Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Johnson & Johnson (J&J) unit Janssen Pharmaceutical has signed an agreement with the US Government for the large scale domestic production and supply of 100 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Ad26.COV2.S.

The vaccine, based on Janssen AdVac technology, will be used in the US after it secures regulatory approval or emergency use authorisation.

For this agreement, the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the Department of Defense have committed to providing more than $1bn.

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MLS fans boo players kneeling for national anthem

There was a smattering of boos when players from FC Dallas and Nashville SC collectively took a knee during the national anthem before their MLS game on Wednesday night in Frisco, Texas.Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said he was disgusted by the boos at Toyota Stadium when players and officials knelt to call attention to racial injustice. He said teammate Ryan Hollingshead turned to him afterward and said he was sorry.“You can't even have support from your own fans in your own stadium.

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Study suggests people think mask wearers are more trustworthy, but more likely to be ill

“Personality and Individual Differences“ suggests that personality can determine how an individual might feel or react to another person who is wearing a mask during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The authors of the study took several things into consideration, including how tolerant someone was with things that elicit feelings of disgust, social anxiety and social trust.“Specifically, we assessed whether individual differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity, social anxiety and generalized social trust predicted judgments of trustworthiness, desired social distance and perceptions of sickness of target faces wearing surgical masks,” the authors of the study said.RELATED: ICU doctor runs 22 miles while wearing mask to prove it doesn’t drop

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Police: Woman hits airline employee for not allowing her on a flight for violating mask requirement

PHOENIX - An American Airlines employee at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport was allegedly hit by a traveler from Los Angeles after she was told she couldn't get on her next flight due to not following COVID-19 mask requirements on her flight to Phoenix.Officers responded to the airport around 8:30 a.m. Aug.

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Indian man jailed in Malaysia for violating home quarantine leading to fresh covid outbreak

KUALA LUMPUR : A Malaysian court jailed an Indian man for five months on Thursday for violating a home quarantine order, leading to dozens of new coronavirus infections, the Bernama state news agency reported.The 57-year-old, who resides in Malaysia and owns a restaurant in the northern state of Kedah, pleaded guilty to four charges of violating a mandated 14-day home quarantine order upon his return from India in July.He was also fined 12,000 ringgit ($2,864) by the Alor Setar Magistrate's Court, which held a special hearing at a Kedah hospital where the accused was undergoing treatment, Bernama reported.Authorities had earlier said the man, who initially tested negative for the coronavirus, had left his home during the quarantine period

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Scots primary school forced to close after staff member tests positive for Covid-19

coronavirus. The decision was made to shut Peterhead Central School on Wednesday night, August 12, as several employees went into precautionary self-isolation.

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Record 1,981 COVID-19 cases in Odisha push tally to 52,653

BHUBANESWAR : Odisha on Thursday witnessed the biggest single-day spike of 1,981 COVID-19 cases, which took the state's tally to 52,653, a health department official here said.Nine more patients succumbed to the infection, raising the death toll to 314, he said.Three deaths were recorded in Ganjam district, two each in Cuttack and Mayurbhanj, and one each in Kandhamal and Sundergarh, the official said."Regret to inform the demise of Nine #COVID 19 positive patients while under treatment in hospitals," the health and family welfare department said on Twitter.Of the 1,981 cases, 1,225 were reported from different quarantine centres, and the remaining from localities during contact tracing, the official said.The number of COVID-19 active cases

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Russia says its covid vaccine recommended for 18 to 60 years old, as of now: Report

coronavirus vaccine is recommended to be used for individuals aged from 18 to 60 as of now. The health expert said more clinical studies are needed for older people and expects it to be done during post-registration clinical trials."In Russia, it is customary to certify [vaccines for] children from birth to 18 years old; adults from 18 to 60 years old; and older people — over 60 years old.

