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A man who seemed to mock coronavirus by licking shelves at a supermarket has been arrested and charged for posing a "danger to life". Cody Pfister, 26, from Warrenton, Missouri, teased "who is scared of coronavirus" in a Snapchat video before he licked a row full of toiletries including shampoos, deodorants and hand-washing liquids. The video also had a strap […]
Read moreNEW YORK — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators. Such is the reality inside New York City’s hospitals, which have become the war-zone-like epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus […]
Read moreThe Region of Waterloo and its seven municipalities have each declared a state of emergency in response to the growing novel coronavirus pandemic. Mayors for area cities (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo) and townships (North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich) joined Regional Chair Karen Redman in signing declarations on Wednesday morning. In a release, the region and municipalities say this will […]
Read moreTwo-time Olympic sprint kayaker and Nova Scotian Mark de Jonge was supposed to be in Florida this week, training for what would be a third Olympic appearance. Instead, he and his family are in self-isolation at their Halifax home. “It’s been a bit of a roller coaster” said De Jonge, sitting under a framed photo from a 2016 Olympic photo […]
Read moreSince the initial coronavirus cases were reported in Wuhan, China, last November, the deadly outbreak has spread rapidly across the globe. Today, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is edging ever closer to half a million and has led to the deaths of more than 19,000 people. Self-isolation measures have been enforced by world leaders in attempts to […]
Read moreLONDON (Reuters) – Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self isolating in Scotland. Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is displaying what Clarence House said were mild symptoms but remains in good health and has been working from his home on the Balmoral Estate […]
Read more(Reuters) – Russian authorities lifted a tsunami warning in the Pacific far east on Wednesday after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Kuril Islands, the RIA news agency reported, citing a representative of the Sakhalin Tsunami Centre. Residents in the town of Severo-Kurilsk in Russia’s Sakhalin region had earlier been evacuated to a safe zone on […]
Read moreFormer deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s general intelligence and former royal court adviser also accused in indictment. The Istanbul prosecutor’s office said it had prepared an indictment against 20 suspects over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including the former deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s general intelligence and a former royal adviser. Khashoggi’s killing in the Saudi consulate in […]
Read moreDescribing the pace of the contagion as “faster than a bullet train”, the governor criticised the federal government for not sending anywhere near enough essential medical supplies to help deal with the crisis. With new infection rates doubling every three days, New York was the source of 60 percent of all new cases in the country. At present, the state […]
Read moreLIMA (Reuters) – The death toll from coronavirus in Peru hit 7 on Tuesday after a 38-year-old man died after he contracted the disease while on a trip to Canada, the country’s Ministry of Health said. The ministry said the man, who recently returned to Peru, died after being admitted to a Lima hospital on Monday for respiratory failure. He […]
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