The province’s plan for back to school is set, but one group wants to see it taken a step further. As Morgan Black explains, some physicians now want to see masks be made mandatory in the classroom.

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Mounting evidence shows masks may help avoid severe illness, even if you get COVID-19

LOS ANGELES - Masks may offer wearers more protection than they even realize.The simple act of wearing a mask amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has become a politically charged topic in the United States and across social media, but most public health officials and doctors have cemented a primary reason for mask effectiveness: to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.Researchers and scientists are now learning that not only does wearing a mask reduce viral transmission, but it may also help you avoid major illness, even if you end up contracting the novel coronavirus.The hypothesis is explained in a forthcoming article, scheduled to come out next week in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, which further lays out a second theory

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Edmonton city council to debate mandatory mask bylaw next week

As of August 1, masks will be mandatory in all city amenities, attractions and services, including on public transit. As Nicole Stillger explains, next week council could pass a bylaw to expand that mandate to all indoor spaces in Edmonton.

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McDonald’s announces masks are mandatory for customers in the U.S., but not in Canada

McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. will soon require customers to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19, locations in Canada have not followed suit.Rather, McDonald’s Canada said patrons are being encouraged to don a face mask at its locations.

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Katie Hopkins slammed for telling people to ditch face masks despite coronavirus risks

Katie Hopkins has found herself in yet another social media storm for continuing to encourage fans to ditch face masks despite the ongoing risk of coronavirus.

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Canadian Grand Prix race in Montreal cancelled for 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic

The cancellation of the Canadian Grand Prix race in Montreal comes as a crushing blow to the city’s tourism industry struggling amid the COVID-19 health crisis. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.

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Family issues outside bubble calling some NBA players home

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Being separated from families is certainly a tough element of being in the NBA bubble. So, too, is being separated when issues within the family happen.Two people with knowledge of the situations said Friday that both Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers and Austin Rivers of the Houston Rockets have added themselves to the list of players who have left the NBA campus at Walt Disney World to tend to family issues.

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CDC urges in-person learning for schools

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that a child is 6 to 13 times more likely to die from influenza than from COVID-19, and that school closures that began in the spring led to significant public health problems for the nation's children, including worsening mental health and increasing hunger.

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Brevard teachers union ‘not confident’ schools are ready to reopen safely

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – After two rounds of special negotiations due to COVID-19, the Brevard Federation of Teachers said Brevard Public Schools is not committed to safely going back to school."We are not confident that these schools are ready to reopen safety," union president Anthony Colucci said.Colucci said the school district Thursday continued to reject most of the union's proposals on mandating masks, guaranteeing safe distancing and having enough cleaning supplies.Friday, Colucci said he visited a school that had none.In Brevard Public Schools reopening plan, supplies like hand sanitizer are supposed to be in every classroom."We're looking for something in writing saying that these cleaning supplies are going to be there," Colucci

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Masks made mandatory in indoor public places in Nova Scotia

The announcement comes at a time when the province has had very few COVID-19 cases and the government admits it won’t be enforcing the new rules. Jeremy Keefe reports.

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Ontario NDP calls on Ford government to boost funding for school reopenings in September

Opposition is renewing calls for the government to increase education funding so schools can safely reopen in September.NDP Leader Andrea Horwath made the comments at a press conference in Brampton, Ont., on Friday.

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Coronavirus: Ford considering mandatory testing for agriculture, farm workers in Windsor-Essex

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday that he is considering making COVID-19 testing mandatory for agri-food and farm workers in the Windsor-Essex area, including temporary foreign workers, stating that his government is consulting a constitutional lawyer on the subject.

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McDonald’s to require face masks in its restaurants

ORLANDO, Fla. – The fast food chain McDonald’s announced Friday that it will soon be requiring customers to wear face masks inside of its restaurants in an effort to keep employees and patrons safe from COVID-19.The announcement was made by company president Joe Erlinger in a corporate blog post.The new policy begins Aug. 1 and applies to anyone entering a McDonald’s restaurant.“The intent of this policy is to take a proactive approach and focus on quickly finding solutions when customers are unable or unwilling to wear a face covering.

