SARS-CoV-2 virus causes more severe lung damage in comparison to infection via fomites—exposure to contaminated surface, said new research by National Institutes of Health scientists in the USA.

The study, published in Nature Communications, defines how different routes of virus exposure are linked to disease severity.

It details the efficiency of airborne transmission between hamsters and examines how the virus replicates and causes disease throughout the respiratory system. “Virus transmission via fomites—exposure from contaminated surface contact — is markedly less efficient than airborne transmission but does occur," the study said.

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Japan suspends 1m more Moderna shots over contamination

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan have widened with another million doses being temporarily suspended, after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots from affected lots.

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Airdrie cup clash is in doubt amid Covid chaos

Lanarkshire Live Sport they won't be commenting on the matter until the players and staff who are infected or isolating have returned to work.Follow Lanarkshire Live Sport onTwitter via@LanLiveSport, like us onFacebookor find us onInstagramfor the latest sports news, pictures and video

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Trudeau remains defiant as more profane protesters plague Liberal campaign

Another group of foul-mouthed protesters disrupted another Liberal campaign event on Sunday, overshadowing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s announcement on climate change. But as David Akin reports, despite some security concerns, Trudeau remained defiant.

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53 community cases of COVID-19; 1 new case and 1 historical case in managed isolation facilities; more than 47,000 vaccines administered yesterday

There are 53 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community today. All 53 cases are in Auckland. This brings the total number of active cases in the community outbreak to 562.

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Latest coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester as cases continue to spike in several areas

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Ontario reports more than 700 COVID-19 cases for 3rd straight day, 2 additional deaths

COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 564,331.It marks the third straight day the province reported more than 700 COVID-19 cases.Health Minister Christine Elliott said of the new cases, 551 are in those who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status, while 189 are in fully vaccinated individuals.For comparison, last Sunday 722 cases were reported.Two new deaths were also announced on Aug. 29, bringing the provincial virus-related death toll to 9,498.

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Sinopharm covid vaccine seen as less effective in Bahrain study

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Adult film star Ron Jeremy indicted on more than 30 counts of sexual assault

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 26: Adult film star Ron Jeremy appears for arraignment on rape and sexual assault charges at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on June 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

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More than 10,000 people entered MHQ since system began

The Department of Health says the mandatory hotel quarantine system will continue to operate for as long as is considered necessary, although arrivals from just seven countries are now required to enter the system.

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Quebec reports more than 600 new daily COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day

COVID-19 on Saturday, but no additional deaths attributed to the virus.The number marks the third consecutive day that the province has logged more than 600 new daily infections.Public health data shows hospitalizations rose by five to 131, while the number of people in intensive care rose by two for a total of 38.Health authorities say 27.7 per cent of the new cases were among those who were not vaccinated or had received only one dose in the past two weeks.Health authorities say the risk of infection is more than eight times higher for people who are not vaccinated while the risk of hospitalization is up to 22 times higher.The latest provincial vaccination data was not immediately available due to technical problems.

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West Bengal Covid restrictions extended till 15 Sept with more relaxations. Details here

West Bengal government has decided to extend the Covid-induced restrictions till 15 September, but with certain extra relaxations. The existing restrictions were scheduled to end on 31 August.

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Arlo Parks calls for more mental health support in music industry: ‘There isn’t that framework to protect people’

who released her debut album this year, pointed out that it’s difficult for artists to feel that they can take a break.‘A lot of being an artist is becoming public facing and having your work become your livelihood and just being perceived a lot more and, from a lot of stories I’ve been told, there isn’t really that much support,’ she explained to Metro.co.uk after her wins at the AIM Awards.‘There isn’t that frame work to protect people and help them understand that they can talk to people about things and that their feelings are valid.

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Ontario reports more than 800 COVID-19 cases for 1st time since early June

Ontario cabinet debating implementation of provincial COVID-19 vaccine ‘passport’ Seven additional deaths were also announced on Aug. 28, bringing the provincial virus-related death toll to 9,496.

