B.C. paramedics responded to a record 131 overdose calls in a single day

  VANCOUVER -- Paramedics responded to a record number of overdose calls on Friday, B.C. Emergency Health Services says. There were 131 calls reporting suspected overdoses that day – "the most recorded in a single day," BCEHS wrote on Twitter Monday. "This is double (the) average daily overdoses." Those calls were made in an area…

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SWAHILI Tuko kwenye COVID19 pamoja Huu ni wakati wa busara, sio hofu. Sayansi, sio unyanyapaa.  Ukweli, sio hofu na COVID-19 ni adui wetu wa kawaida sasa. Nchi zina jukumu la kusonga mbele, kusonga mbele, na kuongeza kiwango na lazima zitangaze vita dhidi ya virusi hivi. Mlipuko huelekeza nyumbani uhusiano muhimu wa familia yetu ya kibinadamu. Kuzuia kuenea zaidi kwa COVID-19 ni jukumu la pamoja kwa sisi sote. We are in the COVID19 together  This is a time for prudence, not panic. Science, not stigma.  Facts, not fear and COVID-19 is our common enemy now.  Countries have a responsibility to gear up, step forward, and scale-up and must declare war on this virus.  A pandemic drive home the essential interconnectedness of our human family. …

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