A third resident at Cape Town’s Nazareth House for the aged has died of Covid-19, the facility said on Wednesday.CEO Wayne Devy said this was in spite of the extreme measures that Nazareth House had introduced to protect its residents and staff from the coronavirus even before the lockdown began.News24 reported on Tuesday that, by…
(Reuters) – Health policy experts say the United States must dramatically increase the availability of tests for the coronavirus if it is to safely reopen its economy. FILE PHOTO: An Orthodox Jewish healthcare worker attends to people arriving at a drive-thru testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the New York City suburb of…
The High Court will rule on Wednesday on the application by John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty for permission to challenge laws introduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In judicial review proceedings against the State and the Minister for Health, the applicants seek to have various pieces of recently enacted legislation relating to the virus, which…
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…
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…
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…
*Note: Due to different reporting times, the provincial numbers will differ to the national numbers for given provinces by a few cases per day.South Africa has 8 232 confirmed Covid-19 cases and an additional eight deaths, bringing the total to 161 deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday. Mkhize was speaking at a gathering to…
A long-time personal support worker at one of Ottawa’s hardest-hit long-term care homes has died of COVID-19, officials there say.A message thanking health-care workers is seen beside a statue of Mary outside the Madonna Care Community in Ottawa. The long-term care home announced Thursday one of its workers had died from COVID-19. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)A…
New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health has announced one new case of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total number of active cases to two.Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, confirms second active case of COVID-19 in the province. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)Latest Local businesses want province to let them…
