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Covid 19 coronavirus: Expert warns about complacency, masks, tracing scans

An expert has urged the Government to push ahead with a signalled order to make masks compulsory on public transport, amid concerns New Zealand is still being complacent about the threat of Covid-19. Health Minister Chris Hipkins today confirmed Auckland’s latest community case – a student in her early 20s – had been genomically linked […]

Mourners remember victims of American Airlines Flight 587 crash

Dozens of mourners gathered on Thursday to remember the 265 lives lost when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in a Queens neighborhood 19 years ago — an incident that briefly sparked terror fears on the heels of 9/11. Mayor Bill de Blasio joined some 50 family members of victims, who braved cold winds and rain […]

Covid 19 coronavirus: What we know about the Defence Force cluster

An Auckland woman who has tested positive for Covid-19 has been linked to an existing cluster of Defence Force workers. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed this afternoon that genomic testing for the woman in her 20s matched the existing cluster. “That direct link case means that the new case doesn’t point to an unknown […]

Bronx teen grazed by bullet was not intended target: sources

The 13-year-old girl grazed by a bullet in the Bronx Wednesday afternoon was waiting for her boyfriend when she was struck by a stray bullet, according to police sources. She told cops that she was waiting for her boyfriend on Seward Avenue near Noble Avenue in Soundview around 2:25 p.m. when two shots rang out […]

How can the feds step up their coronavirus response? Experts are divided

As some health experts are calling on the federal government to step up its efforts to flatten the curve in Canada’s hotspots, opinions are divided as to what the federal government can actually do — and whether it should do it. The calls come amid spikes in coronavirus cases across Canada, with Ontario shattering daily […]