Concern has been raised over the cost of mandatory hotel quarantine for Erasmus students returning to Ireland. Several third-level institutions have spoken of the financial burden the system is likely to place on students returning from overseas.

Mandatory hotel quarantine costs €1,875 for a 12-night stay. From 4am on Thursday, 71 countries will be on the list for mandatory quarantine, including five in the European Union - Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg.

The University of Limerick said that it "currently has a small number of students studying in institutions in Austria, Belgium, France and Italy through the Erasmus programme".

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Uttar Pradesh records highest one-day Covid death toll, over 27,000 cases

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh today reported 120 deaths, its largest one-day toll from the pandemic pushing the fatality count to 9,703, while 27,357 fresh COVID-19 cases raised the infection tally to 8,21,054, according to an official statement.36 fatalities were reported from state capital Lucknow, followed by 15 from Kanpur, eight from Varanasi, four each from Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar and Jaunpur among other districts.Lucknow accounted for 5,913 of the fresh COVID-19 cases, Allahabad 1977, Kanpur 1826 and Varanasi 1,664, the UP government said in a statement issued here.So far, 6,41,292 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, it said.The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,70,059 in Uttar Pradesh, the statement

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Kerala reports highest single-day Covid-19 spike with over 13,000 cases

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Karnataka records over 17,000 new Covid cases in highest single-day spike since pandemic began

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Tom Jones 'angry' over doctor's warning amid health prediction 'I've got maybe 10 years'

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Over 3 million people have now died of COVID-19 worldwide

COVID-19 topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equivalent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined.And the true number is believed to be significantly higher because of possible government concealment and the many cases overlooked in the early stages of the outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019.

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South African woman challenges hotel quarantine in High Court

The High Court will give a decision later today about whether or not a South African woman who is challenging her detention in hotel quarantine should be let out.

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Tom Jones 'angry' over doctor's warning amid health prediction 'I’ve got maybe 10 years'

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COVID has hit with fury; despite a year to prepare, we were caught off guard again: Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI : With the country witnessing a massive rise in COVID-19 cases, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the Modi government of "gross unpreparedness" and "adhocism" in managing the crisis and suggested reducing the immunization age to 25 years and providing income support to people.Chairing the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), she also called for making all equipment, medicines and instruments required for treating COVID-19 free of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).The Congress has always believed that fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is a national challenge that should be kept above party politics and it hopes suggestions put forth would be considered in the spirit of true democratic traditions, she

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Seager's homer in 12th sends Dodgers to 11-6 win over Padres

SAN DIEGO – Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer on Tim Hill's first pitch of the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 Friday night in a tense, entertaining first matchup this season between NL West rivals who have visions of deep playoff runs.

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Medical students call for paid sick leave in letter to Ford government

McMaster University medical students Rishi Bansal and Natasha Bauer-Maison explain why more than 650 students want paid sick leaves.

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Coronavirus update: India reports record 2.34 lakh cases, over 1300 deaths in a day

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Justice Department sues Roger Stone over $2M in unpaid taxes

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department sued Donald Trump's ally Roger Stone on Friday, accusing the conservative provocateur and his wife of failing to pay nearly $2 million in income tax.

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NI announces system of mandatory hotel quarantine

A system of mandatory hotel quarantine has been announced for Northern Ireland.

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Confusion exist over COVID-19 vaccine priority and people with disabilities in Quebec

Families of adults with physical and intellectual challenges say the rules aren’t clear when it comes to who is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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N.B. woman raising concerns about front-line medical students not receiving vaccination

A New Brunswick woman is raising concerns about frontline medical students not receiving COVID-19 vaccinations before their practical training. She says the students have been forgotten despite working alongside professionals in the field during the pandemic.

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Niagara to ‘discuss’ concerns over West Lincoln mayor’s ties to St. Catharines anti-lockdown rally

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2 new deaths as Saskatchewan’s active COVID-19 cases rise back over 2,600

COVID-19 cases have increased and now sit at 2,603. This is the highest number reported since Jan.

