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Dr. Yves Jalbert, Quebec’s deputy general director of public health, said on Friday that starting on May 4th, the province is setting a dedicated health line for people with COVID-19 symptoms who will be able to call and be referred to a designated screening centre within 24 hours. If no appointments are available within 24...

With this being a time of year where people who have allergies see more symptoms it’s important to be able to differentiate between allergy and COVID-19 symptoms.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday that in the past several weeks testing had been done on the judgment of the clinician, but as of Thursday any Ontarian with symptoms of COVID-19 can be tested. She said with the reopening of the economy, this is needed to do more public surveillance testing to know...

Canada’s Chief Medical Officer of Health called on health-care providers and people across the country to “test smartly” as the second wave of the novel coronavirus continues to intensify. Tam said prioritizing people with symptoms of COVID-19 or a risk of exposure is the best approach as provinces continue to grapple with rising case numbers.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Saturday that testing at pharmacies, which the province plans to launch next week, would be intended for people who aren’t showing symptoms of COVID-19. He said those with symptoms should still go to assessment centres to be tested for the virus.

U.S. President Donald Trump began Sunday’s coronavirus task force update at the White House by expressing his well wishes to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was admitted to hospital for medical tests ten days after testing positive for COVID-19. Downing Street said the hospitalization was a “precautionary step” because Johnson was showing persistent symptoms...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that officials have now identified 39 cases of pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, a possible complication from the coronavirus with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. One child in New York City has died.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that officials have now identified 39 cases of pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, a possible complication from the coronavirus with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. One child in New York City has died.

Despite having no symptoms for COVID-19 after resigning from CHSLD Herron in Dorval, nurse Kristy-Lyn Kemp insisted she be tested for the virus before starting a new job at another seniors residence — and her test result came back positive. Global’s Olivia O’Malley has the story.

Today’s top coronavirus headlines: Britain has surpassed Italy’s coronavirus death toll with over 32,000 deaths, making the UK the country with the highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in Europe. Australia and New Zealand are discussing a travel bubble which would allow residents to travel between the two countries without having to go into self-isolation...

Starting June 1, New Brunswick will only be testing individuals with two or more symptoms of COVID-19, announced the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell on Sunday. The province’s top doctor also announced three new cases of COVID-19, all confirmed to be elderly residents of Manoir de la Vallée Manor in Atholville,...

More than six in 10 people infected with the novel coronavirus generated neutralizing antibodies just two weeks after the onset of symptoms of the disease, but this neutralizing capacity decreases after six weeks, according to researchers at the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. Global’s Anne Leclair spoke with Canada Research...

Speaking from outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the federal government has now formalized its updated rules for domestic travel across Canada. Anyone showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus will now be banned from boarding domestic flights and intercity passenger trains, the prime minister announced at a press conference Saturday.

The novel coronavirus outbreak at the heart of the U.K. government spread on Monday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, self-isolating with symptoms just days after the British leader himself tested positive.

World Health Organization (WHO) emergencies programme technical lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said on Wednesday that based on data from China, approximately 75 per cent of individuals who are listed as asymptomatic eventually develop symptoms of COVID-19, and it is important for them to capture the “full spectrum of illness” to accurately portray the spread...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday was moved to an intensive care unit, where the most serious cases are treated, at St. Thomas’ hospital after his COVID-19 symptoms worsened, but his Downing Street office said he was still conscious.

Do COVID-19 symptoms include the loss of taste or smell? What exactly are ‘mild’ symptoms? What are the most severe symptoms? Should younger people with underlying health conditions self-isolate? Jeff Semple consults survivors of the novel coronavirus to answer your questions.

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday that Canadians who are exhibiting respiratory symptoms linked to a new Coronavirus won’t be able to get on the arranged evacuation flight home from China.

Initial testing did not match any other virus and it was identified as a coronavirus which is the same family as the common cold as well as SARS and MERS.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation as she awaits the results of her novel coronavirus test. She began showing “mild flu-like symptoms” after a trip to London. As David Akin explains, this has postponed the First Ministers’ Meeting.