In Israel’s COVID-19 wards, around half of the country’s 600 patients presently hospitalized with severe illness have received two doses of the Pfizer Inc shot — a rare occurrence out of 5.4 million fully vaccinated people.

The majority of the patients are over the age of 60 and also have chronic illnesses known to exacerbate a coronavirus infection, according to Reuters interviews with 11 doctors, health specialists and officials..

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COVID-19 origins report: Unclassified version of US review expected within 'days'

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said an unclassified version of a review on the origins of COVID-19 sought by President Joe Biden is expected to be released for the public within "several days," as China accused the country of politicizing the issue.In late May, Biden ordered a 90-day review by intelligence agencies of theories about the origins of the coronavirus, including whether the virus could have leaked from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan where it was first detected in late 2019.

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COVID-19: Don’t bring back office workers just yet, Quebec advises employers

COVID-19 pandemic evolves.The Ministry of Health and Social Services announced the recommendation Wednesday, citing a rise in novel coronavirus infections and the presence of the Delta variant.A delay in employees returning to in-person work environments is “prudent” given the current situation and the fact that schools are reopening, officials say.

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Delta Air Lines to charge unvaccinated employees monthly fee, CEO says

An Airbus A321 from the Delta fleet. (Delta Air Lines file photo) ATLANTA - Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines says that it plans to charge unvaccinated employees $200 a month to "address the financial risk" their choice has for the company.In a memo posted Wednesday, Delta CEO Ed Bastian announced new actions the airline will be taking to help increase vaccination rates in the company and combat COVID-19.In total, Bastian says that 75% of employees have been vaccinated since the pandemic's start."Since the earliest days of the pandemic, our No.

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The Rangers Covid cases won't matter against Celtic as long as the referees are fit and healthy – Hotline

Ange Postecoglou might say, Let’s Go, Mate.Paul Price, Belfast, was first up with a non-too serious point about the Covid issues affecting Ibrox: “Apparently the Rangers five who tested positive are Beaton, Collum, McLean, Madden and Dallas.”Robert Elliot, Mauchline, jumped on to take issue with another Hotliner: “So Edward Fraser thinks Rangers should leave Scottish football – is this because it’s the only way Celtic will ever complete ten in a row is with no competition, like their eight and three quarters in a row when Rangers weren’t there?”But Joe Hendry, Glasgow, emailed to counter: “If Rangers are set on challenging the SPFL on every decision and putting commercial contracts at risk, perhaps it is time to throw them out the league

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Co-op boss says supermarket food shortages at 'worse level' than he has ever seen - driven by Brexit and Covid issues

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New US intelligence report doesn’t provide definitive conclusion on covid-19 origins

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Ontario reports 660 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death

COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a jump in daily cases from the previous day which saw 486 but more tests were processed. The provincial case total now stands at 561,297.Of the 660 new cases recorded, the data showed 398 were unvaccinated people, 74 were partially vaccinated people, 135 were fully vaccinated people and for 53 people the vaccination status was unknown.According to Wednesday’s report, 151 cases were recorded in Toronto, 93 in York Region, 86 in Hamilton, 52 in Peel Region, 51 in Windsor-Essex and 34 in Middlesex-London.All other local public health units reported fewer than 30 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 9,472 as one more death was recorded.

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US troops must get COVID-19 vaccines ASAP, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON - Military troops must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, ordering service leaders to "impose ambitious timelines for implementation."Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherMore than 800,000 service members have yet to get their shots, according to Pentagon data. And now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the Defense Department is adding it to the list of required shots troops must get as part of their military service.Dr.

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Ontario won’t reach COVID-19 herd immunity until vaccines given to children under 12, report finds

COVID-19 for the entire population is needed to achieve herd immunity and that vaccines will need to be given to young children.Currently, children under the age of 12 years old are ineligible to get a shot, which makes getting to such a high percentage difficult or impossible to obtain, the report indicates.The report, released on Monday, said the Delta variant is more transmissible, causes more severe disease and reduces the effectiveness of a single vaccine dose compared with other strains. And Delta is now the dominant variant of COVID-19 in the province.

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U.S. to donate 1 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, says Harris

The United States will donate one million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, Vice-President Kamala Harris told Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính in Hanoi on Wednesday.

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Some people worked from home during covid. These people moved to a tropical island

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Covid: Nicola Sturgeon says she does not want to go back to anything like lockdown

First Minister said on Tuesday she could not rule out the re-imposition of restrictions as a new daily high case number was recorded. Scotland moved beyond Level 0 on August 9, which saw most legal restrictions removed from the statute book, but Sturgeon rejected the idea that the easing came too soon.

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J&J COVID-19 booster shot generates 'robust' antibody response, company says

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that new data support a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine after studies showed antibodies levels were nine times higher than after the original dose of its vaccine.The company said in a release that interim data showed that a booster dose "generated a rapid and robust increase in spike-binding antibodies, nine-fold higher than 28 days after the primary single-dose vaccination." A prior study published in July also found that people vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine still had "strong and stable" antibody responses eight months later."We have established that a single shot of our COVID-19 vaccine generates strong and robust immune responses that are durable and persistent

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Choose the right Covid-19 test for your needs

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Healthy children will be given Covid vaccine only after…: What NTAGI chief says

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Kerala reports surge in Covid cases, highest one-day count in 3 months

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Time has come for schools to reopen in phased manner, but...: NTAGI chief's advice amid Covid

ANI, “Time has now come that schools should be opened in a phased manner. However, the adults - the parents and other members of the family - should be immunised against COVID."

