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COVID-19

Nursing home, prison virus cases near zero

The number of cases of COVID-19 appear to have dropped to nearly zero at nursing homes, long-term care facilities and prisons across the Mahoning Valley. The one Youngstown nursing home that had a high number of cases last week (13 patient cases and one staff case) now has just two patient ...

Fri. 9:10 a.m.: Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police began arresting protesters this morning in a bid to break the three-week, traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over the country's COVID-19 restrictions. Officers, some carrying automatic weapons and wearing tactical unit ...

Wed. 11:25 a.m.: Police ticketing, warning truckers to leave Canada’s capital

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ottawa police trying to break the nearly three-week siege of the capital by truckers protesting Canada's COVID-19 restrictions began handing out leaflets this morning warning drivers to leave immediately or risk arrest. Authorities in yellow "police liaison" vests went ...

Ohio’s COVID cases experience major drop

Ohio had nearly a 50 percent decline in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in one week. It was the third straight week of declines after 11 consecutive weeks of increases. This week saw a 49.3 percent drop from last week and a 329 percent decline from two weeks ago. There were 481 COVID-19 ...

Virus cases drop at state prisons

The number of COVID-19 cases among Ohio prisons dropped dramatically in the past two weeks. Last week and the week before, 256 active COVID-19 infections wre reported among staff at Ohio prisons, but the number is down to 17 this week. The number of inmate cases last week and the week before ...

UPDATE: Ontario declares an emergency over truck blockades in Canada

TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's premier declared a state of emergency today in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the U.S. border and said he will urgently enact laws to crack down on those who interfere with the free flow of goods and people. Since Monday, scores of drivers ...