A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large study that primarily enrolled Hispanics and Blacks.Switzerland-based Roche reported the results for tocilizumab, sold now as Actemra and RoActemra for treating rheumatoid arthritis and some other diseases.

The company said it would quickly publish the results, which have not yet been reviewed by independent scientists, and would speak with regulators about next steps.

The drug, given through an IV, tamps down a protein called interleukin-6 that’s often found in excess in COVID-19 patients. It failed in a previous study that tested it in people more severely ill.

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Sales of new homes surgeed 4.8% in August

NEW YORK – Sales of new homes rose by a very strong 4.8% in August to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.01 million units. The gains reported Thursday by the The Commerce Department follow steep declines in March and April when COVID-19 infections spread in the U.S.

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Wayne Lineker leaves Ibiza a broken man after being 'battered' by Covid closures

Wayne Lineker has left Ibiza "beaten and battered" after months of coronavirus-induced misery that closed his nightclubs.

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People without Covid symptoms 'more infectious than we thought' claims latest study

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What other countries are doing as they prepare for second wave of coronavirus

From today, new rules in England mean that businesses have to close to 10pm and members of the public face steeper fines if they do not stick to social distancing rules.

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United Airlines to make rapid COVID-19 tests available to some passengers

SAN FRANCISCO - United Airlines will soon offer a COVID-19 pilot testing program for some of its travelers, the first U.S. airline to launch such a program, according to the carrier.Beginning Oct.

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Covid wrap: 75% of new confirmed cases concentrated in 10 States/UTs

New Delhi: The total tally of covid-19 cases on Thursday reached 57,37,204 and the toll touched 91587. A total of 86,508 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the country.

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United Airlines to offer COVID-19 tests to some travelers

coronavirus testing for passengers.Starting Oct. 15, the airline will offer testing for customers flying from San Francisco International Airport to airports in Hawaii.The airline will use a rapid, 15-minute test at the airport, prior to security screening.[TRENDING: Gang feud leaves 3-year-old dead | Man steals cat blood from clinic | How can I tell difference between flu and COVID-19?]It will also offer a mail-in option to be completed in the days before departure.Hawaii currently requires travelers to quarantine for 14 days after arriving there.In conjunction with United’s testing program, the governor plans to drop the requirement if a traveler has a negative coronavirus test, starting Oct.

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Scott Thompson: Justin Trudeau wants an election now, he just doesn’t want to call it

COVID-19 numbers in Ontario were below 100 new cases a day.However, Trudeau’s pandemic popularity seemed to be eclipsed by another never-ending scandal — this time involving his family and the WE Charity. He quickly needed to change the channel if the Liberals were going to parlay his momentum into a win.However, with the predicted second wave and increases in COVID-19 numbers across the country, the PM has quickly needed to change his plans.Instead of the grandiose, green “build back better” promised plan that would revolutionize the country, he has quickly recoiled backwards to what is the single most important issue in the world today: COVID-19.

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Barb Crowe with Ixtapa Travel joins us in this week’s Travel Tips to talk COVID-19 insurance that airlines are offering, and how some German airports are conducting coronavirus testing.

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Staff member of Premier Doug Ford’s tour team tests positive for coronavirus

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a junior member of his tour team has tested positive for coronavirus.Ford posted the news on his Twitter account Thursday morning.“I had no close contact or prolonged exposure to them and will therefore closely monitor my symptoms and take appropriate action as needed,” Ford said in his tweet. Part 3 of Ontario’s fall COVID-19 pandemic preparedness plan to be released “I wish this member of my team a speedy and safe recovery.”Ford is scheduled to have a press conference at 12 p.m.

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My pandemic business story: ‘It would have been fine if COVID wouldn’t have hit’

Author’s note: This is not MY personal story, per se, (despite the “my pandemic business story” headline), but a story told by our readers, week by week. Today’s is shared by Karen.You might have heard that owning a business these days can be a real challenge, in this age of coronavirus.