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Airdrie MP slams UK Government over plans to end Covid-19 financial support

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.NEIL Gray MP has hit out at the UK Government’s move to end coronavirus financial support following the release of the June claimant figures for his Airdrie & Shotts constituency.The statistics revealed that those claiming unemployment related benefits had risen by 1730 from the start of March, before the Covid-19 lockdown began.Across Airdrie & Shotts, there were 2300 claims for the self-employed income support scheme – 78 per cent of all those eligible to claim .And 12,600 residents in the constituency were placed on furlough – 31 per cent of those eligible.Mr Gray, who is also the SNP spokesperson for work and pensions, said: “If these figures

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China port warns public after coronavirus found in Brazilian chicken wings

BEIJING/SHANGHAI : A sample of frozen chicken wings imported into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen from Brazil has tested positive for coronavirus, the city government said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments could cause new outbreaks.Local disease control centres tested a surface sample taken from the chicken wings as part of routine screenings carried out on meat and seafood imports since June, when a new outbreak in Beijing was linked to the city's Xinfadi wholesale food centre.The discovery came a day after traces of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 were found on the packaging of frozen shrimp from Ecuador.

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Travel and leisure stocks rally shows markets betting big on covid vaccine

₹4,000 crore through a qualified institutional placement. This is at a time when peers are struggling and are expected to lose market share.

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Germany optimistic of covid vaccine launch in coming months

covid vaccine in coming months. "I'm optimistic that in the next months, and certainly in the next year, there can be a vaccine," Spahn told ZDF television.His comments were in line with a report from Robert Koch Institute in which the public health agency said that it expected a vaccine by the autumn.

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Bhutan imposes 1st nationwide COVID-19 lockdown

THIMPU : The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has imposed its first nationwide lockdown due to a virus infection in a returning traveler who had been released from quarantine.The government issued a stay-at-home order for its approximately 750,000 people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed.The government's statement said the lockdown would be enforced from five to 21 days “to identify and isolate all positive cases, immediately breaking the chain of transmission."The 27-year-old Bhutanese woman returning from Kuwait tested negative in mandatory quarantine for arriving travelers.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine study 'to prove theatres can re-open safely'

Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine as part of an Oxford trial as he says he'll 'do anything to prove theatres can re-open safely'On Wednesday, the world-renowned composer, 72, took to social media and talked a about the motives behind his decision to take part.He said: 'I am excited that tomorrow I am going to be vaccinated for the Oxford Covid 19 trial.

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Coronavirus: 'Promising' vaccine found to prevent severe disease in mice

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 20 million, scientists have been working around the clock to develop a vaccine.

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Well-wishers help Madras Crocodile Bank avoid a financial crisis during pandemic

Mint that the sanctuary was “coping amazingly well" after well-wishers and wildlife conservationists stepped in with aid over the past few months.The Madras Crocodile Bank was set up in 1976 by Romulus Whittaker, a US-born herpetologist. Set in an 8-acre campus on the outskirts of Chennai, it is home to over 2,000 reptiles, including includes snakes, lizards, turtles and 17 species of crocodiles.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber 'to receive experimental coronavirus vaccine' as part of trial

Andrew Lloyd Webber has reportedly volunteered to be part of the medical trial to see if the experimental coronavirus vaccine is hitting the right notes.

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13 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in hospitals

The number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 remains stable with, on average, one person being admitted each day as a suspected or confirmed case.

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Covid-19 treatment: Scientists use AI to identify hundreds of drug candidates

COVID-19," said Anandasankar Ray, a professor at the University of California, Riverside in the US."We have developed a drug discovery pipeline that identified several candidates," said Ray, who led the research published in the journal Heliyon.The drug discovery pipeline is a type of computational strategy linked to AI -- a computer algorithm that learns to predict activity through trial and error, improving over time.With no clear end in sight, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives, strained health care systems, and weakened economies, the researchers said.Efforts to repurpose drugs, such as Remdesivir, have achieved some success.

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Russia says doctors to be given covid vaccine shots in 2 weeks

covid vaccines will ready in two weeks and would administered to people, including doctors, on a voluntary basis. "The first packages of the medical vaccine against the coronavirus infection will be received within the next two weeks, primarily for doctors,"Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday.On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin had announced that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a coronavirus vaccine.

