What having COVID-19 is like: Two Canadians talk diagnosis and recovery Two people explain how they caught COVID-19, and how they handled symptoms and the lingering effects physical and mental by Julia Mastroianni on January 25th, 2021 at 3:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Even if you haven’t had COVID-19, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to say you don’t know someone in your extended network who has received a diagnosis.
“You may get COVID-19 and survive. Most people do, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa stated at a COVID-19 briefing. But you may spread to someone who can’t. And it’s not fair that someone should die from COVID-19 because the rest of us didn’t try hard enough to avoid it.”
What having COVID-19 is like: Two people talk diagnosis and recovery
What having COVID-19 is like: Two people talk diagnosis and recovery
Two Ontarians explain how they caught COVID-19, how they handled symptoms and the lingering effects – physical and mental By Julia Mastroianni
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Even if you haven’t had COVID-19, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to say you don’t know someone in your extended network who has received a diagnosis.
As COVID-19 cases continue climbing in Toronto and province-wide, the Ontario government is pondering strict new measures to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed.
“At this point we’re past shame or blame,” Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa said during a press briefing on Monday. “We have some hard truths to face. Our data shows us that, as we discussed at the last briefing, COVID-19 is now spreading at levels so serious that it’s hard to describe.”
Published Friday, January 1, 2021 3:20PM EST Toronto hospitals welcomed the first babies of 2021 early Friday morning, with the very first child coming into the world just 48 seconds after the clock struck midnight. Baby Thomas is believed to have been Toronto’s first baby of 2021 and spent most of New Year’s Day morning sleeping, according to his parents. Humber River Hospital shared news of the birth on Twitter, saying Thomas was born at 12:00:48 a.m., and weighed about 6.8 pounds. “Congratulations to the whole family on the arrival of their bundle of joy,” the hospital said. “Everyone is healthy and extremely happy.”
20 businesses in Toronto that gave back to their communities this year
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This year has been undeniably difficult for anyone trying to run a business in Toronto, with constantly changing government orders forcing establishments to repeatedly shut down, open up and change service models with little to no notice.
But while many of the city s business owners faced frustration, debt and the possibility of shutting down permanently in 2020, some still managed to find ways to give back to their communities in small yet meaningful ways.