MUMBAI : Dharavi slum sprawl in Mumbai on Monday added just four new COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 2,672, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.Of the 2,672 cases, 2,333 patients have already recovered and discharged from hospitals, he said, adding that the slum colony now has only 80 active cases.According to the BMC, the G-north ward that houses Dharavi, Dadar and Mahim areas has a total of 6,921 COVID-19 cases.Of these cases, Dharavi's share is 2,672, followed by Dadar (2,237 cases) and Mahim (2,012 cases).Meanwhile, with addition of 19 cases in the day, Mahim's tally has also crossed the 2,000-mark.Interestingly, compared with Dharavi, Dadar and Mahim have more number of active cases at 465 and 256,.

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Covid: 1 in 3 parents concerned over school environment

A survey by the Central Statistics Office has found that one in three parents of school going children are "extremely" or "very" concerned about the ability of their child's school to provide a safe environment in the context of Covid-19.

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Ryanair passenger infected with Covid-19 dragged off flight by hazmat-clad officials

Ryanair plane after one of the passengers had tested positive for coronavirus.The incident happened minutes before takeoff on a Pisa-bound flight from London Stansted Airport on Wednesday.The clip, posted by Twitter user "FionnMurphy10", shows all passengers remaining seated while three officials covered in full protective gear approach a man at the front of the plane.One flight attendant is seen walking along the aisle to conduct the pre-takeoff check as the scenes unfold behind her.The passenger and his travel companion stayed on the plane for less than 10 minutes before the officials removed them from the plane, Ryanair said.He had received a text message prior to boarding the flight notifying him that he had texted positive for

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Paul Pogba tests positive for Covid-19 as Man Utd star is ruled out of France squad

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Coronavirus pandemic hits fast dwindling tribe in India's Andaman Islands

KOLKATA : Four members of a dwindling tribe in India's far off Andaman Islands have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday as the country reported 75,760 new infections, the highest-single-day rise.The Great Andamanese are one of the six tribes of Mongoloid and African origin, who have lived in the Andamans in the Bay of Bengal for thousands of years.Only about 50 members survive, after thousands were killed by British colonisers in the 19th century or died later due to diseases.

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Smash Mouth posts hate mail after Sturgis concert’s COVID-19 backlash

performed for socially undistanced thousands at a time over the course of 10 days, at an event attended by hundreds of thousands in total.According to the Associated Press, 103 COVID-19 cases directly related to the rally have been reported by the health departments in eight states — South Dakota, Minnesota,Wisconsin, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming and Washington.The band has not had much to say about Sturgis or responded to media requests since performing at the rally.

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Pune doctor, PhD holder among first volunteers to take Oxford covid vaccine: 10 updates

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University, which would be manufactured by Serum Institute of India, began at a medical college in Pune on a set of volunteers for the vaccine against novel coronavirus.The phase-II clinical trial started at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday, with two volunteers being administered the Covishield vaccineAmong these healthy volunteers are a 48-year-old doctor and a 32-year-old PhD holder in statistics who works in a private firm.Till now, five volunteers have been given a dose of the 'Covishield' vaccine since Wednesday.

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Coronavirus: 3 faculty and staff members test positive at schools in Montreal’s east end

Coronavirus — Parents, teachers, students protest Quebec’s back-to-school plans Marie-Josée Nantel, a spokesperson for the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE), the union representing teachers at the schools, confirmed the situation in a phone call with Global News early Thursday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]One teacher at École François La-Bernarde in Pointe-aux-Trembles tested positive for the coronavirus, leading two colleagues there to be placed into self-isolation.On the other side of the CSSPI’s territory, at École Jules-Verne in Montreal North, another teacher tested positive.

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New school year dawns in Europe despite recent jump in coronavirus cases

masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school year dawns.Virus or no virus, European authorities are determined to put children back into classrooms, to narrow the learning gaps between haves and have-nots that deepened during lockdowns — and to get their parents back to work.Facing a jump in virus cases, authorities in France, Britain, Spain and elsewhere are imposing mask rules, hiring extra teachers and building new desks en masse.While the U.S.

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Uttar Pradesh records 76 more COVID-19 fatalities, 5,463 fresh cases

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UP minister Siddharth Nath Singh tests positive for COVID-19

UTTAR PRADESH : Senior Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh said on Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 56-year-old cabinet minister has quarantined himself at his home on medical advice. "After preliminary symptoms of coronavirus, I got myself tested and the report was positive. I am alright but on doctor's advice I have isolated myself in home quarantine," he said in a tweet in Hindi. "I request those who came in contact with me over the last few days to get themselves tested," the minister said.

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UQ’s Covid-19 vaccine shows effectiveness in preclinical studies

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'Superhero' double amputee dad left paralysed in car crash beats sepsis and COVID-19

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Maharashtra Police reports 106 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

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Councillor angered as Wishaw residents sent hundreds of miles for Covid testing

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What Winnipeggers need to know for back-to-school tech amid coronavirus

COVID-19 still threatening to send kids back home sometime through the school year, having the right technology to keep them connected may be as important as pencils and notebooks this year.But knowing what to buy — whether it’s a new laptop, tablet or Chromebook — depends on what school division kids are returning to Sept. 8.

