The cumulative effects of structural racism were the major contributing factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on groups described as Black, Asian, or other minority ethnic (BAME) in the UK. That was the overwhelming message from the recent Public Health England review on the issue. The central theme of the review’s seven recommendations, which…
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Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a tweet on Monday that she tested positive for coronavirus, despite being asymptomatic.”COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive,” she tweeted.COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) July 6, 2020…
As millions of Canadians contemplate what it will take to work long-term from home in order to control the spread of COVID-19, MPs are considering a very particular problem: how to virtually vote. MPs are trying to work out how to virtually vote once Parliament resumes in the fall. (Sarah Sears/CBC)As millions of Canadians contemplate what…
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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.The 50-year-old Democrat is among the women named as a potential vice-presidential running mate for presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden.“COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive,” Bottoms tweeted.She told MSNBC that she…
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Gym. Spencer Platt, Getty Images United Gyms and Fitness Facilities is the latest organisation to haul government to court over lockdown regulations – it wants gyms reopened.It has argued that gyms are dominated by small- and medium-sized enterprises which employ around 29 000 people.According to United Gyms, about 15 000 people have lost their income and…
Peter Murphy, who recovered COVID-19 and is now donating his plasma, poses for a portrait at his home June 25, 2020 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/Dave Chan If a second wave of COVID-19 slams into Canada in the fall, doctors are planning to have freezers full of convalescent plasma ready to deploy as part of an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump’s own ethics policy, according to a report.The lobbyists identified Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen either worked in the Trump executive…
