Author Archives: Brian Konrad
Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules
MADRID - As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with the delicate balance between keeping people safe from a highly cont...
Apr 13, 2020
'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance COVID-19 fight, economy: study
Dialing physical distancing measures up and down could be a way of sustaining the long-term fight against COVID-19 while not crushing the economy, a new study from Ontario researchers suggests. The sc...
Apr 09, 2020
Wuhan ends lockdown; Virus strains medical workers to limits
LONDON - After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened Wednesday and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and planes to leave. Elsewhere, the econo...
Apr 08, 2020
Virus puts UK PM in intensive care; Japan declares emergency
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care Tuesday with the coronavirus, while Japan's leader declared a monthlong state of emergency for Tokyo and six other regions to keep t...
Apr 07, 2020
Fear of COVID-19 is growing, suggests new poll of Canadians
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a growing number of Canadians are frightened of the prospect of contracting the novel coronavirus. Sixty-four per cent of Canadians said they were personally afraid of bec...
Apr 07, 2020
Pandemic experts put 'least weight' on recovery stats, look to hospitalizations
VICTORIA - Scientists who track the growth of pandemics say some figures provided by public health officials tell more about the spread of the novel coronavirus than others. Daniel Coombs says the num...
Apr 07, 2020
New federal aid and COVID-19 survival instinct; In The News for April 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 ... COVID-19 in Canada ... OTTAWA - Ap...
Apr 06, 2020
As COVID-19 triggers survival instinct, unwise decisions can result
MONTREAL - When a Quebec couple recently travelled to the far reaches of Yukon in a bid to escape the novel coronavirus, only to be turned away, it seemed a textbook case of pandemic-generated panic. ...
Apr 06, 2020
Humboldt Broncos families to quietly mark anniversary of Saskatchewan bus crash
The second anniversary of a devastating Saskatchewan bus crash will be a quiet one for the still-mourning families as the COVID-19 crisis holds the country in its grip. Sixteen people died and 13 were...
Apr 05, 2020
City at centre of China's virus outbreak gradually revives
WUHAN, China - Shopkeepers in the city at the centre of China's virus outbreak were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens o...
Mar 30, 2020