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COVID-19 vaccines are incredibly effective in preventing severe disease and deaths. We do see waning over time and that is why we take more than one dose. And as we enter the 3rd year of the pandemic, we expect to see some waning over time. It depends on the type of vaccines you have taken, the number of doses and also age and underlying conditions.While there is some waning immunity over time, #COVID19 vaccines remain incredibly effective to prevent severe disease and death.Visiting the WHO Western Pacific Region this week, Dr @mvankerkhove explains ⬇ pic.twitter.com/BnPskAcPcR

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Covid-19 cases, as per updated data by Union Health Ministry. Nearly 4100 deaths including backlog death cases from some states were reported in the last 24 hours. While the Covid-19 active caseload stood at 16,741 on Saturday, as per the Health Ministry data. The cumulative vaccination administered in the country reached 1,82,87,68,476, the data further revealed.

The federal government is promising $2 billion in top-up payments to provinces and territories, to help relieve pandemic-driven surgery backlogs. But Abigail Bimman explains why experts believe money isn’t the answer.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up by over 50 percent in Tameside as cases across Greater Manchester rise. Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.

universal health-care system is “at risk” amid unprecedented pressures exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, says the country’s health minister.As a result, Ottawa is pledging an additional $2 billion in top-up health transfers to the provinces in a bid to help them resolve backlogs in surgeries, Jean-Yves Duclos announced on Friday.“Two years after the beginning of the worst pandemic the world has known in over a century, we need to acknowledge that if we do not act quickly and decisively, the long term survival of the universal and public health system Canadians cherish is at risk,” said Duclos.Duclos said delays in surgeries, diagnostics and treatments existed before the pandemic but that after five successive waves of COVID-19 in the span of two years, provincial health systems are struggling.The transfer comes in addition to the $4-billion top-up provided to the provinces in March 2021.More to come.

Ontario government says it is providing over $13.6 million to hospitals in the Region of Waterloo to reimburse the lost revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic.Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris made the announcement on Friday which will see $8.1 million for Grand River Hospital, $2.5 million for St. Mary’s General hospital and $2.9 million for Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

Covid-19 infections have risen sharply across most of the UK and are nearing record levels in England, while both Scotland and Wales have reached an all-time high, new figures show.

(FOX 5 NY illustration from NJ.gov images) JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey has transitioned its elections to a combination of mail-in, drop-off, and in-person voting (including an early voting period). The state also implemented online voter registration in addition to registering in-person and by mail.

More than 840,000 vaccine doses have been dished out in Ayrshire and Arran, according to a health chief.

A row has broken out over pleas from NHS chiefs for residents to avoid the area’s A&E emergency department.

A secret recording of a meeting with caucus staff is revealing how in recent months Premier Jason Kenney considered leaving the job, but decided to stay to keep the United Conservative Party from being taken over by fringe factions with extremist views. Tom Vernon reports.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 24: Eric Dixon #43 of the Villanova Wildcats shoots a layup against the Michigan Wolverines during the second half of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 Round at AT&T Center on March 24, 2022 in San Anton PHILADELPHIA - Jermaine Samuels scored 22 points and Villanova controlled Michigan in a 63-55 Sweet 16 victory on Thursday night in the NCAA Tournament.Samuels' 8-of-13 shooting performance, much of it coming on tough drives through Michigan defenders and around Dickinson, carried a Wildcats offense that had long stretches of misfiring on 3-pointers.The second-seeded Wildcats (28-7) advanced to the South Region final to play the winner of Thursday night’s matchup between top seed Arizona and No. 5 seed Houston.

WWE title win at WrestleMania – revealing he’s been told the action during the COVID pandemic helped save lives. McIntyre is readying himself for a battle with Happy Corbin at this year’s Mania – the 38th instalment of WWE’s ultimate spectacular.

Fuming NHS heroes who have worked through the deadly Covid-19 pandemic are 'insulted' after being handed a tea or coffee voucher as a 'reward' for their efforts.

