A steadily growing COVID-19 outbreak in China amid the country's strict "zero COVID" policy has triggered lockdowns in multiple locations along with key factory closures that are starting to dampen the country's economy.In US developments, all COVID-19 measures continue to decline as scientists closely assess if an extra booster is needed to tackle future waves.China's lockdown steps hit financial sectorIn quickly evolving developments in China, the country reported 2,125 locally acquired cases today, which includes 1,337 symptomatic and 788 asymptomatic infections, according to the National Health Commission.The country's cases started creeping upward at the end of February and are now at their highest level in 2 years.About half of the daily cases are from Jilin province in the northeast, one of the country's main hot spots.

Provincial officials have ordered travel restrictions for the cities of Changchun, which has multiple automobile factories, and Jilin City and are conducting mass testing and building more field hospitals, according to Xinhua, China's state news agency.Another hot spot is Shenzhen, a key technology and industrial center in Guangdong province in the south.

The city's population of about 17.5 million is on a weeklong lockdown, and officials have announced rounds of mass testing, according to Bloomberg News, which said the measures have slowed or stopped operations at companies such as Foxconn, which makes components for Apple iPhones.In Shanghai, another key financial area, an ongoing outbreak has shuttered schools, triggered rounds of mass testing, and advised against people leaving the city, according to CNBC.Meanwhile, Hong Kong's surge continues, with 26,908 new cases today, and city officials

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4 Chinese badminton players found guilty of not playing seriously

Li Jun Hui(right) and Liu Yu Chen of Team China react as they compete during a match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 27, 2021. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Four Chinese badminton players are on probation for two years for failing to try their best to win a doubles match in 2018.The incident happened in the Fuzhou Open quarterfinals in China in November 2018.Then world-ranked No.

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COVID-19 vaccines not tied to adverse pregnancy outcomes

Two studies published yesterday in JAMA, one from Sweden and Norway and one from Ontario, find no link between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and adverse outcomes.

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Ottawa pledging $2B for pandemic surgery delays, warn universal health care ‘at risk’

universal health-care system is “at risk” amid unprecedented pressures exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, says the country’s health minister.As a result, Ottawa is pledging an additional $2 billion in top-up health transfers to the provinces in a bid to help them resolve backlogs in surgeries, Jean-Yves Duclos announced on Friday.“Two years after the beginning of the worst pandemic the world has known in over a century, we need to acknowledge that if we do not act quickly and decisively, the long term survival of the universal and public health system Canadians cherish is at risk,” said Duclos.Duclos said delays in surgeries, diagnostics and treatments existed before the pandemic but that after five successive waves of COVID-19 in the span of two years, provincial health systems are struggling.The transfer comes in addition to the $4-billion top-up provided to the provinces in March 2021.More to come.

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Family holiday hell as daughter too young to be double jabbed sparks Covid rule chaos

family’s cruise holiday has been left in tatters after their daughter was not allowed to board over Covid rules – despite being too young to be double jabbed. Dannie and Sharon Sheppard, along with their two children, Niamh, 12, and Ewan, 10, were due to set sail on their one-week trip with P&O Cruises around France, Spain and Portugal, on April 16.

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Over 4 million people had Covid-19 last week in UK

Covid-19 infections have risen sharply across most of the UK and are nearing record levels in England, while both Scotland and Wales have reached an all-time high, new figures show.

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COVID-19 Scan for Mar 25, 2022

The highly transmissible Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants caused triple and 10 times the rate of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women compared with other strains, with most cases among unvaccinated mothers and their newborns, finds a prospective study yesterday in JAMA.University of Texas researchers studied the outcomes of pregnant

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One in 11 Scots 'may have had Covid-19 last week' researchers find

Research has indicated that about one in 11 people north of the border could have had covid last week - the highest proportion ever.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran remains under 'emergency planning conditions' as Covid still looms large two years on

More than 840,000 vaccine doses have been dished out in Ayrshire and Arran, according to a health chief.

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Quebec reports 12 new deaths related to COVID, a drop in hospitalizations

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Supreme Court Justice Thomas released from hospital

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital Friday after a stay of nearly a week, the Supreme Court said.Thomas, 73, had entered the hospital last Friday evening after experiencing "flu-like symptoms." He was treated for an infection with intravenous antibiotics, the court said Sunday in announcing his hospitalization. He had been expected to be released from the hospital Monday or Tuesday.The court did not say why he remained in the hospital longer than initially thought or what kind of infection he was treated for.Thomas did not have COVID-19, the court said.

