Minister expects update of Covid isolation period soon

National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) noted in a statement.A file photo shows children at work in a classroom. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images) To give these educators some extra credit for all of their dedication and hard work, many companies are offering deals and freebies this week:Participating Applebee's locations have offered teachers and other school staff discounts on their meals with proof of their profession during previous Teacher Appreciation Weeks. This year, the chain is offering 20% off at participating locations, according to Delish.

West Lothian key workers who kept the country going during the ­pandemic now face having to live in poverty because of the cost of living crisis. Many frontline staff who were applauded on doorsteps across the land are now on the breadline, according to a study by the GMB. The union said a proposed two per cent pay rise for carers, refuse collectors and school staff is far below the inflation rate and is not enough to cover huge hikes in the price of food, energy and fuel. The GMB probe found 3531 in West Lothian are earning under £25,000 for a 37-hour week.

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Actress Amber Heard is expected to testify this week in Johnny Depp's defamation trial that continues in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom just days after she abruptly fired her PR team. Heard is expected on the stand to respond as the first witness in the defense's case.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherHeard was reportedly upset over negative headlines and fired marketing agency Precision Strategies on Thursday in favor of Shane Communications, according to an online report by the New York Post.The cross-examination of Johnny Depp concluded Monday after four days on the witness stand in a Fairfax County courtroom as part of his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.Last week, a forensic psychologist hired by Depp's legal team testified that Heard, his ex-wife, suffers from borderline and histrionic personality disorder.The psychologist, Shannon Curry, took the stand Tuesday saying she reached her diagnosis during 12 hours of interviews with Heard and after a review of her mental-health records.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - A first group of civilians trapped for weeks inside a steel plant in Mariupol under Russian siege was expected to reach a Ukrainian-controlled city on Monday, as a new attempt was launched to allow people sheltering elsewhere in the city to leave.Video posted online Sunday by Ukrainian forces showed elderly women and mothers with small children climbing over a steep pile of rubble from the sprawling Azovstal steel plant and eventually boarding a bus.The evacuation, if successful, would represent rare progress in easing the human cost of the almost 10-week war, which has caused particular suffering in Mariupol. Previous attempts to open safe corridors out of the port city on the Sea of Azov and other places have broken down.

With South Africa entering the 5th wave of Covid-19 earlier than expected and India witnessing a slight rise in daily infection rate once again, experts have stressed on maintaining caution. 

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Monday is the final day for Pennsylvania residents to register to vote for the state's primary election. The primary general election is on May 17 and the final day to request a mail-in or absentee ballot is May 10. To check if you are already registered to vote, check your registration status online. If you need to register to vote in the state, you can do so online here. ___RELATED HEADLINESThose interested in registering to vote can also do so by printing and completing the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Application before sending it to the county voter registration office. AdvertisementVoter registration can also be completed in person at a county voter registration office or PennDOT location. 

Russian war in Ukraine, red-hot inflation and an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve.Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America are among the firms predicting an economic downturn within the next two years, which could have serious implications for millions of Americans. Recessions, which simply refers to two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, are often characterized by high unemployment, low or negative GDP growth, falling income, and slowing retail sales. They are notoriously difficult to predict.

ATLANTA - Selection begins for a special grand jury in Fulton County tasked with deciding if former President Donald Trump and others broke the law by pressuring Georgia officials to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is preparing for crowds inside and outside the courthouse in Atlanta by shutting down nearby streets and ramping up security.Cameras will be permitted inside the grand jury room during jury selection, which begins Monday. Cameras won’t be allowed to show potential grand jurors.

Twitter last year after repeatedly making the baseless claim that former President Trump won the 2020 election, created a new account on the social media platform Sunday but was banned again just hours later. "Hello everybody, I'M BACK ON TWITTER. My only account is @MikeJLindell! Please RT and FOLLOW to SPREAD THE WORD," Lindell tweeted shortly before noon.A Twitter spokesperson told Fox Business around 5 p.m.

