![Mask Mandate Returns To California State Capitol After Positive COVID Cases CBS San Francisco [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mp_257773_0_electoralcollegevoteAP20349832576874jpg-1200x800.jpg)
At least nine people who work at the California state Capitol tested positive for the coronavirus last week, including four who are fully vaccinated, triggering a return of the mask mandate for lawmakers and staff.
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![Omicron Covid-19 variant: Top international developments today [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_370227_0_covidvariantjpg.jpg)
As the situations unfolds rapidly, here are the top five omicron-related developments today, from around the world.
![Quebec to set up two fast-track health-care training programs to combat labour shortage [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_371368_0_imagejpg.jpg)
The Quebec government is setting up two fast-track training programs to combat labour shortages in the health and social services network.
![Standard of living: Canadians’ views hit 10-year low [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_371283_0_imagejpg.jpg)
Canadians views’ on future generations’ standard of living are at the lowest point since data started being collected on the topic by Nanos Research nearly 10 years ago.
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Several countries have imposed travel restrictions to South Africa owing to the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country; there is a high chance, too, of India’s tour getting delayed.
![CTV Morning Live Holiday Helpers Food Drive is today [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_371103_0_imagejpg.jpg)
CTV Morning Live hosts its annual Holiday Helpers Food Drive from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday.
![Daycare strike is ‘hopeless for parents,’ says Quebec’s Treasury Board [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_371078_0_imagejpg.jpg)
The unlimited strike mandate by Quebec’s public daycare workers is ‘hopeless for parents,’ according to the chair of the Treasury Board, Sonia LeBel.
![31 Percent Of Illinois Nursing Homes Are Not Providing CDC With COVID-19 Vaccine Information, Organization Says CBS Chicago [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mp_271190_0_LandmarkNursingHomeIDPHLetterjpg-1200x675.jpg)
We first told you about Alan Matthews a longtime resident of the Landmark Nursing Home in Richton Park two weeks ago. His cousin came to us after finding out he was months overdue for his second COVID-19 vaccine dose. And CBS 2…
![COVID-19 discovered in Canadian wildlife [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_370856_0_imagejpg.jpg)
The first cases of COVID-19 in Canadian wildlife have been discovered in three white-tailed deer, a press release from Environment and Climate Change Canada reports.
![Quebec reports 1,196 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, highest since April [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_370766_0_imagejpg.jpg)
Quebec health officials are reporting almost 1,200 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Wednesday, the highest daily count since April 24.
![‘Going backwards again’: Omicron hits South African tourism [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_370694_0_0jpg.jpg)
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![Ottawa weather: Mix of sun and cloud ahead of more snow Wednesday night [Video]](https://WorldNews.360Wise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mp_370576_0_imagejpg.jpg)
Environment Canadas weather forecast calls for a high of 1 C, and mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of flurries this morning.