#Covid

Hospitalized with COVID-19, once-hesitant Manitoba Mennonite woman urges others to get vaccines

Katharina Giesbrecht didn’t plan to get vaccinated. It took a terrifying brush with COVID-19 to convert the once-hesitant Mennonite woman to change her mind and book her jab.Katharina Giesbrecht says her experience being hospitalized with COVID-19 last month changed her perspective and now she plans to get vaccinated. (Submitted by Katharina Giesbrecht)Katharina Giesbrecht didn’t plan to get vaccinated. It took a terrifying brush with COVID-19…

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Why is the Covid crisis so bad in India?

India has been hit with one of the world’s worst waves of coronavirus, with people dying on the streets and hospitals running out of oxygen. Hospitals are so full that relatives are treating Covid-19 patients in cars while they wait to be admitted, and mass crematoriums have been set up as 115 people are dying…

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More COVID-19 patients dying at home, Ontario coroner says

Some COVID-19 patients are now deteriorating so quickly that they die before they can seek medical attention, Ontario’s chief coroner says. He calls it an “unfortunate and sad” phenomenon that shows how serious the virus can be.Ontario’s chief coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer looks on during a daily COVID-19 press briefing at Queen’s Park in Toronto…

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