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Dundee primary school pupil tests positive for coronavirus as staff and pupils told to self-isolate

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Coronavirus found in toilet of a vacant flat. Researchers find possible cause

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Parents' and Students' Thoughts on Support Needed This Fall

millions of students across the nation are going back to school virtually, including those in the vast majority of the nation's largest school districts. While the pandemic means decisions are changing rapidly, less than half of all schools in the U.S.

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GPs warn covid panic patients: "Don't abuse our staff"

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens The text is understood to be in response to reception staff working under increased pressure facing an influx of verbal abuse from patients phoning the surgery throughout the coronavirus pandemic.GP surgeries across Renfrewshire are treating more patients remotely to reduce the risks of spreading Covid-19.There has been an increase in cases reported of the virus as businesses and schools continue to reopen this month.Currently, more than 200 people have died of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic in March,The GP practice is operating on phone appointments and patients are advised to attend if told to by a member of staff.Surgery bosses urged patients to be understanding of the

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Trapped for four hours, Miami officer's wife dies inside hot patrol vehicle

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. - A Miami police officer's wife died after getting trapped inside her husband's patrol unit on Friday, which was parked outside their Miami Shores home and as temperatures were in the 90s.According to the Miami Herald, 56-year-old Clara Paulino got in the backseat of the SUV searching for something, and then was trapped by the door’s latching mechanism -- which prevents it from being opened from the inside -- for about four hours without anyway of contacting anyone. The Herald reported a partition between the back seat and the front seat likely stopped her from being able to honk the horn, and she didn't have her cell phone to call for help. Aristides, 58, and the couple’s son found Clara’s body around 5:30 p.m.

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Can I tell you about a game I’m obsessed with at the moment? I can? Great. It’s called Descenders.

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Upper Nithsdale communities receive significant financial boost from windfarm operator during Covid-19 crisis

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Chelsea hit by Covid-19 outbreak with multiple players testing positive

Chelsea players are said to have tested positive for Covid-19. Frank Lampard had watched his side gain some momentum in pre-season ahead of the new Premier League campaign having brought in Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner and now Ben Chilwell.

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Covid-19: Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?

face masks can block most of those particles from spreading.While some droplets may still spread out, wearing a mask could reduce the amount, providing a benefit to others. Research shows people don’t get as sick when exposed to smaller amounts of virus, said Dr.

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Covid-hit Brits offered £13-a-day to make sure they do actually self isolate

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GMB's Dr Hilary claims insect repellent can kill Covid-19 as it 'flies off shelves'

Good Morning Britain star Dr Hilary Jones has claimed that insect repellent can have a very useful side effect - killing off coronavirus.

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Rolls-Royce posts $7 billion loss as Covid-19 crisis batters air travel

coronavirus crisis batters air travel.The loss from the grounding of global plane fleets was swollen by a charge for closing dollar hedges that won’t be required as sales shrink, Rolls-Royce said Thursday, together with a writedown of the value of its main jet-engine arm.The company said it wants to raise at lease 2 billion pounds from disposals within 18 months, identifying the ITP Aero unit as the asset most likely to be offloaded.Rolls is also closing sites and cutting jobs as it grapples with a slump that’s expected to depress demand for the wide-body aircraft it powers for years to come.

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Dr Hilary explains how insect repellent can kill COVID-19 as military swear by it

Good Morning Britain's Dr Hilary Jones explained on Thursday's show that insect repellent can have a very useful side effect - killing off COVID-19.

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Justin Theroux keeps safe from coronavirus in a face mask with gloves

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MSP calls for plan to tackle backlog of driving tests in East Kilbride due to pandemic

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Ganesh fights covid-19, environmental damage and for freedom in these avatars

mandal from Nagpur. In 2014, Asrani and his team decided to reinvent their community Ganeshotsav celebrations by using a different idol designs every year.

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Labour panel to examine Ayushman Bharat impact, use of Aarogya Setu in pandemic

labour as members of the health ministry are expected to participate in the discussion.The standing committee on labour is scrutinising the impact of different programmes of the Centre during the pandemic and nationwide lockdown particularly on inter-state migrant, unorganized and informal sector workers. The committee held its last meeting on this issue on 31 August before when it was scheduled to submit a report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ahead of the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, expected to begin in the second week of September.“We are planning to understand how Ayushman Bharat programme has helped people during this health crisis and its impact on the people.