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Anand Mahindra on Covid-19: Focus on therapeutics, clinical protocols and recovery rates

coronavirus tally has touched 23,96,638. Business tycoon Anand Mahindra said that as testing rises so will the coronavirus cases.

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Stewarton firm handed £250,000 loan during 'worrying' coronavirus pandemic

Stewarton businessman says a quarter-of-a-million-pound loan was vital for his firm during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Meat Industry Ireland to appear before Covid-19 committee

Meat Industry Ireland will defend meat processing plants' fight against the coronavirus when it appears before the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 today.

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How A-level results are worked out this year after coronavirus cancelled exams

Thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday after exams were cancelled amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Large social gatherings causing concern for health officials in BC

It comes as health officials try a new approach to reach out to young people after seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Jordan Armstrong reports.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber says he is participating in coronavirus vaccination trial: 'I am excited'

Andrew Lloyd Webber is joining the fight against coronavirus. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wear on people around the globe, scientists have worked tirelessly to find an effective way to fight the infection, be it a cure or a vaccine.

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India's coronavirus cases today jump by 67,000, highest daily record

COVID-19 patients' phone call detail records (CDRs) were being used by the police in Kerala as part of adopting innovative and scientific methods for effective contact tracing, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday. He assured the details would not be used for any other purpose and there would be no intrusion into the privacy of the patients.

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People are furious after photo of COVID cleaners goes viral

Facebook page, writing that "a team member at our Mernda bakery has tested positive to COVID-19," in a statement.

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Girl, 11, with Covid-19 may have died of organ failure syndrome linked to Kawasaki

An 11-year-old girl may have died of a new complication after catching coronavirus which scientists are linking to a syndrome similar to that of the deadly Kawasaki disease.

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Coronavirus pandemic threatens peace, risks new conflicts: UN chief

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but risks exacerbating existing conflicts and generating new ones.The U.N.

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Marlins finally get to go home after beating Blue Jays 14-11

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Magneuris Sierra hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Miami Marlins overcame Toronto's seven home runs to outlast the Blue Jays 14-11 Wednesday night in the final game of their season-opening, three-week road trip.Bo Bichette went 5 for 5 for the Blue Jays, a day after homering during a 10-inning win in their first game at their new Buffalo home. He connected again as Toronto became the fourth team in major league history to lose while slugging at least seven homers.After this detour to Sahlen Field, the Marlins finally get to go home.Miami has an off day before facing Atlanta for three games to start a seven-game homestand.

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Raptors rally past Sixers to give Griffin a coaching win

Photo by Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Stanley Johnson scored the tiebreaking basket in the lane with 4.9 seconds remaining, giving the Toronto Raptors a 125-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday that made a winner of Adrian Griffin.Raptors coach Nick Nurse let his assistant coach run the team and they responded with a late run from the bottom of their bench, long after Philadelphia's Joel Embiid had ended his night, to improve to 6-1 in the restart.“Tomorrow back to reality, but it was an awesome feeling,” Griffin said.Kyle Lowry and Chris Boucher each scored 19 points for the Raptors.

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Hart, Farabee help Flyers beat Canadiens in Game 1

(Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images) TORONTO - Carter Hart made 27 saves, Joel Farabee scored 16 seconds after Montreal tied it, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Canadiens 2-1 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.Ivan Provorov also scored for the Flyers. Shea Weber scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price stopped 29 shots.Montreal, the final club in the NHL’s 24-team restart, stunned the Pittsburgh Penguins — who had the NHL’s seventh-best record when the schedule was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic — 3-1 in the best-of-five qualifying round to book a place in the 16-slot playoff bracket.Philadelphia sat fourth of four teams vying for the No.

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UCF reports 11 more cases of COVID-19

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The University of Central Florida reported 11 more cases of COVID-19 from the first weekend of students moving into on-campus housing.Associate Vice President of UCF Student Health Services Dr. Michael Deichen said students were required to take a test upon arrival.UCF said 837 tests were administered and from those two days, 11 tests came back positive.