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J&J says covid-19 booster shots after eight months supported by data

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Cost of Covid tests at Manchester and other airports and how long results take

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Outdated shared dormitories scrapped in mental health wards as part of £1.5m project

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2 lawmakers fly unannounced to Kabul amid evacuation, angering US officials

WASHINGTON - Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the chaotic evacuation stunning State Department and U.S. military personnel who had to divert resources to provide security and information to the lawmakers, U.S.

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How to use the NHS app to prove your Covid-19 status ahead of major events

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Steven Gerrard to MISS Alashkert as Rangers squad is decimated by Covid for Europa League clash

Rangers’ trip to Armenia for the second leg of their Europa League play-off against Alashkert with his squad also decimated by Covid. Gerrard failed to show at Glasgow Airport for the Light Blues lunchtime flight to Western Asia for their crunch clash.

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Greater Manchester secondary schools plan staggered return dates as pupils get tested for Covid

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COVID-19 controlled in Manitoba for now, but cases could skyrocket without intervention: Health officials

Provincial health officials say there simply aren’t enough vaccinated Manitobans to avoid a fourth wave. As Global’s Will Reimer explains, officials are concerned over what that wave could look like for our hospitals.

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Reba McEntire reveals her breakthrough coronavirus diagnosis was likely a mistake

Reba McEntire revealed that she may have been mistaken when she said she had a breakthrough case of the coronavirus. The 66-year-old country music star and her boyfriend, Rex Linn, said earlier this month that they were both diagnosed with COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.

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Johnson & Johnson says covid-19 booster vaccine triggers surge in anti-bodies

Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine significantly increases levels of antibodies, interim data from two early-stage trials show, the company said on Wednesday. It further added, the second dose of the single-dose vaccine results in binding antibody levels nine times higher than the levels 28 days after people received their first dose.

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'She put everybody before herself': Husband of woman who died with Covid urges people to get vaccinated

The husband of a woman who died with Covid-19 after giving birth to their daughter has urged anyone who is unsure about receiving a vaccine to get the jab.

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India's cumulative Covid vaccination coverage crosses 60 cr-mark: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

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COVID vaccine protection wanes within six months, say UK researchers

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NTAGI to soon chalk out roadmap to introduce Zydus Cadila's vaccine in Covid inoculation drive

Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine in the inoculation drive and prioritising beneficiaries focusing on those aged 12-18 years with comorbidities.

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Alfredo Morelos fit for Rangers as star striker spotted heading for training amid Ibrox Covid blow

Alfredo Morelos will be available for this week’s huge double header. The champions are dealing with positive Covid tests within the squad which has severely hampered Steven Gerrard’s preparations for a massive two games.

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Herschel Walker files to run for US senate in 2022

ATLANTA - Herschel Walker officially filed to run for a Georgia U.S. Senate seat as a Republican on Tuesday, according to Federal Election Commission documents. Walker, a Heisman Trophy winner while playing football at the University of Georgia, has been laying the foundation to potentially run for the seat held by Democrat Rev.

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COVID-19 vaccines prevented nearly 140,000 US deaths, NIH study says

A recent study from the National Institute of Health found that the COVID-19 vaccines prevented nearly 140,000 more deaths in the United States. The study, published in the journal Health Affairs on Aug. 18, said that more than 139,000 additional COVID-19 deaths were prevented as a result of the three COVID-19 vaccines that were given emergency use approval by the U.S.

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Unvaccinated individuals are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19, CDC says

Unvaccinated individuals are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19 than those who are fully vaccinated, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control.The study, based on data from the 43,127 cases in Los Angeles County from May 1 through July 25, was published by the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report.

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Afghan Covid vaccinations drop 80% after Taliban takeover

In the first week following the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Covid-19 vaccinations in Afghanistan have dropped by 80%, the UN agency UNICEF said, warning that half of the few doses delivered to the country so far are close to expiry.

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Booster announcement due as Covid vaccine protection 'waning for those first jabbed'

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Bihar eases Covid curbs further; schools, colleges, malls can reopen. Details here

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Covid prompted Indian homebuyers to upgrade residences: Knight Frank

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States to get additional 2 crore Covid vaccines to vaccinate teachers: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

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Corrie's Samia reveals health struggle diagnosed as asthma as a child amid on-screen son's diagnosis

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More than 1,000 Latitude Festival attendees test positive for COVID-19 after event

Latitude Festival later tested positive for COVID-19, government figures sayThe event was held in Suffolk last month, the week after England dropped all restrictions on gatherings.

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Covid rule-breaker launched tirade at cops who discovered vodka-fuelled birthday celebration in car park

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The Rangers and Celtic Covid parallel as Ibrox outbreak sees script flipped for derby showdown

Rangers announced that players had tested positive ahead of their clash with Alashkert. Those involved and any close contacts are isolating ahead of the Europa League second leg, and the visitors will be confident of going through with a 1-0 lead from the first match.

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Battling cancer and unable to get vaccine, teacher dies from COVID-19 complications

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Now that the FDA has given full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine mandates may become more common. Some employers are requiring vaccines and many cruise lines are telling passengers they need to get the shot before coming aboard.However, there are a few exceptions being accepted in places where vaccines are being required.

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The number of patients admitted to hospital with Covid is rising again

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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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