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WHO rejects Medicago’s COVID-19 vaccine due to ties to tobacco giant

The first Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine by Medicago has been rejected by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its ties to tobacco giant Philip Morris

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Expert warns of 'difficulty' in telling difference between Covid and hay fever

A professor has warned of how difficult it can be to tell the difference between hay fever and Covid at this time of year.

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Ontario COVID numbers: 667 people in hospital, 161 in intensive care

COVID on Friday, with 161 in intensive care.This is up by six for hospitalizations but a decrease of four in ICUs since the previous day. Last Friday, there were 615 hospitalizations with 193 in ICU.Of the 667 people in hospital with COVID-19, 46 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 54 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 161 people in ICUs with the virus, 76 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while 24 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

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England's Covid R number remains steady, new infections growing

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Covid pandemic cannot be used as an excuse for failing A&E, says MSP

A row has broken out over pleas from NHS chiefs for residents to avoid the area’s A&E emergency department.

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12 children fell ill and fainted after they received COVID-19 vaccine shots in Satna: Report

ANI.“Children were given vaccine jabs but they fainted due to fear after the vaccination. They were admitted in civil hospital. We will initiate inquiry in the matter," said Ashok Avdhiya, CMHO, Satna.

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COVID-19: MLHU to remove weekend phone booking for vaccine appointments

COVID-19 vaccine appointment booking phone line to accept only calls on weekdays.Starting March 28, the phone line will only be staffed from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27, will mark the final weekend days the phone line will be staffed.

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'Need strong surveillance': Omicron BA.2 sub-variant contributing to majority of Covid cases: WHO

BA.2 sub-lineage. The rest are BA.1," said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead on Covid-19.

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Active Covid-19 cases dip in India; 1,685 new infections in last 24 hours

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Surge in Covid cases 'inevitable' after easing of restrictions

Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, said it was inevitable that there was going to be a surge in Covid cases as it is "difficult to stop transmission from a person who is not wearing a mask."

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70% of long Covid patients experience these two symptoms: Study

Covid-19 variants will arise that are more dangerous than the current versions.

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Experts are worrying about potential new covid-19 surge in US

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Pharmacy investigated on allegations it fraudulently entered people into B.C. vaccine system

COVID-19 vaccine system without actually giving them the shots.Being entered into the provincial database as vaccinated would allow a person to download the BC Vaccine Card, which remains necessary to access a variety of non-essential services until April 8.On Thursday, a sign was posted on the door of the Medicine Shoppe at 4277 Kingsway saying the pharmacy was not dispensing drugs. ‘Abhorrent’: Fraudsters pay Downtown Eastside residents to get vaccinated in their place B.C.

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Covid-19 update: India reports 1,685 new Covid-19 cases, 83 deaths in 24 hours

Covid-19 cases after a mild increase yesterday, India on Friday reported 1,685 fresh Covid-19 cases, according to the updated Union Health Ministry data. India on Friday also logged 2499 recoveries, taking the total Covid-19 recoveries up to 4,24,78,087. There were 83 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll in the country to 5,16,755. While the active Covid-19 cases have reached 21,530 at 0.05%, the daily positivity rate has reached 0.24%.

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Stark virus warning as East Ayrshire Council chief pays tribute to 355 Covid victims in region

East Ayrshire Council’s chief executive has marked the second anniversary of the Covid lockdown by remembering residents who died having caught the virus.

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More transmissible BA.2 subvariant on the rise in Manitoba, experts say

Omicron, appears to be on the rise in Manitoba.According to a provincial spokesperson, as of mid-March, 11.8 per cent of COVID-19 tests were the BA.2 subvariant and recent sequencing suggests the rate of BA.2 is increasing.With a lack of surveillance and a lack of widespread COVID-19 PCR testing, the numbers are skewed, and experts say it’s likely much higher.“Given how long this has probably been circulating and our reduction in access to lab-based testing it would be likely that those ratios are probably higher,” epidemiologist Cynthia Carr told Global News.She added that the rate the original BA.1 Omicron variant multiplied is another indicator the numbers are higher. BA.2 could mean new COVID-19 wave: scientists Experts say the more transmissible BA.2, coupled with a lack of COVID-19 restrictions in place, could be the concoction that fuels a spring wave of COVID-19.“It won’t be surprising at all if there is a spring wave associated with this variant,” Carr said.Virologist Jason Kindrachuk says BA.2 will likely push out BA.1 as the dominant strain, just as Omicron overtook Delta.“What we’re understanding now is BA.2 looks to be a bit more transmissible or transmissive than BA.1,” Kindrachuk said.“That of course, puts us into the awkward position of saying, once again, we have another variant, that is more transmissible than the last variant.”Kindrachuk said that so far, research suggests the severity of BA.2 is similar to BA.1’s.

