ERNAKULAM : Kerala's coronavirus cases continued to rise on Monday as it identified 138 new patients, the highest daily hike so far, while 88 persons recovered from the illness, said the state's health minister KK Shailja in a statement.

This is the fourth consecutive day where the state's daily tally of fresh cases increased more than the previous day's— it was 118 on Friday, 127 on Saturday and 133 on Sunday— to become the highest daily increase till date.Kerala has confirmed 3,310 total cases so far, out of them 1,540 are active covid-19 patients and 1,747 have recovered so far, according to official figures.Continuing with the trend seen since May, the bulk of the fresh spike— 87 patients— is accounted for by expats who tested positive.

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THE Witcher's show boss has admitted coronavirus has caused ‘big shifts’ to the entire season two storyline. The Netflix series starring Henry Cavill had to postpone filming earlier this year due to the global covid-19 pandemic.

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4 salons, long-term care homes forced to close in Kingston region over COVID-19 breaches

COVID-19 safety guidelines in six establishments in the region, a list that includes several nail salons and two long-term care homes as of Tuesday morning.The list has grown from one business fined on Sunday to a total of six businesses on Tuesday. 2nd Kingston, Ont., nail salon sees COVID-19 infection, 3rd fined for safety breaches Four businesses have been forced to close, the first of which was Binh’s Nail Salon, where an initial COVID-19 outbreak was declared last Thursday.

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Toronto council to make face masks mandatory in closed public settings

coronavirus pandemic.Tory made the announcement at a press conference early Tuesday and said if passed, the bylaw would become mandatory one week from Tuesday. Ontario says provincial policy on mandatory masks ‘isn’t necessary’ “It is about respecting and protecting each other,” said Tory.“The risk of the spread of COVID-19 continues,” said Dr.

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Coronavirus: Worker at long-care home where 53 people died speaks out

the new coronavirus in April, Toronto long-term care home worker Karen Ellington says she and her colleagues finally got what they had been asking for: N95 respirator masks.But, she said, there was a catch.“We got one N95 and the statement (from the home) that was made was, ‘Don’t throw it away because we don’t know when you’ll be getting another one,’” Ellington told Global News.“I think that’s maybe why everything spread as fast as it did, when it did. Because we didn’t have what we needed.”Altamont Care Community, which is owned by Sienna Senior Living, was among the hardest hit nursing homes in the province, where at least 53 residents died.

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Hotels may bounce back to pre-covid business levels in up to two years: Report

MUMBAI : Almost 60% hotel operators expect their business to bounce back in 2019 levels between 13-24 months, says a survey by real estate consultancy firm JLL, released Tuesday. The covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill, with hospitality, travel and tourism sectors being the most affected due to travel restrictions across the world and within India.According to the survey, just 20% of the operators believe that their hotels could bounce back to 2019 Revenue Per Available Room or RevPAR levels within 6 to 12 months.As the sector continues to build contingency plans to alleviate the fallout of the crisis, hotel operators are extending the hand of solidarity to their owners by providing certain relief measures.

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Canada’s GDP shrank by 11.6% in April — worst monthly drop on record

economy saw its largest monthly drop on record in April as it came to a near standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, but early indications point to a rebound in May asbusinesses began to reopen.The agency says gross domestic product fell 11.6 per cent in April with non-essential businesses shut for the full month following a 7.5 per cent decline in March.However, Statistics Canada says its initial flash estimate for May points to growth of 3.0 per cent.Economists on average expected a drop of 13 per cent for April, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.More to come

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Legault to give COVID-19 update after top doctor suggests masks may be mandatory on public transit

coronavirus measures after the province’s director of public health hinted masks may soon be mandatory on public transit.Dr.

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Coronavirus pandemic forces Festival of Friends to cancel 45th music celebration

coronavirus has forced the cancellation of another iconic celebration in Hamilton, Ont.Organizers of the Festival of Friends have officially cancelled this year’s event at Gage Park due to the pandemic.Hamilton’s longest-running music festival was scheduled to mark its 45th anniversary during the Civic Holiday long weekend in August.“While it’s hard to fathom a summer in Hamilton without the Festival of Friends, our priority has to be the health and safety of our employees, volunteers and attendees,” said Festival of Friends general manager Robert Rakoczy.

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Global trial of hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment to resume

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Opening middle seats on airplanes amid coronavirus pandemic risky, experts say

Air Canada and WestJet both announced they will begin selling the middle seats on their aircrafts again as Canada slowly reopens amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, but experts caution that crowded cabins are risky and could lead to further outbreaks.As of July 1, both airlines will have their middle seats available for sale.The moves come after the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released a report earlier this month, calling for an end to physical distancing measures aboard aircraft.However, Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, said he was “appalled” to learn that airlines have decided to return to selling middle seats, saying that this should “absolutely

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Ballari incident: Authorities to probe alleged mishandling of bodies of deceased covid patients

BENGALURU : The Ballari district administration, in Karnataka, has initiated a probe into a video that surfaced on social media, purportedly showing healthcare personnel in full covid-19 protective gear hurling at least two body bags into a pit.In the video, at least five personnel in complete Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), are seen hurling black colour body bags though it is yet to be ascertained if it actually carried dead bodies of coronavirus patients.“An inquiry has been initiated," S.S.Nakul, the deputy commissioner of Ballari district said on Tuesday.

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Ayrshire council makes 'steady progress' in grass-cutting backlog caused by Covid-19

North Ayrshire Council says it is making steady progress in tackling the backlog of grass-cutting caused by the temporary halt of the service due to Covid-19.During the initial phase of lockdown, many grounds maintenance staff had to be redeployed to other essential frontline services, including bin collections and food delivery to help in the council’s response to crisis.During this time, only essential grounds maintenance works were carried out.With government measures introduced in late May to begin relaxing lockdown, the council, along with local authorities across the country, resumed its wider grass-cutting services last month.Initially the works focused on parks, promenades and main routes.

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EU to unveil ‘safe list’ of nations allowed to enter amid coronavirus. Where does Canada stand?

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Boris Johnson unveils plan to boost British economy after Covid-19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to shake Britain's economy out of its coronavirus-induced crisis by fast-tracking infrastructure investment and slashing property planning rules.

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Ontario government, which said it “isn’t necessary.”“A provincial policy isn’t necessary as local medical officers of health have the authority to institute the same policy the mayors requested under Section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act,” Ontario’s Health Ministry said in a statement.The ministry said implementing a mandatory mask rule at the local level would still ensure responsiveness without applying the same policy to regions in Ontario with few to no COVID-19 cases.“We strongly urge individuals to wear a mask or facial covering when physical distancing is a challenge,” the ministry’s statement continued.

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NEW DELHI : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking free of cost COVID-19 testing and treatment at all private labs and hospitals in the national capital for everyone, rich or poor, saying PILs should be filed with "some responsibility".A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said it would dismiss the petition with costs after which the petitioner's counsel sought to withdraw the plea."The petition is disposed of as not pressed at this stage," the court said.The petitioner, Sushant Mishra, sought directions to the Centre and the Delhi government to bear the cost of testing and treatment for COVID-19 at private labs and hospitals, do away with reservation of beds for the economically weaker

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Global COVID-19 prevention trial of hydroxychloroquine to resume

LONDON : A global trial designed to test whether the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent infection with COVID-19 is to restart after being approved by British regulators.The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) took its decision on what is known as the COPCOV trial after hydroxychloroquine was found in another British trial to have no benefit as a treatment for patients already infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.The COPCOV study was paused pending review after the treatment trial results.It is a randomised, placebo-controlled trial that is aiming to enrol 40,000 healthcare workers and other at-risk staff around the world, and is being led by the Oxford

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coronavirus while out in Beverly Hills. Free Covid-19 testing is available for Los Angeles residents, with both drive-up and walk-up sites located across the city.

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Bengaluru private medical colleges to allot 50% beds for Covid-19 treatment

coronavirus patients under insurance coverage. "We have held discussions, they (private medical colleges) have responded positively, they have assured that they will give more than 50 per cent of beds and provide necessary facility.

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HSE says 12 patients in ICUs with Covid-19

There are 12 patients in intensive care units with confirmed Covid-19, according to the latest figures from the Health Service Executive.

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2 years of coronavirus pandemic is ‘best-case scenario,’ doctor warns

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Aamir Khan confirms some of his staff members tested covid-19 positive

MUMBAI : Actor Aamir Khan on Tuesday issued a statement and confirmed that some of his staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, while the rest of his family members have tested negative.Khan also announced that he was taking his mother for a COVID-19 test and urged his fans to pray for her test to come out as negative.The '3 Idiots' star put out the statement on Instagram and said, "This is to inform you that some of my staff have tested positive.

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Perth and Kinross residents warned by NHS Tayside medical director that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over

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American, United and Spirit are now booking flights to full capacity when they can. All leading U.S.

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Mutations may be making coronavirus more contagious: Researchers

WASHINGTON DC : About 70% of the 50,000 genomes of the coronavirus that was uploaded by researchers have undergone mutations. Researchers from Northwest University's medical school in Chicago believe that mutation in the coronavirus has made it considerably more contagious.At first glance, the mutations seemed trivial.

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Coronavirus: UK to resume clinical trial of anti-malaria drug taken by Donald Trump

A UK study on hydroxychloroquine will resume, just weeks after being halted.

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Arizona governor shuts bars, cinemas, gyms and water parks after spike in coronavirus cases

hereArizona health officials reported 3,858 more confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, the most reported in a single day in the state so far and the seventh time in the past 10 days that daily cases surpassed the 3,000 mark.Since the pandemic began, 74,500 cases and 1,588 deaths stemming from the virus have been reported in Arizona."Our expectation is that our numbers next week will be worse," Mr Ducey said.The state is not alone in its reversal.

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Tamil Nadu surges ahead of Delhi in Covid-19 tally; 86,224 cases reported

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