Latest Corona-related news in brief:
April 21, 2021
CORONA INFECTION LEVELS IN NORWAY HAVE DECLINED by nearly half since they peaked in mid-March, according to new data from public health institute FHI. That raises prospects that the government will be able to proceed with its cautious reopening program in May and restrictions may be eased even Oslo, which has had the highest infection rates.
Last week’s 3,717 new confirmed cases of the Corona virus are down 43 percent from the same time last month. FHI also reported that 2.9 percent of everyone tested last week were positive, down from 3.3 percent the week before.
Deaths are also down, from 21 during the first week of April to 18 last week and five so far this week.
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PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. An oil tanker has been anchored off Cape Breton since Sunday because of concerns several crew members may have contracted COVID-19.
Karl Risser, Atlantic inspector for the International Transport Workers Federation, said Thursday one crew member on the STI San Telmo had tested positive and is in quarantine in a Sydney, N.S., hotel.
Risser said he’s been told another seven members of the crew have also tested positive for COVID-19.
“From what I understand, the situation is being monitored (by health officials) and everybody is stable,” he said.
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Risser said the vessel had been sailing to Montreal from Antwerp, Belgium, and his union, which represents foreign seafarers, will “keep and eye on things” until the ship gets permission to move.
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