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Delaware schools to receive more than $669M in virus funding

DOVER, Del. - Delaware schools are set to receive more than $669 million in federal taxpayer money as part of the government’s coronavirus response efforts.The amount of money allocated to Delaware equals more than 40% of this year's general fund budget for school district and charter school operations. Under federal formulas, schools with high percentages of low-income students are receiving a disproportionate amount of the money.Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to schools, an amount that is more than four times what the U.S.

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Unlike clinical trials, new Covid-19 study needed only a few volunteers

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Firms wary as money-market rule changes studied after Covid-19 run

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People infected with Delta variant 'significantly more likely' to need hospital treatment, Covid-19 study suggests

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Teen severely beaten in 'unprovoked' attack, other kids record brutal assault

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A 17-year-old high school student is brutally beaten during a basketball game.The teen’s parents said he was severely injured during what they call an ‘unprovoked attack.Allyssa Brooke-Cox said the attack at a rec center in Sugar Hill left her son with a broken jaw, a severe concussion, and whiplash. Even though it happened off school grounds, she wants school district leaders to hold everyone involved accountable.""It's taken a mental toll on him," James Cox said.Nick Cox spent his 17th birthday being fed liquids through a syringe by his mother."He has a broken jaw in three places," Allyssa Brooke-Cox described her son's injuries.

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82 additional community cases of COVID-19; 1 new case in a managed isolation facility; more than 89,000 vaccines administered yesterday

There are 82 new cases of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community today; all are in Auckland. This brings the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 429.

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Delta Variant doubles Covid-19 hospitalisation risk: Study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal Friday, and highlighted the protection shots provide against hospitalization from both variants.

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Anglophone East School District to offer more mental health services to students

N.B. parent gives province’s back-to-school plan a passing grade The Anglophone East School District has put additional mental health resources in place to help students make the transition back to regular class sizes said Kim Oakley, the acting director education and support services.“We are doing a staggered entry that first week of school so teachers can get to know their students a little bit better,” she said.Oakley said individual schools will develop their own staggered entry schedule based on student populations.

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Study: Half of COVID-19 survivors have at least 1 symptom a year later

Roughly half of 1,276 adult COVID-19 survivors in Wuhan, China, still had at least one symptom—with a third still reporting shortness of breath—a year after their release from the hospital, finds a single-center study yesterday in The Lancet.

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Several Ontario universities offering hybrid frosh week as COVID-19 pandemic continues

Several Ontario universities strengthening campus COVID-19 vaccination policies Some universities are also allowing second-year students to participate in on-campus orientation events since the pandemic meant they missed out on them last year.Organizers say those attending orientation — or frosh — week will need to abide by universities’ COVID-19 vaccine policies.They also say several public health measures, including masking and limits on attendance, will be in place.Several schools have strengthened their vaccination policies recently, saying anyone attending campus will need to be fully immunized this fall unless they have a valid exemption.

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Ontario reports nearly 800 COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths with 14 more following data cleanup

COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest one-day count since early June. The provincial case total now stands at 562,756.Of the 781 new cases recorded, the data showed 485 were unvaccinated people, 83 were partially vaccinated people, 147 were fully vaccinated people and for 66 people the vaccination status was unknown.According to Friday’s report, 185 cases were recorded in Toronto, 96 in Peel Region, 93 in York Region, 67 in Windsor-Essex, 66 in Hamilton and 40 in Durham Region.All other local public health units reported fewer than 40 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 9,489 as 17 new deaths were recorded.

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Half a million more people may flee Afghanistan, UN Refugee Agency says

GENEVA - As many as half a million people or more could flee from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover in the coming months in a "worst-case scenario," the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.The U.N.

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More companies weigh penalizing employees without Covid-19 vaccinations

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Kabul airport attack kills more than 100, including 13 US service members

KABUL, Afghanistan - Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover and killed more than 100. The U.S.

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Two more COVID deaths recorded in Perth and Kinross as cases continue to rise

Perth and Kinross as cases continue to rise. The residents passed away from the virus last week with the region’s infection rate more than doubling over the past fortnight.

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Covid symptoms last a year for many patients: study

Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's long-term health effects.

