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Trump claims the U.S. has the world’s best coronavirus testing. Experts disagree

Donald Trump describes as the nation with the “best testing in the world” for the coronavirus:In Sun Belt states where the virus is surging, lines of cars with people seeking tests snake for hours in the beating sun, often yielding results so far after the fact that they’re useless.In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays and backlogs.

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Florida’s coronavirus numbers have to ‘flatten’ before bars can reopen

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s bar scene will remain on hold until there is a massive reversal in the growth of positive coronavirus cases, according to the state’s top business regulator.Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears on Friday said no timeline has been set to let people again drink in bars and nightclubs as the state adds thousands of coronavirus cases a day.“These numbers have to stop climbing, it has to flatten, and then there has to be a decrease in that positivity number,” Beshears told The News Service of Florida.The Florida Department of Health on Friday reported 11,466 new cases and 128 additional deaths, the fourth consecutive day of more than 100 deaths.Several bar owners have filed

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Not your traditional gas station donuts: Orlando to taste the ‘The Salty Donut'

ORLANDO, Fla – Orlando’s food scene is about to sink it’s teeth into a new kind of donut.The Salty Donut is about to bring its quirky and trendy scene to Orlando’s Audubon Park community this fall.The Miami-based business popped-up in 2015 selling donuts out of a 1950′s Aljoa camper in a parking lot, but is now looking to expand it’s footprint in Central Florida.The Orlando location will be the companies fourth location, and will open along Corrine Drive at an old car and auto servicing station.“The Salty prides ourselves on integrating history from each community and building structure that we move into, we’re going to be creating multiple garage doors that will be fully functional and can open up to create an indoor-outdoor seating area

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Manitoba Hutterite colonies under voluntary lockdown after coronavirus cases

COVD-19.On Friday, Manitoba health officials said the province has five new COVID-19 cases, and all are tied to one Hutterite colony. Manitoba reports 5 new coronavirus cases, all from same Hutterite colony The health department did not name the colony but did say it is in the Interlake-Eastern health region, which covers a large area north and east of Winnipeg.A spokesperson for the Hutterian Safety Council later told Global News cases have been identified at two colonies and both went into quarantine within hours of the positive testing.All of today's cases are on a Hutterite colony in the Interlake-Eastern health region: a male and female in their 60s, a male and female in their 30s and a female in her 20s.

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Alberta confirms 105 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, 2 additional deaths

coronavirus were reported by Alberta Health Friday afternoon.That brings the provincial total to 9,219. The province surpassed 9,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.Alberta’s death toll has climbed by two as Alberta Health reported a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 90s died.

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Rita Wilson Says COVID-19 Face Mask Debate "Doesn't Make Sense"

Rita Wilson says wearing a face mask during a pandemic should be as normal and unquestioned as brushing one's teeth twice a day. "Why wouldn't you wear a mask if it's good for your health?" she asks.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton joins regional municipalities in passing mandatory mask bylaw

draft constructed a week ago by members of the city’s board of health.In the 90 plus minute debate, the bulk of councillors pleaded for the public to stay resolute with the province’s emergency orders requiring social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Hamilton board of health approves bylaw making masks mandatory in indoor public spaces “Please wear a mask.

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Edmonton Oilers defenceman Caleb Jones has recovered from COVID-19

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Caleb Jones confirmed on Friday that he has recovered from COVID-19.“A couple of weeks ago, I came in Edmonton actually early and I was going to do my seven-day isolation. I had a positive test for COVID,” said Jones.

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Up to 1,200 jobs at risk as Zizzi owner closes 75 restaurants due to coronavirus

coronavirus pandemic, resulting in the loss of up to 1,200 jobs. The Azzuri Group is being taken over by investment firm TowerBrook Capital Partners, which plans to keep open 225 restaurants and shops, protecting 5,000 jobs.But approximately 75 sites fall outside the scope of the deal and will subsequently close.It is unclear which restaurants will be affected.The dining sector has been knocked hard by the lockdown and pandemic, with a raft of restaurants having announced closures and jobs losses in recent weeks after seeing sales decimated.

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Melbourne woman loses food stamps, blames DEO for unemployment benefits error

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Nicole Finn, a single mother with 2 young children, is one of the first known Florida unemployment claimants to have her food stamps cut following a Department of Economic Opportunity mistake that found she was receiving state and federal benefits when in fact, she had never received any benefit payments.The Melbourne woman said she was furloughed from Land and Sea Inc. on March 24.

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New Smyrna Beach mayor wants beaches to be limited to essential activities only

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – People flocked to New Smyrna Beach on Friday, forcing the beach approach on Flagler Avenue to close at 10 a.m. because it already reached maximum capacity.

