Armed with positive antibody tests for Covid-19 and a history of related symptoms, some Americans think they had the disease as early as fall 2019. Last November, New Jersey dental hygienist Judy Abram suffered a severe illness that left her gasping for air. She tested positive for antibodies to the new coronavirus last month. “They…
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Covid-19: Tax on unemployment payment could be collected by reducing credits
Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Tax due from those who are in receipt of the weekly €350 Covid-19 unemployment payment could be collected by…
Read More »The human cost of Covid-19: new HSE figures reveal the toll on care homes
Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Confidential Health Service Executive figures obtained by The Irish Times show for the first time the precise impact of…
Read More »COVID-19 in Ontario is now primarily a Toronto-area problem, figures show | CBC News
Toronto and its surrounding cities account for a disproportionately high number of Ontario's new cases of COVID-19, according to a CBC News analysis of provincial data on novel coronavirus infections.Nurses conduct COVID-19 testing at the William Osler Health System's drive-thru assessment centre in Toronto. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Toronto and its surrounding regions account for a disproportionately high…
Read More »Popular COVID-19 videos on YouTube misinform the public
False or misleading information in some of YouTube’s most popular COVID-19 videos has had more than 62 million views.Share on PinterestA recent study investigates the popularity of misleading COVID-19 videos on YouTube.There is some mysterious magic behind what makes information take root on the internet, and it apparently has nothing to do with accuracy. A…
Read More »COVID-19 killed more than a quarter of this seniors’ home’s residents. Here’s how it, and the province, missed warning signs
Barbara Lalonde holds a portrait of her parents. Her father, Arthur Harek, was a 95-year-old resident of Anson Place Care Centre in Hagersville, Ont., where he contracted COVID-19 and was rushed to hospital four times before his death on March 16. Kate Dockeray/Globe and Mail The first inkling that COVID-19 was inside Anson Place Care…
Read More »Tax on Covid-19 payment could cause ‘terrible shock’ late in year
Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Recipients of the Covid-19 unemployment payment could be in for a “terrible shock” at the end of the year…
Read More »Covid-19 restriction-lifting may speed up if cases keep falling
Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. The Government will consider accelerating the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions if the number of new cases continues to decline,…
Read More »COVID-19 distancing compels shifts at the beach on crowded U.S. Memorial Day weekend
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans excited about what for many was their first big break from coronavirus shutdowns flocked to beaches and outdoor areas on Saturday, snarling roadways and forcing some closures on the Memorial Day weekend that signals the start of the U.S. summer. In Destin, Florida, The Back Porch, a surfside restaurant on…
Read More »Covid-19: Taoiseach insists no change from two metre social distancing advice
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said “that there is no change to the advice to maintain a physical distance of two metres,” according to his spokesman. “The public health advice from Nphet stands,” he said. Earlier this week the State’s chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said the two metre distance was something that would be…
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