Medical
Woman in London is Ontario's third case of the coronavirus
Both her parents were sick at a Wuhan hospital, Mackie said, but their illnesses were mild, so they were not tested for the new corona virus. That's in large part thanks to the dedication of the province's public health officials and everyone working on the front lines of our health care system, all of whom are effectively monitoring for, detecting and containing this virus. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus risk in Alberta remains low: chief medical health officer
The Provincial Operations Centre activates Level 2 when there is a "potential significant disruption to a community". "We are using our emergency response processes to help coordinate communication and planning around the novel coronavirus", Alberta Health spokesperson Tom McMillan said. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom confirms first two cases of coronavirus
Professor Sharon Peacock said PHE is contacting people who had close contact - defined as being within two metres of the infected person for 15 minutes - with the pair. "With the information available it is not possible to judge what risk if any there may be of spread within the community". At least 213 people in China have died from the disease and there has been nearly 10,000 recorded cases. [Full Article...]
Trump impeachment trial to wind down after Senate blocks calling witnesses
The tenth full day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the US Senate has concluded. Democrats argued that every other impeachment trial of USA officials has called witnesses. He said: "A majority of the U.S. senate has determined that the numerous witnesses, and 28,000-plus pages of documents, already in evidence are sufficient to judge the accusations". [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: UK confirms first two cases as outbreak spreads globally
Dr Giri Shankar, expert lead advisor for nicely being security at Public Properly being Wales, said: "For causes of affected particular person confidentiality Public Properly being Wales is simply not able to contact upon explicit particular person situations". [Full Article...]
Coronavirus Claims 200 Deaths; WHO Declares Global Health Emergency
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the declaration Thursday after the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus convened by teleconference. So is China's commitment to transparency and to supporting other countries. World's highest populous country, China, with 1.4 billion people, has taken extreme measures... [Full Article...]
Philippines reports first death related to coronavirus outside of China
Ms Felicity Feng, a Canadian visiting her parents in China's Wuhan city in central Hubei province, is anxious about her father, a project manager tasked with the construction of one of the two hospitals dedicated to treating those with the deadly new coronavirus. [Full Article...]
India's second coronavirus case confirmed in Kerala's Alappuzha
The patient is said to have recently travelled to China. Authorities have been screening patients at airports, ports and borders for possible coronavirus infection and the Health Ministry has urged people to report themselves if they show symptoms of coronavirus such as cold and respiratory distress on the 24x7 helpline (011-23978046). [Full Article...]