Covid-19 Daily News Updates – Download September 24, 2020

Covid-19 Daily News Updates brought to you by Skyline Entourage to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. We know as business owners and marketers that working from home cam be hectic. This is meant to serve as another resource you can rely on from our team to help support you.

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Federal News

• Ontario premier Doug Ford announces some 60 pharmacies will begin offering COVID-19 testing as of Friday in an effort to reduce pressure on the province’s 147 testing facilities. Pharmacies are to only test asymptomatic individuals with appointments.
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• In his speech from the throne yesterday, Trudeau vowed to extend some of the business supports previously introduced and introduce new ones for industries hardest hit such as tourism and travel. Trudeau also pledged an extension of Canada’s wage subsidy through to next summer.
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Provincial News

• Seven hundred Jean Coutu workers at its main warehouse in Varennes, Quebec have gone on a 24-hour strike as of Wednesday. The union is calling for seniority to be considered when assigning tasks and new responsibilities in their new collective agreement. Salary to be discussed.
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• Greenhouse tomatoes giant, Savoura, to invest $20 million in its headquarters in Mirabel. The investment is to add 4 organic hectares, bringing is total to 38 hectares of tomatoes, strawberries and cucumbers on the Quebec soil. The investment will also add some 50 additional jobs.
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USA News

• United Airlines to offer some Hawaii bound customers rapid response COVID-19 tests at the airport. The initiative is in efforts to get around quarantine requirements and hopefully open more destinations. The initiative will start October 15, the same day Hawaii plans to lift 2-week quarantine.
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• Stock futures dropped on Thursday following weak economic data, adding losses to already tough month on Wall Street. Dow Jones Industrial Averages futures dropped 200 points, or 0.7%. Futures extended declines after U.S. weekly jobless claims came in worse than expected.
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International News

• UK is planning on hosting clinical trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with COVID-19 to test the  effectiveness of vaccine candidates. Expected trials, called “challenge trials”, are set to start in January at a London facility.
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• A survey in Europe’s two biggest economies suggests that business morale in Germany and France improved for fifth month in a row, thus boosting hopes they enjoyed solid recovery. Surveys also suggest that both countries are set for strong growth, though outlook is clouded by a rise in cases.
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