New daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been in steady decline for about five weeks in Ontario.Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to release details today of what the province’s Stage 3 of reopening will look like. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce plans for Stage 3 of the province’s reopening…
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As the volume of travellers entering Canada through the U.S. has increased in recent weeks, public health officials are being placed at land borders to bolster screening for COVID-19.The Canadian border is pictured at the Peace Arch Canada border crossing in Surrey, B.C., in March. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)As the volume of travellers entering Canada…
Judge Patrick Jaji. (Patrick Jaji, Facebook) An Eastern Cape high court judge has died days after testing positive for Covid-19.Judge Patrick Jaji died on Sunday. Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge said the effects of the pandemic had now reached the doorstep of the judiciary. Eastern Cape High Court Judge Patrick Jaji has died of Covid-19, the…
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Melbourne is in the midst of a testing blitz to control the latest coronavirus outbreak. But on social media, this increase in testing has been accompanied by a rise in misinformation and conspiracy theories focusing on the reliability and safety of COVID-19 testing procedures.Among other claims, some posts incorrectly suggest that a common type of…
NSW Chief Medical Officer Kerry Chant has confirmed the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel in south-west Sydney has risen above nine.Fourteen new cases have been recorded in NSW overnight, of which 10 were acquired in Australia.The last time NSW active cases increased by more than 10 was in mid-April.Medical staff at…
New York City on Sunday reported zero new coronavirus deaths for the first time since early March, a milestone that comes as the virus spikes in other parts of the country.Preliminary health data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene showed that no one died from the coronavirus in New York City on…
A security guard working at a Melbourne hotel guarding asylum seekers has tested positive for COVID-19, raising “terrifying” fears of outbreak mess in the state.Detainees have posted images of cleaners in protective clothing conducting a deep clean of the Manta accommodation facility in the suburb of Preston overnight.It follows the spread of coronavirus through multiple…
When it was announced that pubs could reopen, a small but significant caveat within the detail got lost amid the national euphoria. For musicians, though, it was a thunderbolt. The three key words that stood out for us were: “No live music.” Translation: your existence is banned. Back in March, when no one knew how…
