British Columbia reported a record 425 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Thursday, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic began. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the number during an update…
British Columbia health officials on Monday reported 1,120 new cases of COVID-19 over three days and six new deaths. B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Reka Gustafson, deputy provincial health officer, delivered the province’s update on the latest COVID-19…
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for a stop to the politicization of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the only thing that will save lives and prevent transmission is science, and not “wishful thinking or deliberate…
The Ontario government has made available $300 million in funding for restaurants and other businesses impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic, Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday, during a press conference at Mamma Martino’s Restaurant in Etobicoke, Ont. This money…
During a World Health Organization (WHO) press conference on Friday, Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies programme, said authorities should try to avoid “punishing” lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as many countries see a sharp rise in the…
Toronto’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa reported 381 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, stressing that nowhere in the city was safe from the virus, and that it was “not the time to panic” but the “time…
