Covid-19

The decision by Canada’s two biggest airlines to relax on-board physical distancing policies next month is under fire from those who worry about the health implications of doing so amid the COVID-19 pandemic.A flight attendant wears personal protective equipment in a near-empty plane from Calgary to Vancouver on June 9. Several Canadian airlines now plan…

A closer look at people who tested positive for COVID-19 but never developed symptoms has found that such asymptomatic carriers have few to no detectable antibodies just weeks after infection, suggesting they may not develop lasting immunity.A new study on COVID-19 immunity has found that people who were asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic had their antibodies…

CBC Ottawa's latest roundup of key updates during the coronavirus pandemic.CBC News Network showcases the best of CBC journalism, covering breaking stories with speed, and adding context and meaning along the way. CBC News Network is also the destination for original journalism, with added depth from CBC News bureaus across the country and around the…

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BEIJING (AP) — China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy. In the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following a surge…

Just 37% of News24 readers expect to be infected with Covid-19 in the future.Just 29% of 18 to 24-year-olds expect to be infected.The majority of readers who said they will have access to quality healthcare if infected are white.A News24/Ipsos poll has revealed what appears to be high levels of apathy among News24 readers toward…

CLOSE Country star Keith Urban played a concert for medical workers at a drive-in movie theater in Tennessee. (May 15) AP Entertainment"The year 2020 has come to be a defining period that has impacted all of us around the world in ways we could have never imagined,  host Dwayne Johnson said, explaining the intertwined forces that…

The US is more alone than ever, just at the moment the world needs its leadership

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…

One of Port Elizabeth's largest funeral parlour services say some hospitals have asked him to store bodies as deaths rise.Another undertaker explains why he refuses to store the bodies of people who died of Covid-19.Private hospitals say they have made arrangements for holding facilities on their premises.One of Port Elizabeth's biggest funeral parlour services says…