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This Morning fans have rejoiced as Vernon Kay stepped in to fill in for Covid-struck Phillip Schofield on the latest episode (February 2).The I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! alum returned to the programme on Wednesday, having previously presented the show for several days last year.His return followed the announcement on Monday that Phillip Schofield would be absent until next week after testing positive for coronavirus.Reuniting with Vernon on the sofa, presenter Rochelle Humes said: "Look who's back."Vernon replied: "Thank you.

AS Phillip Schofield has Covid, fellow Dancing on Ice host Holly Willoughby could get a new co-star. ITV bosses are considering an all-female presenting duo for the show’s return on Sunday.

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The world's first "human challenge" trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to Covid-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, leaders of the study said today.

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed "baseline" covid restrictions will remain in place across Scotland.

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France has begun lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing in a bid to ease citizens' daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections.

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The RCMP made an attempt to remove the blockade of truckers and protesters in Coutts, Alberta. They’re demanding an end to COVID-19 and vaccine restrictions, after days of jamming a key route connecting to the U.S.

Anxiety and frustration are growing among Ottawa residents, as throngs of truckers and other demonstrators who arrived last week to protest Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions continue to disrupt life in the capital. From traffic jams and shuttered businesses, to noise-polluted nights and people urinating in the streets, Abigail Bimman looks at why Ottawans are calling for action on the demonstrators.

Ottawa police say two men connected to the ongoing anti-COVID-19 restriction demonstrations have been arrested and face criminal charges, while the crowd of truckers and other protesters continues to thin out.

World Health Organization officials say scientists are tracking a “worrying” increase in COVID-19 deaths as the Omicron variant continues its spread around the globe.

Sharon Stone was critical of Joe Rogan amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, and Spotify's decision to add a warning to all podcasts on its platform discussing the ongoing virus.Stone, 63, spoke Tuesday in Beverly Hills, California with TMZ, where she was asked about the ongoing developments over Rogan and his podcast, which drew attention last month after rock icon Neil Young pulled his music from the platform in protest of Rogan's content in regards to the pandemic.Rogan, 54, garnered controversy after a December 31 podcast of The Joe Rogan Experience in which he chat with Dr. Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine proponent who was previously banned from Twitter over the spread of COVID misinformation.

PHILADELPHIA - An arbitration panel ruled Tuesday that all Philadelphia police officers must be vaccinated against COVID-19.All officers and Philadelphia employees now have until Friday, Feb.

₹1,000 crore to ₹83,000 crore from this fiscal year’s revised estimates of ₹82,000 crore. The department of health research was allocated ₹3,200 crore, an increase from the revised estimates of ₹3,080 crore of the current fiscal. The finance ministry allocated ₹690 crore for future pandemic preparedness as part of the Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission-BioSecurity Preparedness and strengthening pandemic research.

PHOENIX - A measure aiming to protect workers fired from their jobs for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine cleared its first hurdle in the Arizona House on Feb. 1. This means the bill to protect those who refused to get the vaccine under any exemption, medical, religious, or other qualifying circumstances, will move on to the next round.

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Global’s Keith Baldrey on how hospitalizations from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 compare to hospitalizations from the Delta variant.

Premier Jason Kenney said on Tuesday he is optimistic Alberta will be able to ease public health restrictions and scrap the restrictions exemption program vaccine passport by the end of the month. Quinn Ohler explains.

Some provinces are beginning to open up again as the Omicron-driven fifth wave of COVID-19 shows signs of cresting. Doctors still warn a potential resurgence could lie ahead.

FDA said it will hold a meeting in two weeks, on February 15, to consider the request.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is looking at a staged approach to relaxing public health measures when the data supports the timing.

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates the COVID-19 situation in the province on Feb. 1.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it was urging caution after Denmark became the latest country to drop all of its COVID-19 restrictions that aimed at helping to reduce the spread of infections.

COVID-19.“As far as my business is concerned, I mean, everything is kind of up in the air,” he said.On Monday, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced that, by the end of the month or possibly sooner, he would remove the public health order mandating most businesses to require customers to prove they’re fully vaccinated or provide a recent negative COVID-19 test result. Medical experts reject statements by Scott Moe that vaccines don’t stop COVID-19 spread Plumb said he doesn’t know if that means more customers will visit his restaurant, or fewer.“I really can’t speculate what might be happening in the minds of my customers,” he said.

