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Six more people have died of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, all at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax.Nova Scotia is reporting that a total of 37 people have died from the virus. (Robert Guertin/CBC)Six more people have died of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, all at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax. So far, 37 people…

MONTREAL -- Quebec public health officials announced Sunday that a computer error resulted in 1,317 missing positive COVID-19 cases between April 2-30. The province also announced a daily increase of 892 new COVID-19 from Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in Quebec to 31,865. Sixty-nine people have died of the virus in the last…

Tatiana Bernardo de Nascimento, 27, holds out her hands so the young couple delivering meals at her door can spray them with sanitizing alcohol. There’s no soap and the taps often run dry in her home in Paraisópolis, a working-class community of more than 100,000 residents that constitutes one of the city’s many favelas, or…

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The May Bank holiday is usually a busy weekend for tourism, but even though most major attractions across the world are closed due to Covid-19, you can still visit them virtually from the safety of your own armchair. Exploring the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, listening to bird song as you hike the Grand Canyon and having a virtual…

Home > News > India > India reports highest single-day jump in coronavirus cases ahead of Lockdown 3.0 The total number of coronavirus cases in India neared 40,000 (PTI) 2 min read . Updated: 03 May 2020, 11:16 AM IST Edited By Surajit Dasgupta ( with inputs from ANI ) Currently, there are 28,046 active…

An 83-year-old Western Australian woman has died from COVID-19, after contracting the virus from a close contact.Key points:An 83-year-old woman is the ninth WA coronavirus fatalityPolice have arrested 10 people for breaching coronavirus restrictionsOne man will face court over alleged breaches of self-quarantine"It's obviously heartbreaking to hear another West Australian has lost their life to COVID-19,"…

A Victorian teacher has tested positive to COVID-19, with the Melbourne school to be closed for three days for deep cleaning and to enable contact tracing.Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said the school needed to be shut down and cleaned urgently because the infected teacher had been on site in recent days.  Parents and staff at Meadow Glen…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gilead Science Inc’s (GILD.O) antiviral drug remdesivir was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19 on Friday, clearing the way for broader use of the drug in more hospitals around the United States. During a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President…