Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday his government would deploy extra resources to long-term care homes battling serious COVID-19 outbreaks, as provincial legislators met to extend a state of emergency declaration for another 28 days.
Ford said he wanted “specialized teams” deployed to these facilities and added that his administration would issue an emergency order declaring that employees of long-term care homes will not be able to work in multiple facilities.
Ford also said Tuesday that schools would not reopen on May 4th, marking the second time the Ontario government has pushed back the date for schools reopening.
British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an update on the province’s COVID-19 response on Tuesday.
Three more people, all of them residents of long-term care homes, died due to COVID-19 in British Columbia, Henry reported.
She also announced 27 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the province’s total to 1,517.
Henry reported one additional long-term care facility outbreak, which brought the number of care homes or assisted living facilities with ongoing active COVID-19 outbreaks to 21.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang held a briefing Tuesday afternoon updating the latest COVID-19 numbers and detailing the province’s response to the pandemic.
Strang reported 43 new cases of the virus, marking the biggest one-day spike the province has seen so far, and bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 517.
He said 13 of the 43 new COVID-19 cases that were reported on Tuesday were from Northwood’s care facility in Halifax, where multiple staff and residents have tested positive. Strang said that all residents who have tested positive except for one individual were showing mild symptoms or were asymptomatic.
The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak continues to upend life around the world as more countries tighten quarantine measures. President Trump has downplayed the dangers of the pandemic, pressing that some Americans could return to work despite the advice of health experts. More than 500,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the United States, which leads the world in number of cases.
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Toronto Mayor John Tory, the city’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa and Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, who serves as general manager of the city’s Office of Emergency Management, are expected to provide an update Tuesday on the ongoing response to COVID-19.
On Monday, another long-term care home in the Toronto-area reported 25 of its residents had died from COVID-19, with 49 confirmed cases. Earlier in the day, de Villa said that she was “very concerned” about outbreaks at the city’s long-term care facilities,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will provide an update to Canadians on Tuesday morning around 11:15am ET. Trudeau will provide the latest details on the measures the government in taking to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal ministers and health officials will speak shortly after Trudeau at approx. 12pm ET to provide additional information around the gorvernment’s response.
Canada’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has now surpassed 25,000, including 780 deaths, according to provincial figures released across the country Monday.
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B.C. has recorded 11 COVID-19 deaths since Saturday, says B.C.’s provincial health officer.
A visibly emotional Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday the majority of those new deaths were linked to outbreaks in seniors’ care homes.
The virus has now killed 69 British Columbians — more than half of them in seniors’ facilities.
British Columbia confirmed 45 new cases Monday, bringing the provincial total to 1,490 lab-confirmed cases of the virus — about two thirds of whom have fully recovered.
More than 250 of B.C.’s COVID-19 cases are linked to outbreaks in 20 Metro Vancouver seniors’ homes.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo provided an update Monday regarding the continued efforts his state is making to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Cuomo said that although the number of daily deaths caused by the virus in the state is decreasing, it is flattening at a “horrific level.” He added that having over 650 deaths occur during the Easter holiday was “especially tragic,” as the death toll surpassed 10,000 in New York State on Monday.
Cuomo also stated that they will “listen to the experts and follow the data” before choosing to reopen the state amid the pandemic, and outlined a potential objective for reopening, which included re-calibrating essential workers and applying more testing.
Canadian health and government officials are expected to provide an update on the latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the country and the federal government’s ongoing response to the pandemic.
Politicians returned to Ottawa over the weekend to debate the Liberal government’s emergency COVID-19 legislation which would allow companies to access a 75 percent wage subsidy for each employee.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Saturday that the time frame for the payout of the wage subsidy for businesses has been moved up with the hope of occurring within two to five weeks, but are hoping to have the payout be closer to the shorter end of the time.
Health minister Matt Hancock and professor Yvonne Doyle provided an update Sunday on the ongoing response to COVID-19, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from a London hospital after being admitted for persistent COVID-19 symptoms.
Before beginning the update, Hancock said it was “great news” that Johnson was discharged, adding that Johnson’s thoughts are with those affected, and that he is thankful for both those who supported his recovery and the National Health Service (NHS) staff who cared for him.
