It brings the region's hospital death toll to 5,191.According to the latest NHS data, a further nine deaths were recorded at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in the last 24 hours.Nine further deaths were also recorded at the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Three deaths were reported at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and one further death was recorded at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.Another death was also reported at the The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday, February 7, are:Bolton NHS.

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Vaccinations for over 85s get under way

The vaccination programme for people aged 85 years and older has begun in some, but not all, GP practices.

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Johnson & Johnson files for EU vaccine approval

Johnson & Johnson has applied for authorisation for its coronavirus vaccine in the EU with a decision possible by the middle of March, the European Medicines Agency has said.

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‘Political football’: Freeland pushes Tories to pass COVID-19 relief bill quickly

Chrystia Freeland is appealing to the official Opposition Conservatives to hasten passage of a COVID-19 relief bill through the House of Commons.The appeal is in a letter from Freeland to Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole in which the deputy prime minister says the Tories are dragging their feet on the proposed legislation for no good reason.

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New coronavirus variant found in UK

direct to your inboxScientists have identified another new variant of coronavirus which has potentially concerning mutations.The new strain, known as B.1.525, contains the E484K mutation, which is also found in the Brazilian and South African 'variants of concern'.Scientists say the E484K mutation can escape human defences, making them more efficient at evading natural and vaccine-triggered immunity.Public Health England (PHE) has said there is no evidence that the mutations in the new variant make the virus more transmissible or cause severe disease.A total of 33 cases of the new variant have been identified in the UK, with samples dating back to December, according to a report from Edinburgh University.It has also been seen in other

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Feb. 16

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Tuesday.Ontario is reporting 964 new coronavirus cases on Family Day Monday and 904 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 287,736.The provincial government did not release Ontario COVID-19 numbers on Monday due to the holiday and released two sets of data on Tuesday.The death toll in the province has risen to 6,719 as 13 more deaths were reported on each day, totaling 26 deaths in two days.Resolved cases increased by 2,285 from the last two days — 1,273 on Monday and 1,012 on Tuesday. The government said 27,005 tests were processed in the last 24 hours and 30,355 tests for the previous 24 hours.

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Ontario reports 964 new coronavirus cases on Family Day Monday, 904 on Tuesday

coronavirus cases on Family Day Monday and 904 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 287,736.The provincial government did not release Ontario COVID-19 numbers on Monday due to the holiday and released two sets of data on Tuesday.According to Tuesday’s provincial report, 320 cases were recorded in Toronto, 154 in Peel Region, and 118 in York Region.According to Monday’s provincial report, 251 cases were recorded in Toronto, 201 in Peel Region, 93 in York Region 66 in both Durham Region and Ottawa,All other local public health units reported fewer than 50 new cases in both Monday and Tuesday’s provincial reports.The province also noted for Monday and Tuesday that due to ongoing “data quality checks and remediation” from

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ACM Awards show returns to Nashville venues in April

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Academy of Country Music Awards is coming back to Nashville for a second time to hold its awards show at three different venues.

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Calgary police explain why officer was recorded shaking hands with anti-mask protestor

statement posted to Facebook on Monday evening, the CPS said members of its public safety unit and diversity resources team were monitoring Saturday’s anti-mask rally at Chinook Centre. ‘He kicked the dog, which is unacceptable’: Calgary police address video showing officer strike K9 “The diversity resources team were on scene to try and negotiate the protestors leaving the mall peacefully,” police said.

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COVID-19: New Brunswick to provide provincial update

COVID-19 update on Tuesday.The update, which will be led by Health Minister Dorothy Shephard and Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, comes a day after the province reported its 23rd COVID-19 death on Monday.

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Case dropped after woman in racist Central Park run-in gets therapy

Amy Cooper was charged with falsely reporting an incident., a misdemeanor.

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'Mission Impossible' scraps plans to film 7th and 8th installments back-to-back due to coronavirus: report

The "Mission Impossible" franchise may have hit another snag in production. Due to the coronavirus pandemic moving the release dates of several movies, plans to film the seventh and eighth installments back-to-back have reportedly been scrapped. The seventh installment of the popular action franchise has been waylaid several times by the ongoing pandemic.