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Murphy says schools should offer all-remote option, N.J. won't mandate one plan

TRENTON, N.J. - New jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the state's Department of Education will release guidance for school reopenings this Fall, but the state will not be mandating just one way forward.Murphy said the guidance will "make clear that giving the parents the option of choosing all-remote learning for their children for the upcoming school year."The governor went on to say that, with today's guidance, the Garden State is "providing districts with even greater flexibility to ensure that they can meet this need.

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Coronavirus: Nova Scotia announces mandatory use of non-medical face masks

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announced on Friday that as the province continues to reopen, use of non-medical face masks will be mandatory in indoor public spaces, starting July 31.

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Coronavirus: The Big Apple in Colborne, Ont., masks up

Coronavirus: Niagara Region wineries set to reopen to tourists The Big Apple was among companies supporting front-line health-care workers through the Feed Our Heroes campaign earlier in the novel coronavirus pandemic.The company baked hundreds of pies for hospital workers back in April.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“It must be very hard on them.

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Coronavirus: N.S. makes masks mandatory in indoor public places, no new cases Friday

coronavirus was reported in Nova Scotia.The province announced on Friday that no new cases of COVID-19 have been detected, and that masks will become mandatory in most indoor public places starting July 31.There is currently only a single active case in the province. That means 1,003 people are considered to have recovered from the disease.

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Scots salon owner makes face masks 'non-mandatory' over coronavirus 'hoax' claims

coronavirus pandemic is a ‘hoax’. Brent Burnett, who is the owner of Glenwood Salon in Glenrothes, Fife, has shared a number of conspiracy theories that claim to refute the existence of Covid-19 over social media.

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Mandatory masks becoming the rule amid Europe's coronavirus uptick

ROME - New rules on wearing masks in England came into effect Friday, with people entering shops, banks and supermarkets now required to wear face coverings, while Romania reported a record for daily infections and new cases nearly doubled in France.People in England can be fined as much as 100 pounds ($127) by police if they refuse. The British government had given mixed signals for weeks before deciding on the policy.

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Canadian Grand Prix race in Montreal cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Organizers had hoped to hold the race in Montreal at a later date, but instead the race will stay off the schedule.

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Masks now mandatory on Halifax Transit

coronavirus.The use of masks comes after the province’s decision earlier this month to make masks mandatory on public transit throughout Nova Scotia. N.S.

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CDC releases updated guidelines calling the reopening of schools 'critically important'

WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released updated guidelines on schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, emphasizing the importance of reopening classrooms.The updated guidance urged school leaders to work with local officials to make decisions about the fall, taking into account the virus's rate of transmission in the area. It laid out a range of measures depending on the level of spread. If there's minimal or moderate spread, it recommends social distancing, masks and increased sanitation.

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Trump Calls Off Florida Segment of GOP National Convention Due to Coronavirus "Flare-Up"

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled the bulk of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus. Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug.

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US DoJ calls for increased Covid-19 monoclonal antibody production

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said that it will not challenge efforts by drugmakers to share information to scale up the manufacturing of monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid-19. The DoJ sent a letter to Eli Lilly, Amgen, AbCellera Biologics, AstraZeneca, Genentech and GlaxoSmithKline, noting that the demand for monoclonal antibodies against Covid-19 is likely to be higher than what one company could produce on its own.

