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Nicaise Ndembi, senior science adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press in an interview that the current AU chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to announce the news on Wednesday. TORONTO -- The Ontario government is considering an extended school closure as the winter break approaches. “It’s normal for more people to die in winter than in summer,” said Schaldach. Dr. Theresa Tam says the months ahead might be harder than what the country has experienced since the beginning of the pandemic. All “Consequently, an excessive disproportion exists when the defendants charge restaurants commissions in excess of 15 per cent,” the filing reads. As a result, he said, the Trump administration is now asking states to vaccinate people age 65 and over and those under 65 with underlying health conditions. For in-person classes — masks required for all students, starting in Grade 1, and also outdoors. Ford says he knows everyone “wants to return to normal,” but stressed the health-care system is “on the brink of collapse.”. Click here to read more COVID-19 coverage from Monday. Cumulative totals represent cases reported to the Ministry of Education since June 12, … Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Tuesday that the experts would fly from Singapore to Wuhan on Thursday. The Star’s Ed Tubb and Cheyenne Bholla has the story. “This will have tragic consequences for us, for our health, for our province, for our health system.”. UPDATE: Ontario government orders schools closed from March 14 until April 5 Ministry of Education says schools will remain closed afer March break in response to coronavirus crisis News Mar 12, 2020 by Dina Al-Shibeeb YorkRegion.com There are three less active outbreaks in LTC homes than the previous day, for a total of 249. Morrison said the province has reported 103 infections since the start of the pandemic. “People are being encouraged by their public health authorities to not travel, even domestically,” said Henry Hartevedlt, a travel analyst for Atmosphere Research Group. OCDSB releases summary results of identity-based data survey. It is also requesting a judge bar the defendants from charging a commission above 15 per cent of the total customer order. Ontario School Closures Extended to May 31,2020. “In order to stay competitive and relevant, they have no choice.”. “So restaurants in Montreal have been saying, ‘Why do I have to pay double what a similar restaurant in Toronto has to pay?’” Zukran said. 4:54 a.m. New Zealand will soon require that travellers from most countries show negative coronavirus tests before they leave for New Zealand. The labs completed 44,802 tests, with 7.8 per cent positivity. The areas with the most new cases were Montreal and its northern suburb of Laval, which reported 597 cases and 268 cases, respectively. At three per cent, there would be 10,000 cases a day by mid-February, 25,000 at five per cent and 40,000 at seven per cent, latest computer modelling says. A race has been added at the Imola track in Italy on April 18, a week after the scheduled date for the Chinese GP. Home / Parents / Bus Cancellation and School Closure ... website to receive updates on bus delays or weather related cancellations ... Ontario, L7P 5A8. Fellowes High School is the first school in Ontario ordered closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak since the new school year began. UPDATE: Ontario government orders schools closed from March 14 until April 5 Ministry of Education says schools will remain closed afer March break in response to coronavirus crisis News Mar 12, 2020 by Dina Al-Shibeeb YorkRegion.com So far, 10 states have reported 72 cases of the variant. They say the province has received 13,000 vaccine doses so far, and additional shipments are expected to arrive weekly. 11:15 a.m. (updated): Quebec is reporting 1,934 new cases of COVID-19 today and 47 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 13 within the preceding 24 hours. Health officials say it’s the first time since October that fewer than 100 new cases have been registered. Government of Canada Province of Ontario. 12:35 p.m.: The Manitoba government is expanding the eligibility for one of its COVID-19 relief programs for businesses. Projections show there will be about 500 COVID-19 patients in intensive care by January and potentially more than 1,000 by February in more severe scenarios. After China announced the visit Monday, Tedros said the scientists, who hail from several nations, would be focusing on how COVID-19 first jumped to people. 12/5 - ICU availability in the Southern California region has now dropped below the governor's mandated 15%.This now triggers the latest Stay at Home … Projections from the province show that under current restrictions, daily deaths from the virus will double from 50 to 100 between now and the end of February. The new data shows the growth of COVID-19 is accelerating in Ontario, growing at seven per cent on the “worst days.”