Coronavirus: Ford says ‘everything’s on the table’ when discussing potential province-wide lockdown

DOVER, Del. - Delaware’s universal indoor mask mandate ends Friday morning, as their school mask requirements remain in effect through next month.Earlier this week, Gov. John Carney signed a revision of the State of Emergency order that lifted the state’s universal mask mandate, effective at 8 a.m. Also in Monday's revision to the State of Emergency order, Governor Carney temporarily extended the mask requirement in both public and private K-12 schools and child care facilities. As a result, that requirement will expire at 11:59 p.m.

Simon Cowell will miss the next round of auditions for Britain's Got Talent as he has contracted Covid-19.The 62 year old will be unable to judge the latest round of hopefuls on the ITV talent show while he self-isolates. A spokesperson for the music mogul confirmed the news to Mail Online, saying: "Simon was unable to attend filming today as he was isolating at home after testing positive for Covid-19." Current rules for contracting Covid-19 state people need to isolate for ten days but may leave after five if certain conditions are met. Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden were spotted heading in to film the show and will be left with golden buzzer duties until the show's creator returns.

COLOMBO (News 1st): The foreign exchange shortage experienced in Sri Lanka will be short-lived, said the country’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.Speaking to officials at the Finance Ministry of Friday (11), Rajapaksa said the government expects to minimize the effects the forex shortage might have on the people.On Monday (7) President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the officials to take steps to immediately release the containers containing essential items at the custody of Customs.The President also appointed a committee headed by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to ensure that there is no shortage of essential commodities including food, and this committee met for the first time on Friday (11).A statement from the Finance Ministry noted that though there is a shortage of Milk Powder, Gas, Wheat Flour, and Cement in the local market, there are sufficient stocks of all other essential items and there will be no shortage.In addition, the tax reliefs granted by the government for essential food items not being enjoyed by the people were discussed and it was revealed at the meeting that errant traders abuse the concessions granted by the government and sell goods at exorbitant prices.The implementation of a new mechanism to expedite the release of essential commodities including food to the market, and to regulate and oversee this matter, was also discussed.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating after they say six people were stabbed inside if a Kensington home as they slept Friday morning.The incident happened around 4 a.m. on the 3000 block of North Front Street. Police say a family member went from bedroom to bedroom stabbing the six victims with two different knives that were described as kitchen knives.FOX 29’s Steve Keeley reports that all six of the stabbing victims are between the ages of 26 and 46. A 46-year-old woman is in critical condition after suffering stab wounds to the head and neck during the incident.

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France will deploy thousands of police in and around Paris and set up checkpoints at toll stations on major roads leading into the capital to keep so-called "Freedom Convoy" motorists out, the city's police force said.

₹9.57 lakh crore for the economy was far sharper than ₹2.12 lakh crore in GDP growth that was lost in 2008-09 global financial crises, yet the government was able to contain consumer price inflation (CPI) to within 6.2% as opposed to CPI ballooning to 9.1% during the global financial crisis.

Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

Prince Charles getting Covid again should be "ringing royal alarm bells," according to an expert who warns of some "regal whiplash". The 73-year-old is set to snatch an almost 200-year record by becoming the oldest person to be crowned monarch.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is being criticized for starting the province’s lockdown on Boxing Day. As Mike Drolet explains, COVID-19 is already overwhelming hospitals, so health officials say this is no time to wait.

Queen’s University in eastern Ontario is urging students not to return to Kingston while a month-long, provincewide lockdown is in effect.Queen’s says students should avoid returning to the university town until after the lockdown aimed at stemming COVID-19 cases ends on Jan. 23, “unless absolutely necessary.”A Wednesday notice from the university says it’s giving the advice after Premier Doug Ford said people should not travel outside their regions during the 28-day lockdown that starts Dec.