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Maharashtra, Kerala need to substantially increase RT-PCR testing for COVID-19: Govt

Maharashtra and Kerala, two states that account for 72% of the total active coronavirus cases in India.Both the states have 61,550 and 37,383 active cases, respectively, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said."This accounts for 72% of the total active cases in the country," he said.When asked the reason for the high number of active cases in both the states, Rajesh Bhushan said one of the reasons could be a fall in the number of RT-PCR tests."Over a period of time, both in Maharashtra and in Kerala, the number of RT-PCR tests have gone down and there is a need to substantially increase RT-PCR tests; this is something we have shared with both the states," he said.Maharashtra registered 4,092 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, which took the

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Peaky Blinders star Sophie Rundle announces first pregnancy after horror Covid battle

Peaky Blinders actress Sophie Rundle has confirmed her pregnancy.

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Nurse, 60, who inspired family to join NHS and refused to work remotely dies from Covid

A nurse who inspired almost her entire family to join the NHS has died of coronavirus, aged 60.

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Office employee shoots person after knife attack, Orlando police say

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police officers were at a staffing business Tuesday after someone attacked two employees there with a knife. One of the employees took out a gun and shot the person, according to officers.

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4 South African and 1 Brazilian covid-19 strain cases detected in India: ICMR

variant of coronavirus circulating in over 44 countries has now entered India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) confirmed on Tuesday stating that the country has detected four cases of the mutant strain. India has also reported one case of the Brazilian strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Vaccine makers among Canadian business groups pushing to avoid further lockdowns

COVID-19 pandemic has led major businesses in this country to decide to take some matters into their own hands to avoid further lockdowns.The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is unveiling this morning an advisory group of 20 chief and senior executives to help businesses large and small manage their operations through restrictions and public health concerns.Among the group are the presidents of vaccine-makers Pfizer Canada and Providence Therapeutics, as well as executives from Shoppers Drug Mart, WestJet and BlackBerry.

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5-year-old girl wakes up from coma nearly 2 weeks after crash involving ex-Chiefs coach Britt Reid

The 5-year-old girl injured in a crash involving former Kansas City Chiefs coach Britt Reid has woken up from a coma 11 days after the accident, her family said."Ariel is awake," the girl's cousin, Tiffany Verhulst, shared Monday on a GoFundMe page set up to cover the 5-year-old's medical expenses.No further details on Ariel's condition were immediately available.PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 21: Quality control coach Britt Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on from the sideline before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on December 21, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers defeated t Ariel was one of two children injured in the Feb.

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Quebec coroner delays inquiry into COVID-19 related deaths at Herron until September

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The move comes after a lawyer for Herron’s owners called for the hearings into her client’s facility to be delayed on Monday. Nadine Touma argued that prosecutors haven’t decided if they intend to charge the owners of the long-term care home and that the inquest’s hearing should be put on hold.However, lawyers representing the families of residents who died at Herron and lawyers representing media companies argued the inquest should continue immediately and publicly.In the meantime, the coroner’s inquest will continue with hearings regarding other facilities.

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Spain’s opposition party pledges change after Catalan poll

MADRID – Poor results in Catalan regional elections over the weekend has spurred Spain’s main conservative opposition Popular Party to revamp itself, starting with a decision to quit the party’s long-time central Madrid headquarters in a symbolic break with past corruption cases.

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HPD: Woman, girl die from carbon monoxide poisoning after car was left running for heat

HOUSTON - Houston police say a woman and a girl died due to carbon monoxide poisoning after a car was left running in the garage to try to create heat when the power was out.Officers were dispatched to 8300 La Roche in southwest Houston on a welfare check.RELATED: Another winter storm to impact southeast Texas: What you need to knowUpon making entry, they found two adults and two children affected by carbon monoxide poisoning, police say.Houston police say four people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in the 8300 block of La Roche. (Photo: Houston Police Department) The woman and the girl did not survive.