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Quebec Premier François Legault tests positive for COVID-19

François Legault has tested positive for COVID-19.The premier made the news public on social media Thursday afternoon. Quebec logs 14 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations, ICU cases rise In a Twitter post, Legault said he began experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms earlier in the day and a screening test came back positive.“I feel well,” Legault wrote in French, adding he will be following public health guidelines and work remotely for the next five days.1/2 Cet après-midi, j’ai commencé à ressentir des symptômes de la COVID-19.

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Denver Broncos' Mile High Stadium catches fire

DENVER - Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire at Mile high stadium in Denver, Colorado. The cause of the fire is unknown cause at this time, but the fire affected the suite and third level seating area.This is a developing story that will be updatedAdvertisement

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These single moms needed support so they bought a house, raise kids together

TAKOMA PARK, Md. - It’s something you read about in books or see on television, but for friends Holly Harper and Herrin Hopper, it’s a reality.The two single moms found themselves in challenging times at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in 2020. Needing support, the two took a daydream and made it a reality when they bought a house and moved in together with their children in June 2020. They then started renting out other spaces in the house to other women, eventually forming the Siren House.The Siren House, located outside Washington, D.C., contains four separate apartments. (Holly Harper)RELATED: Identical twin brothers each receive heart transplants: 'Quite unique'The Siren House is a four-unit home located in Takoma Park, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. "We are here for emotional support, friendships, sharing bottles of ketchup," Hopper told FOX Television Stations. "What I think Siren House is...is a safe place for people to be while they figure out things that are hard," Harper added. The massive home offers communal-style living space with each woman able to have their own living quarters with their own bedrooms and bathrooms. "We are here for emotional support, friendships, sharing bottles of ketchup," Herrin Hopper said. (Holly Harper)Harper and Hopper said they have been friends for more than six years, but hard times fell on both of them.Harper said between 2018 and 2020, she went through a divorce, health scares and deaths in the family, including her father who died from COVID-19. Hopper was also going through her own ordeals, including a divorce.The ladies often talked, sometimes about finding new places to live.

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White House diverges from CDC, focuses on aerosol COVID spread

Yesterday the White House published a blog post titled "Let's Clear the Air on COVID," describing the virus as primarily transmitted through aerosols—small, tiny airborne particles.

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Guelph school board plan aims to address learning gaps caused by pandemic

learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.In a news release, the Upper Grand District School Board said it is receiving just under $4 million from the Ministry of Education that will be allocated towards summer programming, reading intervention programs and student success initiatives. Ontario to revamp approach to literacy after damning report released “The plan will focus on students with the highest needs as a result of the learning disruption caused by the pandemic with a focus on literacy and numeracy needs,” Upper Grand said.The first phase will begin in the spring and will see the launch of a reading intervention program for elementary students, led by qualified teachers.It also includes support for secondary students struggling in their current courses.Phase 2 involves literacy and numeracy summer camps for elementary students and summer learning strategies courses at the secondary level.The third phase is the same as the first but will run from Sept.

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Vanessa Feltz tests positive for Covid-19 hours after appearing on This Morning

This Morning.During Thursday’s (March 24) instalment of the popular ITV morning show, the 60-year-old agony aunt joined Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on the show to discuss all the issues concerning viewers on the show.Yet fans couldn’t help but notice that the broadcaster sounded a little worse for wear on the show as she launched into a coughing fit while live on TV.Now, the mum-of-two has revealed that she has contracted Covid-19 just hours after she appeared on the show.In a video she shared to her Instagram feed, the starlet explained how she was feeling “slightly queasy” but otherwise feels perfectly fine.As she help up a positive lateral flow test which clearly showed two lines on the test, she told her 135,000 followers: “Ah, well, here it is - I've got Covid. Gosh.

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Prone position might not work for awake COVID-19 patients

Proning—lying on the stomach—has been useful for treating intubated, sedated COVID-19 patients, but a new study designed to tease out possible benefits for awake patients found that the method is difficult to use.

