Kraken.

At a news conference in Ottawa Friday, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the country’s health-care sector is still recovering, and while levels of influenza and RSV have returned to the seasonal norms, COVID-19 cases are still fluctuating across Canada.

“For this reason, it is still important to do everything we can to prevent severe illness,” Tam said.

She and Health Minister Jean-Yves

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Feeling ill with cold, flu, COVID symptoms? Scarborough Center for Healthy Communities has a new free clinic for you | News

Violin17/01/2023 43 Views

There’s another place to go in Scarborough for people with symptoms of COVID-19, flu or a cold – and it promises quick results.

Many Scarborough residents don’t have a family doctor or, if they do, aren’t always able to get appointments when they or their child feels ill.

Scarborough Center for Healthy Communities (SCHC), however, recently opened its new cold, flu and COVID clinic at 520 Ellesmere Rd. where people get their symptoms assessed in 30 minutes.

The clinic, run by the community health centre, is open 3 to 8 pm Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am to

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As new Omicron subvariant spreads, WHO backs mask wearing on long flights

Violin13/01/2023 45 Views

Countries should consider recommending passengers wear masks on long-haul flights to counter the latest Omicron subvariant given its rapid spread in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday.

In Europe, the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is being detected in small but growing numbers, WHO/Europe officials said at a press briefing.

Passengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk settings such as long-haul flights, said WHO’s senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, adding: “This should be a recommendation issued to passengers arriving from anywhere where there is widespread COVID-19 19 transmissions.”

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Barchester Healthcare Health & Safety Team response to Covid-19 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Violin10/01/2023 69 Views

Continuity Planning?

Thinking back to Monday 16^th March 2020 I remember getting up early. I was due to visit one of our homes in Tewkesbury. I was just about to leave the house when an email landed from a senior Director telling us all to ‘Hold’ all visits and to be ready for a conference call that morning. Yes, this was the start of the ‘Lock Down’. With the benefit of insight, how ready were we for what was about to happen next?

Our management team had already undertaken various strategic planning exercises. On the 16th^th March, a

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Injuries No Excuse for Raptors in Loss to Pacers

Violin08/01/2023 47 Views

The Toronto Raptors have had the same message for months now: Just wait until we’re healthy.

That’s an excuse they try not to use too often, but that’s there. Pascal Siakam mentioned it back on December 18 after losing to the Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins-less Golden State Warriors. More recently, Fred VanVleet mentioned it Sunday, saying the team should get better as it gets healthier.

On one hand, it’s true, Toronto has battled a slew of injuries all season and came into Monday night having played just two games with it’s top seven players fully healthy. On the other

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Should You Eat With Your Hands and Eschew Cutlery?

Violin06/01/2023 52 Views

November 22, 2022 · 7:30 AM

DailyMail has an interesting article that promotes eating with your hands instead of forks, knives and spoons. After all, caveman Grok didn’t have eating utensils.

Those who are a stickler for etiquette should look away now.

That’s because we’ve all been eating the wrong way and should be eating with our hands, according to a psychologist.

Professor Charles Spence, from the University of Oxford, said giving up cutlery is the secret to enjoying food.

He says eating with our hands can ‘heighten the dining experience’ – even for meals like pasta and

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One More Cure for Hiccups

Violin04/01/2023 38 Views

December 20, 2022 · 5:50 AM

I’ve written previously about how Paul Ingraham helped cure my patello-femoral pain syndrome.

More recently, Paul looked into hiccup cures because his father had an intractable case. What finally worked for dad? Breathing into a plastic bag.

Boosting blood CO2 (hypercapnia) by breathing in a PLASTIC bag. This one is quite plausible and is easy and safe to try. Hypercapnia definitely affects some kinds of hiccups. The story (from a smart source, a good “friend of PainSci”): “There’s an even easier way out of hiccups — at zero cost. Learned it from my uncle,

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