Mike Le Couteur reports on how much the emergency wage subsidy bill will help employers to re-hire workers laid off amid the pandemic. Plus Robin Gill reports on the current caseload of COVID-19 sweeping Canada. The pledge by Alberta’s premier to send a surplus of PPE to provinces in critical need. Plus Air Canada reconfigures aircraft cabins to fly critical cargo across the country amid COVID-19.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke in the House of Commons on Saturday as the government passed a wage subsidy bill to help mitigate the economic impact of the novel coronavirus.
The Trudeau government struck the deal with opposition parties to swiftly approve a massive $73-billion wage subsidy program aimed at helping businesses and workers survive the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Passage of legislation needed to implement the program was assured Saturday after Conservatives dropped their attempt to tie the bill to the longer-term question of how Parliament should function in the midst of a national health crisis.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canadians to fight for “every inch of ground” in the struggle to contain COVID-19.
Trudeau evoked memories of Canada’s military struggles in generations past, before warning Canadians of this generation that in today’s war against COVID-19, the front lines are now “everywhere.”
Trudeau also praised the achievements of the so-called “greatest generation” in the two World Wars, saying the struggle facing modern Canada in the form of COVID-19 was so dire because it represented the greatest danger to this group.
Jennifer Johnson reports on the grim new milestone in the United States which has now surpassed Italy’s staggering death toll. Plus Redmond Shannon reports on the growing cases of COVID-19 in developing nations, and how third world countries are struggling to prepare for the pandemic.
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Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer, and Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Manitoba Shared Health held the daily coronavirus briefing on Saturday.
Dr. Roussin announced 13 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 243.
The number of deaths remains at four.
Dr. Roussin said that eight individuals are hospitalized, five of them in intensive care as of Saturday morning.
He also said that the province is listing 96 individuals as recovered, leaving 143 as currently active cases.
American deaths from the coronavirus passed Italy’s, affirming the U.S.’s spot as the epicenter of the global pandemic.
Deaths from the virus reached at least 19,563 in the U.S. after New York reported 783 new fatalities, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News and Johns Hopkins University.
The heavy toll in the U.S. — and much of Europe — is linked to the failure to enact widespread measures like mass testing and social distancing early enough to prevent the virus from taking hold. Parts of the U.S. were still not locked down in recent days, creating the opportunity for wider spread in places that haven’t suffered as much as hot spots in New York and Detroit.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenny is expected to make an announcement Saturday afternoon on moves the province is making to support other areas of Canada as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
The premier is scheduled to speak in Edmonton at 2 p.m. MT, 4 p.m. ET.
Alberta currently has the third-highest number of cases of COVID-19 in Canada.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo provided an update on the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday morning as the state continues to see more cases reported.
Cuomo said that the outbreak curve in the state is “continuing to flatten” according to the latest infection rate data, and that it appears to have begun to “plateau”. He stated that hospitalization numbers are down despite the still-high number of infections.
Cuomo also discussed when businesses should reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, saying that it was both a “public health question and an economic question,” and that people cannot be asked to choose between “lives lost and dollars gained.” He said that he wants to ensure the decision is based on research, including researching the possibility of a second wave of the outbreak.
Frustrated workers at the Participation House in Markham, Ontario, which houses people living with disabilities, have walked off the job after a COVID-19 outbreak. Ross Lord looks at how outbreaks at long-term care facilities across Canada are devastating a system that’s already struggling.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. coronavirus task force provided an update on the COVID-19 crisis on Friday.
Trump said that “tremendous progress is being made” and that there are signs the COVID-19 curve in the country is beginning to level due to “aggressive” strategies including physical distancing. Trump added that he thinks the death toll will be “substantially” less than 100,000, which was initially predicted as a potential outcome of the pandemic in the U.S.
He also said that the medical supply for health care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the country is “in great shape,” and that the Department of Defense will also be sending 10 million N95 masks. Over 2 million virus tests have been completed and approximately 100,000 more are being conducted every day, stated Trump.
Some grave numbers were handed to Canadians on Thursday, after the federal government released its national disease modelling and March’s job loss report was released. Mike Le Couteur looks at the projections for Canada’s best- and worst-case scenarios, while Eric Sorensen looks at the country’s unprecedented monthly job loss.
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