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Two Americans charged, fined $1G for quarantine violation

Instead of heading into quarantine, per Canada's Quarantine Act , the couple were spotted multiple times around an Ontario town. Police say both failed to c...

Provincial health officials report 138 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario

This brings the total number of cases in Ontario to 35,794 - 31,266 of which are resolved (or over 87 per cent). The new case at Riverside Place is a staff me...

Coronavirus Canada updates: PEI reports first cases in months

The three - a man in his 50s and two people in their 20s - are Island residents and essential workers. Morrison said 129 residents and 140 workers Whisperwood...

Florida COVID-19 cases spike to new daily record

Andrew Cuomo said Saturday the state recorded 726 new cases on Friday, which is down from a troubling 916 new positives on Thursday - the first time the daily c...

Bubonic Plague Fears Lead to Quarantine in Russia-Mongolia Border

The NCZD also announced that it had quarantined the provincial capital and one of the region's districts about 500 kilometers south of the southern Siberian r...

University Of Washington Students In Frat Houses Test Positive For Coronavirus

At least 105 residents living in 15 different fraternity houses have tested positive, according to the Interfraternity Council, a student-led governing body fo...

England's test and trace programme to launch on Thursday, PM Johnson says

This is because it's possible to have coronavirus without showing any symptoms. If they test positive, they must continue to stay at home for 7 days or until th...

World Health Organization discontinues hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Another branch of the WHO-led trial is looking at the potential effect of Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir on Covid-19. The European Commission on Friday ga...

Thurston County adds six new COVID-19 cases on Friday

Dallas County authorities reported 1,103 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday. Three confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified at Curry Gener...

Protesters block Mount Rushmore road before Trump visit

The movement has stemmed from nationwide protests for racial equality following the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louis...

Study Finds Some COVID Patients Will Not Regain Senses of Taste, Smell

Based on the findings, they said "the loss of smell or taste is among the most common and persistent symptoms of mildly symptomatic patients with COVID-19, howe...

Allegheny County: Shutdown ordered over COVID-19 spike

The move comes as Pennsylvania on Thursday reported its highest one-day total of confirmed coronavirus cases since May, and Allegheny County reported its high...

RCMP apologize to student dragged, stepped on during wellness check

The "Justice for Mona Wang" petition is calling for protesters to meet in front of Calgary City Hall at 2 p.m., local time, "to show support for Mona as well as...

56 new cases, 1 death in Douglas County

A female in her 50's and a male in his 60's have had contact with persons testing positive for COVID-19. A third unrelated case is a Curry County resident who...

At Rushmore, Trump says protesters seek to 'defame' heroes

In the nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, protesters in several cities have vandalize...

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine reportedly triggers 'correct' immune response

The company has revealed that human clinical trials will begin across the country this month itself. Bharat Biotech became the first company to receive cleara...

ICMR aims to launch indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Aug 15

ICMR has fast-tracked the project and selected a dozen institutes for clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine). The first ind...

Global coronavirus cases exceed 11 million as United States notches 57,683 new infections

Also, younger people, who get better much easier and faster!"However, Adm. Brett Giroir, the man Trump appointed to oversee testing, testified at a House hear...

Trump blasts 'left-wing cultural revolution' at Mount Rushmore

The event drew 7,500 people, packed tightly into an amphitheater. Masks will be available but are not required. The virus has even reached Mr Trump's inner ci...

Covid-19: Virus mutation points to greater infection rate

By the end of March, D614G was already present across the world, becoming the dominant strain, replacing D614. The researchers found that the new strain, whic...

United Kingdom locks down city of Leicester after COVID-19 spike

It comes as ITV News has learned the city's Walkers crisps' factory saw 28 coronavirus cases in June. Asked if some aspects of the lockdown would be enfor...

Young people's mental health suffering during lockdown says charity

The letter calls for more funding and a national campaign to promote wellbeing. Among respondents whose children had received mental health support in the p...

Pennsylvania Has Reported 830 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases | coronavirus

The health department reported 832 new coronavirus cases Thursday, raising the statewide total to 88,074. By Thu., July 2, the number of cases had jumped to 233...

Norfolk had 600 more coronavirus cases than reported at height of pandemic

Schools were closed as part of the government's decision to put Leicester on a local lockdown , as Public Health England (PHE) observed an increase in the numb...

Covid-19 causes death rate to rise by 13%

THERE are three more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Limerick this Friday evening, figures just released from the Department of Health show. The number of dea...

COVID-19: Sask. reports 14th death, 10 new cases

Of the new cases, seven are in the far north. Another three people are in intensive care, including two in the north and one in Saskatoon. Seventeen more peop...

India's First Coronavirus Vaccine May Be Launched By August 15

Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine candidate has successfully induced the correct type of immune response in clinical trials . The indigenous, inactivated ...

New study finds hydroxychloroquine 'significantly' lowers COVID-19 death rate

The peer-reviewed study found about 13% of the patients who received hydroxychloroquine died, compared with 26% patients who did not receive the medication....

Moderna shares slide after report of delay in COVID-19 vaccine trial

In the letter dated July 2, the ICMR said that Bharat Biotech is working expeditiously to launch the vaccine for public use by August 15. "We are using ou...

Launch of COVID-19 contact tracing app in Ontario delayed

The Ontario government is investing $150 million in additional support to municipalities and Urban Indigenous communities to protect vulnerable people from issu...