5 Things to Know on CTVNews.ca Thursday, November 10, 2022: CHEO, COVID, and RSV

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario opens a second ICU due to an influx of critically ill patients, a Canadian baby records a medical history, and Egyptian archaeologists say it could lead to a long-awaited discovery by some. I found a tunnel that I believe in. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

1. An ‘unprecedented’ crisis: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, which is currently dealing with an unprecedented influx of sick children, including RSV, COVID-19, influenza, and other viruses, has decided to move 2 opened the second pediatric intensive care unit.

2. Intrauterine treatment: A Canadian infant is celebrated in the scientific world as being the first to be treated in utero for a genetic disease that would have killed her soon after.

3. Anniversary ceremony: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will skip Friday’s National Day ceremony in Ottawa to attend a summit in Cambodia attended by Southeast Asian nations.

4. War in Ukraine: Russia’s announced withdrawal from Kherson and possible stalemate in fighting over the winter could offer the two sides an opportunity to negotiate peace, the US said.

5. Cleopatra’s Tomb: Some believe there is a mysterious tunnel just 13 meters underground in an ancient Egyptian city that leads to the undiscovered tomb of Cleopatra.

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A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer on May 6, 2010 in Los Angeles. From 1994 he had a cancer diagnosis until 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Damian Dovarganes