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Concerns erupt over integrity of Florida's COVID-19 website
The governor's spokeswoman, Helen Aguirre Ferré, released a statement saying, "The Florida COVID-19 Dashboard was created by the Geographic Information System (GIS) team in the Division of Disease Control and Health Protection at the Florida Department of Health". [Full Article...]
Ontario classes cancelled for the rest of the year
This wasn't an easy decision to make but it is the right decision. In the same announcement, Ford said all students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will receive a report card. "Before the end of June, we will unveil a plan of how that will look, what those types of impacts will be and additional educational supports we're going to unveil to help our kids succeed next year", Lecce said. [Full Article...]
UK virus toll over 40000, with 10000 care homes deaths
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It was the third week in a row that the ONS recorded a reduction in the number of deaths in England and Wales and the second consecutive week all regions in England and Wales showed a decline in Covid-19 deaths. The decision meant residents in care homes could not get tests when the virus was at its most potent stage, they added. There were 1,369 death notifications made to the CQC in the week e... [Full Article...]
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Live Share gets built-in voice and text chat
Developers previously made Teams apps manually, or using the App Studio inside Microsoft Teams. The Redmond giant is also adding support for admins to create custom templates so they can fine tune the workspace creation process across their company. [Full Article...]
16 new cases of COVID-19, two more deaths recorded in BC
Henry says she knows people are a "little bit afraid" and says they should "take it slow" during what she anticipates will be "a bit of an anxiety-provoking week" until people get used to it. Yesterday, Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry sent out their condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Capt. Jennifer Casey, a public affairs officer with the Canadian Forces, who died... [Full Article...]
United Kingdom records lowest daily Covid-19 death toll since lockdown
Whilst all areas in England and Wales noticed a lower in deaths attributed to Covid-19, the north-west overtook London for the primary time because the epicentre of the outbreak with 597 deaths within the week to eight Would possibly. The increase reported on Sunday was sharply down from the 468 rise in deaths reported 24 hours earlier and the lowest since Britain brought in a lockdown to curb... [Full Article...]
UK COVID-19 deaths inching close to 34000 as more die
The ONS data also showed that the provisional number of deaths of care home residents in England and Wales from December 28 to May 1 was 73,180, which was 23,136 more than the same period past year. The total number of deaths of care home residents in England and Wales up to May 1 this year (and registered up to May 9) was 73,180. COVID19 was the leading cause of death for male care home residen... [Full Article...]
'High chance' of coronavirus vaccine being developed, expert says
Sharma explained that the United Kingdom will be the first to get access to Oxford's drug, but the government would ensure that "we're able to make the vaccine available to developing countries at the lowest possible cost". She said: "There's been a lot of talk about the autumn as a date for having a vaccine widely available". She said a "it's all good" attitude would reduce social distancing an... [Full Article...]