Germany is poised to pass the mark of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, a sombre milestone that several of its neighbours crossed months ago but which Western Europe’s most populous nation had hoped to avoid.
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New variant identified in the midst of surging coronavirus cases and vaccination rates that are falling short of the government’s target.
Children aged five- to 11-years-old are now eligible to get vaccinated in the province, and officials have been busy making preparations to put youngsters — and their parents — at ease.
Eighty people in Waterloo region have died from suspected overdose deaths so far this year, eight more since the last update in early October.
Canada’s chief public health officer says she hopes vaccines for babies and toddlers will be approved in the new year, depending on how clinical trials play out.