A whole new kind of tired : Pandemic leaves many unpaid caregivers without help
Unpaid caregivers who look after ageing or ill loved ones say the pandemic has made it almost impossible for them to find help.
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Flu season has been stopped in its tracks this winter
The Public Health Agency of Canada s latest flu report says the flu numbers up to early January fall below the threshold to declare the start of the 2020-2021 flu season.
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Measures meant to minimize the spread of COVID-19 appear to have had a similar effect on influenza
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 20
There have been no cases of the flu reported in Nova Scotia so far this year, compared to 442 cases of the flu last season.(Getty Images)
This time of year would normally be the height of flu season in Nova Scotia, but so far there have been no reported cases in the province.
Then two shop workers tested positive for COVID-19, followed by two office employees. Everyone around them had to quarantine, Prencipe said, noting that the bulk of the plant’s workforce had to stay home for two weeks. We’ve now made it our own policy that if you’re in the plant, you have to wear a mask at all times.
The small outbreak at the Ontario packaging plant illustrates how workplaces are emerging as a driving force in the second wave of the pandemic.
A growing number of infections can be traced back to workplaces, including in manufacturing, warehouse and shipping facilities, according to Ontario data on active outbreaks by setting.
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HALIFAX - On the factory floor, masks were optional. Until last month, workers at TEC Business Solutions's corrugated packaging plant in Mississauga, Ont. u