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2-year-old unemployment claim disqualifies Disney cast member for 5 months

ORLANDO, Fla. – After nine years as a cast member with Disney World, Marc Navarro’s only financial assistance from the Department of Economic Opportunity was stopped because of an old unemployment claim appealed and won in 2019.

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2 passengers sue United Airlines over engine explosion

DENVER – Two passengers who were aboard a United Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines blew apart and sent debris raining down on Colorado neighborhoods sued the company Friday.

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Feds offer assistance for Ontario after record setting COVID-19 case numbers, says Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed Friday the surging COVID-19 case numbers in Ontario saying Canadian Red Cross mobile vaccination teams are ready to deploy to help with the vaccine rollout. In addition, extra health care providers, health-care equipment, along with more hospital beds for Toronto and Hamilton would be available.

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Crash on southbound I-95 in Flagler County creates backups near Palm Coast

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Boris Johnson's long-awaited India trip to go ahead despite surge in Covid cases

Boris Johnson's trip to Delhi this month will still go ahead despite the Indian coronavirus variant and soaring cases in the country, No10 has said.

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COVID-19: Students in northern Alberta town ready to return to school after quarantining

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Gujarat sees highest one-day COVID spike, over 8,000 new cases for second day

Gujarat on Friday recorded 8,920 new COVID19 cases, which is the highest single-day spike since the pandemic began. Also, the state reported over 8,000 cases for two days in a trot.

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Universal Orlando announces return of graduation events for students

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LA Phil's Dudamel to become music director of Paris Opera

LOS ANGELES – Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of the Paris Opera while continuing his commitment to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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South Africa takes first step to offer jabs to the elderly

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa took the first step in its mass vaccination campaign on Friday by starting online registrations for the elderly to receive shots beginning next month.

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Tamil Nadu sees over 8,000 Covid-19 cases for first time this year, 23 deaths reported

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Hotel quarantine is form of civil detention, court told

The Minister for Health has created a form of widespread civil detention which is unprecedented in this country and is not being operated in accordance with the consitution, lawyers for a woman challenging her detention in hotel quarantine have told the High Court.

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European Commission writes to Govt over quarantine measures

The European Commission has said the Government should use "less restrictive" quarantine measures for citizens arriving from five EU member states and that there should be clear exemptions for essential travel to Ireland.

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Hotel quarantine exemption for elite athletes signed into law

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that there will be an exemption to hotel quarantine for elite and professional athletes.

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Withdrawal of goodwill by prison officers over vaccine

The Prison Officers' Association has directed all prison officers to adhere strictly to their duties in the prisons in what is effectively a withdrawal of goodwill by prison staff.

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Irish citizens travelling for surrogacy set to be exempt from quarantine, court told

Lawyers for the Minister for Health have told the High Court that Irish citizens travelling abroad for surrogacy will be exempt from having to quarantine in a hotel when they return to Ireland.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to hold meeting over COVID-19 situation

meeting later on Friday over the COVID-19 situation. Health Minister Satyendar Jain and other senior officials are also expected to be present at the meet.The CM had announced that the weekend curfew will be applicable till 30 April or further orders.

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Concerns over pandemic impact at tax deadline time

With the income tax filing deadline fast approaching, many Canadians whose income was impacted by the pandemic are worried about the financial impact. Catherine Urquhart reports.

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Coronavirus update: Deaths surge over 1100 as India reports over 2.17 lakh cases in a day

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Curry scores 33, Warriors roll to 119-101 win over Cavaliers

CLEVELAND – Stephen Curry scored 33 points — topping 30 for a career-best ninth consecutive game — and the Golden State Warriors pulled away for a 119-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.

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Maxine Waters Tells Rep Jim Jordan To ‘Shut Your Mouth’ After He Yells At Dr. Fauci Over COVID Rules

Even with a Democratic president in Joe Biden who supports him, Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Antothy Fauci is still taking heat from Republicans in Congress about COVID-19. During a Thurs. Apr. 15 House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) had to jump in and tell Rep.Jim Jordan (R-OH) to “Shut your mouth” after he ranted at Dr. Fauci well after his allotted time expired. Video of the exchange with Waters shutting Jordan down has gone viral, with stars applauding the 82-year-old political veteran.