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New tech to pick out people at high Covid-19 risk in England for vaccines

London: A new risk-prediction model devised by Oxford University scientists is to be deployed as new technology by the National Health Service (NHS) in England to help clinicians identify a new group of people who may be at high risk from COVID-19.Over 800,000 adults will now be prioritised to receive a vaccine as part of the current vaccination cohorts, combining several health and personal factors, such as age, ethnicity and body mass index (BMI), as well as certain medical conditions and treatments.The University of Oxford turned its research into a risk prediction model called QCovid, which has been independently validated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and is pegged as the only COVID-19 risk prediction model in the world

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Slovakia sees virus deaths soar, blames U.K. variant

PRAGUE – Slovakia has become the nation with most COVID-19 deaths by size of population in the world amid a surge of cases from a highly contagious coronavirus variant.

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1.7m more people in England told to shield

Around 1.7 million more people will be added to the shielding list in England after experts identified additional adults at serious risk of Covid-19, health officials have said.

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Studies highlight surges for touted drugs early in COVID-19

When the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in the spring of 2020, there was little to no guidance on how to treat them. Two research letters published last week in separate JAMA journals looked at how drug dispensing in US retail pharmacies and Italian hospitals changed as more information came to light—and, not surprisingly, they reveal early demand for drugs promoted with little evidence for their efficacy.

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Guelph begins reopening city facilities as stay-at-home order lifts

stay-at-home order and into the red-control level of the province’s COVID-19 response framework.While Guelph was moved into the red level at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, the city’s recreation centres will not open until Thursday.

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U.K. will issue vaccine passports if needed, but won’t use at home

COVID-19 certificates for its residents if they are required by other countries, although it is not planning to introduce them for use at home, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Tuesday.“Internationally, if other countries will require a vaccine certificate, then I think it’s right that we facilitate it,” Zahawi told the BBC in an interview.“We’re not looking at the domestic use of vaccine passports, that’s not in our planning.

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BREAKING: 1.7m more people in England told to shield after new coronavirus findings

direct to your inbox Another 1.7 million people will be told to shield in England after experts identified more adults at serious risk of coronavirus.

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12-year-old boy shoots, kills home intruder to protect 73-year-old grandmother shot during robbery

GOLDSBORO, N.C. - Police in North Carolina say a young boy shot and killed an intruder in order to protect his grandmother, after two men broke into their home in the middle of the night.WRAL reports the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, when two masked men forced their way into the home of 73-year-old Linda Ellis.Investigators said the men demanded money and shot Ellis in her leg.

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Nicola Sturgeon announces 49 new coronavirus deaths in Scotland amid 773 cases

coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The First Minister confirmed that a further 773 positive cases have been detected overnight, taking the total to 193,148.The Scottish death toll now stands at 6,764 since the start of the pandemic.A total of 1,383 are currently being treated in hospital for the deadly virus with 100 in intensive care.It comes as Nicola Sturgeon is expected to deliver a statement on lockdown today with Scots hoping to be given an idea of when restrictions can be eased.Scotland has endured seven gruelling weeks of lockdown since Christmas with non-essential shops shut, almost all hospitality businesses closed and a ban on travelling outwith local council areas.The First Minister is expected to say that schools can begin

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Japan minister says supply will determine vaccine progress

TOKYO – Japan will inoculate a group of health workers on Wednesday as it belatedly begins a massive coronavirus vaccination drive, with progress depending on the availability of vaccine supplies from Europe, Japan's vaccine minister said.

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NHS Lanarkshire reach milestone of vaccinating 100,000 people from Covid

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NHS Lanarkshire has now given over 100,000 people their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

People aged over 80 and people who are aged over 80 and houseboundNHS Lanarkshire worked with colleagues in GP practices to vaccinate this group. If you are in this age group and have not received your vaccination, please contact your GP practice.

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Covid jab passport could see Scots tourists 'fast tracked' into Spain

coronavirus vaccine, it has been suggested by the country’s foreign minister.Arancha Gonzalez said that tourists that have proof of their jab could be considered ‘lower risk’ than those who have not been vaccinated.The Spanish politician also suggested that vaccine passports would ‘make it easier to return to mobility’ amid speculation that they could soon be introduced in Scotland.Gonzalez said that unvaccinated tourists wishing to visit Spain could potentially still enter the country as long as they get a test in advance of their arrival.Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today show yesterday, she said: “Vaccine passports will make it easier to return to mobility - but it must be coordinated.“What we have in mind is that people with a vaccine

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Coronavirus vaccine: Over 20 per cent of Lanarkshire locals have now had first dose of jab

Lanarkshire, said: “We reached this significant milestone on Friday and this has increased over the weekend to more than 120,000. This means that more than 20 per cent of the local adult population have received their first dose.“While the programme hasn’t been without its challenges, I would like to thank our staff for their continued hard work in rolling out the largest ever vaccination programme.

