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BEIJING 鈥?At least four major international hotel chains apologized Thursday after hidden camera video of their room cleaning practices in China was posted online.The 11-minute video shows cleaners wiping cups and sinks with dirty towels and sponges. Some use the same towel to wipe the toilet seat.The Shangri-La Hotel in Fuzhou said the actions in the video violate its hygiene standards, while the Park Hyatt in Beijing called it an isolated occurrence. The Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai and the Sheraton in Guiyang city also apologized and said they were reviewing their procedures. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW An activist blogger who uses the pseudonym Huazong posted the video late Wednesday on his verified account on Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter. It was picked up by Chinese media and had been shared 78,000 times by Thursday afternoon. Hilton and Marriott were among the 14 luxury hotels included in the video. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Beijing tourism authorities issued a sta
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Ontarians might balk at school closures, cancelled sports events, and work-from-home orders at this stage of the COVID-19 outbreak. But University of Toronto-led research suggests that major social distancing measures may be necessary to stop the infectious disease from swamping the provinces health care system with critically ill patients 鈥?a disaster rapidly unfolding in northern Italy.The researchers used mathematical modelling to compare how different types of interventions would affect the epidemic if the new coronavirus begins to spread locally. Though there has been no evidence yet of significant community transmission in Ontario, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic Wednesday because of the sc
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