Shopping centres in the Montreal and Joliette regions are reopening June 19.Liam Slater Oda, an employee with Sports Experts, disinfects a bench at the store on Ste-Catherine Street. That store has been open for a few weeks — soon, malls will reopen as well. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press )The latest: Quebec has 53,824 confirmed cases of…
For the first time in a week, B.C. has recorded another death due to COVID-19. Officials also confirmed another 16 cases of the illness, for a total of 2,709 to date. Of those, 187 cases are still active.Bartenders and servers wear masks inside Earls Kitchen and Bar. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)THE LATEST: The province announced 16 new cases…
The coronavirus is spiking across more than a dozen states, but many governors are signaling they have no interest in bringing back restrictive stay-at-home orders almost regardless of what happens.Even governors with detailed metrics for reopening have shown little appetite to plan for the inevitable virus surges. Public health experts say there are less drastic…
Pupils at Tom Newby Primary School. Facebook/Tom Newby Primary School Pupils have had to get used to a new normal of moving around with hula hoops to ensure they maintain physical distancing. A week into returning to class, the school says its Grade 7s have started settling in better than they were in the first two…
A lot of U.S.companies have had near-death experiences in recent months. Among them is Branch, a 1.5-year-old, venture-backed New York-based startup that sells what it calls “exceptional office furniture, at half the price” — and which nearly went kaput because of the pandemic. After generating roughly $800,000 in revenue in the first weeks of March,…
Covid-19 deaths increase by 74 in SA. There are 55 421 confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa as of 11 June.1 210 Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded.998 400 Covid-19 tests have been conducted to date.The country breached the one million mark for Covid-19 tests, with 1 028 399 conducted as of 11 June.According to a…
Four days have now passed without any recorded deaths from COVID-19 in B.C., but Dr. Bonnie Henry says it’s important to remain cautious while transmission is still increasing globally.Travellers wait for a taxi outside the international arrivals area at Vancouver International Airport on May 29. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)THE LATEST: There are 2,669 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in…
The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group, in Fegersheim near Strasbourg, France, February 1, 2018. Picture taken February 1, 2018. VINCENT KESSLER/Reuters Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID-19 authorized for use…
Two Greens Senators Janet Rice and Mehreen Faruqi also attended the protests but decided to remain in Parliament without getting tested, citing advice from Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth they should only do so if they develop symptoms.”People with symptoms should get themselves tested. That is absolutely critical,” Mr Coatsworth said on Monday, stopping…
The French government is considering whether to end emergency health measures imposed to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic on 10 July, the Prime Minister’s department said today. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s office said the possible date of 10 July was one of several options being examined at present. France has eased many of its earlier, strict lockdown…
