direct to your inboxAnother 25 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll is now 5,380, NHS England figures show.On Tuesday a further 13 deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, while Bolton NHS Foundation Trust reported a further nine deaths.Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust recorded two further deaths and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust recorded one further death.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Tuesday, February 16, are:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 589 (+9)Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust -.

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Schools should have the flexibility to close if Covid rates are too high says Andy Burnham

here.If there are concerns about rising infection rates locally, as is currently the case in Bury, Mr Burnham believes heads and leaders should be able to make the judgement 'not to close the schools per se, but to take perhaps a more phased approach to the return'.He added: "What we wouldn't want to see is the overruling of councils and schools as we saw in London before Christmas.

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COVID-19 variant found in more Toronto homeless shelters, encampment

COVID-19 have now been found in five Toronto shelters and one homeless encampment in the city.Toronto Public Health says nine people at four shelters, and four people from an encampment have screened positive for a COVID-19 variant.Earlier this month, the health unit said a variant had been found at the Maxwell Meighen Centre for the homeless, where 29 people have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Guelph reports 6 new cases of COVID-19, 1 more death

COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing its total case count to 2,619 during the pandemic.Another death related to the novel coronavirus was also reported, bringing the city’s death toll to 38.

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Coronavirus: Details of Manitoba vaccination plan for general population expected Wednesday

COVID-19 Wednesday.Dr. Joss Reimer, head of the province’s vaccine implementation task force will be joined by Dr.

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Mixed emotions over change to vaccine priority list

The revised vaccine timetable for those with underlying health conditions has been broadly welcomed, but it has also been met with disappointment from those who have not been moved up the priority list.

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Queen Elizabeth is ‘distraught' over Prince Philip's health woes, source claims: ‘It’s been a rough few weeks’

Queen Elizabeth II is enduring a challenging time during her decades-long reign. In the month of February alone, it was revealed her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will not be returning as working members of the British royal family.

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Phoenix mother of 7 left devastated after husband dies from COVID-19

PHOENIX - The family of a Phoenix man is left heartbroken after losing a father of seven to COVID-19.38-year-old Marco Nira worked hard to provide for his big family. Now, his wife is a single mother trying to lay him to rest."He was in there for 26 days.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa will start vaccinating seniors aged 80-plus on March 5 via pop-up sites

coronavirus vaccines to residents aged 80 and up in neighbourhoods with the highest rates of COVID-19 transmission on March 5, according to the head of the local vaccine distribution task force.Anthony Di Monte said in an update to city council Wednesday morning that the city will begin vaccinating the most at-risk Ottawa residents outside health-care and congregate care settings via pop-up clinics in neighbourhoods hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Houston-area woman sues Griddy for over $1B after high electric bills from winter storm

HOUSTON - A Houston-area woman is suing the utility company Griddy for over $1 billion, according to a lawsuit filed in Harris County District Court.In the lawsuit, Lisa Khoury, who is from Mont Belvieu, stated that she was charged thousands of dollars for her electricity during the winter storm that devastated the state of Texas last week.Griddy gives customers real-time access to the power grid wholesale.

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COVID: Over 18K beneficiaries vaccinated on Wednesday in Delhi; total 3.4 lakh

New Delhi: Over 3.4 lakh beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccine till date in Delhi since the start of the inoculation drive a month ago, with more than 18,000 people receiving the jabs on Wednesday, according to data shared by officials.Of these, more than 1.41 lakh are healthcare workers and over 2 lakh are frontline workers, as per the data.On Wednesday, coronavirus vaccine shots were administered to nearly 18,600 beneficiaries in Delhi.

