Canada surpasses 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic
Thursday's lockdown will require the closure of hair salons, gyms, and indoor dining in regions not now under such restrictions. The Spring break will also go ahead as planned the week of April 12 and Child Care will also remain open during shutdown.

Essential workers anxious about Ontario 'shutdown'
Thursday's lockdown will require the closure of hair salons, gyms, and indoor dining in regions not now under such restrictions. Schools are slated to reopen after the end of this week's postponed spring break, which concludes on April 9.

Americans with 2 COVID vaccine doses can travel, CDC says
The ongoing research found the vaccine was 91.3% efficacious against the disease a half year after a second dose was administered. But he added it will be crucial to see how long antibody levels are maintained after people have had a Covid-19 vaccine.

Almost 50 Dead As Taiwan Train Derails Inside Tunnel
That crash was the island's worst since 1991, when 30 passengers were killed and 112 injured after two trains collided in Miaoli. Taiwan media said many people were standing as the train was so crowded, and were tossed about by the crash impact.

Auto rams into police at Capitol barricade; officer killed
The law enforcement officials told the AP that the suspect was shot and was being taken to the hospital in critical condition. Capitol Police officers stand near a vehicle that crashed into a barricade on Capitol Hill in Washington , April 2, 2021.

Province-wide shutdown starts Saturday
Capacity at weddings, funerals and religious services , rites or ceremonies is limited to 15 per cent capacity per room indoors. Brown believes schools should be the last to close and first to open because of the impacts the shutdowns have on children.

Taiwan train crash leaves 36 dead, several injured
Weng said a construction truck operated by the railway administration slid onto the track from a work site on the hillside above. In 1981, a collision in western Taiwan killed 30 people and injured 112 in what was previously its deadliest train accident.

US Capitol: Driver dead after ramming police barricade
Police closed several blocks of Constitution Avenue, the main boulevard running along the north side of the US Capitol building. The US Capitol is on lockdown after a vehicle rammed into a barrier and injured two Capitol Police officers.

Fully vaccinated Americans cleared to travel without tests or quarantine periods — CDC
The agency's guidance, released in March , says people who have been fully vaccinated can meet indoors without masks. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of vaccine.

U.S. Capitol on lockdown after security incident
The vehicle hit a barricade just outside the Senate, on a street that had recently been reopened after the January 6 insurrection. She says the suspect then exited the vehicle with a knife and lunged at the officers.

Ontario going into a month-long 'shutdown' Saturday
Variants of concern are fueling a third wave of the pandemic in Ontario, leading to more hospitalizations and ICU admissions. Essential stores will remain open at 50 percent capacity and non-essential retail can operate at 25 percent capacity.

Canada`s Ontario returns to lockdown to slow coronavirus, report says
The province has reported 2,000 new cases daily for a week, double the daily infections seen in the beginning of March. The letter says doctors are seeing younger patients on ventilators and many are parents of school-aged children.

Investigation begins into how ship got stuck on Suez Canal
The Suez Canal provides one of Egypt's main sources of income , alongside tourism and remittances from expatriates. The delay almost doubled rates for oil product tankers.

Derek Chauvin is on trial for George Floyd's death
He rejected defence suggestions that he and other bystanders' interactions with police had been threatening to the officers there. The bodycam footage continues until an ambulance arrives and takes an unconscious Floyd to hospital, where he was declared dead.

Four killed in shooting in Southern California, police say
KNBC-TV reported the shooting erupted at a business complex in Orange, a city about 30 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles . Signs outside indicated a handful of businesses were located there, including an insurance agent and a counselling service.