. International travel to the U.S. has already been decimated by pandemic restrictions put in place last March that banned most foreigners from Europe and other areas. Zukran said restaurants have little choice but to work with food delivery companies that use smartphone applications. There are currently eight active cases on the Island and no one is in hospital with the disease. Health officials say they administered 7,058 doses of vaccine Monday, for a total of 99,510. The CDC order is “a reasonable approach” to reducing the risk of new variants from abroad entering the U.S., said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. This funding is part of the province's $466 million total investment in capital funding to help colleges and universities across Ontario address their deferred maintenance backlog. The restaurant says the commissions these companies demand are in excess of 15 per cent, which the applicant says are abusive during a pandemic because restaurants are limited to takeout as indoor dining is banned. Quebec is reported 1,934 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and 47 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 13 within the preceding 24 hours. New Brunswick has 219 active reported cases of COVID-19. Health officials say hospitalizations rose by 61, to 1,497, and 221 people were in intensive care, a rise of 10. UPDATE: TORONTO -- Hundreds of schools across Ontario will remain open after the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the province came to a last-minute deal on Sunday night. ... COVID-19 (Coronavirus) School Closure Update. The data projects that under the current COVID-19 restrictions, daily deaths from the virus will double from 50 to 100 by the end of February. Jasmine Mah, a University of Guelph graduate, and Steven Wooding, a U.K. physicist, paired up and created an online tool that projects a date range for when a Canadian could expect to receive their double dose. February 28, 2020. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto The premier hasn’t indicated what the new rules could be, but he has previously suggested the current provincial lockdown may need to be extended past its original end date of Jan. 23. YMCA of Eastern Ontario: COVID-19 Update – School closures March 14, 2020 Rob Adams, CEO, YMCA of Eastern Ontario Brockville/Kingston – As you have no doubt heard, the province has closed schools for the two-week period following March Break. 12:10 p.m.: Speaking about the reported cases at the modelling presentation Tuesday, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health said five of the eight cases have been linked to recent travel to the U.K., but the remaining three have not yet been traced. A three-member committee, consisting of two doctors and one person who is not a doctor, is tasked with making the decision. All publicly-funded schools in Ontario will now remain closed until at least Friday, May 29 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Travellers can also provide documentation that they had the infection in the past and recovered. That’s a really serious issue.”, Read the full story from the Star’s Kenyon Wallace. Canadian Press. We're sorry but Ontario Newsroom doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Montreal restaurant Deli Boyz is the lead plaintiff in the case that is targeting food delivery companies that operate smartphone applications, including Uber Eats, DoorDash and SkipTheDishes. “For the staff and the community it feels like a slap in the face,” said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. Meanwhile, locally, there are 837 new COVID-19 cases in Toronto, 545 in Peel, 249 in York Region and 246 in Niagara. Ministry Extends School Closures for the Rest of This Year. That’s conservative. P.E.I. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says students will not be returning to school on April 6 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The orders include a ban on household visitors and reduced capacity for businesses. Premier Brian Pallister says hotels, transportation operators and janitorial service companies will now be able to get up to $10,000 in grants if they have been forced to reduce operations due to public health orders. “These are choices that no doctor ever wants to make, and no family ever wants to hear,” he said. 2:10 p.m.: Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body. Looking at 50-100 deaths daily by end of February. The document stresses that decisions cannot be made in a discriminatory manner or based on the “social value” of any individual’s life. 0. But the new order may stop or diminish spread of other new versions of the virus, like one recently identified in South Africa. Most of Ontario’s more than 4,800 publicly schools opened by mid-September just as the province saw a sustained increase in daily cases of COVID-19 … “Nobody’s going to be happy implementing this, we’re all going to be traumatized by it,” Bereza said. 5:04 a.m. Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri called the shipping of vaccines a “momentous mission.”. TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing over $2.35 million in capital funding to help Collège La Cité this year. “We were assured by the province that an iron ring would be put around out LTCs to protect our residents, but we know that hasn’t been enough,” Crombie said. It’s the lesser of several evils.”. The grants have already been available to a wide array of small- and medium-sized businesses and charities. 14, 2020. Monday 7:35 p.m.: Skate Canada announced on Monday that the 2021 National Skating Championships and Skate Canada Cup have been cancelled. According to a statement issued by Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Health Christine Elliot, and Minister of Education Stephen Lecce, the government has decided to take this approach in response to the growing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancellations closures and updates • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary School in Winona is closed today, Monday, Dec. 2, due to a power outage. “I can imagine other countries are going to impose (pre-flight testing) on us,” he added. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. rights reserved. Posted on 04/01/2020. Health officials say five more residents have died from the virus, bringing the province’s pandemic death toll to 204. Identity Matters! They also say 40 per cent of the province’s nursing homes are experiencing outbreaks of the virus. 