A sign language interpreter who helped to keep deaf people informed during Covid press conferences has herself died of the virus. Patty Sakal, 62, from Hawaii, died on Friday after contracting coronavirus during a trip to see her family in California. She was a familiar face on TV in Hawaii for the islands’ coronavirus news…
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Coronavirus case rates have started to fall in most areas of the country as the effects of the third national lockdown are slowly starting to emerge. The latest Government figures of Covid-19 case rates were released yesterday for every local authority area in England. Of the 315 local areas in England, 287 (91%) have seen…
Niagara’s population makeup, the province’s response and other factors have caused a spike in deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Mustafa Hirji, acting medical officer of health for the Niagara, says the region’s population, the province’s response, and other factors led to a spike of local deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Niagara Region/Twitter)Flags across the Niagara…
The number of people hospitalized due to the coronavirus is starting to decline, and vaccine efforts are ramping up. But there are…
Quebec’s decision to loosen restrictions is being greeted with trepidation by some public health experts, who worry the threat of more transmissible variants of the coronavirus could once again put hospitals at risk of being overwhelmed.Quebec Minister of Health Christian Dube and Chantal Rouleau, minister responsible for the Montreal area, have the vaccination process explained…
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that new variants of the coronavirus that were initially found in the United Kingdom, South Africa and…
Johnson & Johnson has released the results of its phase three COVID-19 vaccine trial and plans to seek emergency use authorization by the…
They may not be suffering the most severe physical effects of the pandemic, but the mental health of young adults in Quebec taken a greater hit than any other group.Young Quebecers are struggling to find a place for their grief and frustration as the measures to contain COVID-19 drag on and compound the impact on…
There’s a nationwide scramble to get more doses of the coronavirus vaccine as new cases continue to rise. Nearly 20 million Americans…
Cases of COVID-19 are declining in many parts of Canada, but experts say those early positive signs are dependent on widespread restrictions that the public might find difficult to sustain — and suggest further tools and support is needed.A woman walks down a sidewalk in Vancouver on Monday. B.C.’s epidemic is stabilizing, experts say, following…