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COVID-19: Manitoba reports week-over-week rise in hospitalizations, ICU numbers

COVID-19 restrictions — including a rule mandating masks in all public spaces — health officials say the number of people in hospital and ICU due to the virus has risen.The week-over-week increase comes despite a drop in hospitalizations and ICU admissions reported in the last 24 hours. COVID-19: 4 more deaths, increase in hospitalizations reported in Manitoba According to numbers released by the province Thursday, Manitoba saw 128 new hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 and 11 new admissions to intensive care units due to the virus over the past week.That’s a 4.9 per cent increase in hospitalizations and a 57.1 per cent jump in ICU numbers.But while the overall numbers appeared to be on the rise in the last week, data reported on the province’s online COVID-19 dashboard show 369 people were in hospital with the virus as of Thursday morning, down 18 from Wednesday.The province says the of number people in ICU as a result of COVID-19 also fell to 18 as of Thursday morning, four fewer than had been reported 24 hours earlier.Meanwhile, health officials reported four additional deaths linked to the virus Thursday and released information about the 15 Manitobans with COVID-19 who have died over the past week.

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COVID-19: 27 inpatients, 199 staff cases at LHSC, MLHU reports 116 new cases

a week prior. Two-dose coverage for those five and older is now 87.9 per cent, up from 87.7 per cent.For third doses, 50.8 per cent of people five and older have received a booster, up from 50.5 per cent a week earlier.

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India to run genome sequencing for over a year to spot new covid mutant

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10 largest US cities see population changes in COVID’s 1st full year, data shows

People walk through Times Square on March 11, 2022 in New York City two years since the pandemic. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Here's a look at how the 10 most populous metro areas in the U.S. changed during the first full year of the pandemic, from mid-2020 to mid-2021, according to U.S.

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Quebec should plan mass campaign to give out COVID-19 booster shots: vaccine committee

COVID-19 vaccine fourth-dose campaign for the general population that would be launched in the fall.Quebecers most vulnerable to serious consequences from the disease — seniors over 80, immunocompromised people and residents of long-term care homes — can start receiving a fourth dose of vaccine next week, health officials said Wednesday. The same day, the immunization committee said the government should start planning to give second boosters out to everyone in a few months.In a written opinion released Thursday, the Comité sur l’immunisation du Québec recommended the government implement “a new vaccine strategy aimed at periodically boosting immunity against COVID-19 while also allowing for the ability to react to a possible emergence of a new variant of concern.”Quebec to offer 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to at-risk groups as cases, hospitalizations riseA mass second-booster campaign, the committee suggested, could take place in September or October and target “either all persons authorized to receive vaccines against COVID-19, or those usually targeted by the seasonal influenza vaccination program.”Currently, only 52 per cent of the population aged five and older have received a third dose of vaccine, according to provincial health data.The committee released an analysis of hospitalizations and deaths that occurred between January and mid-March indicating that people 80 and older were almost 200 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than those under 60, and 16 times more likely to be hospitalized.

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Aspirin may cut in-hospital COVID death but not need for organ support

A pair of new studies detail the role of aspirin in the treatment of COVID-19, one estimating lower rates of in-hospital death and pulmonary embolism in moderately ill patients, and the other showing that blood thinners didn't decrease the need for organ support in critically ill patients.

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Police: Victims came face to face with burglary suspect who took underwear, other items

Jorge Navaheredia, 28, (Salem County Correctional Facility)GLASSBORO, N.J. - Police have arrested a man they say burglarized two Glassboro homes in incidents where residents were still inside.Jorge L. Navaheredia, 28, is facing multiple charges in connection with the incidents including burglary, criminal trespassing, theft, and harassment. The first incident occurred inside a home on North Main Street around 5 a.m.

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Renfrewshire becomes covid hotspot as cases in region soar

Renfrewshire has seen a surge in covid cases taking the area into Scotland's top five virus hotspots.

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ITV This Morning in chaos as Vanessa Feltz tests positive for Covid after filming

ITV This Morning has been left in Covid chaos again. It comes Vanessa Feltz tests positive minutes after filming - leaving Phillip Schofield at risk. The 60 year old confirmed: "Well it is, gosh.

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News Scan for Mar 24, 2022

National Football League (NFL) games played with fans in the 2020 season, with mask mandates and physical distancing in place, had no effect on COVID-19 infections in the surrounding county, suggests a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).Led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, th

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Stephen Wilhite, Inventor of the GIF, Passes Away at 74 From COVID-19 Complications

Stephen Wilhite, the man who created the GIF aka the Graphics Interchange Format, has passed away at the age of 74.

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New Covid variant worse than Omicron to emerge in 2 years, warns UK's top health expert

Also read: Omicron+Delta recombinant cases detected from 7 states in India

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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

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