The Government has been warned that the financial costs of continued restrictions are very large and that the short-term economic outlook has worsened due to the current Level 5 restrictions.

Covid contingency funds could run out by the middle of the year if restrictions are only eased gradually after 5 March. The additional costs of various income support schemes could reach €4.7 billion by June which would exhaust the Contingency Reserve and Recovery funds.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath revealed the figures at a meeting last week of the Cabinet sub-committee on Economy and Recovery.

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COVID Variants: Will they cause Canada’s third wave?

Cases of all three highly contagious COVID-19 variants have been found in Canada, resulting in a debate about stricter travel measures and new demands for genomic sequencing.

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Scores of Canadians have ditched the city. Will the office claim them back?

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Coronavirus: Hunting for variants and the case for travel restrictions

coronavirus spread around the world, there are mounting questions on how best to keep Canadians safe.Once again, travel is in focus as attention shifts from declining cases in Canada to these new threats from abroad.“All viruses must move to survive, but are helpless without their human hosts. And yet there remains widespread reluctance to restrict travel.

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‘It’s a forest fire’: experts predict rise of COVID-19 variant cases, warn of 3rd wave

COVID-19 modelers are sounding alarm bells of an approaching third wave expected to be driven by more contagious variants of the virus.But while we brace for Wave 3, some are wondering if we ever actually cleared Wave 2, especially in populous areas of the country where transmission has remained more steady.

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Covid hospital admissions 'falling faster than expected' raising hopes for end of lockdown

Covid hospitalisations are falling faster than expected after England was plunged into lockdown last month - raising hopes lockdown restrictions can be lifted earlier than hoped.

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Covid-19: WHO asks raw data on early cases, China refuses to provide details

World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic was put in a spot after China refused to give raw patient data of early cases of the virus.The team had requested data on 174 cases of Covid-19 that China had identified from the early phase of the outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, as well as other cases, but were only provided with a summary, one of team's investigator Dominic Dwyer was quoted as saying by Reuters.Dwyer, an Australian infectious diseases expert, said that such data is known as "line listings" and would typically be anonymised but contain details such as what questions were asked of individual patients, their responses and how their responses were analysed."That's standard

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Care home cook, 16, becomes one of the youngest to get Covid-19 vaccine so far after starting new job on Monday

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The Latest: Oxford University testing vaccine in children

LONDON — The University of Oxford plans to test its COVID-19 vaccine in children for the first time, becoming the latest vaccine developer to assess whether its coronavirus shot is effective in young people.

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Iran's President Rouhani warns of 'fourth wave' of coronavirus

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday of a Covid-19 "fourth wave" as cases rise in certain areas of the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the pandemic."This is a warning for all of us," Rouhani said in televised remarks.He said some cities in the southwestern province of Khuzestan were now "red" -- the highest on Iran's colour-coded risk level -- after weeks of low alert levels across the country."This means the beginning of moving towards the fourth wave.

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Coronavirus: Oxford Covid vaccine to be tested on children for first time

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Hundreds of children to get Covid vaccine tests as doctors investigate how well the jab works in young people

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Drag Race UK's Veronica Green 'hasn't decided' whether she'll accept RuPaul's offer to return after contracting coronavirus

Veronica Green has revealed she is yet to decide whether or not to take up RuPaul's offer to return to Drag Race UK next year after being forced to pull out after contracting coronavirus. Fans of the hit BBC iPlayer show were left shocked on Thursday night when it was revealed that Veronica, 35, had tested positive for the deadly virus during their seven month filming break, meaning she wasn't allowed to carry on competing in the competition.

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Boris Johnson 'to scrap Covid tier system and open pubs in April in three-stage plan'

coronavirus tier system will be axed and replaced with a three-stage national plan to move the UK out of lockdown, according to new reports.Downing Street reportedly wants to "do away" with the previous system, which saw different parts of the country put into different Covid risk levels.According to The i newspaper, Boris Johnson will allow boozers to reopen at the beginning of April if rates continue to fall. Pubs across the nation had to close their doors to punters when the national lockdown was announced on January 4.

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Two white tiger cubs in Pakistan likely died of Covid-19, zoo officials say

LAHORE : Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in a Pakistani zoo last month appear to have died of COVID-19, officials said.The cubs died in the Lahore Zoo on Jan.

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Australian Open goes quiet as lockdown keeps crowds away

MELBOURNE – Inside an empty Rod Laver Arena, the fluttering of a photographer's camera suddenly seemed all too distracting before a player served.

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Rose West 'given Covid vaccine in jail' after doctors brand her 'extremely vulnerable'

Rose West has reportedly been given the Covid vaccine ahead of frontline staff. The 67-year-old serial killer was given it last week after being deemed "extremely vulnerable", a source told The Sun.

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Dedicated helpline at NUI Galway following Covid-19 outbreak

A dedicated helpline will operate at NUI Galway this weekend, after an outbreak of Covid-19 among students at the University.

