U.S. President Donald Trump has not fully recovered from COVID-19, but he has been discharged from the Walter Reed Medical Center wearing a mask. COVID-19 is still dominating his life and his administration, not to mention the more than 210,000 people it has killed in the country.
Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was the latest on Trump’s team to test positive and has been briefing reporters in recent days without a mask. At least 14 people in Trump’s inner circle are now infected. This afternoon, as doctors agreed he was ready to be discharged, he’s still taking at least two medications. Jackson Proskow reports on Trump’s return.
Quebec has reimposed restrictions in COVID-19 hotspots and Ontario is spending more money to keep schools safe. But that doesn’t address the strain on labs that do the testing and on the contact tracers. Abigail Bimman reports.
Two new federal benefits are now available to Canadians. People who were forced to take time off work to care for a dependent because of the pandemic can apply for financial help. Mike Le Couteur explains what’s available and who qualifies.
The pandemic has pushed lots of news out of the headlines, including thousands of people connected to the so-called Islamic State. They’re confined to an overcrowded camp in northeastern Syria, both former ISIS fighters and their families, including at least 46 Canadians. The uncle of a five-year-old girl whose parents were killed in an air strike has been desperate to bring her to Canada to give her a new life. As Mike Drolet explains, it’s finally happening.
Anyone who tells you they know everything about COVID-19 is lying. There is much scientists and doctors still don’t understand, but they are learning new things every day. Jeff Semple has been talking with experts and is here to answer some of your COVID-19 questions.
A University of Alberta virologist is getting the ultimate recognition for a medical discovery made more than 30 years ago: the discovery of hepatitis C. Dr. Michael Houghton and two other researchers have won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for work that went on to save millions of lives. Heather Yourex-West reports.