TAKOMA PARK, Md. - It’s something you read about in books or see on television, but for friends Holly Harper and Herrin Hopper, it’s a reality.The two single moms found themselves in challenging times at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in 2020. Needing support, the two took a daydream and made it a reality when they bought a house and moved in together with their children in June 2020. They then started renting out other spaces in the house to other women, eventually forming the Siren House.The Siren House, located outside Washington, D.C., contains four separate apartments.  (Holly Harper)RELATED: Identical twin brothers each receive heart transplants: 'Quite unique'The Siren House is a four-unit home located in Takoma Park, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. "We are here for emotional support, friendships, sharing bottles of ketchup," Hopper told FOX Television Stations. "What I think Siren House is...is a safe place for people to be while they figure out things that are hard," Harper added. The massive home offers communal-style living space with each woman able to have their own living quarters with their own bedrooms and bathrooms. "We are here for emotional support, friendships, sharing bottles of ketchup," Herrin Hopper said.  (Holly Harper)Harper and Hopper said they have been friends for more than six years, but hard times fell on both of them.Harper said between 2018 and 2020, she went through a divorce, health scares and deaths in the family, including her father who died from COVID-19. Hopper was also going through her own ordeals, including a divorce.The ladies often talked, sometimes about finding new places to live.

learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.In a news release, the Upper Grand District School Board said it is receiving just under $4 million from the Ministry of Education that will be allocated towards summer programming, reading intervention programs and student success initiatives. Ontario to revamp approach to literacy after damning report released “The plan will focus on students with the highest needs as a result of the learning disruption caused by the pandemic with a focus on literacy and numeracy needs,” Upper Grand said.The first phase will begin in the spring and will see the launch of a reading intervention program for elementary students, led by qualified teachers.It also includes support for secondary students struggling in their current courses.Phase 2 involves literacy and numeracy summer camps for elementary students and summer learning strategies courses at the secondary level.The third phase is the same as the first but will run from Sept.

COVID-19 restrictions — including a rule mandating masks in all public spaces — health officials say the number of people in hospital and ICU due to the virus has risen.The week-over-week increase comes despite a drop in hospitalizations and ICU admissions reported in the last 24 hours. COVID-19: 4 more deaths, increase in hospitalizations reported in Manitoba According to numbers released by the province Thursday, Manitoba saw 128 new hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 and 11 new admissions to intensive care units due to the virus over the past week.That’s a 4.9 per cent increase in hospitalizations and a 57.1 per cent jump in ICU numbers.But while the overall numbers appeared to be on the rise in the last week, data reported on the province’s online COVID-19 dashboard show 369 people were in hospital with the virus as of Thursday morning, down 18 from Wednesday.The province says the of number people in ICU as a result of COVID-19 also fell to 18 as of Thursday morning, four fewer than had been reported 24 hours earlier.Meanwhile, health officials reported four additional deaths linked to the virus Thursday and released information about the 15 Manitobans with COVID-19 who have died over the past week.

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Christopher Larue, 44 (Bucks County District Attorney's Office)PERKASIE, Pa. - A Lansdale, Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison after police say he robbed a bank in Bucks County and later attempted to shoot a Pennsylvania state trooper. Christopher Larue, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of armed bank robbery in the Oct. 2020 incident. According to court documents, Larue brandished a firearm and robbed a bank in Perkasie of $11,000 cash.

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Ireland's older and poorer populations risk being left behind unless action is taken to address the nation's digital divide, according to a new report.

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Consumer Matters reporter Anne Drewa has the story of a B.C. woman who was shocked when she discovered that her pandemic travel credits had disappeared.

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Russia’s post-Soviet economic reforms, has quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy and left the country due to the war in Ukraine, two sources told Reuters, the highest profile protest by a Russian figure against the invasion.Chubais, who once served as former President Boris Yeltsin’s chief of staff, left his post as Vladimir Putin’s special representative for ties with international organizations, one of the sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Top ex-Kremlin official accused of ‘national betrayal’ quits post at foundation He was appointed to the post, which was charged with “achieving goals of sustainable development,” in 2020, days after resigning as the head of state technology firm RUSNANO, which he had run since 2008.The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Chubais left due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Public health restrictions are lifting, but there is, of course, the possibility they could return. So what does that uncertainty mean for our mental health? Jamie Mauracher looks at pandemic flux syndrome.

LOS ANGELES - Having a "pawsome" day? It’s about to get better, because March 23 is National Puppy Day, and to celebrate, the company Top Data has revealed some doggone fantastic facts you may not know. According to the consumer insights company, the team collected data from 500,000 adopted dogs, utilized Google Search traffic volume and surveyed 1,000 dog owners across the U.S. to figure out the top dog names and adopted breeds by state.

