Canadian employment rose by a record-setting 953,000 people in June as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions eased across the country. Combined with May’s gain of nearly 290,000 workers, the labour market has recovered about 40 per cent of the three million jobs that were lost during the pandemic, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate fell to…
Police Minister Bheki Cele addresses SAPS officers on Friday. Police Minister Bheki Cele says policing during the Covid-19 pandemic has “come at a cost” to the SAPS as 5 000 officers became infected and 36 lost their lives. Cele called on all SAPS officers to decisively deal with both the “armed and unarmed enemy”. He added…
CLOSE Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told people to “focus on facts” as coronavirus cases climb. USA TODAYFORT MYERS, Fla. – Nearly half of Florida’s intensive-care units are at least 90% full, and more than 1 in 5 are completely full, according to state data.Hospitals are increasingly strained under COVID-19. Hospitalizations have jumped more than 13% just since…
Augusta is one venue where silence can never be mistaken for inaction. As the US remains in the grip of Covid-19 – and its sporting calendar is altered accordingly – it would be an error to suppose those who preside over the Masters blithely believe their event is unaffected. In his last bulletin, in early…
Updated / Thursday, 9 Jul 2020 13:18 Walgreens Boots Alliance, the owner of Boots, said its most significant Covid-19 impact had come in Britain Pharmacy chain Boots plans to cut 4,000 jobs and close 48 optician stores in the UK, in the latest major blow to the country’s retail sector from the Covid-19 crisis. UK…
The United States confirmed more than 58,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest increase ever reported by a country in a single day. Here’s what’s happening in the U.S. and around the world.Health-care workers test patients at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in St. Petersburg, Florida. The U.S. reported more than 58,000 new COVID-19 cases…
Home >News >India >Covid-19: 53% of India’s virus deaths are over 60 years of age, says govt Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, Ministry of Health (ANI) 4 min read . Updated: 09 Jul 2020, 04:40 PM IST Edited By Aparna Banerjea The Ministry also informed that according to WHO report, there are 538 cases per million population…
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau, seen here in Ottawa on March 18, 2020, pointed to two benefits as he delivered a limited fiscal update on Wednesday. DAVE CHAN/AFP/Getty Images The federal government is aiming to take full – and lasting – advantage of rock-bottom interest rates as it borrows record amounts to fund its COVID-19-driven spending.…
LIVE Last updated July 9, 2020 10:19AM AEST Experts have warned New South Wales could be tipped back into lockdown if it fails to stem coronavirus cases arriving from Victoria. Epidemiologist and World Health Organisation advisor Mary-Louise McLaws said there was a “magic number” of active cases that would see health authorities in NSW too…
