Updates

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Tam believes preventative measures are working, but it is not yet time to relax. New cases across the country have decreased, but with a third wave predicted for April, we should still be vigilant. Many of the recent new cases have been variant strains of the virus, which are […]

After almost a year of the novel coronavirus forcing a global shutdown, face masks and lots of hand sanitizer have become the new norm. Federal and provincial governments alike have created laws urging citizens to cover their faces in public settings. Some businesses have started selling homemade masks, and many supply disposable masks to customers

Alberta has issued new guidelines for schools re-opening in September. It will be mandatory for the students studying in grade 4 to 12 to wear masks in common spaces, including school buses and hallways. But these will not be compulsory in classrooms if teachers and students are working separately at their desks. This decision came

With instructions and guidelines making masks compulsory in many countries in the world, we are also looking at a heightened risk from contaminated masks left strewn all over pavements and public places. In many cities, masks have been seen haphazardly strewn on pavements and escalators, while pictures of masks in lifts and other public areas

Masks will now become mandatory in Quebec starting 18th July, Saturday. This regulation however pertains to only indoor spaces as of now. This is also the time when thousands of residents of Quebec start their two-week construction holiday summer vacation. While making the announcement, the Quebec Premiere remarked, “It’s better to wear a mask than

The empirical question here is whether wearing masks actually helps. Ever since day 1 when the world sat up to the increasing number of COVID cases in Italy and felt the formidable fear that something indeed was very very wrong with the situation, there was a clamour for masks. But really, can the spread of