Good evening, here are the COVID-19 updates you need to know tonight.
Top headlines:
- Some parents express more hesitation over getting kids vaccinated against COVID-19 than getting the shot themselves
- Fauci says COVID-19 vaccines for children might be available by mid-November
- Quebec, Ontario each reported fewer than 500 COVID-19 infections
Coronavirus data will be published Monday through Friday.
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A COVID-19 patient rests on her mother's leg at the Saint Damien Paediatric Hospital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Haiti's capital faced fuel shortages and the main pediatrics hospital says it has only three days of fuel left to run ventilators and medical equipment.Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press
Coronavirus in Canada
Across Canada, some parents are approaching COVID-19 vaccines for children with more hesitation than getting the shots themselves.
- “Most of the research that I’ve seen sort of indicates that parents are more hesitant to vaccinate their kids against COVID than themselves,” said Kate Allan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases at the University of Toronto.
- There are reasons parents might be more hesitant, including the fact that children are at a much lower risk of serious outcomes or the very rare incidents of myocarditis linked to mRNA vaccines.
- Public-health experts say more nuanced conversations with parents will be required. Experts also advise underscoring the less tangible benefits of vaccination – such as lowering the possibility of school closure or the cancellation of extracurricular activities because of spiking infections.
- Dr. Anne Pham-Huy, a pediatric infectious diseases physician, says there are many ways to improve vaccine confidence, but they mainly come down to building trust with parents.
Coronavirus around the world
- In the United States, infectious-disease expert Anthony Fauci said that if COVID-19 vaccines for children between 5 and 11 years old get regulatory approval and a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they will likely be available in early November. Fauci outlined a timeline that could see many children get fully vaccinated by the end of 2021.
- In China, the latest rise in COVID-19 infections – more than 100 locally transmitted cases confirmed over the past week – is increasingly likely to spread further, a health official said. The infections in the outbreak are caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant.
- British pop singer Ed Sheeran said that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Sheeran, who is set to play Saturday Night Live on Nov. 6, said he is self-isolating and will continue interviews and performances from his home.
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- Ahead of the first home game of the Brooklyn Nets season, protesters scaled barricades and pushed toward the doors in support of Kyrie Irving, who was ineligible to play because of New York’s COVID-19 regulations. Irving has refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
- Yesterday, the federal government approved a request for military aid for Saskatchewan as COVID-19 infections in the province surge. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said says the Canadian Forces will “provide communities the support they need to fight the pandemic.”
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Sources: Canada data are compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins University and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data are from Johns Hopkins.
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