The European Medicines Agency said today that it has started a rolling review of molnupiravir, an oral antiviral drug developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics for treating newly diagnosed COVID-19 in adults.In a statement, the EMA said its decision to start the assessment is based on preliminary findings that suggest the drug may reduce SARS-CoV-2 replication, which could play a role in preventing hospitalization and death.The agency notes that a rolling review—a tool used to speed assessment during public health emergencies—will continue until the companies have enough evidence to submit a formal authorization application.The development follow's Merck's Oct 11 announcement that it and Ridgeback had submitted an emergency use

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Quebec reports 591 new COVID-19 infections, two more deaths

COVID-19 on Saturday and two additional virus-related deaths.Health officials say the number of hospitalizations declined by six to 244, while the number of patients in intensive care declined by one to 67.#COVID19 – En date du 29 octobre, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/eFjS9RYZxa— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) October 30, 2021As for vaccinations, authorities say 8,120 doses were administered in the past 24 hours, including 2,764 first shots.On Friday the province’s public health institute said 90.6 per cent of Quebec residents 12 and over have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 87.8 per cent are considered adequately vaccinated with both shots.Authorities say there are currently 470

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Greater Manchester's latest Covid infection rates as cases fall in NINE boroughs

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in nine boroughs in Greater Manchester.

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India can produce over 5 bn Covid vaccine doses by 2022 end: PM Modi tells G20

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G20 summit: Freeland says Canada to donate 200M doses of COVID-19 vaccines by end of 2022

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday at the G20 summit in Rome that Canada is donating 10 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations through the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and that Canada’s total contribution will be 200 million vaccine doses by the end of 2022.

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COVID-19: London and Middlesex adds 16 new cases, 13 recoveries Saturday

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.In total, there have been 14,481 cases to date, including 136 active cases (an increase of five), 14,100 recoveries (an increase of 13) and 245 deaths (unchanged).The most recent death was reported Oct. 21 and involved a man in his 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home and who was fully vaccinated but eligible for a third dose due to a suppressed immune system.Of the 136 active cases, 48 involve kids aged 11 or under, a cohort that is not yet eligible for vaccination.Since Sept.

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Kamala Harris receives COVID-19 vaccine booster shot

WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris has received a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.The vice president rolled up a sleeve on Saturday and took a third shot of the Moderna vaccine. She’d previously achieved full vaccination after receiving her first dose on Dec.

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UK could be close to 100,000 Covid cases a day due to a big underestimate in official figures

Data suggests the UK may have reached already reached almost 100,000 cases - double the current official figure.

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G20 Summit: PM Modi highlights India's contribution to fight against Covid

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Canada to donate 10M doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX, Trudeau says

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and donate $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the donation in Rome this afternoon while attending the G20 leaders’ summit.Canada also intends to increase its financial support to COVAX to buy another 63 million doses itself.

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19 states sue to block Biden administration's COVID vaccine rule

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Eighteen states filed three separate lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri.

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Biden, European allies talk Iran's nuclear program at Rome meeting

ROME (AP) - As Iran’s nuclear program makes troubling advances, President Joe Biden huddled Saturday with European allies to talk through strategy as they press for a diplomatic resolution — and to plan for the possibility Iran declines to return to the negotiating table.The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain — known as the E3 — comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

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COP26: Some activists fearful of climate summit while UK COVID-19 cases rise

LONDON (AP) - Climate activist Lavetanalagi Seru has been watching COVID-19 case numbers rise in the U.K. ahead of the U.N.

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Russia to recommend using Sputnik Light only as booster shot against Covid-19

Sputnik Light vaccine against Covid-19 only as a booster for people who have already been vaccinated, Russian news agencies cited the health minister as saying on Saturday.

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Ontario reports 356 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 599,615.Health Minister Christine Elliott said of the new cases, 230 involve people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status, while 126 are fully vaccinated individuals.For comparison, last Saturday 373 cases were reported, meaning the seven-day average dropped. Ontario to release plan for 3rd COVID-19 vaccine dose next week Four additional deaths were also announced on Oct.

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Scots councils Covid infection rate data from Public Health Scotland as 3,867 new cases reported

Another 3,867 Covid cases have been diagnosed in Scotland within the last 24 hours.

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'Shocked' Scot with terminal breast cancer told to wait week for Covid jab due to IT glitch

A Scots woman with terminal breast cancer has told of her 'shock' after being told she had to wait a week to book a coronavirus vaccine appointment due to an IT glitch.

