Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and the province’s chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab provided an update on the province’s COVID-19 ongoing response on Thursday. Moe announced an expansion of the testing criteria throughout the province as more businesses start to reopen, saying this will lead to an increase in overall testing numbers as a result. Shahab said the broadened criteria will pay careful attention to those who are caregivers to people with compromised immune systems, the homeless and vulnerable populations. Testing will also focus on patients restarting paused treatments like cancer care and expectant mothers. More businesses in Saskatchewan will be able to reopen on Friday under phase 1 of the province’s reopening plan, including golf courses and driving theatres. Outfitters operating in areas not impacted by current travel restrictions will be also permitted to begin their operations. Next Tuesday will be the beginning of phase 2 of the reopening plan, Moe said, adding that many retail businesses will be able to begin operation, such as shopping malls and select personal services including hair stylists and barbers, massage therapists and other services. Saskatchewan reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, four in the far north and one in Regina. The total number of cases in the province stands at 582 as of Thursday. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6945060/coronavirus-saskatchewan-update-may-14/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB [More]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, alongside Minister of Health Christine Elliott and Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced Wednesday that Ontario would be expanding its list of those eligible for emergency child care. Lecce said those now eligible would also include grocery store workers, pharmaceutical workers, retirement home staff, Ontario truckers, the Canadian Armed Forces, and those who support those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Ontario reported 347 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the lowest single-day increase in more than three weeks, bringing the provincial total to 15,728 cases. The death toll has risen to 996 as 45 more deaths were reported. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6877981/coronavirus-ontario-labour-workplace-reopening-guidelines-covid-19/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #coronavirus #COVID19 #health #Ontario

The Singapore Government is extending more wage support to companies in its Solidarity Budget, offering earlier payouts and increasing support for more workers. “I expect firms to make use of this (Jobs Support Scheme) to continue paying your workers and refrain from putting workers on no-pay leave during this period, or worse, retrenching them,” DPM Heng Swee Keat said in Parliament on Monday (Apr 6). https://cna.asia/2XaIzSv #COVID19 #coronavirus Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Subscribe to our news service on Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram Follow us: CNA: https://cna.asia CNA Lifestyle: http://www.cnalifestyle.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/channelnewsasia