Omicron variant of Covid has show two early warning signs that you might have the virus – even if you've been vaccinated.According to experts, if you feel dizzy or fatigued, you might have caught the virus – regardless of how many jabs or boosters you have had.The variant was first found in South Africa and Hong Kong in November, 2021, and came to the UK a few weeks later in December.It was thought to be a much milder strain when compared to the then-more dominant Delta strain, which had taken hold of the country at the time.According to a recent report published in infectious disease and epidemiology journal, Eurosurveillance, there were eight key symptoms experienced by a Norwegian group of fully vaccinated partygoers recently.These were a cough, runny nose, fatigue, sore throat, headache, muscle pain, fever and sneezing.The study found that cough, runny nose and fatigue were among the most common symptoms in the vaccinated individuals while sneezing and fever were least common in the milder strain of the virus.This prompted nausea to be added to the official symptoms list worldwide, as dizziness was already on it.And according to Professor Tim Spector, the man behind the much-lauded ZOE Symptom Study app, around half of all new colds are actually Covid.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.Fatigue can also present itself as sore or weak muscles, headaches, and even blurry vision and loss of appetite.The news of two new symptoms comes as two new variants of Omicrom were found in Bengaluru, India.According to New Indian Express, BA.2.10 and BA.2.12 were found, but not much data exists yet as these are the first sightings of the new variant.A spokesman for the

Van Morrison‘s new track ‘Dangerous’ appears to reference the musician’s ongoing feud with Robin Swann, the Northern Ireland Minister Of Health.Last November, Swann filed a defamation lawsuit against Morrison over comments he had made regarding COVID-19 earlier in 2021.During a pre-show dinner event in Belfast in June, Morrison branded Swann “very dangerous” in a response to Swann criticising him for his anti-lockdown stance in a 2020 op-ed, in which he said Morrison’s words “will give great comfort to the conspiracy theorists”.On Friday (April 29) Morrison released ‘Dangerous’, the third single from his upcoming 43rd studio album ‘What’s It Gonna Take?’, which is due to arrive on May 20 via Exile Productions/Virgin.The almost-eight-minute number includes the lines: “Somebody said I was dangerous/ I said something bad, it must have been good.” Later, Morrison tells this listener that he “was just looking for the evidence” and asks for “proof“.You can listen to the song below.Per his official website,  the forthcoming ‘What’s It Gonna Take?’ “features fifteen new Van Morrison compositions that collectively reflect the artist’s indefatigable drive to record and perform live in front of audiences.”The album also includes the songs ‘Fighting Back Is The New Normal’, ‘Fodder For The Masses’, ‘Can’t Go On This Way’ and ‘Damage And Recovery’.In response to Swann taking legal action last year, representatives for Morrison said their client “regrets that Mr Swann considered it necessary to issue proceedings” and that they were “disappointed by the publicity that surrounds the issue”.Regarding a planned defence for the singer, they said: “Mr Morrison asserts within that defence that the words used by him related to a matter of

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Scotland lifted all Covid-19 restrictions over the weekend as the country entered a 'new phase' of the pandemic.

CHANGSHA, CHINA - APRIL 29: Rescuers work at the collapse site of a self-constructed residential building on April 29, 2022 in Changsha, Hunan Province of China. The incident took place on Friday in Wangcheng District in Changsha.

Police recovered five out six guitars belonging to the The Brian Jonestown Massacre band. (Credit: Portland Police) PORTLAND, Ore. - Police in Portland, Oregon, said they have recovered stolen, rare guitars worth thousands of dollars. Officers said they were abating a camp last Thursday near Interstate 405 when they recovered five out of six guitars reported stolen from The Brian Jonestown Massacre band on April 18. "These guitars are reportedly from the 1960’s and have enormous sentimental value and are not easily replaceable, according to members of the band," police said in a news release. "I want to thank you for your service and the excellent detective work in locating most of our guitars.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - A long-awaited evacuation of civilians from a besieged steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was under way Sunday, as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that she visited Ukraine’s president to show unflinching American support for the country’s defense against Russia’s invasion.Video posted online by Ukrainian forces showed elderly women and mothers with small children bundled in winter clothing being helped as they climbed a steep pile of debris from the sprawling Azovstal steel plant’s rubble, and then eventually boarded a bus.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 100 civilians, primarily women and children, were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday.RELATED: Marine veteran dies fighting alongside Ukrainians; Widow calls him 'hero'"Today, for the first time in all the days of the war, this vitally needed (humanitarian) corridor has started working," he said in a pre-recorded address published on his Telegram messaging app channel.U.S.

