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Ontario reported 704 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.Author of the article:Taylor BlewettPublishing date:Oct 20, 2020  •   •  6 minute readFILE: Nurses wearing protective masks and protective suits, work in a COVID-19 medicine unit. Photo by PASCAL ROSSIGNOL /REUTERSArticle contentOntario’s chief medical officer of health is officially recommending against trick-or-treating come Halloween in the four…

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize Darren Stewart/Gallo Images Zweli Mkhize and his wife have tested positive for Covid-19.The pair tested on Saturday after showing symptoms.Mkhize is in quarantine at home, while his wife was admitted to hospital for observation and rehydration.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife, Dr May Mkhize, have tested positive for Covid-19.The pair…

After a week of record-breaking Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in Wisconsin, President Trump visited the state for a rally with thousands of maskless supporters. More than 850,000 Wisconsin voters have already cast their ballots.Oct. 17, 2020

Nearly 200 pupils at a Nigerian school have tested positive for Covid-19. Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Bloomberg via Getty Images A total of 181 students and staff at a private boarding school in the Nigerian capital Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus, state health authorities said on Friday.Authorities said there had been a "minor but significant"…

BENGALURU: As of September, Covid now forms 40% of total health claims for the general insurance industry. It has been steadily increasing from 8% in May to 23% in July to 34% in August — as cases rise and reliance on private healthcare increases. “This is scary — Covid claims now nearly form half of…

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Been spending a bit too much time indoors?  You’re not the only one. Many of us now spend up to 90 per cent of our lives indoors and our retinas are bombarded with artificial light late into the evening. That means compared with our ancestors, we’re exposed to less light during the day and more…

That was rich. Senate Republicans, otherwise known as Donald Trump’s Praetorian Guard, lined up on Monday to pay pious homage to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the separation of powers and the halcyon days of political bipartisanship. A visitor from outer space might have thought that they were the upholders of civics and civility at the start…

Meghan Markle shared her experience of how it feels to be the most trolled person in the world. She admitted that the experience was "almost unsurvivable". Prince Harry and Meghan took part in their first ever joint podcast to mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sat down for a…

In the earliest days of these strange, uncertain times, much of the public was in search of a constant.As the pandemic raged around us and the nightly numbers added more and more people to the names of those who would never get the send-off they deserved, it was the Chief Medical Officer who provided an…