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Canada’s Delta-driven 4th wave of COVID-19

will be ‘different’ amid vaccinations: experts

Canada's vaccinations rates, which said was that the disease control reviewed or published in a
remain among the highest in the a ge n c y wa s n o t re p o r t i n g scientific journal.
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cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, Evans estimated at least 100,000 document that's been spread
bringing its total infections to people travelling and moving around. So I'm waiting to see a little
1,431,219. Another two deaths were around the state's events during more data."
reported as well, with the country's that time period, and that the only According to University of Toronto
death toll now standing at 26,600. 469 cases reported among such epidemiologist Dr. Colin Furness,
Over 1.39 million people have high volume events were a better the next wave would be "primarily
As public health officials warn of an The news also comes on the heels recovered and more than 49.5 indicator of vaccine's effectiveness. experienced by unvaccinated
incoming Delta variant-driven of a new CDC report and study, the million vaccinations have been Secondly, Evans pointed to the people."
fourth wave of COVID-19, experts former of which warned that the doled out. high vaccination rates in the state - He pointed out in a previous
are saying that its spread will likely Delta COVID-19 variant could be as Active cases now look to be on the - Massachusetts has at least 72 per interview with Global News that
be "very, very different" than contagious as chickenpox and the rise across the country, though. cent of its population having the vaccines were a "firebreak" that
Canada's previous waves. latter pointing to a string of Thursday saw another 903 new received at least one dose and over acted to prevent mass spread of the
The warning came from chief outbreaks even among those who cases, Friday 897 more and 63 per cent of its population fully virus, as well as hospitalizations
public health officer Dr. Theresa have been vaccinated. S a t u r d a y a n o t h e r 5 3 1 . I n vaccinated, compared to the and severe outcomes.Instead of the
Tam on Friday, who pointed at the However, according to Dr. Gerald comparison, Canada recorded 391 national average of 57.7 per cent previous mass outbreaks of
upward trend in cases across Evans, chair of the Division of recoveries on Thursday, 412 on and 49.6 per cent, respectively. COVID-19 in Canada, Furness said
Canada. The public health agency Infectious Diseases at Queen's Friday and 190 on Saturday. Speaking on the Roy Green Show, that they were now more likely to
of Canada's long-range epidemic University, Canada's fourth wave of This weekend's COVID-19 data is Dr. Ronald St John, the former occur in non-vaccinated people,
forecasts "suggests we are the start COVID-19 will differ greatly from limited, however, with only WHO director for the Americas who "occur in clumps."
of a Delta-driven fourth wave," its previous ones despite the CDC Ontario and Quebec reporting and national manager for Canada's “They’re not randomly, evenly
Tam told reporters at a press reports and warning from PHAC new cases as of today. response to SARS, expressed distributed among the population.
conference. officials. According to Evans, the CDC's caution when interpreting the It’s a church group. It’s an ethnic
Tam warned that if vaccine uptake "If we have a fourth wave, it's going study on vaccinated people findings of the internal CDC report group. It’s people in an apartment
doesn't increase in the country's to look very, very different than the contracting COVID-19 after large that pointed at the ability of the building," he said.
younger populations, cases could previous waves," said Evans. events actually presents stronger Delta variant to spread like
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communities' health-care system such a wave would be as big as the vaccines. He pointed out as well that the data Reuters, Eric Stober and Rachel
capacities. previous ones simply because of The main problem in the study he in the report was not peer- Gilmore.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish judge
investigating alleged tax fraud by Colombian musician
Shakira recommended on Thursday that the case go to trial
after concluding there is evidence that the pop star could
TORONTO — An off-duty police
officer convicted of brutally have avoided her fiscal obligations to the state.
assaulting a young Black man has Judge Marco Juberías wrote that his three-year probe found
been denied bail as he seeks to there existed “sufficient evidence of criminality” for the
bring his case before Canada's top case to go to a trial judge.
court. The decision can be appealed.
Const. Michael Theriault had Prosecutors charged the singer
asked to be released from custody in December 2019 with not
while he applies for leave to appeal paying 14.5 million euros
his conviction and nine-month ($16.4 million) in taxes
sentence with the Supreme Court in Spain between 2012
of Canada. and 2014, when she
In a ruling released recently, the lived mostly in the
Court of Appeal for Ontario country despite
rejected his request, saying the having an official
grounds of Theriault's application residence in Panama.
to the higher court "have little Shakira, 44, denied
chance of success." The court also any wrongdoing
says it is in the public interest to when she testified
keep Theriault detained, even Const. Michael Theriault Dafonte Miller in June 2019.
though he may serve much of his Her public relations
sentence before the Supreme Court appealed the acquittals of Miller in the early hours of the firm said that she
decides whether to hear his appeal. Theriault and his brother but said morning and beat him with a metal had immediately
Theriault was convicted last year of it would proceed with a new trial pipe, leaving him with a ruptured paid what she owed
assault in the December 2016 only if his assault conviction was eye and other injuries. The defence, once she was
beating of Dafonte Miller. He and overturned. meanwhile, arguing the brothers informed of the
his brother Christian were The appeal panel found the trial acted in self-defence while trying debt by the Tax Office.
acquitted on the more serious judge had made no legal errors and to arrest Miller, who they said had Shakira faces a
charge of aggravated assault and on dismissed the defence appeal. It been breaking into the family possible fine
one count of obstruction of justice. also threw out the Crown's appeal truck. and even possible jail time if found
Earlier this month, the appeal without considering its merits The case spurred multiple protests guilty of tax evasion. However, a judge can waive prison
court rejected appeals filed by both given its stance on a retrial. against anti-Black racism and time for first-time offenders if they are sentenced to less
T h e r i a u l t ' s l a w y e r s a n d During trial, prosecutors alleged police discrimination. than two years behind bars. The Associated Press
prosecutors. The Crown had Theriault and his brother chased Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press