Tag Archives: Health

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela - Nicols Maduro's government on Monday banned gasoline sales in two states as part of a broader lock-down to stem panic buying by Venezuelans accustomed to hoarding basic good...

MEXICO CITY - President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador said Monday he will suspend his tours of the countryside and intimate, person-to-person interactions with large numbers of supporters when his coronav...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Sirens blared across Puerto Rico's busiest beaches on Monday as police cleared hundreds of tourists from the U.S. territory's coast in a crackdown on people violating a newly i...

CUSCO, Peru - As the federal government urges Canadians overseas to return, some travellers in countries where borders are closing don't know how they're going to get home. Nikita Singh and ...

TORONTO - Canada's top public health officer says supply limitations are forcing COVID-19 testing centres "to be smart" about who they can assess for the respiratory illness while Health Can...

OTTAWA - When Dr. Theresa Tam first got the top public health job in Canada, she said something that has turned out to be prophetic. Her job, she said, would be all about "harnessing the efforts ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced most foreign nationals would be banned from entering Canada to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but U.S. citizens are exem...

The federal government announced Monday restrictions on people entering Canada in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. They include: - Starting at noon Wednesday, anyone who is not a Canadi...

HALIFAX - As Canadian universities begin an unprecedented shift toward online classes, Nicole Mensour is experiencing the challenges the sudden plunge into digital learning cr...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 16, 2020: - Ontario: 177 confirmed, 5 resolved - British Columbia: 103 confirmed (inc...