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Visionary salsa music legend Johnny Pacheco dead at 85

Johnny Pacheco (Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage for The Recording Academy via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died Monday. He was 85.He had been hospitalized in New York a few days earlier for pneumonia, his wife, Maria Elena "Cuqui" Pacheco, said on the artist’s Facebook account.Fania Records tweeted that the musician was "the man most responsible for the genre of salsa music.

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South African COVID-19 variant found in NYC hospital patient

NEW YORK - A patient in a New York City hospital has tested positive for the South African variant of the coronavirus.During a news conference Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the patient is between 50 to 60 years old, is not a New York resident and was transferred to a city hospital from Connecticut for a procedure.

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Mountain rescue volunteer suffers life-changing injuries rescuing campers who breached Covid lockdown

direct to your inboxA fundraising drive has been launched after a mountain rescue volunteer suffered life-changing injuries when called to help campers breaching lockdown rules.Chris Lewis, 60, fell 150 metres down a steep slope while on Red Screes, above Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District, in the early hours of Saturday February 6.Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team had been called out to help a 47-year-old man from Leicester who was camping with another man from Liverpool.Neither have been identified.

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Rapid coronavirus testing is 'the key' to reopening cinemas, theatres and nightclubs, says Sacha Lord

Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer WilliamsRapid coronavirus testing is 'the key' to reopening cinemas, theatres and nightclubs, according to Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser Sacha Lord.The Parklife festival co-founder said the industry has been lobbying for a viable way for venues to reopen at full capacity for months now.Asked about the government's suggestion that rapid testing could be used to allow venues to reopen, Mr Lord told BBC Breakfast: "The cinemas, the theatres that I'm speaking to, none of them think it is viable to open at a social distanced rate - they are all pushing for 100 per cent - and this is the key.

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Jo Whiley upset she was offered Covid-19 vaccine before her sister

BBC broadcaster Jo Whiley has expressed her concern that she was offered the coronavirus vaccine ahead of her sister Frances who has special needs and has since tested positive for Covid-19.

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S. Korea spy agency: N. Korea hackers targeted vaccine tech

SEOUL – North Korean hackers attempted to steal information about coronavirus vaccines and treatments, South Korea’s intelligence service said Tuesday, but it denied a lawmaker’s claim that vaccine maker Pfizer Inc. was targeted.

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President Biden extending ban on housing foreclosures during pandemic

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

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NDP leader calls for quicker COVID-19 vaccine plan using Canada’s military

Jagmeet Singh is calling for a quicker, clearer vaccination plan that would see Canada’s military deployed across the country to speed up provincial COVID-19 inoculation efforts.The federal government should engage military personnel along with more medical and nursing students and retired health-care workers to ramp up Canada’s faltering vaccine rollout, Singh said Tuesday.The announcement, presented as a campaign-style pledge ahead of a possible election this year, comes despite the fact that provinces have not publicly requested military assistance with vaccine delivery.“The provinces haven’t specially asked for that,” Singh said in an interview.

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Experts puzzled by India’s dramatic drop in coronavirus cases

coronavirus pandemic took hold in India, there were fears it would sink the fragile health system of the world’s second-most populous country.

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Massive winter storm delays vaccine deliveries to Florida, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. – A massive winter storm impacting a large portion of the United States and causing major travel issues delay shipments of coronavirus vaccines to Florida, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

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Majority of Canadians blame feds, not provinces, for vaccine delays: poll

COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests.Sixty-nine per cent of respondents believe Canada is behind on deliveries due to federal challenges obtaining doses on the global market, according to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies.Only 14 per cent of respondents point the finger at provincial governments.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all Canadians who want a dose will get one by the end of September, despite recent hiccups in the production of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

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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

Another 23 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals

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