Violating the province's social distancing rules could cost you – up to $100,000. Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will fine people who do not comply with the province’s emergency measures legislation. At a press conference on Saturday, Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg announced the fines for...
Canada reached a grim milestone Friday as the country surpassed 1,100 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, with at least 13 of them fatal. The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:22 EST a.m. on March 21, 2020: There are 1,085 confimred and presumptive cases...
British Columbia’s top doctor toughened her tone on social distancing and self isolation Thursday, as the province announced 40 new cases of the novel coronavirus and one new death. B.C. has now recorded 271 cases and eight deaths in total. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry responded Thursday to reports of...
Ontario has confirmed 25 new cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the total for the province up to 212. Fifteen of the 25 cases are travel related, two are close contact related and three are both travel and close contact related. Five are still pending. Three of the cases are from Toronto...
Across Canada, provincial health authorities have limited access to coronavirus tests to conserve resources, even as the World Health Organization calls on nations to expand testing to slow the spread of the disease. Several provinces, including Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, are instructing people with mild symptoms of Covid-19 to...
Speaking outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, where he is staying in self-isolation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the state of emergency just-declared in Ontario, while thanking all frontline healthcare workers in Canada for their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced...
Understanding how an enemy works is the first step towards defeating it. That is why scientists have been scrambling to find out what coronavirus does to the body. Now for the first time, researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity understand how humans fight off the virus. Laboratory head...
There are now 74 cases of coronavirus in Alberta after the province announced another 18 Monday. COVID-19 has now reached every health zone in Alberta with two of the new cases confirmed in the north and south zones. There are also 52 cases in the Calgary zone, 18 cases in...
The province announced Saturday it would be shifting its COVID-19 testing strategies to focus on vulnerable groups in order to make sure those resources are available to those most in need. British Columbia, which currently has a total of 73 cases, has conducted extensive testing in recent weeks. As...
The Ontario government has announced it will be closing all of its major tourist attractions in the Greater Toronto area, including popular museums and convention centres, due to COVID-19. The province has said the closures are in response to recommendations made by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David...