continuing pandemic.About a year after the first COVID-19 cases emerged in Ontario jails, the update by the Prison Pandemic Partnership says the risk to inmates increases when there is less space.The partnership — which includes the Centre for Access to Information and Justice, the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association — estimates that more than 7,000 cases of COVID-19 have been linked to Canadian jails and prisons, including over 5,000 infections among prisoners.It says at the outset of the pandemic, from March through June last year, prison populations across the country fell in an effort to increase the space available and enable physical distancing.However, the study used.

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Couple who met playing GTA Online made homeless by pandemic and forced to live in shed

coronavirus pandemic and are being forced to live in a shed.Macaulay Johnson and Shannon Cullen, both 21, were kicked out of their home in Bestwood village, Nottinghamshire because they could no longer pay the rent, NottinghamshireLive reports.

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Afghan officials: 3 women working in polio drive killed

KABUL – Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the anti-polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new campaign against the crippling children's disease.

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Indie films could benefit from pandemic streaming increase, says industry group MP

UK box office shrunk 76 per cent in 2020. While many, including chains like Cineworld are planning to reopen their theatres from May 17, there are concerns movie fans won’t return in sufficient numbers.

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Nicola Sturgeon warns of 'alarming' covid rises in Chile even though vaccination rates are high

First Minister, who is cautious about opening up international travel, said part of the explanation centres on the importation of new covid variants.

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The Latest: Leaders call for pandemic preparedness treaty

LONDON — More than 20 heads of government and global agencies are calling for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say will protect future generations — but there are few details to explain how such an agreement might actually cause countries to act more cooperatively.

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World leaders call for international pandemic treaty

LONDON – More than 20 heads of government and global agencies on Tuesday called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say will protect future generations.

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World leaders back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies

The leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization have backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

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German industrial union, employers reach pay agreement

BERLIN – Germany's biggest industrial union and employers on Tuesday reached a deal that will give workers a one-time “corona bonus” and envisions an extra annual payment starting next year.

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Man City are to host a huge two-day jobs fair at the Etihad Stadium this summer to help people made unemployed during the pandemic

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Covid-19: Infection count in IIM-Ahmedabad rises to 70

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has risen to 70, the city municipal corporation said on Tuesday."Number of people found positive for Covid-19 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has reached 70," said Dr Mehul Acharya, deputy health officer of the municipal corporation said.Coronavirus had first hit the campus on 28 March when 40 people, including students and professors, tested positive.The IIM-A has been conducting RT-PCR tests for all students and community members for free.

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Despite rising covid-19 cases, sales of PVs and CVs continue to grow in March

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Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal

SUEZ – Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was freed as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping industry and clogged one of the world's most vital waterways.

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Shop thug spat in Tesco worker's face and punched him as coronavirus pandemic took hold

crazed thug spat in a shop worker's face as Covid-19 took such a grip of Scotland that lockdown measures had to be introduced.Taylor Sutherley gobbed in the man's face as she rained punches on him and a female colleague at a Tesco Superstore.Sutherley, 22, lost the plot at the store in Barrhead, near Glasgow, just days before First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a lockdown to stop the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.We told previously how Sutherley is facing a lengthy jail term over a life-threatening bloodbath knife attack on a man who was lured to her home.She was convicted over that attack after a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court.And on Monday she found herself back at the Renfrewshire courthouse over the supermarket

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PAX East has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns

PAX East, one of the largest gaming conventions and expos in the world, have announced that this year’s in-person event has been cancelled.The organisers shared the news via a blogpost on the official PAX website on Monday, March 29.

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Westminster dog show won't have spectators due to virus

NEW YORK – America's top dogs won't have their pack of fans on hand at this year's Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

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Orlando man robbed of his French bulldog at gunpoint, search for stolen dog continues

ORLANDO, Fla. – Johnny Matos is desperate to get his French bulldog Bugsy back.

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WHO, 23 nations back creation of pandemic treaty to prepare for future health crises

World Health Organization on Tuesday backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging the globe.The idea of such a treaty, which would ensure universal and equitable access to vaccines, medicines and diagnostics for pandemics, was floated by the chairman of European Union leaders Charles Michel at a G20 summit last November.

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Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine

NEW DELHI – The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi. Armed with plastic bags, they plunge their bare hands into the garbage and start sorting it.

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Hamilton’s MOH suggests local control measures could help curb rising COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 infections among youth on the rise, the city’s medical officer of health believes there will be “broader discussions” with the province about further local control measures amid a third wave of the pandemic.Amid a “disappointing” weekend in which Hamilton bylaw officers had to enforce provincial orders at a local bar and a residential party of over 200, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson says the stresses the city is seeing with it’s case load likely have to be managed through more control.

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Calgary businesses have struggled during COVID-19 pandemic but remain optimistic: poll

Results from a poll released by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce suggest that while the majority of businesses in the city have felt the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope of a recovery continues to grow. Adam MacVicar reports.

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National Geographic Nabs Matthew Heineman's 'The First Wave' COVID-19 Doc

National Geographic Documentary Films has picked up Matthew Heineman's COVID-19 documentary The First Wave from Participant and Our Time Projects. Heineman directed and produced the feature film about frontline workers at one of New York City’s hardest-hit hospitals, Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, during the first four months of the pandemic last year.

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Alberta joins other provinces in halting AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people under 55

Alberta on Monday joined other provinces in pausing use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under the age of 55. So what does that mean for those already immunized? Julia Wong reports.

