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Supreme Court gives victory to California church battling COVID restrictions
Instead of ruling on the case, the Supreme Court sent the case down to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to be reconsidered following its recent ruling in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. The final days of Governor Gavin Newsom's "color-coded edicts" banning worship are numbered and coming to an end. The church filed a lawsuit against the state, but a district court would not grant its r... [Full Article...]
Toronto Public Health to close Thorncliffe Park PS over COVID-19 outbreak
According to a letter sent home to parents, the case is considered high risk and the school is working with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit to contact affected students and staff. "This is problematic. After that, I have been told there were secretary's that have tested positive". Since late September, Ontario's assessment centres would not test asymptomatic people unless they were linked t... [Full Article...]
USA registers record-breaking 3,157 COVID-19 deaths in a single day
Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday. The United States set a grim new record for active Covid-19 hospitalisations on Wednesday, almost a week after the Thanksgiving holiday. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said he wants teachers to get priority to keep schools open. More than 270,000 people in the USA have died from Covid-19, the most of any countr... [Full Article...]
CDC Says Quarantining for 14 Days Is No Longer a Must
There's still some risk a person who left quarantine before 14 days could transmit the virus to others. "Reducing the length of quarantine may make it easier for people to quarantine by reducing economic hardship if they can not work during this time", said the CDC. [Full Article...]
What’s in California’s new regional stay-at-home order?
No regions now meet the trigger, but all except the Bay Area could be within a day or two, Newsom said. The order also bars gatherings of people outside of immediate households with some exceptions and requires travelers arriving from outside the state to fill out an online form. [Full Article...]
Taoiseach confirms Covid-19 vaccines will be provided free
Later next week, the expert group chaired by Brian MacCraith will present the Government with a plan for making the vaccine available. "They will assess at the latest the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on December 29 at the latest or maybe before that", he said. [Full Article...]
UK Clears Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for First Shots Next Week
This constitutes the first Emergency Use Authorisation following a worldwide phase 3 trial of a vaccine to help fight the pandemic, Pfizer said on Wednesday. Russian Federation cleared a vaccine known as Sputnik V in August, while a second inoculation was approved in October even as the last stage of trials to establish safety and efficacy are still taking place. [Full Article...]
US Covid-19 deaths top 270,000: Johns Hopkins University
Redfield said the current surge in cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus , is worse than previous ones, noting the geographic scope and steeper trajectory of infection rates and deaths, as the United States is recording roughly 2,000 deaths from the virus daily. [Full Article...]