Good evening, these are the top coronavirus headlines tonight:
Top headlines:
- The federal government is planning to announce the shutdown of the national COVID-19 contact tracing app this week, sources say
- Justin Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19 for a second time, says he feels okay and is isolating
- FDA says Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appears effective for kids under 5
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COVID-19 updates from Canada and the world
- Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. The prime minister recently returned to Canada from Los Angeles, where he attended the Summit of the Americas with other leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden.
- Canada is expected to announce the shutdown of the national COVID-19 contact tracing app this week, months after changes to PCR testing regulations in many provinces had rendered it largely useless across much of Canada, say two sources familiar with the situation.
- Beijing’s most populous district Chaoyang announced three rounds of mass testing to quell a “ferocious” COVID-19 outbreak that emerged last week, shortly after the city relaxed curbs imposed during an outbreak in April.
- U.S. health officials said kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5. Regulators will vote on whether the shots are ready for the nation’s 18 million babies, toddlers and preschoolers on Wednesday.
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Pandemic recovery
- Oil prices rose on Monday in a session of volatile trade, as tight global supplies outweighed worries that demand would be pressured by a flare-up in COVID-19 cases in Beijing.
- Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In Canada, small airports such as Hamilton International are seeing a strong rebound as major hubs like Toronto Pearson are beleaguered by long lines, flight delays and cancellations.
- The head of the World Trade Organization predicted a “bumpy and rocky” road as it opened its highest-level meeting in four and a half years on Sunday, with issues such as pandemic preparedness on the agenda.
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Globe opinion
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Information centre
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