Doug Ford says no decision on NHL games with Ontario primed for lockdown “We are doing everything we can to get our players, teams and league through development and gameplay to a safe return to the ice,” said Tuck.In November, the GOJHL received approval from the Ontario Hockey Federation to proceed with modified playing rules for the season. It was hoped the season could start in the middle of January, depending on local health units.Tuck admits it has been a frustrating time for all those involved.

coronavirus shutdown announcement.On Monday, Premier Doug Ford announced a province-wide shutdown will begin on Dec. 26 and last for four weeks in southern areas of the province and two weeks in northern areas.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday announced new Hydro relief rates as well as expanded support for a learners program to help parents after he announced on Monday a provincewide shutdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic that begins on Dec.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was asked Tuesday for his response to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson’s comments regarding the provincewide shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have to remind everyone in Ottawa, you’re in the orange-restrict level, you’re aren’t in yellow, you aren’t in green.

coronavirus cases.Premier Doug Ford made the announcement at a daily briefing on Tuesday.“It’s just going to show up on your next bill,” Ford said.The government said electricity prices will be on an off-peak rate of 8.5 cents per kilowatt an hour for all time-of-use and tiered customers starting on Jan. 1, 2021.

COVID-19.“Asking students and staff to stay home a little longer will help ensure we do what’s needed to control the spread,” said Ford. Coronavirus: Government delays return of in-person classes for Ontario schools It’s a reversal from a little over a month ago, when Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce said the province would not be extending the holiday break.During an appearance on Global News Radio 900 CHML’s Bill Kelly Show on Dec.

Doug Ford: No decision on NHL games with Ontario primed for lockdown If the plan does get approved, Atwal said there will be no fans in the stands at Bell MTS Place.“We’ll have to take sort of week-by-week, month-to-month,” he said. “There’s no desire to open fans up to watching hockey games at this point.”The NHL recently announced a 56-game schedule to begin Jan.

Ontario to enter ‘provincewide shutdown’ on Boxing Day A full list of what is closed can be found here.“We are very scared we don’t know what will happen,” said Ivan Santana-Barnes.“We have a lot of expenses a month and I do not know if with another lockdown we will make it, but I am hoping we will,”Ivan and his husband, Christopher, opened their restaurant Ivanopoblano last November.“I want to stay positive because it was a dream to open this restaurant because I was in a food truck for 3.5 years,” he said.Heading into a four-week lockdown, Ivan said they plan on taking a week and a half off until Dec.

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Monday:Ontario has announced that a “provincewide shutdown” will begin on Boxing Day and last for four weeks in southern areas of the province and two weeks in northern areas.“Unfortunately, despite the restrictions, we’ve seen growing numbers of people travelling between regions within Ontario,” Premier Doug Ford said during a press conference Monday.“COVID is spreading rapidly from high outbreak areas to areas with fewer cases. As it does, our hospitals are filling up more each day.

coronavirus strain in the U.K. that the World Health Organization noted on Monday appears to be more infectious.At the same time, provincial health officials in Alberta are now urging anyone who has arrived from the U.K.

While announcing a provincewide shutdown on Monday amid rising COVID-19 case numbers, Ontario Premier Doug Ford implored the federal government to help set up COVID-19 testing for those entering Canada through international flights at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday announced a provincewide shutdown to curb the number of COVID-19 cases that have been rapidly rising in the province, and said it was also needed to stop a flood of people from Quebec travelling to the Ottawa region to avoid lockdown measures in their own province.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday announced a provincewide shutdown to stem the tide of rising COVID-19 cases in the province, which will include extending the winter break for schools. Ford said schools are not part of the problem, but out of an abundance of caution, students from kindergarten to grade eight will return in-class on Jan.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday announced the province will be entering a provincewide shutdown beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Dec.

coronavirus, but it seems that Premier Doug Ford is just getting warmed up.Numerous sources indicate that the premier will impose what will essentially be a provincewide lockdown, likely beginning when the stores close on Dec. 24 in southern Ontario for four weeks and likely  two weeks in northern Ontario.Schools will be shut down as well, but we saw that coming last week when the education minister told students to take their learning materials home over the Christmas break.

coronavirus cases on Sunday as Nunavut recorded its first deaths from the virus and Ontario sets its sights on further lockdown measures.Canada now has 507,392 cases total, after passing 500,000 on Saturday. The last 100,000 cases were recorded over 15 days, the shortest growth period since the pandemic began in March.Seventy-four deaths were also reported Sunday, bringing Canada’s total to 14,228.

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Sunday:Global News has learned the Ontario government is currently planning to implement new provincewide restrictions beginning Christmas Eve.The announcement is expected to come Monday afternoon at Queen’s Park from Premier Doug Ford.Government sources with knowledge of the plans did not provide further details about the new measures but said as of Sunday afternoon, the plan was for restrictions to be implemented across the province beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Dec.

