The spread of the novel coronavirus has slowed down significantly in most parts of Canada but the situation in Montreal remains critical. “Of course, I’m worried as a Quebecer, as an MP about the situation going on in my riding, in the province, as I am con…
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is expected to self-quarantine for 14 days following exposure to an aide at the White House who tested positive for coronavirus, according to two administration officials.Redfield, a high-profile member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, is following his own CDC guidance after…
(Reuters) – Three key U.S. officials guiding the coronavirus response were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokesman and media reports. FILE PHOTO: Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Robert Redfield testifies about coronavirus preparedness and response…
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexico’s best-known border city, Tijuana, has soared and the COVID-19 mortality rate is twice the national average, the health ministry says, after medical staff quickly fell ill as the outbreak rampaged through hospital wards. A man reacts as he stands behind a protective…
Roy Horn, half of the famed Las Vegas magic and entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy, has died of complications related to the coronavirus, partner Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement Friday. He was 75.Last month, Horn tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, a spokesperson for the duo said. He was being treated at…
Former President Barack Obama has taken a swipe at the Department of Justice’s move to drop its case against the former White House national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, saying that the “rule of law is at risk.”In audio from a private conversation with the Obama Alumni Association which was obtained by Yahoo News,…
MONTREAL — Quebec on Friday announced it is launching what it says is a “massive” new COVID-19 screening strategy in the Montreal area, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. Horacio Arruda, the national director of public health, announced the expanded screening at a press conference Friday afternoon in Montreal North, the city borough…
In Canada, experts stress that organized monitoring for changing immunity levels to COVID-19 – a model of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 seen here at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany, on May 8, 2020 – should begin now to deliver meaningful data down the road. JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images As scientists try to…
Updated / Friday, 8 May 2020 10:57 Almost 300,000 people attended last year’s event (File image) Organisers of the National Ploughing Championships have said that, in the interests of public health and safety, this year’s event has been cancelled. NPA Managing Director Anna May McHugh said that social distancing measures and other restrictions around Covid-19…
Has Covid-19 become the leading cause of death in the U.S.? At its worst, the new coronavirus has killed 2,584 Americans in 24 hours. Daily totals aren’t available for heart disease—generally considered the country’s leading killer—but some reports have compared the average, currently around 1,900 a day, to Covid-19’s high. That makes the…