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Thor: Love And Thunder: COVID 19 forces Chris Hemsworth starrer to relocate locations within Australia?

Although COVID-19 impacted shoots of several big-budget movies in Hollywood, international projects are slowly resuming work. While Robert Pattinson's The Batman and Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible 7 have already resumed shoot, Marvel Studios' Thor: Love And Thunder prepares to kick off the filming next month.

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United Way’s Harvest Lunch feeds local families with virtual campaign

London, Ont., businesses issue plea for local support amid pandemic “Some of our funded agencies, like the South London Neighbourhood Resources Centre, are seeing an increase 10-fold of people visiting their emergency food cover,” said Kelly Ziegner, United Way of Elgin Middlesex CEO.“They usually see 100 clients a month, and now they see over 1,000 individuals and families coming each month, looking for food to feed themselves and their families.”United Way Elgin Middlesex and 3M are working to provide 2,000 meals to those struggling to access healthy food, safe housing, and other basic needs.All meals are prepared by locally owned and operated businesses and delivered safely through the partner agencies to local youth, seniors, and

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Second wave of Covid-19 hits its peak in Delhi, experts say: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the second wave of coronavirus pandemic has hit its peak in the national capital with experts hinting that the cases of infection will decline in the coming days.He said the government was "keeping its fingers crossed" and hoped that the COVID-19 cases will "gradually" come down due to the steps taken by the AAP dispensation.Delhi has been witnessing a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the last few days."All the experts believe that the second wave (of coronavirus), which had come in Delhi, appears to have hit its peak.

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As virus surges, critics say UK hasn't learned from mistakes

LONDON – Britain bungled its response to the coronavirus the first time around. Now many scientists fear it’s about to do it again.The virus is on the rise once more in the U.K., which has recorded almost 42,000 COVID-19 deaths, with confirmed infections at their highest level since May.

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The 38 Toronto-area pharmacies where you can get a coronavirus test starting Friday

coronavirus tests to asymptomatic people.People who have no symptoms and want to get a test can make an appointment at select pharmacies in the Greater Toronto Area specifically in Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga and Markham.Some of the participating pharmacies include Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall, Village Square Pharmacy and Medicine Shoppe. Ontario announces COVID-19 testing to be expanded to pharmacies The Ontario government made the announcement as part of its fall preparedness plan to combat the spread of the virus.

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Canada ‘bets the farm’ on deficit spending amid coronavirus resurgence

Canada‘s vow to double down on pandemic-related spending to keep the economic recovery underway in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections will support activity but raises questions over the burgeoning deficit, economists say.The Liberal government on Wednesday made sweeping promises of major new investments and policy initiatives saying “this is not the time for austerity,” while giving few details on how those plans would be financed and at what cost.An economic update, including fiscal projections, will be released later this fall, it said.“It seems like they’ve bet the farm and doubled down on spending,” said Ian Lee, associate professor of management at Ottawa’s Carleton University.

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Durga Puja pandals to be open from all sides, hand sanitisers at entry points: Mamata issues Covid guidelines

₹50,000 to each Durga puja committee of the state, Mamata announced in a press conference.The state will provide ₹2,000 to hawkers for Durga Puja. For this, a list of 75,000 hawkers prepared, Mamata added.On Wednesday, a government official said that state has made adequate provision to meet the power demand in the metropolis and districts during the festive days."We are making a provision of five per cent excess demand for power this Durga Puja than the previous year.

