OTTAWA — The federal government will provide eight extra weeks of benefits for people whose jobs or earnings have vanished because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but only if they look for work and take a job when it’s reasonable to do so.
LONDON — People under 20 are around half as susceptible to COVID-19 as people aged 20 or above, according to research published on Tuesday, and clinical symptoms of the pandemic disease appear in only about a fifth of infections in children and teens.
WELLINGTON — It took just eight days for New Zealand to lose its COVID-free status when two women who had been given permission to leave quarantine early after arriving from abroad tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said on Tuesday.
Hair salons, barber shops, nail salons
Hair removal, tanning, piercing and tattoo services
Party and wedding planning
Personal physical fitness and sports trainers (outside of gyms)
Wedding Chapels
Restaurants and bar patios and outdoor areas
Malls, shopping centres and markets
Indoor and outdoor pools
Outdoor paintball, mini-golf, go-cart tracks
Camping including RV and car camping
Drive-ins
Museums, galleries, aquariums
Durham Region, Haldimand-Norfolk, Halton Region, Hamilton, Lambton, Niagara Region, York Region
Friday June 19
Toronto, Peel and Windsor-Essex remain in Stage 1 as their COVID-19 numbers are still considered too high.
Parliament Hill is dealing with a COVID-19 transmission scare.
reports some Senators received envelopes mailed to their Ottawa offices from a person claiming to have infected the letters with the virus, so now directives have been issued advising caution when opening mail.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, the drug championed by U.