{"id":42713,"date":"2021-03-11T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=42713"},"modified":"2021-03-11T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T13:03:04","slug":"morning-news-march-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/morning-news-march-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News &#8211; March 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"tg\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"tg-0lax\">\n<div id=\"attachment_42738\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.13-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42738\" class=\" wp-image-42738\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.13-AM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.13-AM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.13-AM.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Rock Lake (south of Wawa)<\/p><\/div><\/th>\n<th class=\"tg-0pky\">\n<div id=\"attachment_42737\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42737\" class=\" wp-image-42737\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.34-AM-300x195.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.34-AM-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.34-AM.png 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">519\/17 Junction<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th class=\"tg-0pky\">\n<div id=\"attachment_42739\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.01-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42739\" class=\" wp-image-42739\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.01-AM-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.01-AM-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.53.01-AM.png 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White River<\/p><\/div><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"attachment_42740\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.52.50-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42740\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42740\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.52.50-AM-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.52.50-AM-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.52.50-AM.png 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marathon road conditions webcam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cloudy. 70 percent chance of freezing rain changing to 70 percent chance of flurries this morning. Risk of a thunderstorm early this morning. 70 percent chance of rain along the lakeshore early this morning. Wind south 20 km\/h becoming southwest 40 gusting to 70 late this morning. High plus 2 with temperature falling to minus 4 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 13 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight &#8211; Cloudy. 70 percent chance of flurries early this evening. 60 percent chance of flurries overnight. Wind west 20 km\/h becoming light this evening. Wind becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 overnight. Low minus 6. Wind chill minus 6 this evening and minus 12 overnight.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Freezing Rain Warning in Effect<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wawa-news has been told that the White River bus is not running today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table style=\"height: 162px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"599\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tested (1) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confirmed<br \/>\ncases (2)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Active<br \/>\ncases<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Currently<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>hospitalized<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Resolved<br \/>\ncases (3)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Deceased<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>103,555<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>200<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>196<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\">Updated: March 10, 2021, 2:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(1) That Algoma Public Health is aware of.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>(2) Algoma residents who have confirmed COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n<p>*The number in brackets are active cases in non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma. These cases are not counted as part of Algoma\u2019s confirmed case count. APH conducts contact tracing and monitoring of self-isolation for all cases within Algoma. Editor&#8217;s Note: These may be referring to the cases at the Valard Camp in White River)<\/p>\n<p>(3) Patient tested positive but is resolved according to current public health criteria. This number includes any persons who are deceased.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These data sets are preliminary and subject to change, pending further review.<\/li>\n<li>Confirmed positives will be reported as soon as publicly available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunization Tracker for the Algoma District:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table style=\"height: 75px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total Doses Administered<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong># of people who have received their first dose<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong># of people fully vaccinated<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5,399<\/td>\n<td>4,814 (5%)<\/td>\n<td>585 (0.6%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Last Updated:<\/strong> 10:17 AM, March 10, 2021<\/p>\n<p><em>*percent calculated as number of adults aged 16+ in Algoma<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>*percent calculated as number of adults aged 16+ in Algoma<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting Wednesday, March 10, 2021, select pharmacies in Kingston, Toronto and Windsor are booking appointments for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for people born between 1957 and 1961 (age 60 to 64) as part of Ontario\u2019s pharmacy pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board, and Stan Cho, Parliamentary Assistant, will make an announcement at 9:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, will be joined by Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility to make an announcement at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong> That March 11th has not been a good day historically, at least in the last decade&#8230; On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan causes massive devastation, and the ensuing tsunami decimates the T\u014dhoku region of northeastern Honshu. On top of the already-horrific destruction and loss of life, the natural disaster also gives rise to a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42734\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.35.54-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42734\" class=\"wp-image-42734 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.35.54-AM-300x287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.35.54-AM-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.35.54-AM-600x575.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.35.54-AM-768x736.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-7.35.54-AM.png 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On March 11, 2020, the the World Health Organization formally declared the global COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Today, there are 12 vaccines are in full or limited use worldwide. There are still concerns about the &#8216;vaccine&#8217; rollout, as Austria and Denmark suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine as &#8216;precautionary measure&#8217;\u200b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: &nbsp; Cloudy. 70 percent chance of freezing rain changing to 70 percent chance of flurries this morning. 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