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‘This is not the time to be selfish’: How face masks became a mirror of humanity amid COVID-19

face mask.Reluctantly for many, but also inexorably in the face of a deadly invisible enemy, small rectangles of flimsy yet live-saving tissue have in mere months joined the list of don’t-leave-home-without-them items for billions around the world.Not since humans invented shoes or underwear has a single item of dress caught on so widely and quickly from Melbourne to Mexico City, Beijing to Bordeaux, spanning borders, cultures, generations and sexes with almost the same Earth-shaking speed as the coronavirus that has killed more than 600,000 and infected more than 15 million.“There has, perhaps, never been such a rapid and dramatic change in global human behavior,” says Jeremy Howard, co-founder of #Masks4All, a pro-mask lobbying group.

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Report from former CDC director’s health group examines how states fail to report key COVID-19 data

LOS ANGELES - A recently released report examines how states across the country are failing to report data necessary to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic.Titled “Tracking COVID-19 in the United States,” the July 21 report details essential information that U.S. states should report immediately in an effort to help contain the novel coronavirus and prevent further spread.The report is from Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative aimed at saving “100 million lives from cardiovascular disease and to prevent epidemics, according to its website.

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3 of 4 Americans want masks to be mandatory amid coronavirus pandemic: poll

coronavirus cases and a growing embrace of government advice intended to safeguard public health.The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds that about two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling the outbreak, an unwelcome sign for the White House in an election year shaped by the nation’s battle with the pandemic. As U.S.

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Calls to spend billions kick-starting a four day week to save jobs from coronavirus

Tory Ministers are today urged to pay firms billions of pounds to kick-start a four-day week in the UK.

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Restarting health services and reopening schools a 'priority'

The acting Chief Medical Officer has said recommendations about reopening pubs on 10 August will be most appropriately made in a couple of weeks' time.

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Niagara Region passes mandatory mask bylaw

COVID-19 pandemic for three months starting at the end of July.In a special council meeting on Thursday night, councillors voted for in favour of enacting a measure that requires masks to be worn in indoor public spaces, businesses and public transit with exceptions for medical conditions and for children under 5.There was little discussion over the matter as Thorold regional councillor Tim Whalen motioned to end any further debate, citing that council had already had a healthy debate two weeks ago.

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Edmonton to make masks mandatory in city-operated facilities, on public transit

Face coverings will be mandatory on public transit and in city facilities starting August 1. As Nicole Stillger explains, it comes on the heels of a similar decision by Calgary earlier this week.

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Saskatchewan NDP calls for COVID-19 testing increase

WATCH: Saskatchewan set a new record on Wednesday by testing nearly 1,500 people for COVID-19. But 10 days after the province announced universal testing some are finding the wait times are longer than expected.

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Edmonton making masks mandatory in city facilities, on public transit

Interim city manager Adam Laughlin to speak making masks mandatory in city facilities and on public transit, saying the goal is keep the risk of coronavirus transmission low.

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‘This decision was not taken lightly’: Iveson on mandatory masks on transit, city facilities

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson speaks about the decision to make masks mandatory in city-owned and operated facilities and on public transit and the reason for it.

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Volusia County Schools will delay start of fall practices

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County Schools announced the district will not start fall practices on July 27.School officials will continue to monitor the COVID-19 conditions and will make a decision later to begin fall practice.The district is working with the Volusia County Department of Health and state officials on a start date.Conditioning will continue to take place at the moment.Fall sports in Volusia County include: Any questions about a specific sport can contact their’s schools’s athletic director.

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COVID-19: Edmonton to make masks mandatory in city-operated facilities, on public transit

Edmonton councillors to debate mandatory masks Thursday afternoon Interim city manager Adam Laughlin said the new regulation does not require bylaw changes (Level 2 below). Should city council move to make masks mandatory in all indoor spaces (Level 3) —beyond just city-operated facilities — city officials said they have started to draft a bylaw in order to move to the stricter regulations.“I think Level 2 is a perfectly reasonable approach right now,” said Dr.