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Weddings, house parties and people waving passengers off at Manchester Airport - hundreds more Covid fines issued by Greater Manchester Police

direct to your inboxHundreds of fines have been handed out for Covid breaches in Greater Manchester in the last week - including at weddings, house parties and Manchester Airport.Illegal barber shops in garden sheds, unlicensed backroom bars and crowded premises with no social distancing have been discovered during enforcement visits.The number of Covid-related incidents reported to police rose by almost a quarter in the last week as the half-term and a change in weather has seen more people gathering in parks.Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor Baroness Beverley Hughes said people are ‘filled with hopefulness’ after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled his roadmap out of lockdown.But with infection rates in the region still above the

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The Latest: West Coast Conference tourneys won't have fans

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Prosecutors drop drunken driving charge against Bruce Springsteen

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 09: Bruce Springsteen performs onstage during The Rainforest Fund 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert Presents 'We'll Be Together Again' at Beacon Theatre on December 09, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty I NEW JERSEY - The government dropped drunken driving and reckless driving charges against Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday stemming from an incident in November, admitting that the rocker's blood-alcohol level was so low that it didn't warrant the charges. Springsteen pleaded guilty to a third charge, consuming alcohol in a closed area, meaning the Gateway National Recreation Area.

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COVID-19: 5 new cases, 6 resolved for Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.Two of the cases are in the City of Kawartha Lakes and three are in Northumberland County. There were also six more resolved cases.

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Central Florida lawmaker calls on Gov. DeSantis to open more vaccine sites

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hundreds of seniors got their first dose of the vaccine at La Alianza Orlando church Wednesday,

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Toronto Pearson Airport to launch new COVID-19 testing study for staff, departing travellers

COVID-19 tests at Toronto’s Pearson airport.The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says the research will allow for widescale workplace testing.The tests should be available to all airport employees starting March 1 as well as to eligible departing travellers willing to volunteer.The study will also compare two types of tests — antigen testing and rapid polymerase chain reaction tests or PCR’s.

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Walt Disney World testing nighttime show elements at theme parks

ORLANDO, Fla – Guests visiting Walt Disney World have begun to notice some nighttime show testing underway at both EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios this week.

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Police: Man who stabbed, robbed woman in Newark parking lot chased down by witness

Jake Gillespie, 33, has been charged with assault, robbery and related offenses. NEWARK, Del. - A New Castle County man who police say stabbed a woman in the parking lot of a department store was subdued after a witness chased him down and held him until officers arrived. Delaware State Police say the 46-year-old victim was talking on her cellphone while walking to her car in the parking lot of Ross on Churchmans Road in Newark around 1 p.m.

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Drunken driving charge against Bruce Springsteen dropped

The government dropped drunken driving and reckless driving charges against Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday stemming from an incident in November, admitting that the rocker's blood-alcohol level was so low that it didn't warrant the charges.

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James Bond film No Time To Die’s release date ‘is brought forward after the end of Covid lockdown is announced’

JAMES Bond film No Time To Die's release date has reportedly been brought forward again after Boris Johnson revealed when lockdown will end. After the announcement that Covid restrictions will lift on June 21, it has been reported that the latest 007 film will be released in UK cinemas on September 30.

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Patrick Dempsey's CBS pilot Ways & Means 'scrapped' after 'crew member tests positive' for COVID

Emmy nominee Patrick Dempsey's CBS political drama pilot Ways & Means has allegedly been 'scrapped' after the 'script supervisor tested positive' for COVID-19.Filming on the New Jersey set happened as recent as last Thursday but, with only three days left in production, the network has decided to pull the pilot - according to Page Six.But a CBS spokesperson told the mag 'production will resume after the quarantine period' and those in close contact with the script supervisor are 'self-isolating.' Emmy nominee Patrick Dempsey's CBS political drama pilot Ways & Means has allegedly been 'scrapped' after the 'script supervisor tested positive' for COVID-19 (pictured January 29)The 55-year-old silver fox executive produces and stars as jaded

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More People Eligible to Pre-register for COVID-19 Vaccines

https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/immunization/wyoming-covid-19-vaccine-information/.The expansion includes people who have specific diagnosed illnesses or conditions that put them at greater risk of more serious COVID-19 disease.“As the pandemic has continued we have seen that people with certain health challenges are clearly more likely to become severely ill when they are infected with COVID-19,” said Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH.