The threat posed by COVID-19 may be lessening, but the toll it has taken on the mental health of physicians in Canada is severe. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Delta Cleaners co-owner Donovan Bisharat said.“It kind of felt like we weren’t making much headway in the last couple of years, until just recently, really.”Bisharat says dry-cleaning business is once again starting to pick up. He says they’re seeing more office wear coming in, as more people return to working in offices, but it was yet to reach pre-pandemic levels.“We definitely started to see people that we didn’t see for maybe two years or a year and a half, they would come and say well, I haven’t needed my shirts or I haven’t needed my suits or whatever,” Bisharat told Global News.“Some people are coming back, we’re still not seeing the frequency that they would normally have been pre-pandemic.” Canadians favour hybrid work amid COVID-19.

A royal tour through Caribbean countries has resulted in backlash against the British monarchy, with protests happening in Jamaica. Erica Vella has reaction from people in Toronto’s Jamaican community.

Led mainly by surges in Asian hot spots, COVID-19 cases last week increased for the second straight week, though deaths continued to fall, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly pandemic update.

MESA, Ariz. - Police say a 21-year-old man who was driving over 100 mph in Mesa before crashing into another car, killing an elderly man and his wife, was arrested.According to Mesa Police, the crash happened at about 5:30 p.m. on March 22 near Main Street and Lindsay Road.First responders arriving at the scene discovered that two vehicles were involved in the crash – a 2009 Chrysler 300C and a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica.

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won’t look different: There’s no automatic months-long extension on the due date like we saw for the past two years. (Though you do get a three-day grace period: Taxes are due April 18, since the IRS is closed on April 15 for Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C.) Which means it’s time to tear off a chunk of sourdough and get down to business.While this was waived for 2020 thanks to the American Rescue Plan—no needed to be paid that year on unemployment benefits of up to $10,200—that temporary relief period has ended.

The Courts Service last year paid the GAA just over €1m to stage criminal trials and other cases at Croke Park.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A scramble to collect enough signatures over just a week and a half to make it onto the primary ballot began over the weekend, kicking off what is certain to be a year of political change in the Pennsylvania Legislature.The state Supreme Court cut in half the normal three-week petition-gathering period last week, when the court approved new General Assembly maps.The justices left in place the May 17 primary date but gave candidates until Monday to get the signatures required to make the ballot — 500 for state Senate and 300 for the House.The pandemic and general wariness about disclosing personal information are not making the the process any easier."To be perfectly honest, this is a tough time," said seven-term Rep. Sheryl Delozier, R-Cumberland, after spending several days knocking on doors in a suburban Harrisburg district that underwent significant changes in reapportionment.

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Canadian Medical Association in November 2021 showed 53 per cent have experienced “high levels” of burnout, compared to only 30 per cent four years before.And nearly half — or 46 per cent — of doctors are considering reducing their work in clinics in the next two years. No moving on from COVID-19 for Canada’s exhausted health workers Since the start of the pandemic, 59 per cent of physicians said their mental health has taken a turn for the worse since the start of the pandemic.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe exchanged words at the All-Party Conference chaired by the President on Wednesday (23).The argument broke out when the Former Prime Minister demanded the draft report of the International Monetary Fund to be furnished to Parliament.“I cannot give you the draft,” said the Finance Minister.Wickremesinghe said repeated requests for the IMF report on Sri Lanka were turned down by the Government, adding that this was the reason for many political parties to boycott the All-Party Conference.Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka has not received the full report from the IMF, to which the Former Prime Minister responded that he was informed that the report in its entirety was submitted to the government of Sri Lanka.Rajapaksa said that what Sri Lanka received was a draft, and the government would add its comments to it and the final report will only be released following IMF board approval.

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COVID containment measures. Accordingly, after the expiry of the existing MHA Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-1 (A) dated 25 February, 2022, no further Order may be issued by MHA. However, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MDHFW) advisories on COVID containment measures. including on the use of face mask and hand hygiene will continue to guide the overall national response to the pandemic.National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs revokes the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures. Advisories on Covid containment measures, including the use of face masks will continue, reads the official order pic.twitter.com/nC4rJB8L9a

SARASOTA, Fla. - In a proclamation, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a Sarasota woman to be the "real" winner of a 500-yard freestyle event held last week. The top spot in the NCAA Division I swimming event went to University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who was deemed the first known transgender woman to win the title.

inflation, and the cash is scheduled to arrive a few months ahead of the provincial election.The money will be transferred directly into Quebecers’ bank accounts after they file their 2021 tax returns, Finance Minister Eric Girard told reporters Tuesday after tabling the budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. It’s his fourth and last budget before Quebecers head to the polls in October.Girard insisted the payments aren’t to curry votes and help his government win a second mandate but to help Quebecers weather significant inflation that the government expects will reach 4.7 per cent in 2022.