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Scottish Government confirm 20 deaths and 3,867 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

A total of 20 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

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G20 leaders meet after two years, with climate, COVID and economy in focus

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Tonga faces lockdown after first Covid case detected

Tongans flocked to vaccination centres today after the government warned the main island Tongatapu might be plunged into lockdown next week after recording its first case of Covid-19.

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China's COVID-19 outbreak developing rapidly, health official says

SHANGHAI: China's latest COVID-19 outbreak is developing rapidly, a health official said, as the authorities demanded high vigilance at ports of entry amid growing infections in a northeastern border city caused by the virus arriving from abroad.

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Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater tests positive for Covid-19

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens is self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus.

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Origins of Covid may never be known, according to US intelligence agencies

US intelligence agencies have concluded it's unlikely the origins of Covid-19 will ever be definitively determined.

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Hibs vs Ross County OFF after Easter Road side hit with Covid outbreak

Ross County’s clash with Hibs has been postponed after two of the visitors players returned positive Covid-19 tests.

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China introduces measures to crack down on Covid outbreak

The Chinese government has introduced new Covid-19 curbs to stamp out a "serious" outbreak as the Chinese capital maintains its strict zero-tolerance policy, with less than 100 days before it hosts the Winter Olympics.

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Russia imposes nationwide paid holiday to curb Covid surge

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Venues in NI advised to introduce Covid entry checks

People in Northern Ireland should expect to be asked for proof of their Covid-19 status, Stormont leaders have said.

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Russia imposes nationwide paid holiday to curb Covid cases

New coronavirus restrictions have come into effect across Russia as authorities seek to stem soaring infections and deaths in Europe's worst hit country by fatalities.

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Wuhan Lab Workers Were Likely Unaware of Covid-19 Virus Before Pandemic, U.S. Spy Agencies Say

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Covid origins may never be known - US intelligence

US intelligence agencies have said they may never be able to identify the origins of Covid-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the coronavirus came from animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab.

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Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for kids? What parents should know

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Dengue: Delhi govt allows hospitals to divert one-third of beds reserved for COVID-19 patients

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Supreme Court rejects appeal to stop Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.Three conservative justices noted their dissents. The state is not offering a religious exemption to hospital and nursing home workers who risk losing their jobs if they are not vaccinated.Only New York and Rhode Island also have vaccine mandates for health care workers that lack religious exemptions.

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Covid-19: Will we have a wicked winter after Halloween?

Front doors will be opened more cautiously, or in some cases not at all, this Halloween weekend as parents and others take extra care with Covid-19 still at large.

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18 states sue to stop Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors

Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri. Another group of states including Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Georgia.Texas also sued individually on Friday.

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DNI COVID-19 report: US intelligence agencies likely won't determine origins of virus

WASHINGTON - Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won’t be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Friday in releasing a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic.The paper issued by the Director of National Intelligence elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe Biden. That review said that U.S.

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Covid-19 pandemic: Active cases tally increases in India

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India Covid-19 updates: 14,313 new cases, 549 deaths reported in 24 hrs

Covid-19 caseload has surged to 3.42 crore, with 13,543 people recovered in a day.

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US spy agencies say origins of COVID-19 may never be known

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Scots court locked down after lawyer tells staff he has Covid minutes after leaving

A court was placed into lockdown after a lawyer said he was suffering from Covid-19 minutes after he left the building.

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10 US states sue Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine rule

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Manitoba’s COVID-19/vaccine numbers- October 29

Manitoba’s COVID-19/vaccine numbers for October 29.

Unvaccinated nurses open wellness centre in Kamloops, B.C.

COVID-19 vaccine is using their job loss as an opportunity to start up Ezra Wellness on Tranquille Road.“We’re not being allowed to help. We were told we weren’t wanted, we weren’t needed — and yet, we know we are,” said team lead Glenn Aalderink.

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160 community cases of COVID-19; 2 border cases; more than 42,000 vaccinations yesterday

There are 160 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today, 151 in Auckland, 7 in Waikato, 1 in Northland, 1 in Canterbury.

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Booster shot recommended for AstraZeneca recipients

People who received AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines could be in line for booster shots, based on new advice from the National Advisory Council of Immunization.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Free COVID testing at Lanakila Health Center

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Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer cleared for children aged 5 to 11

Pfizer dose for teens and adults. The shipments would position the shots at pediatricians’ offices, pharmacies and other locations across the country so that inoculations can begin promptly after any CDC clearance.

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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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