Omicron wave has plateaued in the province, some medical experts say there are signs society may be headed for a stage where we live with a form of COVID-19 on a regular basis.Some infectuous disease specialists have speculated the Omicron variant could shift COVID-19 from “pandemic” to “endemic,” meaning the circulating virus no longer has the steep waves of outbreaks that hammer hospital capacity and force society to adapt.Thomas Tenkate, a professor with Ryerson University who specializes in health and safety, says he interprets messaging last week from Premier Doug Ford and the province’s chief medical officer as saying “we’re not ever going to get rid of COVID.” Omicron and living with COVID: Why the new variant might change the timeline “So we have to work out how do we manage that in a way that ensures the health care system isn’t overwhelmed,” Tenkate told 900 CHML’s Hamilton Today.“Those measures are very similar to the measures that we’ve been using already.”He says the acceptance of being in an endemic stage revolves around a “thought process and control options” similarly used for seasonal flu and other respiratory viruses.“I suppose they’re using that term, ‘learn to live with it,’ because it’s sort of saying it’s not going to go away,” said Tenkate.Niagara Region’s acting medical officer says although the vaccines are protecting Ontarians and some of the world, there are no indications that population immunity from COVID will be achieved.“Even if we do get that endemic state, immunity is going to wane over time and we’re going to lose that equilibrium,” Dr.

British Columbia is expanding visitation rights in long-term care, allowing one designated visitor per resident regardless of whether they have ‘essential’ status. Residents who have one designated essential visitor will be allowed to have an additional designated visitor, Dr.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins will be joined by Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Ministry of Health Chief Science Advisor Ian Town to make an announcement on booster vaccines at 1.30pm.

COVID-19 pandemic.The churches, Church of God in Aylmer and Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo, argue indoor and outdoor gathering restrictions are over-broad, unreasonable, arbitrary limits that violate Charter rights and cannot be justified.The two churches leading the constitutional challenge, which held its first hearing on Monday, have both faced numerous charges, including findings of contempt, for repeatedly defying COVID-19 restrictions. COVID-19: Ontario churches’ constitutional challenge has 1st day in court The challenge is being held virtually in the St.

COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic to support the rollout. One borough mayor added her name to that list Tuesday morning, offering a helping hand at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Saint-Raymond Community Centre located in her own borough.“I’m a mayor and a nurse.

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COVID-19 restrictions.Mounties said in a statement Monday night they thought there was a path to resolve the matter, but protesters are choosing not to comply.Police explained the protest is no longer lawful, and resources are in place to make arrests and tow away vehicles. As of early Tuesday, RCMP told Global News there had been no movement overnight.

Seven more Manitobans have died from COVID-19, according to provincial data.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday that some B.C.

two-dose shot was less effective at preventing COVID-19 in kids ages 2-5. Researchers analyzed a subset of youngsters in the study a month after their second dose to see if the little kids developed levels of virus-fighting antibodies that were similar to teens and young adults who get the regular shots. The very low-dose shots appeared to work in youngsters under age 2, who produced similar antibody levels.

Today Pfizer and BioNTech submitted an emergency use authorization (EUA) application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for use in children 6 months to 4 years — the last age-group ineligible for COVID-19 vaccination in the United States.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today said the group is tracking a worrying rise in deaths in most of the world's regions, urging countries not to give up in the battle against the more transmissible Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant.

COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday, lifting the death toll in the area to 361 including 48 victims so far in 2022.“Today we are reporting two deaths in our community related to COVID-19,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health stated.

A randomized controlled trial yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that adult consumers struggle to interpret and act on negative at-home COVID-19 tests.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today said the group is tracking a worrying rise in deaths in most of the world's regions, urging countries not to give up in the battle against the more transmissible Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant.

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, according to the latest figures.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported five deaths and 90 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, compared to one death and 159 cases a week ago.The deaths involved two women in their 60s and a woman in her 90s as well as two men in their 70s and 90s. The man in his 90s was associated with a retirement home while one of the women in her 60s was associated with a long-term care home.