5:10 a.m. Several Ontario Universities Are Prepping For Closures Due To COVID-19 Laurentian University has already closed. The provincial government is under immense pressure to improve the situation and ensure the health and safety of residents, health-care workers and staff members. All schools in Ontario will remained closed for in-person learning until Jan. 25. Morganne Campbell reports. It’s likely that the recently identified version of the virus from the United Kingdom is “probably in every state or most states. 11:50 a.m.: Growth in cases in Ontario has accelerated, health officials say, and is more than seven per cent on the worst days. We have received notice from the Ontario Ministry of Education that all Ontario schools will remain closed for the 2 weeks following March break. Closure: all travel lanes are closed on the highway. Incidents and Closures may also be viewed on the Ontario 511 Interactive Map. COVID is already widespread in the U.S., with more than 22 million cases reported to date, including more than 375,000 deaths. 6:31 a.m. Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams announced on Thursday that virtual learning in the southern part of the province will be extended until January 25 to ensure students and staff in schools remain safe as rates of COVID-19 increase. The province’s most recent pandemic projections, made public late last month, showed that if COVID-19 case rates continued to grow between one and three per cent, the province would have 3,000 to 5,000 daily cases by the end of January. 2:35 p.m.: Ontario has declared a 28-day state of emergency over COVID-19, with Premier Doug Ford issuing a stay-at-home order that comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Read more: Ontario schools will remain closed to in-class instruction this academic year even as the government moves to restart parts of the economy, with plans to … Quebec’s protocol instructs hospitals to begin preparing when intensive care units reach 150 per cent capacity and to implement the protocol when they reach 200 per cent. Dr. Heather Morrison, the chief medical officer of health, says the latest case involves a male in his 30s who had travelled outside Atlantic Canada. Read the full story from the Star’s Patty Winsa. The protocol is intended to prioritize patients with the best chance of surviving and could see patients who don’t improve — or whose condition worsens — discharged from the ICU and taken off life support. Strict travel restrictions for the pandemic make Australia and China among the hardest countries for F1 teams to enter. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Ontario reports 89 new COVID-19-related deaths, 2,655 more cases. Experts compiling projections for the government say the growth of COVID-19 is accelerating in Ontario, growing at seven per cent on the “worst days.”. are defending their decision to travel outside of the country, she’s not calling for military assistance just yet, speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older. The CDC order applies to U.S. citizens as well as foreign travellers. “Testing does not eliminate all risk,” CDC Director Robert R. Redfield said in a statement. Rebelo de Sousa, who took office in 2016 and is 72, is seeking a second term in the country’s presidential election on Jan. 24. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON CLOSURE OF ONTARIO SCHOOLS May 19, 2020 April 28, 2020 March 31, 2020 March 22, 2020; March 12, 2020; PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITES & UPDATES. This means all Ontario schools will be closed March 16 until April 5, 2020. “Our No. Members aren’t provided with the patient’s name, only their date of birth and their prognosis. The visit has been expected for months and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus last week expressed frustration that arrangements were taking so long to finalize. The U.S. is vaccinating nearly 1M people per day. Other southern Ontario boards will know by Jan. 20 if schools can reopen. CP24 - Toronto's Breaking News for the GTA, with CP24 Breakfast, Sports, Video, Traffic Times and Weather and more. “I would see that as a fail,” said Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto. China has dismissed calls for an independent investigation, while promoting fringe theories that the virus may have actually been brought to China from outside. Talks are expected to continue today as tomorrow's strike deadline looms. An Associated Press investigation recently found that China has been strictly controlling all research into the origins of the coronavirus, and the WHO team will have its agenda and any visits within China approved by the Chinese government. Education Minister Stephen Lecce commented on … The new measures are designed to try to prevent travellers from bringing in newer forms of the virus that scientists say can spread more easily. Panuelo said one crew member aboard the government ship Chief Mailo had tested positive after the ship had returned from the Philippines following more than a year of dry dock repairs. Ontario had 72 cases in 60 schools, including Fellowes, as of Friday. Forecasts suggest more deaths in the second wave in long-term care than Wave 1. Topics covered in this post: Lab School Closure and COVID-19 Tips for Talking with Children about COVID-19 IALS Conference Postponed School Cleaning Microaggressions Pottery Kiln Ontario Survey on Bullying Read-a-thon Upcoming March Events Upcoming April Events 1. COVID ICU occupancy is now more than 400 beds. The small Pacific nation of Micronesia has reported its first case of the coronavirus after a crew member on an arriving ship tested positive. 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