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Grade 11 and 12 Virden Collegiate students and families self-isolating after COVID-19 outbreak

Manitoba reports first case of Brazil P.1 COVID-19 variant “It’s been tough on the community for sure, but we’re thankful they’re bringing the pop-up test site to town and enabling all our kids to go get that test,” Keown said.“Hopefully they come back in a negative fashion which will allow those families to start to work their way back towards normalcy.”Keown says these are the first cases at the school since the pandemic.“We’re still pretty on edge, because we’re still waiting for some results back on tests from lots of people within the community,” Keown said.The entire Grade 9-12 school has been remote learning and will do so until April 22.According to Data MB (gov.mb.ca), there have been 152 total cases at Manitoba schools in the

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Canada sets another daily record for COVID-19 cases with over 9,500 new infections

COVID-19 cases Thursday, with daily infections surging past 9,500 for the first time since the pandemic began over a year ago.The 9,564 new cases came as some provinces surpassed or nearly matched their own daily records despite imposing harsh new restrictions in recent weeks, suggesting a losing battle with the quickening spread of the virus.Fifty-five new deaths since Wednesday brought the national death toll to 23,500. The country has seen a total of 1,096,722 infections to date, 990,080 of whom are considered recovered.

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Over 300 Delhi police personnel test Covid positive, 15 admitted to hospital

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Volusia Schools will not offer hybrid learning next school year

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County Public Schools will not offer Volusia Live next school year, according to Superintendent Dr. Scott Fritz.

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COVID-19: Ontario will not offer off-peak hydro pricing during 2nd stay-at-home order

COVID-19 pandemic.The Ford government had implemented an off-peak rate cap of 8.5 cents per kilowatt hour during the first stay-at-home order across the province in early January.The temporary cap was extended twice but expired on Feb. 23 and Ontarians returned to the regular three time-of-use rate periods. Coronavirus: Ontario government extends off-peak electricity rate cap by nearly 2 weeks Off-peak rates include weekends and statutory holidays, as well as weekdays from 7 p.m.

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Concerns arise over non-adherence to public health guidelines amid Grey Bruce COVID-19 surge

Grey Bruce Health Unit declares COVID-19 critical threshold amid case surge, ‘untruthful’ contact tracing “Everyone across Grey Bruce needs to consider themselves a carrier for the next 48 hours until we reach all cases and their contacts,” the health unit said in a statement Thursday.“A class order from the medical officer of health will ensure cases and at-risk contacts comply with any direction provided by public health case managers.”The region’s health unit has redeployed staff to address the COVID-19 “critical threshold,” which has resulted in its helpline being shut down and large scale vaccine clinics getting deferred to next week.The news has caused some local businesses and services to close their doors for two days.

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Hamilton reports over 150 new COVID-19 cases and single case of variant first detected in South Africa

Ontario reports record-breaking 4,736 new COVID-19 cases as total count surpasses 400,000 Hamilton reported the discovery of the B.1.351 variant first detected in South Africa on Thursday. On Wednesday, public health revealed the city’s first two cases of the P.1 variant (first detected in Brazil.)Along with the B.1.1.7 variant (first detected in the U.K.) already established and spreading across the city in recent weeks, there have now been 1,490 positively screened cases with a variant.

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Vaccinated people to be exempt from hotel quarantine

Fully vaccinated people arriving from designated states will shortly be exempted from hotel quarantine and allowed to quarantine at home.

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Probe into Neil Lennon video showing ex-Celtic manager at English hotel concludes no Covid rules broken

investigating a video featuring ex-Celtic manager Neil Lennon. A video clip has been circulated on social media apparently showing the former Celtic manager in Halston Hotel in Carlisle on Tuesday night.

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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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