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What In-home Social Service Providers and Clients Need to Know about COVID-19

certain underlying medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.In-home social service providers include, but are not limited to, caregivers or aides, teachers or tutors, social workers, and resettlement agency personnel who visit the homes of their clients. They provide a wide variety of home and community-based services, including personal care, activities of daily living, and more.

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Call of the Wilde: Philadelphia Flyers win tight Game 1 over the Montreal Canadiens

Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens shutout Pittsburgh Penguins to win series That’s hockey. The club has again come into the series with a good game plan, thanks to their head coach.

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Sydney wedding sparks outrage after guests refuse to follow Coronavirus restriction rules

Despite venue staff asking guests to follow their Covid-safe rules, they allegedly refused. As a result, the venue’s management have said multiple guests were asked to leave the premises.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest August 12, 2020

Department of Health:Multiple Clusters Continue Spread of COVID-19 as Death Toll Rises to 38Community spread of the coronavirus, particularly on O‘ahu, continues to be the primary cause of new infections. Today, of the 202 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19, 197 are on O‘ahu.

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B.C. businesses pin hopes on Canucks playoff ‘gift’ amid COVID-19 downturn

NHL playoff series since 2015, and some B.C. businesses are hoping it will be the shot in the arm they need as they grapple with the coronavirus downturn.At Surrey’s Ocean Park Pizza, the festivities have moved outdoors into the restaurant’s temporary patio space.

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14 new cases of COVID-19

There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation – a woman in her 30s who arrived in New Zealand from the Philippines on August 8. She has been in managed isolation at the Distinction Hotel and tested positive around day 3 of her stay.

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Pandemic may alter theatre-digital film release window

NEW DELHI : After a successful run with direct-to-digital release of films during covid-19, Bollywood is not likely to continue with the eight-week window between theatrical and digital premieres even when things are back to normal.

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Ibuprofen use does not increase death rates from coronavirus, UK study finds

Ibuprofen does not increase risk of death from Covid-19, a new study has found.

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Tam: Pandemic may last for years, even with COVID-19 vaccine

Dr. Theresa Tam is warning Canadians to get used to COVID-19 restrictions, like wearing masks and social distancing. Rules like these could be around for years, even with an effective vaccine. Mike Le Couteur explains why.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber: I'm going to have a coronavirus trial vaccine

Andrew Lloyd Webber is set to receive a trial vaccine for coronavirus. The 72-year-old composer says he's determined to prove theatres can "re-open safely" amid the ongoing health crisis, and will even let himself receive the trial vaccination which has been developed by Oxford University.

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Cubs beat Indians 7-2 to match their best start since 1970

CLEVELAND – Kyle Hendricks pitched six strong innings in his first appearance against Cleveland since Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Anthony Rizzo homered, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night to match their best start in 50 years.Hendricks (3-1) didn't have much trouble with the slumping Indians, who came in batting a major league-worst .192. He allowed one run and seven hits and handled everyone in Cleveland's lineup but Franmil Reyes, who got three hits.The Cubs are 12-3 in their first season under manager David Ross, matching the club's start after 15 games in 1970.

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Russia Covid-19 vaccine: WHO keen to review vaccine trials

coronavirus vaccine developed in Russia.President Vladimir Putin declared Russia the first country to approve a vaccine on Tuesday even though final stage testing involving more than 2,000 people was only due to start on Wednesday.The WHO says 28 of more than 150 potential vaccines are currently being actively tested on humans, among which six have reached Phase 3, the final stage when candidate drugs are tested on large groups of people.Russia's vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya research institute and the defence ministry, is among the 28 in clinical evaluation but is listed by the WHO as only being in Phase 1."WHO is in touch with Russian scientists and authorities, and looks forward to reviewing details of the trials," the United

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Kerala cops using call records of Covid-19 patients for contact tracing: CM

coronavirus were being devised by different district police chiefs, he said such measures will be shared mutually and will be implemented in other districts after making necessary changes as may be needed. Vijayan also said the janamaithri (community) police officers will be given online behavioural training.

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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

Janssen to supply 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to US

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