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MLB's testing sweep brings some success but optics are issue

PHOENIX – Major League Baseball's COVID-19 testing sweep appears to be having some success even as large swaths of the United States continue to struggle with containing the fast-spreading virus.MLB and the players' union released statistics on Friday saying six of 10,548 samples were new positives in the week ending Thursday, a rate of 0.05%. In addition to five players, one staff member tested positive.

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Zegna, Gucci rethink physical shows from digital platforms

MILAN – The coronavirus-provoked fashion runway rethink was in full swing on the last day of Milan’s first Digital Fashion Week. Ermengildo Zegna’s so-called Phygital presentation was a hybrid of physical and digital experiences that could be the harbinger for runway shows to come for the brand celebrating 110 years.

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Trial data support dexamethasone, but not hydroxychloroquine, for COVID-19

Data from a large randomized controlled trial in the United Kingdom showing a benefit from use of the steroid dexamethasone in hospitalized COVID-19 patients was released today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), while two more studies show no benefit for the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

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Global COVID-19 total nears 14 million amid appeal for nations in crisis

Brazil and India passed COVID-19 case milestones today, as the United Nations launched a $10.3 billion appeal for G20 nations to help low-income countries battle the virus, seen as a key step in stopping global circulation.

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Coronavirus anti-body test hailed a 'game-changer' passes first major trials

The Telegraph.Sir John Bell, Oxford's Regius Professor of Medicine, who leads the Government's antibody testing programme, said: "This rapid test appears to be truly amazing, and it shows we can do this ourselves."It is developed by Oxford University and is a fingerprick test designed to use as home, the report adds.There have already been tens of thousands of prototypes manufactures ahead of regulatory approval over the next few weeks.Dr Chris Hand, chairman of Abingdon Health, said the first major clinical trial involved nearly 300 people.It was carried out by scientists at Ulster University.He told the paper: "It was found to be 98.6 per cent accurate, and that's very good news."We've had two shifts of R&D personnel working day and

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Orange County’s economy on a ‘slow,’ ‘steady’ rise to recovery

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Economic forecasters and tourism leaders say Orange County’s economy is on a slow rise to recovery during several presentations given to the Tourist Development Council Friday Morning.The council meets quarterly and this was the first time they met since the beginning of the pandemic.“We call this pattern the Nike swoosh,” said George Aguel, president and CEO of Visit Orlando. “This is what our recovery track might look like.

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Iowa meth kingpin is 3rd executed by US government this week

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - The U.S.

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Coronavirus: 27th day in a row no new case for Peterborough and area

coronavirus for Peterborough and area, the region’s health unit reports Thusday.The last reported new case of the virus was on June 20 in the health unit’s jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation. Ontario Stage 3: What the City of Peterborough is reopening and when Of the 95 cases, 93 have been resolved with two deaths reported due to COVID-19 complications.

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Chinese executives get 'pre-test' injections in vaccine race

BEIJING, April 10, 2020 -- A staff member displays a sample of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2020.

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2 shot during fight at Orange County after-hours club

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities are investigating a shooting at an after-hours club in Orange County that left at least two people injured, according to the sheriff’s office.Deputies said the incident was reported around 4:20 a.m. Friday at a club in the 6200 block of Lake Ellenor Drive.According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, two men, ages 23 and 33, were involved in a fight in the parking lot when they were hit by the gunfire.Orange County Fire Rescue crews rushed the 23-year-old victim to a nearby hospital, deputies said.

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Meet Trump’s controversial pick for a top Census job

Jeffrey MervisLast month, the U.S. statistical science community was shocked to learn that Nathaniel Cogley had assumed the new position of deputy director for policy at the Census Bureau.Most researchers had never heard of Cogley, a political scientist who earned a Ph.D.

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7 new coronavirus cases in Ottawa as Stage 3 begins Friday

coronavirus Friday as numerous businesses reopen in the city under Stage 3.OPH says there are currently 76 active cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in Ottawa.There have now been 2,189 lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Ottawa since the pandemic began, according to OPH figures.There were no new deaths linked to COVID-19 to report on Friday for the third-straight week, leaving Ottawa’s death toll of the pandemic at 263.One more person with COVID-19 has been hospitalized since Thursday’s report, however, with four patients now in hospital with the disease.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Friday’s report came with news of two new institutional outbreaks in Ottawa, bringing the

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3 recovered coronavirus cases reactivated as Saskatchewan total rises to 936

coronavirus cases that had been removed from recovered status have been reactivated in Saskatchewan, according to the provincial government on Friday.Health officials said there were 13 new cases in the daily update, with the overall total for the province growing to 936 since the first case was reported March 11. La Loche, a former Saskatchewan COVID-19 hotspot, hits 0 active cases Most of the new cases are in the central region with eight, according to a press release.

