The BC Centre for Disease Control has added three more international flights and five domestic flights in the past week to its list of COVID-19 in-flight exposures involving passengers who later tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The new international flights with a COVID-19 case on board include: March 11 – Air Canada 37 Vancouver to Melbourne, rows n/a March […]
Read moreWith gatherings limited to 15 people and physical distancing measures in place, Calgarians are finding other ways to make birthday girls and boys feel special during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kamie Densmore reached out to different Facebook groups for help to make her son Robbie Maley’s seventh birthday special. About 25 honking vehicles decked out with colourful signs paraded by their […]
Read moreLONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was diagnosed with the new coronavirus more than a week ago, was admitted to a hospital Sunday for tests. Johnson’s office said he was hospitalized because he still has symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus. His admission to an undisclosed hospital in London wasn’t an emergency. Downing St. said […]
Read moreAs the U.S. Department of Defense mobilizes to combat the coronavirus crisis, 1,100 personnel from U.S. Northern Command are being sent to New York City, one of the largest COVID-19 hotspots in the United States. The group, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, is largely comprised of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, said John Cornelio, Deputy […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump is taking an old political adage to heart: Never let a crisis go to waste. The coronavirus is projected to kill more than 100,000 Americans. It has effectively shuttered the economy, torpedoed the stock market and rewritten the rules of what used to be called normal life. But in this moment of upheaval, Trump and his advisers […]
Read moreThe Liberals are seeking input on how the House of Commons could sit without MPs having to travel to Parliament Hill amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said Sunday that he wrote to the speaker of the House of Commons, along with house leaders of other parties, seeking advice on how Parliament could conduct business remotely. […]
Read moreAs of Sunday, 26 new cases of novel coronavirus were identified in Nova Scotia, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 262. According to the province, the patients having confirmed cases so far range in age from under 10 to over 90. Six individuals are currently in hospital while 53 individuals have now recovered and their cases […]
Read moreA member of Colorado’s Unified Command Group at the state’s emergency operation center tested positive for the novel coronavirus after becoming symptomatic on Saturday. State officials are now trying to figure out how many people the staff member came into contact with while working in the emergency operation center. Staff at the center have been going through daily medical screenings, […]
Read moreWASHINGTON — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment. A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal […]
Read moreNew Brunswick has more than 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 after the province its most recent data on Sunday. The provincial government confirms they’ve detected three additional cases, bringing the number of COVID-19 cases to 101. There was no press conference from Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, on Sunday. However, in […]
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