National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will be reviewing the data of COVID19 vaccines for the 5-12 age group on 4th May, as per sources. This comes as the government panel earlier meeting on the issue remained inconclusive. 

China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow today as authorities reported 58 new Covid-19 cases outside areas under lockdown, while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of people on a May Day holiday few were celebrating.

India reported 3,157 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases to 19,500, the union health ministry said on Monday.

University of California San Diego are making it possible for people to screen for Alzheimer’s disease, ADHD and other neurological diseases and disorders from the comfort of their own homes.The app uses a near-infrared camera, which is built into newer smartphones for facial recognition, along with a regular selfie camera to track how a person’s pupil changes in size. These pupil measurements can be used to assess a person’s cognitive condition, researchers said in a press release published on April 29.

The Supreme Court said conditions imposed by some state governments, restricting access of unvaccinated people to public places is not correct

Covid caseload has jumped to 4,30,82,345 cases and the fatalities count stands at 5,23,869 after 26 deaths were reported in a day.

Covid-19 pandemic is not fully over yet, with the increase in coronavirus cases in the last two weeks manifesting the need to stay alert, and underlined that vaccination remains the biggest protective shield against the virus.

SOCIETY HILL - Locals are standing with the people of Ukraine as they continue to fight back against the Russians.A string quartet from the Philadelphia Orchestra, setting the musical tone for the evening, at a gala fundraiser for Ukraine."This a representation from the greater Philadelphia arts community. I’m with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

CHERRY HILL, N.J. - The countdown is on until disposable bags are a thing of the past in New Jersey. The Garden State’s bag ban goes effect Wednesday and it isn’t just plastic bags.

Grammy Award-winning artist Naomi Judd died on Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022, many recalled that her recent memoir, "River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope," directly addressed her battle with mental illness.NAOMI JUDD DEAD AT 76"River of Time" came out in 2016 from Hachette/Center Street.Early on in the book, in a dedication, Judd wrote that "even in the darkest days" of her battle with depression, "I was never blinded to the compassion from my beloveds who continually reached down with loving hands and lifted me out of my harrowing nightmare of despair," she said.Mother and daughter C/W duo Naomi and Wynonna Judd singing in concert. (Photo by Ron Wolfson/Getty Images) "Because of you, I can tell my story," she added.She described experiencing the "boulder-like weight of my severe treatment-resistant depression and terrifying panic attacks."In the book, she detailed how the world "knows me as the Mom half of the Judds singing duo."She said her life was filled with "interesting people, different scenery, new things to learn, and exhilarating events."She also said that "just when we were cresting the top of the show business world, in 1990, doctors told me that I had only three years to live." That's when she was diagnosed with hepatitis C, which she said she had unknowingly contracted during her work as a nurse, "before the Judds took off."NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 07: Naomi Judd attends Pet Philanthropy Circle's 5th Pet Hero Awards at Gotham Hall on October 7, 2016 in New York City.

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From 11:59pm tonight (2 May), an amendment order removes the requirement for people currently permitted to arrive via the maritime border to do so without needing to quarantine or isolate for 7 days.

