Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, insists on keeping the state shut down until May 26 despite a declining rate of positive COVID-19 tests, hospitalizations, and coronavirus deaths per capita in the state. Evers first shut the state down with a “safer-at-home” executive order for 30 days in late March. Then on April 16, he…
SASKATOON — Check back throughout the day for the latest on COVID-19 in Saskatoon and area. If you’re concerned you might be infected with COVID-19, the Saskatchewan COVID-19 self assessment tool is a helpful resource. Here’s advice on how to practice physical/social distancing and how to properly self-isolate at home. Four new cases in province, all in La Loche area…
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Updated / Tuesday, 12 May 2020 03:05 The special committee’s inaugural hearing will take place in the Dáil chamber A new Dáil committee, established to examine the Covid-19 crisis, will hold its first meeting today and appoint a chairperson. Due to physical distancing measures, this inaugural hearing will take place in the Dáil chamber. This…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a fresh round of consultation with chief ministers on ways to strengthen the Covid-19 containment strategy and stepping up of economic activities in a calibrated manner as the 54-day nationwide lockdown nears an end. Here’s what the chief ministers told the PM during the meeting:Maharashtra chief…
The State must provide immediate guarantees of funding for its public transport companies which are experiencing significant financial problems, the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) has said. The NBRU said it would not under any circumstances “entertain the notion of job losses as a result of decisions made by faceless bureaucrats”. The union said…
This analysis was excerpted from the May 11 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. (CNN)If there is one workplace in the world where social distancing is i…
The province’s network of labs processed 13,970 tests, a decrease from a record 17,618 the day before last and below the 16,000 tests per day target instituted last week. The backlog of tests now sits at 9.018.The number of new daily cases of COVID-19 in Ontario continued on its downward trend on Monday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Ontario…
Five years ago, Bill Gates warned that the biggest potential killer the world faced wasn’t war, but a pandemic. The billionaire spent hundreds of millions of dollars to find faster ways to develop vaccines and create disease-tracking systems. He urged world leaders to build national defenses against new infectious diseases. Looking back, Mr. Gates said,…
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