COVID-19 crisis
CPA researcher in a laboratory at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, England, works on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. (John Cairns / University of Oxford)
U.K. OKs new vaccine: The United Kingdom has become the first country to authorize use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccine is expected to be widely used around the world because it is cheaper and easier to store than two already in use. READ MORE
Awaiting Moderna’s arrival: Federal health officials will hold a news conference in Ottawa at 11 a.m. CT, and an update on delivery of the Moderna vaccine is expected. Doses are expected to arrive in Ontario by today, while the Northwest Territories and Yukon have already received their first shipments. Dr. Barry Lavallee, who oversees a First Nations health body for northern Manitoba, says a plan for a rollout in this province’s Indigenous communities is needed. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
One year since word spread: The New York Times reports on how the first alarm about the new coronavirus was raised in China one year ago today, after questions by doctors and scientists about what would eventually be deemed a new coronavirus were ignored. An order for Wuhan hospitals to report cases of a new illness spilled onto social media on Dec. 30, 2019, but it would be 25 days before a lockdown began in the city. READ MORE
Manitoba’s new numbers: Manitoba health officials will release the latest COVID-19 numbers in a news release at 12:30 p.m. The province reported five deaths and 133 new cases Tuesday, the second consecutive day new cases were in the 100s. Katie May and Julia-Simone Rutgers report. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Mainly cloudy with a high of -7 C, wind chill as low as -22 this morning and wind from the northwest at 30 km/h decreasing to 20 km/h later this morning.
In case you missed it
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Standup photo – Kickoff for the Manito Ahbee Festival,
The 14th annual Manito Ahbee Festival kick-off for its four-day event (May 15-19) took place in the middle of Oodena Circle at The Forks on Wednesday.
Photo of Manito Ahbee executive director Lisa Meeches at the kick-off.
May 15, 2019
Named to Order of Canada: Filmmaker Lisa Meeches is among the 61 new appointments to the Order of Canada that Rideau Hall announced this morning. Malak Abas reports. READ MORE
Chaos of the camp: The fifth chapter in reporter Ryan Thorpe’s series on homelessness is on life in a tent community amid the pandemic. The sixth chapter will be on our website this afternoon. READ MORE
On this date
On Dec. 30, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a St. James woman and her five children were dead after a fire ripped through their home; the family’s father was in hospital near death from burns, cuts and exposure. Off the coast of Spain, a Spanish government warship was forced aground while attempting to run a gauntlet of insurgent warships. Many thousands of Americans were expected to sign a petition urging their country’s leaders to break ties with Nazi Germany. Italian leader Benito Mussolini was said to be angling for another conference with British prime minister Neville Chamberlain.
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