BANGKOK—South Korea on Thursday reported its biggest jump in coronavirus cases in more than 50 days, a huge setback that could erase some of its hard-won gains. Health officials warned that the resurgence is getting harder to track and social distancing and other steps need to be taken.
Dozens of Ontario medical and pharmacy students are helping a hospital system in Peel Region rapidly provide people with their COVID-19 test results as part of a massive effort to slow the virus’s spread in the community.
One of the key pieces of data used by the province to determine when and how we should reopen the economy has been providing an inaccurate picture of how COVID-19 is spreading, a Star analysis has found.
Canada Post workers are grappling with a record surge in bulky parcels at a time when reduced staffing, due to COVID-19 physical distancing measures, makes it impossible to meet delivery dates, even as online shoppers grow impatient for purchases to arrive.
The unprecedented economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty around the timing of a vaccine has prompted Canada’s national housing agency to paint a pessimistic scenario of a recovery that extends beyond the end of 2022.
The City of Brampton has recently come under fire from residents over a perceived lack of transparency when reporting details surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and provincial cabinet ministers Christine Elliott (health) and Dr. Merrilee Fullerton (long-term care) provide an update on their government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronav