Tourist communities in the B.C. Interior are appealing for calm after at least five vehicles bearing Alberta plates were allegedly vandalized, left with nasty notes the drivers were aggressively confronted, telling them to go home.Matt Graham found this note on his Alberta-plated car last month in Revelstoke, B.C., and soon after noticed a large scratch on…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report that brought to light about coronavirus COVID-19 bodies being returned from Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat due to the lack of facilities at cremation grounds. The court has sought a detailed status report from the Delhi government on the matter and also…
However, it is a major lapse that the hotel and health officials allowed them to leave the hotel in Munnar, where they were under observation.(Update at 1 pm on March 15: The flight has departed for Dubai after the man and 19 others were offloaded.) A passenger from the United Kingdom who was under observation for…
In downtown Buffalo, New York, crossing the border into Ontario, Canada, used to be as easy as driving one mile across the Peace Bridge over the Niagara River. But that’s now a forbidden route. In t…
Following confirmation that nine mothers, two babies, four doctors and one nurse had tested positive for Covid-19, KwaZulu-Natal health officials have decided to close the doors of the General Justice Gizenga Mpanzi Memorial Hospital (formerly Stanger Hospital).LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe KwaZulu-Natal health department said in a statement on Tuesday it’s…
A mass public health alert has been issued after a fruit picker flew into Queensland from Victoria while infectious with coronavirus.Key points:Contact tracing is underway for Virgin flights VA313, Melbourne to Brisbane, on June 1 and VA2905, Brisbane to Bundaberg, on June 2Health authorities say Bundaberg and Brisbane should be on high alert for infectionsThere is…
With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on the economy, many Californians are scrambling to find the money to make their next rent payment. Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Friday that will give some tenants much-needed time to pay their landlords. Two days after Newsom announced four of the country’s five biggest banks and…
A drug being used to successfully manage Covid-19 patients in hospitals is being withheld from patients in the community, including in nursing homes. A HSE circular to pharmacists, dated April 17th, seen by The Irish Times, refers to the “appropriate prescribing of azithromycin in the community”, and notes: “Letters have issued to GPs requesting that…
Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 28, 2020. Denis Balibouse/Reuters Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave a robust defence on Friday of his and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “timely” actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international health emergency at the end of…
Tom Brady leaving the Patriots NFL superstar Tom Brady was found exercising in a Florida city park closed due to the coronavirus and kicked out, the local mayor said. Brady, 42, moved to Tampa recently after signing a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, closing a successful two-decade stint with the New England Patriots. During…
