Jul 14, 2020 – 11.30amFormer Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen says the central bank has crossed lines she didn’t believe possible in efforts to buttress the financial markets from COVID-19, but she remains concerned job losses caused by the pandemic will leave permanent scars on the global economyYellen, who is an adviser to the funds…
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Bengal bureaucrat overseeing movement of migrant workers dies of Covid-19
Home / Kolkata / Bengal bureaucrat overseeing movement of migrant workers dies of Covid-19 West Bengal residents on Monday reacted sharply after a young bureaucrat who was overseeing the movement of migrant workers died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).Debdutta Ray, who was in her mid-thirties, was a West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) officer and posted…
Read More »Ontario is entering Stage 3, U.S. states are locking down again: 4 charts that pinpoint where we are in COVID-19 battle
By Patty WinsaData ReporterMon., July 13, 2020timer6 min. readAfter a weekend when Disney World in Orlando opened its doors for the first time since March, Premier Doug Ford announced amusement parks would not be making the cut for Stage 3 reopenings slated to begin Friday in most of Ontario.Private karaoke rooms and buffets also won’t…
Read More »Victoria records 270 more coronavirus cases
"There's often 10 per cent to 20 per cent of all coronavirus infections who require hospitalisation, so that's a couple of hundred individuals at least."Of Victoria's 26 intensive care patients, 21 are on ventilators.Professor Sutton said elevating Melbourne and Mitchell Shire to stage four restrictions - stricter than Victoria has experienced so far in the…
Read More »NRL considers moving entire competition to Queensland as COVID-19 crisis escalates
NRL brings back bubble as it considers moving entire competition to Queensland amid COVID-19 crisisSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerThe NRL is considering relocating the entire competition to Queensland as COVID-19 restrictions threaten to bring the season to a halt for a second time.NRL powerbrokers have been working on contingency plans the past…
Read More »Ontario set to detail Stage 3 of reopening plan today as COVID-19 cases decline | CBC News
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…
Read More »Putin delays $360bn spending plan as Covid-19 batters economy
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Read More »Canada adds health officials at U.S. border crossings to screen for COVID-19 | CBC News
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…
Read More »Covid-19 reaches ‘doorstep of the judiciary’
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…
Read More »White House takes aim at Anthony Fauci over Covid-19 comments
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