u.s. president joe biden has covid and is experiencing mild symptoms. he’s currently being treated with the antiviral pill paxlovid .
certainly, as a world leader, it’s hard to avoid the virus what with all the travel and meetings. biden’s predecessor donald trump also got covid while in office, and prime minister justin trudeau has had the virus twice , as has mexican president andres manuel lopez obrado. other world leaders who can count covid infection as part of their time in office include former u.k. prime minister boris johnson, brazilian president jair bolsonaro, french president emmanuel macron, and algerian president abdelmadjid tebboune are among the other world leaders who have gotten covid while in office, according to reuters.
but not all infectious disease experts agree, according to a report by the canadian press . delays, cancelled flights and lost luggage are already making airports chaotic — toronto’s pearson airport, one of the four where random testing will take place, recently ranked number four on a list of the world’s worst airports for flight delays and cancellations.
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new research from the university of alberta suggests that the younger kids are, the more hesitant their parents are to vaccinate them against covid.
one of the study’s co-authors, nursing phd candidate robin humble, told cbc news that new parents likely need more information and more reassurance about vaccination.
after several players and staff for the saskatchewan roughriders contracted covid, the cfl team cancelled a game and suspended practice earlier this week. practice was expected to resume wednesday — but it was cancelled again , after another six players contracted the virus. there are now a total of ten players “in various stages of covid protocol,” the team said.
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“to have to move our game is a worst-case scenario for us and something we never want to have to do,” president and ceo craig reynolds said in a statement .