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Global Business Forum conference in Banff goes ahead with COVID-19 adjustments

Global Business Forum in Banff on Thursday says she’s proud of the work her committee has done to present a “hybrid” event this year where half of the attendees will be in the room and the rest taking part online.But vice-chairwoman Lois Mitchell says there’s no intent to ever duplicate the format in future years, noting the reason the annual event was created was to bring influential people from around the world to meet face-to-face with Alberta business leaders among the majestic Rocky Mountains in the historic Banff Springs Hotel.The invitation-only event is expected to have the same number of attendees as in previous years, about 180, but only 90 are allowed in the conference centre ballroom under hotel restrictions designed to prevent

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As coronavirus resurges, ‘now is the time’ to push COVID Alert app: experts

coronavirus in Canada, experts say its time to talk more seriously about the country’s exposure notification app, COVID Alert.Since it launched in July, the app has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times. But July was a different time in the pandemic.When it first launched in Ontario, roughly 80 to 100 people were testing positive each day.

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China offers covid vaccines to testing countries to boost diplomatic ties

Emergency useThe company’s vaccine, dubbed CoronaVac, is made with the coronavirus rendered inactive so that the pathogen cannot cause infection but can train the human immune system to recognize and respond to real infections.State-owned China National Biotec Group is currently testing two coronavirus vaccines in countries across the Middle East and South America, while Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc., or CNBG, is trialling a shot co-developed with the Chinese military in Russia and Pakistan.Both Sinovac and CNBG’s shots have been approved for emergency use for doctors, nurses and other front-line workers under China’s vaccine law, while CanSino’s shot received approval for use within the Chinese military.Click here to read the Mint

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Temple University faculty demands classes remain online through spring semester

PHILADELPHIA - Faculty at Temple University have demanded that most classes remain virtual through the spring 2021 semester due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The Temple Association of University Professionals (TAPU) said Thursday that all "non-essential" classes should remain online through May 2021. The union cited a grim forecast by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation that says the U.S.

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Gardaí are objecting to the renewal of the annual licence to sell alcohol for the Berlin D2 bar next month, on the basis of non-compliance with Covid-19 regulations, the Dublin District Court has been told.

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Phillip Schofield emotionally admits he has been in 'dark and scary places' as he opens up on mental health battle

Phillip Schofield became emotional on Thursday's episode of This Morning as he discussed his battle with mental health.The 58 year old admitted he has struggled with depression earlier this year as he came out as gay live on TV. Ahead of the release of his autobiography, Phillip says he will be speaking more openly about his mental health, with the hit ITV daytime show running a segment on getting help for men.

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Jack Osbourne says two of his daughters caught Covid-19 by taking sip of shared drink

Jack Osbourne has revealed that two of his daughters fell ill with Covid-19 after sharing a drink with a family employee.The 34-year-old son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne says that his daughter Minnie Theodora, two, and one of her sisters - either eight-year-old Pearl Clementine or five-year-old Andy Rose - had caught the virus.Jack shares the girls with his ex-wife Lisa Stelly, who he was married to from 2012 to 2018.Speaking on the pocast Pretty Messed Up, Jack spoke about how his girls likely caught the virus.He explained: "Someone who works for me went away, came back — and they didn't tell me they were going out of town, they just appeared and were like, 'Oh, yeah, we went out [of town].'"And my daughter picked up the drink that they set

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Family of man shot by police in Asbury Park pushes for charges

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Family and friends of Hasani Best rallied Wednesday and called on New Jersey authorities to bring criminal charges against one or more police officers involved in his fatal shooting last month.Best, 39, was killed in Asbury Park after police responded to a domestic dispute. He was shot after he refused to relinquish a knife he was holding.

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New coronavirus jobs scheme to pay millions for working just a third of normal hours

The Government will pay for two thirds of workers' salary for businesses who have to cut their hours because of the Covid-19 crisis.

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UK announces income support program to help workers hit by covid pandemic

LONDON : Britain’s treasury chief on Thursday announced a new income support program to help workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, responding to pressure from businesses and labor unions to step in with more direct support for people in precarious work situations.Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a package of economic measures, including a program that subsidizes the wages of workers whose hours are cut due to the pandemic, during a speech to lawmakers.The new economic plan would replace a furloughed worker program which is due to expire next month.

