July 18: Quebec makes masks mandatory in indoor public spaces; coronavirus surge swamps U.S. emergency rooms
. Seventy-four per cent of those surveyed say they don’t wear masks due to discomfort, lack of concern about COVID-19, perceived ineffectiveness, or to mimic others not wearing masks.
Around the world, there are almost two dozen vaccines in clinical trials and at least 140 more in earlier stages of development, but most experts predict it will be well into 2021 before the first vaccines might be ready for wide use.Last week, Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.Coronavirus around the world
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