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Travel at ease to Bengaluru as Karnataka scraps all Covid travel restrictions

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Coronavirus: Frustrations grow over long delays with ICBC driver tests

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Canada confirms 448 more coronavirus cases as infections push past 126,000

coronavirus on Wednesday as the number of confirmed cases rose to 126,417.Provincial and territorial health officials said four people had died from the virus, increasing the country’s death toll to 9,094. So far, more than 6.1 million tests have been administered throughout the country and 112,456 people have recovered after falling ill.These numbers are incomplete though, as Prince Edward Island and Nunavut did not provide COVID-19 updates.British Columbia reported 62 new infections of COVID-19 on Wednesday and no new deaths.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest August 26, 2020

Department of Health: COVID-19 Activity Appears to be Stabilizing on O‘ahuWhile there are indications that infections in Honolulu are beginning to stabilize and even decrease slightly, health officials are expressing concerns about growing activity on Maui and Hawai‘i Island. Hawai‘i Island has 23 new cases today for a cumulative total of 243 since the start of the pandemic.

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Uncertainty shrouds Tour de France racing against COVID-19

PARIS – Already delayed, the Tour de France sets off Saturday shrouded in uncertainty, flying in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the imponderable question of how many of the 176 riders will avoid infection and endure three exceptionally tough weeks of racing to reach the finish in Paris.That's if the rolling roadshow gets that far.Staging cycling’s premier race when COVID-19 infections are rising again in France represents both a health risk and an embodiment of French President Emmanuel Macron’s insistence that the country must learn to function as normally as possible with the virus. Failure to safely steer the Tour to the cobbles of Paris’ Champs-Elysées avenue on Sept.

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RNC Day 3: Speakers mount defense of police amid rising racial tensions in wake of Jacob Blake shooting

RNC Day 3: Speakers praise Trump's efforts to support police, women and front line workers“From Seattle and Portland to Washington and New York, Democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs,” declared South Dakota Gov Kristi Noem, though the protests of racial injustice this summer have been largely peaceful in most locations. “People that can afford to flee have fled.

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New COVID-19 test shows results like pregnancy test

Abbott's BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Ag Card is a rapid, reliable and affordable tool for detecting active coronavirus infections at massive scale. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first rapid coronavirus test that doesn’t need any special computer equipment to get results, which appear on a testing card with a similar design to some pregnancy tests.The 15-minute test from Abbott Laboratories will sell for $5, giving it a competitive edge over similar tests that need to be popped into a small machine.

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Covid tilts box office balance towards OTT

NEW DELHI : When actor Akshay Kumar appeared on a panel to announce a slate of Bollywood films acquired by the streaming service Disney+Hotstar in June, he presaged a likely permanent—and huge—shift in the Hindi movie industry, brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.The deal was thought to be worth around ₹500 crore but, experts say, this is not about money alone.

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Teachers at Horizon School Division vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike vote

ATA’s website, making them one of only 15 school boards in the province without a settlement since 2018.“While teachers are trying to negotiate, the employer is stalling,” said Walter Plumtree, president of ATA Horizon Local No. 4 in the release.“Horizon teachers are disappointed that they are being treated without consideration in light of all that is going on with the pandemic.“There’s enough stress right now without having to contend with an employer who doesn’t respect you,” the statement goes on to say.

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Residents living near Toronto shelters upset at lack of city consultation

downtown Toronto condominium says she’s scared to leave her own home, pointing to a number of problems resulting from a temporary homeless shelter set up adjacent to her building.“The concierge was attacked with an axe a couple of weeks ago, I personally now choose not to walk on York Street at all,” says Claire, who did not give her last name and who has lived at 33 University Ave. for nearly two decades.She and a number of other residents have voiced concerns to their property manager about the Strathcona Hotel becoming a temporary shelter.They say problems range from finding dirty needles on the property to shelter residents urinating on the flower beds and some allegedly accosting those who live in the condo building.

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International students struggle to access information amid COVID-19 crisis

Coronavirus: International students worry as decisions loom on travel to Canada [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] University of Saskatchewan managing coronavirus impact heading into fall semester

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Kate Winslet Says Her Movie 'Contagion' Prepared for COVID-19 Pandemic

Kate Winslet has been taking the coronavirus pandemic very seriously from the beginning.

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Nearly 30% of Edmonton Public students have opted for online learning

While about 70 per cent of Edmonton Public Schools students will return to classrooms in September, the remaining 30 per cent – more than 26,000 kids – will stay at home learning online. Chris Chacon has more on what issues educators are raising, including class sizes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Global News gets a look inside a GTA elementary school preparing for students’ return to class

Brampton is meeting regularly and preparing for the students’ return.“It’s non stop and every day and every moment … we have a reopening committee … that have been sitting at the table trying to think of everything,” said principal Ozma Masood.“We have a 127 page operating policy from the Peel District School Board (PDSB) that outlines every safety element … all we have to do is being able to read through it carefully and implement it.”Aylesbury Public School caters to students from kindergarten up to Grade 8, with 860 students in total.

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Parents’ lawsuit seeks to block B.C.’s back-to-school plan, calls students ‘guinea pigs’

coronavirus back-to-school plan.The lawsuit, filed by Bernard Trest and Gary Schuster in B.C.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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