WINNIPEG The Manitoba government has announced a COVID-19 outbreak at a church in Sarto, Man., involving 10 confirmed cases and two people in the hospital. The province made the announcement in its COVID-19 update on March 12, identifying the church as St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. The church has been moved to the critical or red level on Manitoba’s pandemic response system. The province said that anyone who went to any event at or in relation to the church on Feb. 21 should go for testing if they have any COVID-19 symptoms. Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, said this isn’t a reflection of the hard work that people are putting in to keep their patrons safe.
Sales of PC and console games and hardware spiked across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia.
Across tracked markets (see details at the bottom), 14.7 million PC and console games (digital and physical) were sold during February, which is a rise of 68% over the year before, according to the latest data from GSD.
Digital download sales accounted for 9.4 million games sold, a rise of 24% over the year before. Physical games accounted for 5.25 million, which was 26% up year-on-year. The best-selling game by a long way was Super Mario 3D World + Bowser s Fury. Nintendo does not share digital sales with GSD, and therefore it achieved this feat based on physical sales alone.
‘We Need Our Government’: Surging Food Prices Put Kremlin on Edge
Food prices are rising fast in Russia and the government has rolled out temporary price caps, but discontent is simmering. March 12, 2021 The government has introduced price caps in an attempt to stop food inflation, currently at a five-year high, from accelerating further. Moskva News Agency
Lyubov, a 59-year-old pensioner doing her weekly shop, doesn’t know why her Russian state pension isn’t going as far as it used to, but is sure the government needs to do something about it.
“All the prices for food are going up,” she told The Moscow Times on her way out of a branch of Billa, a mid-range supermarket in the capital’s Profsoyuznaya district. “Everyday products like sugar, bread, eggs and chicken have become too expensive.”
Dublin, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The "Mexico Gift Card and Incentive Card Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics (Databook): Spend Analysis by Digital/e-Gift Card, Retail & Corporate Consumers, Top Retailers, Distribution Channel, Occasions, and Demographics - Jan 2021 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Gift card industry in Mexico is expected to grow by 13.6% on annual basis to reach US$ 2833.1 million in 2021. Despite near-term challenges in 2021, medium to long term growth story of gift cards in Mexico remains strong. The gift card industry in Mexico is expected to grow steadily in H1 2021 and record a strong growth in H2 2021. The growth momentum is expected to continue to grow over the forecast period, recording a CAGR of 10.6% during 2021-2025. The gift card market in the country will increase from US$ 2493.8 million in 2020 to reach US$ 4235.2 million by 2025. The gift card market in Mexico has grown over the
Despite surging consumer demand for bikes, pandemic also challenged Schwinn-maker Dorel Anita Balakrishnan Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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The COVID-19 pandemic is spurring consumers to buy more bikes and Montreal-based Dorel Industries Inc. says it has struggled to keep up with demand.
“COVID-19 has been the catalyst which has prompted many new consumers to gravitate to bikes and, going forward, we see this demand continuing to grow,” chief executive Martin Schwartz said on a conference call with analysts on Friday.