MILNEWS.ca #coronavirus Update as of 150100UTC Mar 2020

• MILNEWS.ca Coronavirus News/Links
  

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• “Ontario reports 22 new COVID-19, cases, total rises to 101” (CP24.com)
• “Confirmed coronavirus cases in Alberta reach 39; 2 patients in intensive care” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Newfoundland and Labrador announces 1st presumptive case of new coronavirus” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Coronavirus: 4 Canadian passengers from Grand Princess diagnosed with COVID-19” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Saskatchewan activates its pandemic plan following 2 positive cases of COVID-19” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Coronavirus outbreak: A look at how Canada’s provinces are handling COVID-19 as new cases reported nationwide” (globalnews.ca)
• “Faced with coronavirus, some Canadian hospitals have extensive pandemic plans, but most say they’re just making do” (Toronto Star)
  

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• “This coronavirus chart shows Canada is not ‘flattening the curve’—at least not yet” (Macleans.ca)
  

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• “Visits to inmates suspended at federal correctional institutions to prevent spread of COVID-19” (Correctional Service Canada)
  

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• “Canada’s most populous province of Ontario, which has reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases, on Saturday said it would limit testing for the respiratory illness until it can guarantee a more steady supply of swabs …” (Reuters)
• “Ad campaign latest weapon in Ontario’s COVID-19 fight” (Toronto Sun)
• “Ontario launches new $10M ad campaign on social distancing, hygiene amid COVID-19” (The Canadian Press via CP24.com)
• ” ‘Rest assured, we have plenty of food.’ Ontario shoppers urged to cease panic buying amid the coronavirus outbreak” (Toronto Star)
  

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• “B.C. budget could plunge into deficits amidst economy getting hard hit by COVID-19” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Coronavirus: Canadian company announces COVID-19 vaccine candidate” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Get back to Canada while you still can, feds urge travellers abroad” (The Canadian Press via CP24.com)
• “Canadians Frustrated After Airlines Update Cancellation Policy Amid Coronavirus” (HuffPost Canada)
  

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• “Coronavirus: Cadillac Fairview reduces operating hours at shopping malls across Canada” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Scam alert: Fraudsters use coronavirus to target victims in Canada” (Yahoo News Canada)
  

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• “Trump takes coronavirus test, as US extends travel ban to UK and Ireland” (France24)
• “US extends coronavirus travel ban to UK and Ireland from Tuesday” (France24)
  

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• “Doors slam shut across borderless Europe as coronavirus spreads” (France24)
• “Coronavirus: Spain and France announce sweeping restrictions” (BBC News)
• “Spain goes under lockdown to fight coronavirus” (Reuters)
• “Coronavirus Spain announces two week lockdown state of emergency” (Associated Press)
• “Spain’s government announced Saturday that it is placing tight restrictions on movements and closing restaurants and other establishments in the nation of 46 million people as part of a two-week state of emergency to fight the sharp rise in coronavirus infections …” (France24)
  

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• “UK wants more ventilators, hospital beds as coronavirus spreads” (Reuters)
  

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• “Coronavirus in France: Prime Minister announces closure of cafes, shops, restaurants and cinemas” (France24)
• “France takes coronavirus precautions ahead of municipal elections” (France24)
  

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• “Coronavirus: Number of Covid-19 cases in Italy soars to over 21,000” (Independent.ie)
• “Coronavirus: Italy’s vice-minister of health contracts COVID-19” (Gulf News)
• “Coronavirus: Satellite data shows Italy’s pollution plummet amid COVID-19 lockdown” (Euronews)
  

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• “Covid-19 is different from flu and we must respond differently, former CDC director says” (CNN)
• “The coronavirus turns deadly when it leads to ‘cytokine storm’; identifying this immune response is key to patient’s survival: report” (oregonlive.com)
• “New study suggests coronavirus can live in patients for five weeks after contagion” (Ottawa Citizen)

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