Coronavirus cases rise by over 50 percent in one Greater Manchester borough

The subvariant of the Omicron strain—BA.2—now accounts for 72.2% of all COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday it is likely the province will see an increase in COVID cases in the next few months as restrictions are lifted.

Coronavirus infection rates are now falling in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. It follows on from the trend across the UK, which is also seeing cases fall - however cases across the region still remain lower than the national average.

Infectious diseases expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch breaks down on the latest COVID headlines including why the sixth wave of the virus is different from past waves.

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Ontario’s health minister says the province plans to soon make fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines available to residents aged 60 and older.Christine Elliott says the province will announce a plan tomorrow for expanding eligibility for fourth doses.Fourth doses in Ontario are already available to long-term care and retirement home residents as well as those who are immunocompromised.

TAMPA, Fla. - The surging gas prices have made fuel a prime target for thieves, officials say, and Hillsborough authorities just took an organized theft ring, arresting multiple people in the process.Sheriff Chad Chronister said their investigation began in February after the agency received a phone call about two Circle K gas stations with "tremendous fuel discrepancies." He said by the end of the investigation, a total of seven suspects were identified, one of which may have fled to Cuba. The other six were booked into county jail over the weekend.Chronister said detectives responded to the initial report, saying they began combing through surveillance footage and noticing a pattern of 7 separate trucks at both locations.READ: The complicated reasons gas prices are so high – and what we can do about it"These individuals would defeat the lock mechanism and remove the pulsar device," Sheriff Chronister explained, adding that those devices are used to calculate the gallons that are pumped. "They would remove that device and insert their own homemade device.

Thousands of businesses across Greater Manchester can claim business rate relief from the council, but the deadline is fast approaching. The funding, offering financial help with business rates for companies across Greater Manchester is part of the £1.5 billion government package to support businesses affected by Covid.

The continuing mayhem at Manchester Airport is an example of the damage the re-emergence of Covid is doing to our working age population, Wigan’s director of public health has said.

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BUCHA, KYIV PROVINCE, UKRAINE, APRIL 04: Tanya Nedashkivska, 57, grieves next to the tomb of her husband buried on the backyard of her house in Bucha, Ukraine, April 4th, 2022. Tanya alleges her husband was tortured and executed by Russian soldiers i BUCHA, Ukraine - Ukraine's president planned to address the U.N.'s most powerful body on Tuesday after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian forces recently left.

WASHINGTON - The last time President Barack Obama was in the White House was on Jan. 20, 2017, when he left to escort his successor — bent on overturning "Obamacare" — to the Capitol to be inaugurated.Obama returns to the White House on Tuesday for a moment he can savor.

Reports suggested that the new subtype has been detected in east China's Suzhou, which borders Shanghai. A patient in the region has been infected with a mutation VOC/Omicron variant BA.1.1, unidentified in previously found strains, posing new threats. 

As COVID restrictions ease Perth city centre is still reeling from months of closures and restrictions.

Chinese authorities have extended the lockdown of Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre's 26 million people, after city-wide testing saw new Covid-19 cases surge to more than 13,000 amid growing public anger over quarantine rules.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Parliamentarian Kumara Welgama said that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should be held responsible for the crisis in the country.Speaking in Parliament, the MP said he was the first person to oppose the decision to bring in Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the presidential candidate.“When his named was proposed, I opposed it,” he said adding that he suggested for seniority in the party to be considered for the post of Presidential Candidate.“However, Mahinda Rajapaksa did not listen to it and wanted to appoint a family member, and therefore Gotabaya Rajapaksa was selected. He made the wrong decision.

Today marks the end of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).

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Today we are reporting 14,120 community cases, 692 hospitalisations and 23 deaths.

Concerns are rising among some health workers, as Canada reports another uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Canada is taking aim at “close associates” of the Russian and Belarusian governments with new sanctions amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

States in New England are reporting a steep increase in daily COVID-19 cases as the Omicron subvariant, BA.2, takes dominance. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey have seen COVID-19 cases jump more than 40% over the latest 14-day period, the New York Times reports.

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. After weeks of soaring rates, the number of cases in the region is down 9pc on last week.

COVID-19 cases spreading at their schools after a change in protocol, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) says.In a tweet Monday, the board said notification letters will now be shared with the entire school community and “include all impacted classes in the school.”The TDSB said the move would provide a “more comprehensive picture” of the pandemic in schools and will continue until the end of this school year.Moving forward, COVID-19 notification letters will now be shared with the entire school community and include all impacted classes in the school. This updated process will provide a more comprehensive picture and continue until the end of this school year.— Toronto District School Board (@tdsb) April 4, 2022Students at TDSB schools have faced a turbulent few pandemic months.In March, a request from the board to delay the end of mask mandates in classrooms was rejected by Queen’s Park.

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Residents in the centre of Oldham have been left reeling after support for the area's new health centre was dropped on a Zoom call just before the work was due to begin.

The Department of Health has been notified of 6,518 new cases of Covid-19, including 3,164 PCR-confirmed cases of the virus and 3,354 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.

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Ukraine, including evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops, as fighting raged on in the country’s south and east.Taras Shapravskyi, deputy mayor of Bucha, a town around 40 kilometres northwest of Kyiv city, said 50 of some 300 bodies found after Kremlin forces withdrew late last week were the victims of extra-judicial killings carried out by Russian troops. Ukraine demands new sanctions on Russia over ‘massacre’ in Bucha Ukrainian authorities said they were investigating possible war crimes there, a description also used by French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Free Coronavirus testing in England has now been scrapped, as the government continues to push forward with its 'Living with Covid' plans. From 1 April, only a small minority of the general public are eligible for free tests, while everyone else will now have to pay should they wish to be tested.

