The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, May 3, 2021

Latest news on the development of COVID-19 in Canada (all the time in the east): 7:30 pm Yukon reports another COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number of local cases to 82. The chief medical officer, Dr.

Latest news on the development of COVID-19 in Canada (all the time east):

7:30 p.m.

Yukon reports another COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number of local cases to 82.

Health official Dr Brendan Hanley says the case is in Whitehorse and is related to travel.

In a statement he said the man had been tested and found to be a variety of concerns received for the first time in the United Kingdom.

There was no public disclosure and one is recovering at home.

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7:05 p.m.

Alberta reports 2,012 new cases of COVID-19 and the deaths of four young people.

Dr Deena Hinshaw, the provincial medical officer, says there are 23,608 active cases in Alberta.

He said 658 people were in hospital due to the disease, including 154 in the intensive care unit.

Another 1,900 cases of disturbing diversity have been identified.

Hinshaw says many types of concerns account for 64 percent of active cases in the province.

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6:45 p.m.

B.C. Senior Physician He said the province was beginning to consider how to reduce the 16-week interval between the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine with the availability of supplies in the coming weeks.

Provincial health officer Dr Bonnie Henry says B.C. expects to receive one million doses of vaccine this month and the vaccination plan will go up accordingly.

B.C. provided more than 1.87 million vaccines, of which about 41 percent of eligible adults have received their first shot.

Henry says the new COVID-19 infection is slowly but surely declining, although transmission remains high in tropical areas, including Surrey.

B.C. found that 2,174 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 more died between Friday and Monday.

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6:35 p.m.

Alberta teachers, child care workers and support staff will soon be allowed to book the rental of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Prime Minister Jason Kenney says that, from Tuesday, the roll-out of the vaccine will be expanded to include the three groups.

Kenney had previously opposed calls from the Alberta Teachers' Association to provide advanced workers with a vaccine, saying the government would pursue priorities tied to scientific evidence rather than "unnecessarily oppressed."

In recent weeks, thousands of students in Grades 7 to 12 in Calgary and Edmonton have been sent home to study online due to COVID-related school staff pressure, which includes the absence of teachers.

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4:45 p.m.

Health officials in Saskatchewan report 207 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and three deaths.

The province said 174 people were in hospital due to illness, including 39 in the intensive care unit.

It says 2,397 cases are considered valid.

The province also said that from Tuesday, citizens aged 37 and over will be allowed to book a time to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Currently, only people 40 years of age and older can book appointments.

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4:30 p.m.

Nunavut is suspending its normal travel route to the Northwest Territories due to concerns about COVID-19.

Nunavut's chief public health officer, Dr. According to Michael Patterson, anyone traveling to Nunavut from the Northwest Territories must first depart from Yellowknife for 14 days.

Travelers entering Nunavut from Yellowknife last Wednesday or later must also depart 14 days from the date of arrival.

There is an exception for critical staff or anyone who travels for medical reasons.

Patterson says the decision was made because of the COVID-19 situation in Yellowknife.

The Northwest Territories announced earlier today that all schools in Yellowknife have been closed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 at one of its schools.

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4 p.m.

The Saskatchewan government says it is sending 100 respirators to India to help the country as it faces the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world since the outbreak began.

The province says it has a large number of respirators, including more than 700 critical care, subacute and non-invasive care.

It says those sent to India include 30 intensive care and 70 ventacators.

Saskatchewan says it will work with its trade authorities and the Indian Embassy in Canada to send air-conditioning equipment to India "in a timely and secure manner."

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3:45 p.m.

All schools in Yellowknife have been closed following the confirmation of eight cases of COVID-19 at a primary school over the weekend.

Northwest Territories chief public health officer, Dr Kami Kandola, said there were 12 cases that could be linked to N.J Macpherson School.

He says most of those infected are children.

He said health officials were still investigating how COVID-19 got into the school and decided the cases were related to the previous collection in the city in April.

The site also says it is working to finalize an agreement with British Columbia to obtain doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine so that young people can be vaccinated.

The Modern vaccine is the only vaccine available in the Northwest Territories, and it is not yet approved for use by people under 18 years of age.

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3 p.m.

The National Vaccination Advisory Committee says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be given to people over the age of 30 who do not want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.

NACI Deputy Chairman Dr. Shelley Deeks claims that the vaccine is safe and effective but, like the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, there is a high risk of developing a rare and new blood-curdling disease known as thrombotic thrombocytopenia vaccine, or VITT.

He says the risk of VITT is very low, but the disease can be fatal.

Canada has had seven confirmed cases, one of which is fatal, with approximately 1.7 million doses of AstraZeneca provided.

Canada has not yet released J&J prices yet, but in the U.S.