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Face coverings mandated in enclosed indoor public spaces as of Saturday: Dr. Chris Mackie

London, Ont., councillors to hold special meeting Monday on issue of mandatory masks According to Mackie, there are basically three ways to direct the use of face coverings, or masks, in the region:The Middlesex-London Health Unit is moving forward with the second option — issuing an instruction — and is also suggesting that municipalities take action through the third option.

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1 new death reported amid COVID-19 outbreak at Edmonton’s Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre

COVID-19 outbreak at a south Edmonton continuing care centre continues to grow, with one additional death related to the disease reported Friday.In an update on its website Friday morning, Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre said there are 34 active cases of COVID-19 in residents at the facility. In addition, there are nine active cases of the novel coronavirus in staff members.Two residents have died of COVID-19; the first death was reported earlier this week and the second on Friday morning.

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Saskatoon Motion Fitness location warns of possible COVID-19 exposure

Possible COVID-19 exposure at Regina Costco, KFC: Saskatchewan Health Authority An email obtained by Global News was sent to people who were at the gym during the following times when the individual was there:In the email, Motion Fitness says the “gym has been thoroughly sanitized since this has been reported.”The Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed “there is a contact tracing investigation in progress”, according to an email from spokesperson Amanda Purcell.

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Immigrant calls on local Hispanic community to participate as he fills out Census for first time

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects the number of people who live in this country but participation in some communities, like the Hispanic community, falls behind when it comes to filling out the Census.“I don’t think we’re any different than most of the rest of the country,” said Jackie Colón, the Southeast director for NALEO Educational Fund.

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Everything you need to know about Osceola County’s back-to-school plan

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – As Florida continues to see a surge in coronavirus cases, Osceola County school leaders are working to welcome students back for the 2020-2021 academic year with adjusted learning options.Osceola County Public Schools has been working on details to reopen for in-person learning after the Florida Department of Education issued an executive order telling schools to physically reopen come August.The school district’s “Ready. Set.

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DOE approves reopening plan Osceola County schools and Seminole County schools

Florida Department of Education has approved the reopening plan for Osceola County Schools and Seminole County Schools.OCPS gave parents three options to enroll their child in: School will open on Aug. 24.Seminole County schools will begin class on Aug.

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Citing the Pandemic, Feds Delay New Medicaid Waiver Rule

Disability Scoop (July 16)Citing the Pandemic, Feds Delay New Medicaid Waiver RuleThe Trump administration is holding off on implementing a Medicaid rule establishing a new standard for what counts as home- and community-based services for people with disabilities.In a letter to state Medicaid officials this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would delay the compliance deadline for a 2014 regulation detailing criteria that programs must meet in order to be considered community-based and eligible to be paid for through Medicaid home- and community-based services waivers.Under the rule, home- and community-based settings must be places that individuals choose to live that are integrated in and provide full access to

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COVID-19 Scan for Jul 17, 2020

Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to have evidence of severe COVID-19 disease on chest x-rays, according to a study yesterday in Radiology.The study was based on 326 patients hospitalized with confirme

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Coronavirus testing chief outlines plans to reintroduce boxing fans back into stadiums

boxing believes digital health passports will be the route back into arenas for fans.Avi Lasarow is the CEO of Prenetics, the testing company which has helped bring back elite sport in the UK amid the pandemic.The company led the testing procedure for Frank Warren's show last week undertaking 104 tests throughout fight week.They've also been doing the regular testing on all Premier League stars and for the England and Wales Cricket Board.But sport has been stuck behind-closed-doors and boxing will be hit hardest by the absence of fans given it relies so heavily on ticket revenue.It also means we may be starved of seeing big-name stars such as Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in the ring until crowds can come back.However, Lasarow believes his

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Coronavirus: Toronto company hoping Tom Hanks has ‘Big’ impact as physical distance marker

Tom Hanks in downtown Toronto.Images of the Oscar-winning actor have been laid on the ground outside of two government-run liquor stores in the city’s downtown, using his six-foot frame to help customers maintain their physical distance in line.The decals show a bespectacled Hanks in a suit above the caption “‘Hanks for keeping your distance.” Tom Hanks: ‘When I had coronavirus, my bones felt like they were made of soda crackers’ The non-profit initiative was developed by Public Inc., a Toronto-based marketing agency, with the aim of injecting some fun into physical distancing.“We were a bit concerned that people were going to let down their guard, that they weren’t going to be as vigilant about mask-wearing and physically distancing,”

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People With Disabilities Protest Physician Discrimination Amid Pandemic.

