Judging in the Time of a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Bail and Sentencing in Canada

At “the end of 2019 the World Health Organization was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, caused by an unknown virus. On 7 January 2020, China advised the world that a new coronavirus was the cause, later labelled SARS-CoV-2. It causes the disease known as COVID-19. In mid-January...

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Main Author: Gorman, Wayne K.
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Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2021
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ajacourtreview/728
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/ajacourtreview/article/1762/viewcontent/CR57_1Gorman.pdf
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Summary:At “the end of 2019 the World Health Organization was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, caused by an unknown virus. On 7 January 2020, China advised the world that a new coronavirus was the cause, later labelled SARS-CoV-2. It causes the disease known as COVID-19. In mid-January 2020, the Public Health Agency of Canada activated the Emergency Operation Centre in support of Canada’s response to COVID-19. On 22 January 2020, Canada implemented COVID-19 screening requirements for travelers returning from China. On 25 January 2020, Canada confirmed its first case of COVID-19 related to travel from Wuhan, China. On 9 March 2020, Canada recorded its first death related to COVID-19” (see Taylor v. Newfoundland and Labrador, 2020 NLSC 125, at paragraphs 29 to 31).