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Drug companies work jointly to boost coronavirus vaccine confidence

LONDON – Two firms developing COVID-19 vaccines say pharmaceutical companies are trying to give the public as much information as possible about their testing regimes as drugmakers and public health officials seek to boost confidence that any approved vaccine will be safe.AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot and Paul Stoffels, chief scientific officer of Johnson & Johnson, said Thursday that they recognize the coronavirus emergency demands increased transparency from vaccine developers to ensure the public has faith in the end product.

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Arjun Rampal gets quarantined after his co-actors test positive for COVID-19

MUMBAI : Actor Arjun Rampal on Thursday said that he's quarantining at his apartment after his co-actors Manav Kaul and Anand Tiwari tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The actor, who was shooting for his upcoming feature 'Nail Polish', is waiting for the results of his COVID-19 test.The 'Aankhein' actor shared a selfie on Instagram and wrote, "Bummer quarantined at home, as my co actors #ManavKaul and #AnandTiwari tested Covid positive yesterday on set.

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How to download NHS Covid-19 app and how it tracks spread of coronavirus

NHS Covid-19 app has finally launched in England and Wales today, September 24. NHS says it’s “the fastest way of knowing when you’re at risk from coronavirus ”.

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Bach offers pep session for Tokyo Games and talks up vaccine

TOKYO – IOC President Thomas Bach delivered a pep talk to Japanese government officials and local organizers on Thursday that included suggestions that “hundreds of millions” of doses COVID-19 vaccines would be available before the postponed Olympics open in July.Bach was speaking from Switzerland in an on-line gathering of officials in Japan during the first of two days of meetings focused on how to pull off the delayed Tokyo Games.Bach pointed out that major sports events like the Tour de France have been held with limited fans and without the vaccine.

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Watch: HSE update on Covid-19

Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive Paul Reid has said there is an increasing number of positive Covid-19 cases and for the seven days up to 22 September there was 1,930 cases notified, 32% up on the previous week with 1,470.

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Dynacare says to expect longer hours, estimated wait times at new Manitoba coronavirus test sites

COVID-19 testing efforts, the private lab company tasked with helping to relieve some of the pressure is revealing details about its plans for more testing sites.This week, the province announced it has contracted Dynacare to open and operate several new testing sites across the province. The initial plans would see testing capacity increased by 1,400 tests a day with the ability to eventually increase to 2,600 more, the province said.

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Fate of Trudeau’s minority government hangs in the balance as Parliament set to resume

Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government hangs in the balance as Parliament resumes all normal operations Thursday for the first time in six months.Opposition parties will give their official responses to Wednesday’s speech from the throne but they’ve already signalled that Trudeau can’t count on support from any of them to survive the eventual confidence vote and avoid plunging the country into an election in the midst of a second wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

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Part 3 of Ontario’s fall COVID-19 pandemic preparedness plan to be released

pandemic preparedness plan today.Health Minister Christine Elliott’s office has confirmed the announcement will provide spending details related to testing and case and contact management.The premier has already announced the province will launch a bolstered flu shot campaign in the coming weeks in a bid to keep hospital capacity down.

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International Film Festival of India postponed to 2021 amid covid-19 pandemic

PANAJI (GOA) : International Film Festival of India, IFFI, 51st edition of IFFI, coronavirus pandemic,InternationalFilmFestival circuitThe 51st edition of the annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which was scheduled to start from November 20 in Goa has been postponed to next year amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Press Information Bureau (PIB) confirmed the news on their Twitter handle. Their tweet read, "51st Edition of the #InternationalFilmFestival of India, #Goa postponed to 16th to 24th January 2021.

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German economy rebounding, faces risk from virus resurgence

FRANKFURT – A widely watched indicator of German business confidence has risen for a fifth month in a row as Europe's largest economy rebounds from the coronavirus shutdowns - but the index remains below its long term average and uncertainty is high with virus cases rising. The Ifo institute's index released Thursday rose to 93.4 points in September from 92.5 points in August.

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Indian banks to be among the last to recover from covid crisis: S&P

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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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