Ontario government is currently planning to implement new provincewide restrictions beginning Christmas Eve.The announcement is expected to come Monday afternoon at Queen’s Park from Premier Doug Ford.Government sources with knowledge of the plans did not provide details about the new measures but said as of Sunday afternoon, the plan was for restrictions to be implemented across the province beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Dec.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is holding two days of emergency meetings with hospital officials across the province as the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow. On Friday, the province announced stricter measures in five regions, including moving Hamilton into lockdown.

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Saturday:Toronto Mayor John Tory says he is still unsure as to what the provincial government could announce for the city on Monday.Tory said he hopes the province will take advantage of the holiday season while many people are off work and impose stronger measures in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19.“I don’t know exactly what’s coming on Monday, but I just know that it’s something that is the right thing to do,” Tory said.“I will be supportive of Premier Ford in that respect because these are terribly difficult decisions and I just know we’re all trying to do it for the right reasons.”Premier Doug Ford said that discussions will take place over the weekend and an announcement will be

Before entering an emergency meeting with health officials to discuss ways to tackle rising hospitalizations from COVID-19, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday that the lockdowns implemented in some parts of the province will not be expiring on Monday. Ford said he will have additional information for Ontario residents on Dec.

COVID-19 framework, according to a provincial news release sent out Friday.Kingston is one of six regions that will be moved into new zones Monday.“Based on our numbers, absolutely. I do think we should be in orange.

COVID-19 lockdown next week.After a meeting with health officials on Friday afternoon, Premier Doug Ford revealed the measure in response to a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks.The city will move from the red-control level of the province’s COVID-19 response framework to grey-lockdown as of 12:01 a.m. Monday.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Toronto and Peel Region will remain in the grey-lockdown zone beyond Monday’s deadline.“As for the lockdowns in the areas that are locked down right now, that are expiring on Monday, I can tell you they won’t be expiring,” Ford said in during a short briefing Friday afternoon.“We are going to continue on with the lockdowns within those regions.”Toronto and Peel Region entered lockdown on Nov. 23 for a 28-day period.

With four consecutive days of COVID-19 cases reaching over 2,000 and fueling calls from the Ontario Hospital Association for tighter restrictions in hot zones, Doug Ford is set to address the issue today at Queens Park. Marianne Dimain has more.

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Friday:From inside his family home where he spends most of his time, COVID-19 survivor Delroy Noble leans down to lift up one of his three young nieces.In April, he left his job at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport feeling ill. A few days later he was rushed to Humber River Hospital with a fever.

Doug Ford‘s tap dance around the issue at his daily press conference Thursday, there seems to be a sense of inevitability that Ontario is headed for some version of another lockdown to stop the rapid spread of new cases of COVID-19.The premier says he doesn’t want to make a snap decision. Ontario hospitals call for 4-week lockdown in hard-hit regions to slow COVID-19 spread That shouldn’t be a problem.

COVID-19.Doug Ford says the meeting with the province’s health minister, chief medical officer of health and hospital leaders today will concern next steps to break the trend.As of yesterday morning, 919 Ontarians were hospitalized with COVID-19, including 263 in intensive care and 172 on ventilators.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care, responded to a question Thursday regarding a long-term care home in Whitby, Ont. where all but one resident tested positive for COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccine for Ontario touched down at Hamilton’s airport on a plane Monday morning, it’s still at least a week before any of it will be dispensed in the city, according to officials.Hamilton’s emergency operations centre director says the first of Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccines could be in the city as early as next week, assuming all goes well with a pilot study going on in Ottawa and Toronto.Paul Johnson went on to tell city councillors in a Zoom call on Wednesday that the number of shots the city will get is expected to be “small.” Premier Doug Ford on hand for 1st shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario “This is really for health-care workers, because one of the realities is, that this vaccine is not going to be distributed to

COVID-19 pandemic.His motion to freeze all of the city’s fees for recreation programs has been approved by Hamilton City Council.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones toured an Ornge facility in Toronto on Wednesday to observe part of the logistics chain involved in transporting the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of the government’s planned roll out throughout the province.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday thanked the province’s first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine, saying they put their community and patients ahead of themselves.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott responded to questions Tuesday about high COVID-19 case counts despite parts of the province being in lockdown, saying that based on modelling, there could have been 6,500 daily cases had restrictive measures not been implemented.