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Canada adds 4,573 new COVID-19 cases as provinces reckon with new vaccine guidance

COVID-19 on Monday as the death toll in the country approached 23,000.The new infections bring the total number of novel coronavirus cases in Canada to 971,723.Health officials also confirmed 20 more people have diead after contracting the respiratory illness, pushing the total death toll to 22,900.

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Peter Phillips Under Fire For Scotland Visit During Pandemic

Peter Phillips, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, is coming under fire for skirting COVID-19 travel restrictions.

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Quebec officially in third wave of COVID-19

It was not the news Quebecers wanted to hear. After months of back and forth on tightening and easing sanitary restrictions, the province has officially entered the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS

NEW YORK – The Catch-22 for U.S. men’s soccer in the Olympics is this: The better a player gets, the less likely he is to play.

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WHO report: Jump from animals most likely COVID-19 source

A leaked draft report on the World Health Organization (WHO) joint mission to China to probe the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, says that transmission from bats or other animals to humans is the most likely source, with a lab leak unlikely.

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Teenage Head and The Killjoys drummer Gene Champagne in hospital with COVID-19

COVID-19.The news came in a Facebook post from his longtime friend Lou Molinaro, who shared a message from Champagne’s wife Julie to “keep us in your thoughts.”Julie says her husband is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit “battling COVID and a very bad case of pneumonia.”The 52-year-old native of Stoney Creek was admitted to Joseph Brant Hospital on March 22 with pneumonia and tested positive for COVID-19.

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Rising active COVID-19 cases nearly back up to 2K in Saskatchewan

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EXPLAINER: Pandemic shapes ex-officer's trial in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS – The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd 's death is being conducted under special circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Montreal high school students head back to class

In Montreal, all students in senior grades in high school are returning to in-person learning after the province loosened restrictions for pandemic red zones. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports.

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Florida Senate looks to shield colleges from COVID-19 lawsuits

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Senate committee will take up a bill Tuesday that would shield colleges and universities from lawsuits over decisions to shut campuses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Student loan forgiveness: Department of Education cancels debt for more than 40,000 with disabilities

FILE - Signage throughout the UCLA campus reminds the few remaining students and staff of Covid precautions on the UCLA campus which is closed to the public because of the COVID pandemic. RELATED: Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic extended through June 30Until the federal government declares an end to the pandemic, more than 190,000 borrowers who are now in the three-year monitoring period will not be required to submit proof of their earnings, the agency said.

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STF pressuring province, schools to start administrating COVID-19 rapid tests

Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation president and CEO Patrick Maze says he would like to see school divisions start administering COVID-19 rapid testing immediately.“We have the rapid tests and we need to be using them,” Maze said. “This is our best tool to get ahead of the spread of variants of concern and slow transmission in our schools and communities.”The province announced on March 22 it had distributed 100,000 tests to school divisions in Saskatchewan.

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Biden administration seeks to power 10M homes with boost to offshore wind energy

Offshore windmills in the North Sea. Part of a wind turbine farm that generates green electricity.

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‘I’m empty.’ Pandemic scientists are burning out—and don’t see an end in sight

Meredith WadmanWhen not caring for COVID-19 patients—her latest was a man with bacterial lung and blood infections superimposed on SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia—Krutika Kuppalli has been helping oversee the rollout of pandemic vaccines at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she’s an infectious disease physician.

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Provinces hit pause on AstraZeneca vaccine as public health officials brace for new guidance

AstraZeneca vaccine.Global News has learned from a senior Alberta government source that the province’s public health officer is set to announce a pause in the AstraZeneca vaccine program for those under the age of 55.That is in line with reports of a pending change in recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).It comes amid reports that public health officials in Prince Edward Island are also suspending the use.Senior government sources in the Saskatchewan and Ontario governments also tell Global News they were each informed of the pending change to NACI’s recommendations on Sunday night.— More to come.

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Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10M homes

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the East Coast, announcing progress on a huge wind farm planned off the New Jersey coast and setting a goal to generate enough power to provide electricity for more than 10 million homes by 2030.

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Mindfulness during a pandemic: Can it help?

Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.A study by researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, investigates the therapeutic value of online mindfulness sessions for people who have found that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their emotional health.After an experimental online mindfulness session, 89% of participants reported that the experience had been helpful.The principal investigator for the research is Dr. Rebecca Erwin Wells, M.P.H., of Wake Forest School of Medicine, who says:“We are all born with the capacity for mindfulness.

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Godzilla vs Kong debuts with USD 122 million worldwide opening; Tops China's pandemic box office record

Godzilla vs Kong has turned out to be among the top earners amid the pandemic releases at the global box office. The film debuted with a collection of over USD 121.8 million at the foreign box office, as per Hollywood Reporter.

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Passenger vehicle travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels

Americans may be rounding a corner — literally — in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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A key to bridging the political divide: Sit down and talk?

NEW YORK – A few years ago, Dave Isay started worrying about America as he saw the middle ground between the political parties vanish into what he calls “disconnection and a vast void.”

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Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic extended through June 30

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is extending a federal moratorium on evictions of tenants who have fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday moved to continue the pandemic-related protection, which had been scheduled to expire on Wednesday.

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WHO draft report says animals likely source of novel coronavirus

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EXPLAINER: What to know about the Amazon union vote

NEW YORK – Nearly 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are deciding whether they want to form a union, the biggest labor push in the online shopping giant's history.

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'Significant advantage': Why Manchester United and Man City could have busy summer transfer windows despite Covid-19

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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
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