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       Good evening, here are the COVID-19 updates you need to know tonight.

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       Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said MPs should have to be fully vaccinated in order to be in Parliament in person The Globe asked every province whether a business is allowed to save a customer’s vaccination status. The responses differed substantially “There were days I would just come home and cry”: Nurses share stories from the frontlines In the past seven days, 30,568 cases were reported, up 1 per cent from the previous seven days. There were 278 deaths announced, up 20 per cent over the same period. At least 2,424 people are being treated in hospitals and 1,548,014 others are considered recovered.

       Canada’s inoculation rate is 13th among countries with a population of one million or more people.

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       Sources: Canada data is compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data is from Johns Hopkins University.

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       A general view of trams and pedestrians at Bourke Street Mall on Sept. 29, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Restrictions have eased slightly across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria as the state recorded a vaccination milestone, with 80 per cent of Victorians having received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose. Residents across Victoria are now able to participate in "contactless" outdoor recreation such as boating, tennis or golf and the 10-kilometre travel radius has been expanded, allowing people to travel for exercise or shopping up to 15km from home. Personal training is permitted for up to five fully vaccinated people and additional restrictions on playgrounds have been lifted with normal public gathering limits to apply.

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       Coronavirus in Canada In response to the Quebec government’s $15,000 bonus incentive for nurses, those in the industry said the offer doesn’t solve the issue of working conditions, particularly the dreaded mandatory overtime that public-sector nurses are subjected to. The province reported 594 new infections and seven more deaths attributed to COVID-19, while hospitalizations have dropped by 15. The Canadian Medical Association is calling for lockdowns in Alberta and Saskatchewan to protect health care systems as both provinces are setting hospitalization records, and intensive-care capacity is being pushed to the limit. British Columbia has brought back a school-wide exposure-notification system in response to parents’ groups that pushed for better disclosure of COVID-19 cases and stricter health measures. Ontario reported 495 new infections and eight more deaths attributed to COVID-19, with 380 of those infections among people not fully vaccinated or with an unknown vaccination status. Newfoundland and Labrador is reintroducing travel restrictions for children under 12. In Ottawa, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said any MPs who are not fully vaccinated should stay home from the return to Parliament.

       “They get fully vaccinated or they stay home,” said Blanchet, adding that Parliament should not return in a hybrid format now that COVID-19 vaccines are widely available. The Bloc Quebecois, New Democrats and Liberals made it a rule in the federal election that candidates had to be fully vaccinated, but the Conservatives did not. Nurses’ notebook: The collective exhaustion and frustration is being felt by nurses across Canada, 18 months into the pandemic.

       Coronavirus around the world YouTube, which has its headquarters in the U.S., announced it will block all anti-vaccine content and ban channels associated with several prominent anti-vaccine activists. And, Pfizer provided health regulators with data from a recent study of its vaccine in children 5 to 11 years old. The vaccine may not be available for kids until November, however. Coronavirus and business Every province has or will soon implement a COVID-19 vaccine passport system, but few can provide guidance to member-based businesses on storing customers’ vaccination status.

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       For businesses such as gyms or yoga studios, it’s not clear if members need to be screened each visit, or just once, with their vaccination status kept on file. The Globe and Mail asked each province’s health department for their policy on recording customers’ vaccine status. Also today: United Airlines will fire about 600 employees – less than 1 per cent of its workforce – for failing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The company has begun the termination process for its U.S.-based employees.

       And: The U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it is “frustrating” that supply-chain bottlenecks aren’t improving.

       Globe opinion David Renzetti: My protest of anti-vaccine protesters went viral More reporting What do vaccine passports mean for international travellers? Information centre Everything you need to know about Canada’s travel restrictions for vaccinated and unvaccinated people Waiting for a second dose? We answer your COVID-19 vaccine questions What is and isn’t ‘paid sick leave’ in Canada? A short primer Got a vaccine ‘hangover’? Here’s why 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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