Good evening, here are the COVID-19 updates you need to know tonight.
Top headlines:
- As of 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Canada-U.S. land border reopens for non-essential traffic for the first time since March of 2020, when both countries imposed restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19
- High-risk Ontarians are now eligible to book their COVID-19 booster shots
- A federal appeals court in the United States temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers
Coronavirus data will be published Monday through Friday
Coronavirus explainers: Coronavirus in maps and charts • Tracking vaccine doses • Lockdown rules and reopening
Photo of the day
After the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the New York City Marathon made a jubilant return on Sunday. Maria Fierro and Francisco Bastidas celebrate as they cross the finish line.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press
Coronavirus in Canada
- In Ontario, MPP Randy Hillier has apologized for a social-media post in which he used the names and photos of deceased people to suggest without evidence that they had died because of COVID-19 vaccination. Meanwhile, groups of high-risk Ontarians are now able to book COVID-19 booster shots. The province is reporting 636 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with two more deaths linked to the virus.
- Quebec is reporting 545 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths today.
Canada-U.S. land border: Beginning midnight tonight, fully vaccinated Canadians are now allowed to cross the Canada-U.S. land border, but pricey PCR tests are discouraging travellers.
Coronavirus around the world
- In the United States, a federal appeals court temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.
- Britain is allowing early bookings for COVID-19 booster shots to speed up the rollout.
- Spurred by the reopening of the land border between the United States and Mexico, hundreds of migrants are heading to Mexican border cities such as Tijuana, hoping to cross and seek U.S. asylum.
Globe opinion
- Cathal Kelly: Aaron Rodgers scorns NFL COVID-19 protocols because he can – with no consequences
- Doug Saunders: Lest we forget: We need a Remembrance Day for COVID’s fallen
- John Ibbitson: After the COVID-19 crisis is over, Canada will still have an aging crisis
- Marcus Gee: Why Toronto’s public transit agency, the Toronto Transit Commission, needs a vaccine mandate
More reporting
- Left with no one to photograph during lockdown, Toronto-based photographer Laura Pedersen started taking self-portraits of the emotions she was trying to process
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
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