Summary of Global National: Jan. 5, 2023 | Growing concerns over testing, tracking new COVID variant in Canada

00:00:00 - 00:15:00

The video reports on various concerns in Canada, including the transport minister's justification for the temporary requirement for travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau to have a negative COVID-19 test. The shortages of cold and flu medication are also mentioned.

• 00:00:00 This video reports on growing concerns over testing and tracking new COVID variants, as well as the transport minister's justification for the temporary requirement for travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau to have a negative COVID-19 test. The shortages of cold and flu medication are also mentioned.
• 00:05:00 Canada is experiencing a medication shortage, and Canadian transport minister says the federal government is looking to make it easier for air passengers to receive compensation from Airlines following flight cancellations.
• 00:10:00 A 24-year-old football player in Canada is on a ventilator, but is still conscious and his neurological function is intact. Doctors say Hamlin's age, fitness, and the immediate medical response help prevent any identifiable brain damage. First question that he wrote when he awoke was "did we go?" Doctors say they are confident that Hamlin is home and that all the cylinders are firing, meaning the brain is functioning normally. The game against the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended and there are reports it won't resume tests. Actor Jeremy Renner has posted a video from his hospital bed in Nevada where he says his mom and sister made a great ICU day into a great spa day. 51-year-old Renner was run over by his own snow cat on New Year's Day and is recovering from blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries. The foreign funeral held today at the Vatican with the current Pope Francis presiding over the ceremony for his predecessor Benedict was a simple ceremony but not without pageantry. Pope Emeritus Benedict, who stepped down from the role almost a decade ago, has been buried in the grottos beneath Saint Peter's Basilica in the same tomb where Pope John Paul II laid before becoming a saint and having his coffin moved as Redmond
• 00:15:00 According to a UK newspaper, Prince Harry claims he was physically attacked by his brother, Prince William, during a heated conversation about his wife, Megan. Harry writes that the attack happened "so fast" that he "grabbed [William] by the caller ripping [his] necklace." William reportedly returned remorseful and apologized. The book, "Spare," which is not yet available for purchase, is being published alongside research from a team from Durham, UK, that has helped decipher the meaning behind a primitive writing system used by hunter-gatherers 20,000 years ago.