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Covid Pfizer vaccine side effects mild or moderate in at-risk 12 to 15-year-olds, according to study

Covid-19 infection were mostly mild or moderate, a study has suggested. Researchers in Bristol looked at 27 children whose parents recorded any side effects after the jab.Adverse reactions were either mild or moderate in all of the young people, except one who had "severe fatigue and severe discomfort combined with increased agitation".

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COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under delta variant, study shows

LONDON - As the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread, a new, British study shows COVID-19 vaccines are effective against the delta variant, but that their protection decreases over time, weakening significantly within three months.According to the pre-print study, investigators with Oxford University and the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics found that those who get infected with COVID-19 after receiving two shots of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the AstraZeneca vaccine may be of greater risk to others than with previous variants of the coronavirus.The investigators looked at data from more than 2.58 million swab PCR tests taken between Dec.

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Kerala: Covid-19 transmission within homes is on the rise, says health minister

Veena George urged people to wear masks at home. Those who are in the home quarantine should not step out of the room, she added.

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Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine—but no infection parties, please

Meredith WadmanThe natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-COV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a “Don’t try this at home” label.

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13 US service members among several killed in Kabul airport suicide attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S.

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12 US service members among several killed in Kabul airport suicide attacks

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12 US troops among several killed in Kabul airport suicide attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan - At least 12 U.S. service members were killed in a pair of suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, including 11 Marines and one Navy medic, two U.S.

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100K more COVID-19 deaths in US by December, projection model predicts

FILE - Doctor tends to a patient in a hallway due to COVID-19 surge at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on Aug. 18, 2021 in Houston, Texas.

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Large real-world study: Pfizer's COVID vaccine is safe

The largest real-world study of a COVID-19 vaccine to date shows that Pfizer/BioNTech's shot is safe and linked to substantially fewer adverse events than SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated patients.

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University of Calgary finds the number of Albertans hospitalized for an alcohol-related liver disease almost doubled during the first wave of the pandemic.Dr. Abdel-Aziz Shaheen, an assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, says patients admitted for alcoholic hepatitis were also younger, with an average age of 43, compared to 48 before the pandemic.

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Russia’s Sputnik V protects against severe COVID-19 from Delta variant, study shows

Olga DobrovidovaRussia’s Sputnik V vaccine is holding up well against the Delta variant, a paper posted yesterday on the preprint server medRxiv shows. The study of nearly 14,000 people showed the two-dose vaccine reduces the risk of hospitalization with COVID-19 by 81% and helped prevent severe lung injury.Surges of COVID-19 in many countries and an increasing number of “breakthrough” cases in vaccinated people have raised concerns that vaccines don’t protect as well against Delta as against earlier strains, or that vaccines’ protection may be short-lived.

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Edgar Ramirez Pleads For Vaccinations While Mourning COVID Deaths Of 5 Loved Ones: 'My Heart Can’t Just Take More Pain'

Edgar Ramirez is heartbroken. After losing five loved ones to coronavirus — three of whom passed away this weekend — the Jungle Cruise star has had it with anti-vaxxers and is now channeling his “pain” into a powerful plea for action.

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Several Ontario universities strengthening campus COVID-19 vaccination policies

COVID-19 vaccine policies before classes begin next month.Carleton University in Ottawa, Western University in London, Ont., and McMaster University in Hamilton say unvaccinated individuals without a valid medical or human rights exemption will not be able to access their campuses.They’ve issued October deadlines for students and staff to get fully immunized.

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The pandemic has yielded more than a learning crisis

Rohan Sandhu is former associate director at the International Innovation Corps, and currently at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also co-editor and a lead author of ‘Accelerating Access to Quality Education’Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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Winkler mayor says punitive approach to vaccine opponents isn’t working

COVID-19 vaccinations in his community.Manitoba saw more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday — the first triple-digit result in weeks — and the majority were in the Southern Health region, where Winkler is located, and where vaccination rates are lower than in other parts of the province.

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US can see 100,000 more Covid deaths unless it changes its ways

U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model. But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces.

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Suspected COVID-19 outbreaks at several Regina long-term care homes

COVID-19 outbreaks previously declared at several Regina long-term care homes are over, but there are still a few with suspected outbreaks.

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