It’s time to encourage people to wear face masks as a precautionary measure on the grounds that we have little to lose and potentially something to gain, say experts in a recent issue of The British Medical Journal. Professor Trisha Greenhalgh at the University of Oxford and colleagues say despite limited evidence, masks “could have […]
By David Jessop Speaking recently in New York, the state governor, Andrew Cuomo, gave a frank take on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on people’s lives. “The stress, the emotion, is just incredible, and rightfully so. It is a situation that is one of the most disruptive that I have seen, and it will […]
Here are the latest tips and recommendations from the United States Centres for Disease Control and Public Health Agency of Canada on how to properly clean and disinfect your living spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wash your hands First and foremost, please wash your hands. We can’t stress the importance of good hand hygiene enough. This […]
Three groups of Canadians, among hundreds of them stranded in Guyana for more than two weeks. left that country last week, some on an Eastern Airline flight to Miami, and the others travelled to Barbados to pick up an Air Canada flight to Toronto. Fifty-one passengers were in the first group which left for Miami […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Hopes for pandemic respite this spring may depend upon what happens indoors How much spring and summer affect the COVID-19 pandemic may depend not only on the effectiveness of social distancing measures, but also on the environment inside our buildings, according to a review of Yale scientists of their own work and […]
WASHINGTON – A donor appeal from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is seeking $94.8 million to fund priority public health measures to help countries in Latin American and the Caribbean face the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). The funds will be used to carry out PAHO’s COVID-19 Response Strategy, which in alignment with the […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has sought to assure the country that there is no shortage of ventilators despite the fact that a shipment of ventilators destined for the island from the United States was recently seized. Bostic, who was speaking during a press conference here on Sunday disclosed that the […]
Toronto Mayor John Tory announced on Tuesday that all major city events and event permits are cancelled until June 30, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. Pride Toronto’s Festival Weekend, which includes the Pride Parade slated for June 28, and the TD Toronto Jazz Festival are among the cancelled events. “While the […]
An Amazon worker who led a walkout at a New York City facility on Monday has been fired. Chris Smalls, an assistant manager and organizer, learned of his termination as dozens of workers protested against the company’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s a shame on them,” Smalls said on Tuesday. “To fire someone after […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH The genetic quest to understand COVID -19 How the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 made the leap from animals to humans is a puzzle that scientists are trying to solve as humanity comes to grip with the deadly pandemic sweeping the globe. At the frontline of this scientific work is Professor Edward […]
