coronavirus patient was readying to leave after recovery - remarkable turnaround health experts attribute to growing levels of immunity from natural infection and vaccinations.

But hospitals have learned from bitter experience during the second COVID wave, when funeral pyres burned non-stop and bodies littered the banks of the holy Ganges river, as India braces for another possible surge in infections around its September-November festival season.

Beds have been added at facilities around the country, and hospitals are working to ensure ample supplies of oxygen. Ganga Ram is raising its oxygen storage capacity by 50%, has laid a one-kilometre-long pipeline carrying the gas directly to COVID ICUs, and is installing equipment to keep the

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Trudeau to protesters: ‘Isn’t there a hospital you should be going to bother right now?’

Justin Trudeau on Monday appeared to taunt angry protesters who attempted to drown out a planned interview in British Columbia, by asking them if there was “a hospital you should be going to bother right now?”Trudeau was preparing to sit down with Global BC’s Neetu Garcha outside the broadcaster’s Burnaby, B.C., station as he continues his election campaign, but protesters blared loud music and shouted obscenities from across the parking lot.At one point, while the song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” played through loudspeakers on a cart, one protester called Trudeau a communist and made derogatory comments about Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.“Isn’t there a hospital you should be going to bother right now?” Trudeau responded, pulling

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Nicki Minaj has revealed that she’s “sure” she’ll get vaccinated against COVID-19 to go on tour and once she feels she’s “done enough research”.The rapper discussed the COVID-19 vaccine in a series of tweets posted earlier tonight (September 13). She started by replying to a Twitter user who noted Minaj had last appeared in public over a year ago.

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Canada election: Trudeau says he would would make it crime to block hospitals, intimidate health-care workers

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Monday appeared to take aim at protests set to take place at hospitals across Canada against COVID-19 restrictions, saying if re-elected the party would make it a criminal offence to obstruct access to various health-care buildings such as hospitals, vaccine clinics and abortion clinics. He also said they would make it a crime to intimidate or threaten health-care workers or people seeking health-care treatments.

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Covid-19 update: India records 25,404 new cases, Kerala logs more than 15,000 cases

COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to33,289,579 while the count of active cases declined to3,62,207, according to Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday.

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Michael Bublé Cancels Texas Show Due To COVID-19 Safety Fears

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COVID outbreak forces Bethlehem elementary school to temporarily return to virtual learning

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Emlen Elementary School in Philadelphia closes temporarily due to multiple COVID cases

PHILADELPHIA - Emlen Elementary School will be forced to temporarily close until next week following a COVID outbreak, according to a letter to parents and students. The school located on Chew Avenue will be closed from Monday, 9/13 to Thursday, 9/23 to help stem the spread of the virus. "If your child shared a classroom with any student or staff member who has tested positive for COVID-19, you will be contacted directly by the PDPH and/or the School District with important information, including the need for your child to quarantine," the principal wrote in the letter said.The entire school will be deep cleaned and disinfected before it is reopened for students and staff on Friday, 9/24.MORE HEADLINES:___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29

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Philadelphia band’s van stolen days before first tour since start of pandemic

PHILADELPHIA - After more than a year of waiting to get back on the road and back on stage, a Philadelphia-based band has hit another bump in the road.Days before Mo Lowda & The Humble was set to hit the road for their first tour since the start of the pandemic, their van was stolen with $2,500 worth of new merchandise inside. The band says the 15-passenger Ford E-350 van has carried them, their instruments, and their merchandise to venues across the country for almost four years. "Our last headlining full tour was in the fall of 2019.

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Canada election: Trudeau tells off protester, asks ‘isn’t there a hospital you should be going to bother?’

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau told off a protester on Monday ahead of an interview with Global BC, when the person began to shout various expletives and other words, prompting Trudeau to ask “isn’t there a hospital you should be going to bother?” The comment appeared in reference to protests taking place outside hospitals in opposition to COVID-19 measures.

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Covid vaccine delivery: IIT Bombay, ICMR get nod for drone use from govt

ICMR for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) vaccine delivery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland up to a height of 3,000 metres using drones.

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COVID outbreak forces Bethlehem elementary school to temporarily close

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B.C. man puts COVID-19 vaccine card QR code on T-shirt

B.C.’s vaccine card comes into effect Monday. Here’s what you need to know He says he’s tested the QR code and it scans fine, as long as he sucks in his stomach.

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Calgary mayor claims 5 major events cancelled after Alberta announced it was rescinding COVID-19 measures

Mayor Naheed Nenshi spoke out on Monday about the impact the fourth wave of COVID-19 is having on the economy in Calgary. As Adam MacVicar reports, Nenshi says he’s worried about how others view Calgary as a destination.

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Saskatoon anti-vax protest moves further from hospital entrances

protest Monday afternoon.Those in attendance chose not to block key entrances and instead shared their concerns in what they called “a silent vigil” behind the hospital for health-care workers being mandated to get vaccinated against COVID-19. ‘The ultimate selfishness’: Doctors grow frustrated as anti-vaxxers protest hospitals “We’re putting them in a position to choose their career over a vaccine they don’t feel comfortable with,” protester Mark Friesen said.Friesen is a well known local voice in the calls against mandated vaccines.

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Nicki Minaj breaks silence over Met Gala absence and 'snubs' covid jab requirement

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterNicki Minaj reveals she isn't attending the Met Gala 2021 event because of the covid vaccine requirement for guests.The singer took to Twitter to explain her absence to fans, saying: "If I vaccinated it won't [be] for the Met".The Met Gala saw the best and biggest celebrities walk the red carpet and showcase their incredible gowns in the most iconic fashion event of the year.The theme of the event, which was postponed from May due to the pandemic, is In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, to celebrate American fashion and independence.Nicki wrote on social media: "They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met.

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Starting Monday, 72 schools in the Greater Montreal region began rapid testing for COVID-19 as cases begin to climb in schools across the province.

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COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates, describing them on Monday as “mindless mobs” who are harassing health-care workers.“It’s an absolutely disgraceful development and one I condemn in the strongest possible terms.

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More than 800 Albertans now hospitalized with COVID-19 as 4,740 new cases identified since Friday

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Nicki Minaj Skips Met Gala After Contracting COVID: I Couldn’t ‘Hold My Baby’

The “Queen of Rap” sadly won’t be attending the 2021 Met Gala. Nicki Minaj, 38, announced via Twitter on Monday (Sept. 13) that she contracted COVID-19 and won’t be attending this year’s star-studded event in New York. Nicki admitted that she was not vaccinated against the virus, and explained to her followers that the infection was also the reason she skipped out on the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. “I was prepping for vmas then i shot a video & guess who got COVID?” she wrote.

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Jeff Bridges Says Battling COVID-19 Made His Cancer Fight 'Look Like a Piece of Cake'

Jeff Bridges is sharing an update about his health.

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