In the Americas, more than two dozen Republican-led states filed lawsuits Friday challenging U.S. The reported global death toll stood at more than five million.

Ontario logs 563 new COVID-19 casesВ marking 5th straight day of week-over-week jumps.Дў:22 After the world passed the 'tragic milestone' of five million deaths from the coronavirus, the World Health Organization warned that the trajectory for the pandemic's path in 2022 is in people's hands but says they must make the right choices.( Fabrice Coffrini/Reuters) 2:22ДЄs of Friday evening, more thanВ 249 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker.

Alberta judge convicts man of assault for coughing on server in Calgary bar.

Quebec's health-care facilities startВ suspending unvaccinated workersВ who refuse COVID-19 testing.

Saskatchewan reports 141 new cases, 2 deaths asВ health ministers face doctors' questions about COVID response.

New BrunswickВ government using COVID-19 state of emergency to force striking health-care workers back to work at midnight.to permanently close all mink farms over COVID-19 transmission risk. Alberta doctors accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation face unannounced inspections.COVID-19 denier and conspiracy theorist Mak Parhar dead at 48.People will not be eligible for a booster until six months have passed since their second dose.Дў:07 An estimated four per cent of Canadians suffer from a severe needle phobia, many of them children, so clinics and experts across Canada are using distraction, patience and conversation to help them get vaccinated against COVID-19. The shots will also be available for adult front-line health-care workers who were double vaccinated with an interval of fewer than 28 days between their first and second doses, and people who received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or with one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. They include people 80 and older, followed by those in their 70s. Nova Scotia, which has already begun offering booster doses to people who are immunocompromised and those living in long-term care, on Friday announced it would begin offering booster shots to several more groups by the end of the month. However,В a handful of provinces and territories had already laid outВ their own plans for booster shots. This comes afterВ Canada's vaccine advisory committee released new guidelines last week strongly recommending boosters for those over 80 and leaving the door open to others at risk of lowered vaccine protection. More provinces and territories on Friday moved ahead withВ COVID-19 booster shots, withВ Nova ScotiaВ expanding eligibility to select groups of people by the end of the month and Nunavut now offering them to everyone 12 and older. Track how many people have been given the COVID-19 vaccineВ across Canada.Have a coronavirus question or news tip for CBC News? Email.COVID-19 cases declining across Canada, but not as quickly as before.Almost 90,000 seniors facing Guaranteed Income Supplement cut for accepting pandemic benefits.

Canada now has more jobs than it did before pandemic, butВ pace of hiring seems to be slowing.Canada obtaining Johnson & Johnson doses as it works to vaccinateВ holdouts.CBC Explains | What's happening with antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19?.

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