USA Today (7/14, Cox) reports “disability rights advocates in Austin, Texas, protested the care and treatment of 46-year-old Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic Black man who died of COVID-19.” Physicians “determined Hickson could not be saved after his organs began to fail, but advocates argued that his life was devalued due to racism and ableism.” As such, “the Texas Americans with Disabilities Action Planning Team (ADAPT) called for an investigation into Hickson’s death.” Elsewhere, “families protested in Rockland County, New York, against state restrictions limiting visitations to their developmentally-disabled relatives in group homes out of coronavirus fears, a local CBS affiliate reported.” The article highlights several other recent

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State mulls more COVID-19 testing at homes for disabled

News Service of Florida (July 9)State mulls more COVID-19 testing at homes for disabledGov. Ron DeSantis’ administration appears poised to address rising criticism over its handling of COVID-19 in group homes that take care of residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Florida begins distributing CARES Act money to counties for rent, mortgage assistance

APOPKA, Fla. – The initial stages of Florida distributing $250 million in federal CARES Act money to go toward rent and mortgage assistance began Friday when counties started receiving checks.Gov.

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Bombshell announcement made after 3 accused in killing of Ahmaud Arbery plead not guilty

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – The three Glynn County men accused in the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery appeared via video conference Friday at an arraignment hearing, pleading not guilty to all charges. During a hearing on a motion to grant bond following the arraignments, it came out that one of the defendants is under federal investigation for sex crimes, according to News 6 sister station WJXT.Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, are accused in the shooting of Arbery as he jogged through their neighborhood in late February.

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DA: No criminal charges filed against Allentown police officers in restraint of man

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Lehigh County District Attorney said Friday it will not file charges against two Allentown police officers seen in a viral video restraining a man outside of a hospital.The officer and a second police officer used reasonable force to restrain the man, who was agitated, obviously intoxicated and posing a danger to himself and others, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said.“I have concluded that there is absolutely no evidence to support filing criminal charges against either of the Allentown police officers involved in this incident,” Martin said in a news release.

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Disability rights group suing Gov. DeSantis for not having interpreter at COVID briefings

12 News (July 14)Disability rights group suing Gov. DeSantis for not having interpreter at COVID briefingsThe Disability Rights Florida and the National Association of the Deaf are suing Gov.

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Homeless man died after botched backflip; police arrest man who allegedly offered him $6 for stunt

LAS VEGAS - Police arrested Keonte Jones on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in the death of a homeless man last month.The Las Vegas Metro Police Department said 55-year-old Larry Coner approached Jones on June 20 asking for money, KVVU reported.Jones, 28, allegedly told Coner that he’d pay him $6 if he could land a backflip. Police said Jones livestreamed Coner’s attempts on social media.RELATED: 3 arrested in shooting death of father crossing street with daughterOn his third try, Coner landed on his neck, suffering a spinal injury.

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Finau, Palmer share early lead at Memorial as Tiger hangs on

DUBLIN, Ohio – Tony Finau figured he was on the right track when he shot 59 at Victory Ranch last week in Utah.That kind of score isn't happening at Muirfield Village, where the greens are getting faster by the hour. No matter.

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LeMahieu back with Yanks after recovering from COVID-19

NEW YORK – Second baseman DJ LeMahieu returned to the field for the New York Yankees on Friday after missing nearly two weeks with COVID-19.Manager Aaron Boone announced on July 4 that LeMahieu and right-hander Luis Cessa tested positive for the coronavirus before traveling to New York and said they were self-isolating at home.LeMahieu was not in the lineup for Friday's intraquad game but hit in a batting cage and was to take grounders on the field. Boone wants LeMahieu to build up his legs and said it's not clear whether he will be ready for Thursday night's opener at Washington.“I don’t want to commit one way or the other,” he said.LeMahieu signed with the Yankees before the 2019 season and hit .327.

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Arbery slaying defendant facing separate investigation

ATLANTA – One of the white men charged with murder in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery while he was running in a neighborhood near Georgia's coast struck the Black man with his vehicle and had messages on his phone that were “replete" with racist remarks, a prosecutor said in court Friday.Cobb County prosecutor Jesse Evans cited the evidence to urge a judge to deny bond to defendant William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. Evans also said Bryan and the two other defendants in the case communicated with each other after Arbery's death, appearing to be “circling the wagons,” and that Bryan was facing a separate state criminal investigation into possible sex crimes.

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B.C. health officials to hold unexpected news conference on coronavirus on Friday

coronavirus on Friday.Global News will stream the 3 p.m. PT briefing live here on our website, on our Facebook page and carry it on BC1.

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Brazil’s isolated Indigenous groups report first coronavirus deaths

COVID-19 have come to a vast, remote region of the Amazon that Brazil’s government says is home to greatest concentration of isolated Indigenous groups in the world.Experts fear the new coronavirus could spread rapidly among peoples with lesser resistance even to already common diseases and limited access to health care, potentially wiping out some smaller groups.A 83-year-old Marubo man known as Yovempa died of COVID-19 on July 5, the country’s Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health said five days later. Two other deaths were reported later by the independent Indigenous Peoples’ Coordination.

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Coronavirus: Canada to extend emergency wage subsidy program into December

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced on Friday the federal government would extend the emergency wage subsidy until Dec.

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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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