NHS Covid-19 App error ‘left thousands unaware they need to isolate’
The contact-tracing app was set at the wrong sensitivity level, meaning many users were not sent self-isolation alerts after they came into contact with infected [...]
COVID-19 in B.C.: Exposure incidents at nine schools, four stores, one coffee shop, and more
B.C. has passed another milestone, as the cumulative number of COVID-19 infections exceeded the 9,000 case mark. Although today’s new case count higher than yesterday’s, the [...]
Canada’s Forgotten Poor? Putting Singles Living in Deep Poverty on the Policy Radar DEAN HERD, YUNA KIM AND CHRISTINE CARRASCO, WITH COMMENTARIES BY SHERRI TORJMAN, ALAIN NOËL AND RON KNEEBONE | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Despite federal, provincial, and territorial governments devoting a lot of effort on plans to reduce poverty in recent years, too many Canadians continue to struggle [...]
Hundreds of Canadians die every year because they can’t afford medication: nurses’ union
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13 percent jump in COVID-19 cases has feds “keeping very watchful eye”
Federal health officials say they are “keeping a very watchful eye” on COVID-19 severity indicators. There has been an almost 13 percent increase in the [...]