COLOMBO (News 1st); “The armed forces of Sri Lanka would always comply with the Constitution and the Army is no exception,” Sri Lanka’s Army Commander General Shavendra Silva told Defence Advisers/Attaches of Sri Lanka-based High Commissions and embassies on Monday (4).“The Army as a professional outfit is always prepared to provide security and protection to the State as necessary,” said General Shavendra Silva.The meeting was meant to keep the foreign Defence Advisers /Attaches informed of the current situation.Captain Ian Keith Cain, Defence Adviser (Australia), Commander, M Shafil Bari, Defence Adviser, Bangladesh, Senior Colonel Wan Dong, Military, Naval and Air Attaché (China), Lieutenant Colonel Chang Qianjin, Assistant Military Naval and Air Attache, (China), Captain Vikas Sood, Defence Adviser (India), Lieutenant Colonel Punnet Sushill, Assistant Defence Adviser, (India), Colonel Homayou Ali Yari, Military Attaché, (Iran), Captain Gaku Fukaura, Defence / Security Attaché, (Japan), Colonel Ismail Naseer, Defence Adviser, (Maldives), Colonel Muhammad Safdar Khan, Defence Adviser, (Pakistan), Colonel Aleksey A Bondarev, Military, Naval & Air Attaché, (Russia), Colonel P.J Clayton, Defence Adviser, (United Kingdom) and Lieutenant Commander Richard Lister, Naval Attaché (United States of America) were present at this meeting. 

KYIV, Ukraine - Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called for further sanctions in response to the alleged atrocities, even as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the country's east.Germany's defense minister suggested the European Union discuss a ban on Russian gas imports, but more senior officials indicated an immediate boycott was not possible — a sign that leaders could struggle in the short-term to ramp up already severe sanctions on Russia.Ukrainian officials said bodies of 410 civilians were found in towns around the capital, Kyiv, that were recaptured from Russian forces in recent days.

Glass Animals were forced to miss the 2022 Grammy Awards after frontman Dave Bayley tested positive for COVID.The Oxford band were nominated for the Best New Artist statue at this year’s ceremony, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada last night (April 3).Shortly before the event kicked off, however, Bayley took to social media to confirm that he’d “received a positive result on a rapid PCR and my lateral flow tests are showing the same”.“I feel fine, and am showing no symptoms so far, but nonetheless it would be truly irresponsible for me to attend the Grammy ceremony,” the singer continued.“I am so overwhelmingly heartbroken. Not just within myself, but for everyone who has worked so insanely hard with us over the past couple of chaotic years, and for every one of you who supported and believed in this project enough to get us here through thick and thin.”Bayley added: “I wanted to be there for all of us as this has been a colossal team effort.

EasyJet has cancelled around 100 flights on Monday – including 62 from the UK – due to high levels of staff absence due to Covid.The budget airline claimed it had tried to offset the issue by using standby crew, but had to “make some cancellations in advance”.It comes as demand for airline travel skyrockets due to the beginning of the Easter school holidays.EasyJet claimed the cancellations only made up a small percentage of its Monday Schedule of around 1,645 flights.An EasyJet spokesperson, said: "Unfortunately it has been necessary to make some additional cancellations for today and tomorrow.“We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause."An EasyJet spokesperson confirmed that affected customers have been contacted.They have the option to either rebook an alternative flight or take a voucher or refund.The website adds: "If your flight is cancelled, there are several options available to you, which you can request quickly and easily by logging into Manage Bookings here on our website or via our easyJet App:EasyJet is one of Europes largest airline carriers.Airports are also struggling with staffing leading to long security and check-in queues.Passengers at Manchester Airport claims that long queues at check-in and security have caused some holidaymakers to miss their flight – and there have been long waits at the baggage reclaims carousels.Yesterday, traveller Donna Mayfield told the BBC that the experience was “horrendous” and another claimed to have seen both holidaymakers and staff members “in tears”.Manchester Airport apologised and noted that people’s experiences fell “below the standard” they aim for.A spokesperson commented: “Our whole industry is facing staff shortages and recruitment challenges at present,

As universal testing ended throughout the weekend, the NHS has updated its list of official Covid symptoms.

World leaders say it’s evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity: civilians were seemingly found bound and executed. Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister calls it a deliberate massacre, saying that Russia is trying to “eliminate as many Ukrainians as they can.” The horrific scene is drawing broad worldwide condemnation.

Airline EasyJet said it had been forced to cancel some flights to and from Britain after a new surge of Covid-19 left it facing higher than normal staff sickness levels.

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COVID tests have been conducted in the country so far, including 3,14,823 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, as per the ministry.

Throughout the war, the Ukrainian military has been supported by the Territorial Defence Forces. More than 100,000 Ukrainian civilians who have volunteered to help with the fight In the Ukrainian capital have been busy digging trenches to help defend against the Russian advance.

As his troops face stiff resistance in Ukraine, new intelligence suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed about the invasion, because his advisers are scared to tell him the truth.

COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.

Today we are reporting 10,205 community cases, 734 hospitalisations and 9 deaths.

Bucha show an approximately 45-foot-long trench dug into the grounds of a church where a mass grave has been identified, a private U.S. company said on Sunday.

Ukraine on Sunday demanded crippling new sanctions on Russia from major Western powers over a “massacre” in a town near Kyiv as anger grew in Western capitals and Germany said that those responsible for war crimes should pay.Ukraine said on Saturday that its forces had retaken all areas around Kyiv. The mayor of Bucha, a liberated town 37 km (23 miles) northwest of the capital, said that 300 of its residents had been killed by the Russian army.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for international war crimes investigators to visit the area to collect evidence and said Kyiv believed the killing of civilians was deliberate.