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Health ministry blocks fake website demanding money for Covid vaccination

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Second round of Covid vaccine booster shot in India starts today: 10 things to know

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Hoping for a brighter and better tomorrow during Covid

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Up to 40 per cent of Covid cases could have been caught in hospital, says new research

Up to four in 10 Covid infections in the first wave may have caught the virus in hospital, according to the latest research.

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China refused to give WHO officials Covid data that would help find outbreak source

Chinese scientists refused to share key data on Covid-19 that might have helped locate the origin of the deadly virus.

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Anti-clotting therapy may prevent Covid death: Study

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Gobert, Jazz beat Bucks 129-115 for 6th straight win

SALT LAKE CITY – Rudy Gobert had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Milwaukee Bucks 129-115 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory.

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Two important changes have been made to Scotland's coronavirus contact tracing app

coronavirus contact tracing app for mobile phones. Scots can now use the Protect Scotland app to download a certificate onto their phone if they have been told to self-isolate.

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Airline passengers may have to take COVID-19 test before boarding flight

ORLANDO, Fla. – As Florida reports 347 cases of a more contagious strain of COVID-19, talks have increased about a new requirement to board a flight.

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Doncic, Williamson hit career highs as Mavs top Pels 143-130

DALLAS – Luka Doncic scored a career-high 46 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 36 and the Dallas Mavericks overcame Zion Williamson's career-best 36 points in a 143-130 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.

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Orange County woman helps seniors get registered for COVID-19 appointments

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – LaTaasha Byrd has helped seniors in Orange County get COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

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B.C. judge questions need for injunction ahead of court challenge to in-person worship ban

COVID-19 ban on in-person worship won’t find themselves staring down an injunction if they head to church this weekend.The Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, the Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford and Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack are part of a group that’s filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court looking to have the ban deemed unconstitutional.

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Alberta tracers seeing drop in close contacts fear that will change as restrictions ease

Contact tracers are finding positive cases of COVID-19 in Alberta have fewer close contacts than a few months ago, but they are warning that number will likely go up as the province continues to reopen its economy.

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Hoops away from home: Toronto Raptors temporarily move to Florida

The Toronto Raptors have kicked off their 2020-2021 season in Tampa, Florida, after COVID-19 restrictions kept them out of Canada. Mike Armstrong looks at the logistical challenges of moving the team.

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46 cases of COVID-19 variants in B.C.

Global’s Keith Baldrey has the latest on the ongoing concerns about COVID-19 variants in B.C.

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No fans as Svitolina advances at Australian Open

MELBOURNE – The rally lasted 41 shots, with the players trading baseline groundstrokes for more than a minute, and when it ended, one person applauded.

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Growing fears new variants could lead to third wave

Fearing a third COVID-19 wave will soon hit Canada, health experts are urging provinces not to relax restrictions. As Heather Yourex-West explains, the spread of more contagious variants, pandemic fatigue, and the delayed vaccine rollout is creating a perfect storm.

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‘She was inconsolable’: Baby suffers from rash after time in Kelowna hotel pool

B.C. man issues warning after family pet caught in leghold trap The next morning, Kennedy said she discovered her daughter was covered in a head-to-toe rash.“It was red, it was swollen, it looked like a blanket — it didn’t even look like skin,” Kennedy said.“It almost looked like welts.”The mother said she then noticed that her own chest and torso were also covered in a rash.“My bathing suit was still in the bathroom, and I looked down and it had like big bleach spots on it,” she said.

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Newfoundland and Labrador delays election

As COVID-19 surges in Newfoundland and Labrador, the province’s elections czar has decided to cancel in-person voting for Saturday’s election. As Ross Lord explains, people must now submit their vote by mail.

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'I was so ill with Covid that I wrote goodbye letters to my husband and kids'

A midwife was so ill with Covid she wrote goodbye letters to her husband and kids, expecting that she would not make it.

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Covid tier system 'will be axed' with 'three-stage plan for ending lockdown'

The tier system will be axed in favour of national measures when the current Covid lockdown is eased in England, it was reported last night.

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Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni would 'take Covid vaccine' if BBC bosses asked him to

coronavirus vaccine, should it be essential for dancing professionals to compete in the next season of Strictly Come Dancing.The Italian born star admitted that while he is keen to get back into the ballroom, all safety measures must remain in place due to the level of intimacy between dancers and their partners.Giovanni, 30, competed in the last season of Strictly with celebrity pairing, Good Moning Britain's political editor, Ranvir Singh, with the pair eventually being given the boot during week eight.

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Coronavirus: York Region pushes to bypass grey zone, move into red

York Region Council wants its area to move straight into the red zone of the provincial COVID-19 response framework. Its medical officer of health says case counts are on the decline and being in red will provide some relief to struggling businesses.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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