Here are the latest updates:Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported.The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been installed at his official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow where he receives visitors, it said.Demonstration footage of the tunnel, published by RIA, showed masked people passing through it being sprayed with disinfectant from the ceiling and from the...…Here are the latest updates:Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported.The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been installed at his official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow where he receives visitors, it said.Demonstration footage of the tunnel, published by RIA, showed masked people passing through it being sprayed with disinfectant from the ceiling and from the...WW…

Here are all the latest updates:Brazil recorded a new daily record of 1,179 deaths from the new coronavirus, with a total of 17,971 total fatalities and 271,628 confirmed cases, the health ministry said.Tuesday’s death toll was the first time Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day.The Trump administration said it was indefinitely extending a policy of strict border enforcement because of the COVID-19 outbreak.An order signed by Dr Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it should remain because of public health conditions in the US,...…Here are all the latest updates:Brazil recorded a new daily record of 1,179 deaths from the new coronavirus, with a total of 17,971 total fatalities and 271,628 confirmed cases, the health ministry said.Tuesday’s death toll was the first time Brazil has recorded more than 1,000 deaths in a day.The Trump administration said it was indefinitely extending a policy of strict border enforcement because of the COVID-19 outbreak.An order signed by Dr Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it should remain because of public health conditions in the US,...WW…

Here are the latest updates:The largest union representing US meatpacking workers said on Friday it opposed the reopening of plants as the Trump administration had failed to guarantee workers’ safety.At least 30 meatpacking workers have died of the novel coronavirus and more than 10,000 have contracted it, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents more than 250,000 meatpacking and food processing workers, said in a statement.The pandemic caused at least 30 meatpacking plants to temporarily close over the past two months, resulting in a 40 percent...…Here are the latest updates:The largest union representing US meatpacking workers said on Friday it opposed the reopening of plants as the Trump administration had failed to guarantee workers’ safety.At least 30 meatpacking workers have died of the novel coronavirus and more than 10,000 have contracted it, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents more than 250,000 meatpacking and food processing workers, said in a statement.The pandemic caused at least 30 meatpacking plants to temporarily close over the past two months, resulting in a 40 percent...WW…

Amid criticism over Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, the US president played a campaign style video put together by White House staffers defending his actions.The criticism comes after recent reports suggested that the White House was warned of the potential deadly cost of the virus’s spread before taking action and putting in place mitigation efforts.Trump had previously denied seeing a January 30 memo by a senior US official warning of mass casualties and economic devastation from the new coronavirus, months before the pandemic began inflicting thousands of deaths in the...…Amid criticism over Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, the US president played a campaign style video put together by White House staffers defending his actions.The criticism comes after recent reports suggested that the White House was warned of the potential deadly cost of the virus’s spread before taking action and putting in place mitigation efforts.Trump had previously denied seeing a January 30 memo by a senior US official warning of mass casualties and economic devastation from the new coronavirus, months before the pandemic began inflicting thousands of deaths in the...WW…

Here are the latest updates:Top United States health official Dr  will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said on Friday, calling it “counterproductive” to have individuals involved in the response testify.The White House issued an emailed statement after a spokesman for the Congressional committee holding the hearing said the committee had been informed by Trump administration officials that Fauci had been blocked from testifying.Read more . Gilead’s antiviral drug...…Here are the latest updates:Top United States health official Dr  will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said on Friday, calling it “counterproductive” to have individuals involved in the response testify.The White House issued an emailed statement after a spokesman for the Congressional committee holding the hearing said the committee had been informed by Trump administration officials that Fauci had been blocked from testifying.Read more . Gilead’s antiviral drug...WW…

Coronavirus has killed 168 more people in Italy in the past 24 hours, the highest toll in a single day since the start of the outbreak in the country.The whole of Italy – a country of some 60 million people – was  as the government stepped up efforts to tackle the that has killed 631 people and affected more than 10,000.Globally, more than 4,000 people have died from the coronavirus and over 113,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 64,000 people have recovered around the world. Here are the latest updates:Turkish Health...…Coronavirus has killed 168 more people in Italy in the past 24 hours, the highest toll in a single day since the start of the outbreak in the country.The whole of Italy – a country of some 60 million people – was  as the government stepped up efforts to tackle the that has killed 631 people and affected more than 10,000.Globally, more than 4,000 people have died from the coronavirus and over 113,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 64,000 people have recovered around the world. Here are the latest updates:Turkish Health...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAACanadian seniors hunkered down in sunny U.S. destinations find themselves in a bit of quandary this winter.Following the last week of a string of to crack down on non-essential travel amid the pandemic, many are now delaying their return to the country.“I am seeing interest through either calls or actual sales of individuals who are asking to extend their current travel insurance because they have no intention of coming back,” Martin Firestone, a travel insurance broker in Toronto who caters to snowbird clients, told Global...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAACanadian seniors hunkered down in sunny U.S. destinations find themselves in a bit of quandary this winter.Following the last week of a string of to crack down on non-essential travel amid the pandemic, many are now delaying their return to the country.“I am seeing interest through either calls or actual sales of individuals who are asking to extend their current travel insurance because they have no intention of coming back,” Martin Firestone, a travel insurance broker in Toronto who caters to snowbird clients, told Global...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAOver the past month, several cases of the of the have been detected across Canada.Based on the evidence so far, researchers believe the B.1.1.7 lineage that was first discovered in the United Kingdom is up to 70 per cent more contagious than other variants. It is not yet clear, however, if it causes more severe illness or is more lethal.It is natural for all viruses to mutate, as their genetic material undergoes small changes during outbreaks.In fact, more than 10,000 mutations of the novel coronavirus, known as...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAOver the past month, several cases of the of the have been detected across Canada.Based on the evidence so far, researchers believe the B.1.1.7 lineage that was first discovered in the United Kingdom is up to 70 per cent more contagious than other variants. It is not yet clear, however, if it causes more severe illness or is more lethal.It is natural for all viruses to mutate, as their genetic material undergoes small changes during outbreaks.In fact, more than 10,000 mutations of the novel coronavirus, known as...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAJennifer Jorgensen is counting down the days till the becomes available in Canada.“Absolutely,” the 47-year-old from the small village of Fruitvale, B.C., told Global News when asked if she would take the shot.“Because when you have a 22-year-old daughter with type 1 diabetes and a dad with a heart condition, you’ll do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe,” she said.Health Canada Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with a limited rollout set to begin to priority groups next week and vaccination of the general population...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAJennifer Jorgensen is counting down the days till the becomes available in Canada.“Absolutely,” the 47-year-old from the small village of Fruitvale, B.C., told Global News when asked if she would take the shot.“Because when you have a 22-year-old daughter with type 1 diabetes and a dad with a heart condition, you’ll do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe,” she said.Health Canada Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with a limited rollout set to begin to priority groups next week and vaccination of the general population...WW…