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N.L. government, Inuit leaders agree to delay residential schools apology due to COVID-19

residential school survivors and their descendants.In a joint news release today, the province and the Nunatsiavut Government said COVID-19 public health measures make it impossible to safely accommodate the anticipated number of people interested in attending the public events.Premier Dwight Ball had been scheduled to travel to Nunatsiavut in March to deliver the apologies on behalf of the province, and when that event was cancelled, made plans to hold events in July.

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Alberta looking at evidence from around the world regarding masks and schools

Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains some of the issues her team is looking at regarding masks in schools.

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Hinshaw says Alberta could inadvertently distract from other measures with mandatory masks

Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains why the provincial government has not made masks mandatory in the province amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘It’s not the right time’: Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled segments of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Jacksonville, Florida in August, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus.“To have a big convention is not the right time," Trump said during his revived daily coronavirus task force briefing from the White House. Convention events will still be held in North Carolina.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesTrump moved parts of the GOP convention to Florida last month amid a dispute with North Carolina’s Democratic leaders over holding an event indoors with maskless supporters.

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No plans for ‘heavy-handed’ mandatory mask policy, says B.C.’s top doctor

COVID-19, the province’s top doctor said Thursday.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry wouldn’t rule the idea out in a situation where B.C.

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Brevard County Schools will not start fall practices at the moment

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard County Schools announced they will not start practices for fall sports at the moment.The district said the school will remain in stage 1 of the return to activity plan.Even though Fall sports are not beginning at the moment, conditioning can continue.[RELATED: Osceola County pushes back start date for high school football]Osceola County announced they will begin football practice on Sept. 7.[RELATED: Fall sports postponed for Flagler County Schools]Fall sports have also been postponed for Flagler County Schools.[RELATED: Orange County postpones practices for fall sports]Orange County Schools will not begin fall practices at the moment.Fall sports in Seminole County have been postponed until Aug.

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Archdiocese of Philadelphia high schools adopt hybrid learning system for fall

PHILADELPHIA - The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Thursday it plans on adopting a hybrid learning system, which combines in-person and online instruction as high schools reopen in the fall.FOX 29 obtained the letter sent to parents Thursday, which said students will remain rostered for their normal school day schedule and participate in class every day, allowing for a full year of complete instruction. Under this model, students will be assigned to an A or B group.

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Masked man: Spurs' Popovich wears face covering for game

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Gregg Popovich was working in a mask on Thursday — though not in his usual role — when the San Antonio Spurs made their scrimmage debut at the NBA restart at Walt Disney World.Popovich was not serving as head coach for the game against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Spurs had Becky Hammon in that role Thursday and will use Mitch Johnson there on Saturday and Will Hardy in their scrimmage finale on Tuesday.

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Edmonton councillors debating mandatory masks

The topic of mandatory masks will be up for discussion at Edmonton city hall on Thursday afternoon. Nicole Stillger reports.

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Coronavirus: On-site staff to ‘educate’ and offer face masks in response to Niagara Falls video

coronavirus crisis.“This was the busiest crowd that we’ve had all year,” said Jim Diodati who said the video showed a rare moment in a city that’s “been very quiet” and “desolate” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus: Video shows large crowds and little physical distancing in Niagara Falls In a press conference Thursday morning on Clifton Hill, Diodati said the response will be a “Crush the Curve” ambassador program featuring local employees dressed in bright yellow t-shirts and hats offering free hand sanitizer as well as face masks at cost.“I’m proud of the industry for doing a 24-hour turnaround.

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Premier Ford announces $12B investment in Ontario schools

On Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that his government would be providing $12 billion in funding over the next ten years to build new schools as well as refurbish and expand existing ones.

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Officials demand funding for Ontario schools to reopen as government promises plan

Ontario students are set to return to class, parents, teachers and school boards are growing increasingly frustrated with a lack of details and funding for the safe reopening of schools.The province promised Thursday that more clarity is coming next week, though Education Minister Stephen Lecce acknowledged that the government could be doing more.The head of a school board west of Toronto says the province needs to provide more funding to do the job right.

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