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Many Canadians are setting new Thanksgiving traditions as the COVID-19 pandemic downsizes family dinners, while some who are separated from their loved ones try to find other ways to be grateful.
As COVID-19 cases rise in many parts of the country, Canadians from coast to coast are being asked to limit the size of their Thanksgiving gatherings or keep them entirely virtual.
Canada’s chief public health officer says
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated after initial publication to include information about Gov. Greg Abbott permitting bars to reopen and remarks from city and county leaders.
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When Gov. Greg Abbott relaxed how many people can dine at restaurants and occupy other businesses in El Paso and across Texas, there was a condition:
Business conditions in Dubai improved for the third straight month in September even as a renewed spike in coronavirus cases poses a threat to the city’s recovery.
New coronavirus cases at large and among the lowest income areas in Alameda County continue to trend downward, Dr. Nicholas Moss, Alameda County’s interim public health officer, told officials this week.
The positive trends mean the county could move from the state’s red tier to orange, as early as next week. The development could hasten further loosening of the county’s reopening orders.
Alameda County has also seen favorable declines in
Oct. 10, 2020, marks World Mental Health Day, an annual event that looks very different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts in the U.S. are warning of a mental health crisis as people’s lives remain upended by the pandemic.
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“COVID-19 really hits on so many different pieces that could impact someone’s mental health,” Pooja Lakshmin, MD, a
A King County initiative that moved people out of homeless shelters and into hotel rooms earlier this year helped slow the transmission of coronavirus, according to early findings from a study of the intervention.
The intervention also produced other benefits to the people who were relocated, say authors of the joint study from King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) and the University of
Here in the United States, the discussion of coronavirus no longer focuses much on the origin of the virus, focusing instead on the outbreak in the White House, the president’s infection and ongoing recovery, the rate of cases, and the approval
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While the whole world was gripped with the fear and uncertainty of Covid-19 a group of travel enthusiasts were looking forward to the light at the end of the tunnel. Despite whatever the pandemic and it’s restrictions threw at them, they made sure they followed all protocols and met every requirement to successfully travel to the far reaches of the Himalayas on a one of
Don’t get on an airplane right now unless you absolutely have to.
Don’t leave your house unless you have to, frankly. The coronavirus pandemic: still a thing. Hospitalizations and deaths have been declining, but transmission rates have recently crept higher in L.A. County, and public health officials have not declared it jet-setting season yet.
There are reasons some people might still need to get on a plane, like caring for
US President Donald Trump appeared to be using his bout with Covid-19 to try to gain an advantage over his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, even as the number of infections around him continued to rise and some of America’s top military leaders went into quarantine.
General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General James McConville, the Army chief of staff; and several other Pentagon leaders are
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Maricopa County has hotel rooms available for residents who don’t have a place to isolate after being diagnosed with coronavirus.
Maricopa County communications director Fields Moseley said since the isolation hotel was made available in July, only 17 people have taken advantage of the resource.
“As soon as we know they need the help we can go ahead and place them in that hotel within a
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Hands over the heart in prayer pose. A little bow of the head. A gesture of respect. An acknowledgement of our shared humanity. And no touching.
As people the world over are choosing to ditch the handshakes and hugs for fear of contracting the coronavirus, namaste is becoming the perfect pandemic greeting.
As a scholar whose research focuses on the ethics of communication and as a
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s states agreed on Wednesday that residents of domestic coronavirus risk areas should not be allowed to stay in hotels in other parts of the country to curb surging numbers of new infections, a
Flying on Air Force One was risky from a health perspective last week. President Donald Trump may have been contagious with Covid-19. And at least one aide, Hope Hicks, who traveled with the president to Minnesota for a rally, has tested positive. She had mild symptoms and quarantined on the flight back to Washington, according to news reports.
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The news that Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus is resonating throughout the world, because he is the U.S. president, because the U.S. is entering the last month of an unusually bitter presidential campaign, and because he
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Walt Disney Co. shares slumped lower Wednesday after the entertainment giant said it would lay off tens of thousands of workers at its theme parks.
Disney said around 28,000 people will be affected by the decision, most of them part-time workers, following the closure of theme parks in California, and limited
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The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions.
This week his advice is directed at issues around flight refunds and annual theme park passes.
Q. Having bought a Merlin Annual Pass, which allows myself and my son entry to attractions including Chessington World of Adventures and Legoland Windsor, I’ve found it is almost impossible to use as so many slots
Nordics-based travel assistance organization SOS International has launched a coronavirus testing service that promises to deliver results within 15 minutes. The service is available at an SOS International clinic in Copenhagen, with another in Aalborg in the Jutland region of Denmark scheduled to start next week. Tests must be booked online and cost 375 Danish kroner (US$59). Corporate clients also can arrange to have employees tested at their own offices.
Well, then.
Chinese officials are reportedly encouraging citizens to get out and adventure in a “revenge travel” pitch to revive tourism and boost the economy, following months of lockdowns and restrictions in the fight against COVID-19.
Starting Thursday, about 550 million people are expected to travel for China’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival – and keep moving through the eight-day Golden Week, The Guardian reports.
Passengers wait for their trains