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UK Covid death toll rises by 442 as daily figure drops by half in two weeks

The UK's coronavirus death toll has risen to 121,305 after a further 442 more fatalities were confirmed.

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Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame announces ‘Legends Class’ inductees

Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2021.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hall of fame has opted to induct a “Legends Class” of four athletes and one team whose accomplishments were mostly prior to 1950.This year’s inductees are powerboat racing pioneer Harry Greening, Olympic swimmer and football player George Larson, football player and trainer Jimmie Simpson, football player and coach Brian Timmis and the 1932 Leander men’s heavy eights Olympic rowers.Greening pioneered powerboat racing in 1908 with four race boats named Gadfly and in 1920 with nine more boats named Rainbow.His ‘Rainbow Seven’ won the Lipton Trophy, emblematic of North American Powerboat Racing supremacy and presented to the Royal Hamilton Yacht

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Biden aims to distribute masks to millions in 'equity' push

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden plans to distribute millions of face masks to Americans in communities hard-hit by the coronavirus, as part of his efforts to ensure “equity” in the government's response to the pandemic.

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NJ State Trooper rescues 14-year-old boy stuck in frigid marsh in Salem County

SALEM, N.J. - A New Jersey State Police trooper's quick reactions likely saved the life of a 14-year-old boy who became stuck in frigid waist-deep water late Sunday night in Salem County.Sergeant Carl Scowcroft and two troopers responded to reports of a young teen who ran away from his home and got stuck in a marsh near Sawmill Road just before midnight. The child was found unresponsive and breathing slowly, according to a post on the New Jersey State Police Facebook page. Sergeant Scowcroft waded through the water and freed the child from the marsh.

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Prince Edward gives update on Prince Philip's health amid hospitalization: 'We keep our fingers crossed'

Prince Edward gave a brief health update on his father, Prince Philip, days after he was admitted to the hospital. The palace announced earlier this week that the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh is "comfortable and responding to treatment" for an infection.The news came days after Buckingham palace referred to Philip’s admission to the hospital as a "precautionary measure" taken on the advice of his doctor after he started to experience symptoms. Speaking to Sky News, Prince Edward, Philip’s youngest son, revealed that he spoke with his dad recently and found him to be on the mend. "As far as I'm aware, well I did speak to him the other day, so he's a lot better thank you very much indeed, and he's looking forward to getting out, which is

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Quebec reports 806 new cases, 17 additional deaths linked to COVID-19

coronavirus health crisis continues.The province’s COVID-19 case count has reached 266,138 since the pandemic began. Recoveries, meanwhile, have now topped 284,472.The death toll, which remains the highest in Canada, stands at 10,346.

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COVID-19 Outbreak Among Attendees of an Exercise Facility — Chicago, Illinois, August–September 2020

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COVID-19 outbreak declared on 2 more units at Vancouver General Hospital

COVID-19 outbreaks.Two inpatient units in the Jim Pattison Pavilion have now been closed to new admissions, Vancouver Coastal Health said Monday night.An outbreak was declared in another unit on Sunday.

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Alberta COVID-19 vaccine booking site ‘experiencing very high volumes’ as appointments open to those 75 and older

COVID-19 vaccination appointments for Albertans 75 and older was extremely high when bookings opened Wednesday morning.Alberta Health Services opened its phone lines and online vaccination booking tool for community seniors born in 1946 or earlier at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

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Coronavirus: Some travellers through Toronto Pearson airport violating Quarantine Act

COVID-19 restrictions after arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport.Peel Regional Police say most cases were resolved after conversations with officers but some people still refused to comply and were fined.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The Quarantine Act says anyone arriving in Canada must stay in an isolation hotel for three nights.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Feb. 24

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Wednesday.Police say several people have refused to comply with new COVID-19 restrictions after arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport.Peel Regional Police say most cases were resolved after conversations with officers but some people still refused to comply and were fined.The Quarantine Act says anyone arriving in Canada must stay in an isolation hotel for three nights.

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New University of Regina scholarships honour late sports broadcaster Warren Woods

University of Regina journalism students are now able to apply for a new scholarship honouring the late Saskatchewan sports broadcaster Warren Woods.Woods died in January following a month-long battle with COVID-19.The 66-year-old spent decades covering local sports in Regina which included providing regular coverage with the U of R teams and calling Rams football on the radio.

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States pass their own virus aid, not waiting on Washington

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Not waiting for more federal help, states have been approving their own coronavirus aid packages, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help residents and business owners devastated by the the pandemic's economic fallout.

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HSE Service Plan sees €3.5bn funding boost for 2021

The HSE has published its Service Plan for 2021, which will see an increase of €3.5 billion in funding allocated for the health service compared to last year.

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Russia hosts new Kyrgyzstan leader on his 1st foreign trip

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted the newly elected president of Kyrgyzstan, voicing hope for political stability in the Central Asian nation that recently saw a violent change of government for the third time in 15 years.

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Ukraine: Health workers welcome COVID-19 vaccination drive

KYIV – Ukraine launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign Wednesday in hopes of halting the spread of the coronavirus that has put a significant strain on the country's teetering health care system.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine 'highly effective' against severe Covid

The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19, including newer variants, according to documents released by the US Food and Drug Administration.

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West Bengal makes negative Covid-19 report must for travellers from these 4 states

Govt deputes high-level teams to 10 states for Covid managementThe Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has deputed high-level multi-disciplinary teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir for supporting them in public health measures for targetted coronavirus response and management.As per the official statement, the three-member multidisciplinary teams will work closely with the states and UT administration and ascertain the reasons for the recent spike in the number of coronavirus infections.

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Billie Eilish Recorded an Album During Coronavirus Quarantine

Billie Eilish revealed some big news – she recorded an entire album while locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Ghana becomes first country to receive vaccines through COVAX program

Ghana became the first country in the world to receive coronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organization’s global vaccine-sharing initiative COVAX on Wednesday.

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Ontario reports 1,054 new coronavirus cases, 9 more deaths

coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 296,173.Wednesday’s case count is higher than Tuesday’s, which saw 975 new infections. On Monday, 1,058 new cases were recorded and 1,087 on Sunday.The daily case count went above 1,000 after being below the threshold on Tuesday.

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SFA calls for urgent launch of Covid Business Aid Scheme

Many small businesses will be forced to close and cut jobs if the Government does not quickly launch the Covid Business Aid Scheme (CBAS).

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Groundbreaking new Covid test gives results on smartphones in ten minutes

Scientists are trialling a new Covid test that could provide results on your smartphone within ten minutes.

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Florida Technical College to host drive-up food distribution event

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Technical College will host a drive-up food distribution event Thursday to help families struggling financially through the coronavirus pandemic.

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A shot in the arm: EU vaccine program struggles to speed up

BRUSSELS – Two months after its first vaccine shots, the European Union is still struggling to get its COVID-19 inoculation drive up to speed. EU leaders are meeting Thursday to jump-start the process, fearing that new virus variants might spread faster than Europe’s response.

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Premier Iain Rankin to provide first COVID-19 update on Wednesday

NSHA advises of potential COVID-19 exposure at 4 HRM stores, 2 flights That practice continued despite few COVID-19 cases being recorded in the province when contrasted with other regions in Canada that still held in-person briefings.Instead, Wednesday’s meeting will allow a limited number of media outlets to attend in-person.All those attending in-person will be required to wear masks while media outlets unable to attend in-person can call in to ask their questions.The update is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

A further 25 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus

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