Avril Lavigne has alerted fans that three of her upcoming gigs in Canada won’t go ahead as scheduled, after a member of her touring crew tested positive for COVID-19.The affected dates include one at Place Bell in Laval – initially slated for tonight (May 2), but now set to go down on Saturday (May 7) – one at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, and one at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Those last two gigs – which were booked in for tomorrow (May 3) and on Wednesday May 4, respectively – are yet to receive new dates, but in a statement posted on social media, Lavigne assured ticketholders that new details “will be announced shortly”.At the time of writing, Lavigne’s show at the Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City is still scheduled to ahead on Friday (May 6).

Today we are reporting 6,636 community cases, 480 hospitalisations and seven deaths.

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Police investigate a drive-by shooting in East Germantown that kills a 31-year-old man and was witnessed by plainclothes officers nearby. EAST GERMANTOWN - Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting which killed an adult male and involved two 14th District officers in plainclothes conducting unrelated police business, in East Germantown.Officials said he two officers were on patrol on the 6100 block of Baynton Street, just about 6:40 Sunday evening, when they saw three men in silver or gray SUV shoot a 31-year-old man multiple times, unloading their weapons at least 27 times.The man was rushed to a nearby hospital in extremely critical condition.

housing prices by rapidly ramping up the pace of home construction risks pushing up construction costs in the near term and could lead to oversupply in the long run, experts said.Vowing to double homebuilding to keep up with population growth and address a shortfall that has helped fuel a real estate boom, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals last month outlined plans to build 3.5 million homes over the next decade. 63% of Canadian non-owners have ‘given up’ on ever buying a home: Ipsos But experts argue Canada’s housing shortage is not nearly as acute as the government suggests, noting starts are running at historic levels – around 250,000 a year – with a record number of units under construction, though completions lag.“I think we definitely need new supply to meet increasing household growth as a result of immigration.

Police investigate a drive-by shooting in East Germantown that critically injures a 31-year-old man and was witnessed by plainclothes officers nearby. EAST GERMANTOWN - Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting which critically injured an adult male and involved two 14th District officers in plainclothes conducting unrelated police business, in East Germantown.Officials said he two officers were on patrol on the 6100 block of Baynton Street, just about 6:40 Sunday evening, when they saw three men in silver or gray SUV shoot a 31-year-old man multiple times, unloading their weapons at least 27 times.The man was rushed to a nearby hospital in extremely critical condition.Police investigate a drive-by shooting in East Germantown that critically injures a 31-year-old man and was witnessed by plainclothes officers nearby.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner with Megan Thee Stallion (Photo courtesy of Megan Thee Stallion via Instagram) HOUSTON - Houston's own Megan Thee Stallion has continuously made the city proud and was given a special honor this weekend. WATCH: Megan Thee Stallion graduates from Texas Southern UniversityThe three-time Grammy-winning recording artist, songwriter, and philanthropist, whose real name is Megan Pete, posted on her Instagram that she received a key to the city. Additionally, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced in an official proclamation that May 2, 2022, would be known as "Megan Thee Stallion Day." The date coincides with Pete's late grandmother and mother's birthday. "Megan Thee Stallion has an extraordinary entertainment career, but we wanted to honor her for what she does offstage to lift people's lives in underserved communities," Mayor Turner said. "She assisted people after the 2021 winter storm, during the pandemic, and helped those struggling with homelessness.

Emmerdale star has begged her followers to get mammograms after believing her cancer could have been caught sooner. The 56-year-old actress, who played Kathy Glover in the long-running ITV soap, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February after finding a lump in January. She says she thinks the cancer could have been spotted earlier had her routine mammogram not been cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of "maximum fun" once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.But enacting what at the moment are little more than a mix of vague principles and technical details could be considerably more complicated than he suggests.Here's what might happen if Musk follows through on his ideas about free speech, fighting spam and opening up the "black box" of artificial intelligence tools that amplify social media trends.Musk's feistiest priority -- but also the one with the vaguest roadmap -- is to make Twitter a "politically neutral" digital town square for the world's discourse that allows as much free speech as each country's laws allow. He's acknowledged that his plans to reshape Twitter could anger the political left and mostly please the right. He hasn't specified exactly what he'll do about former President Donald Trump's permanently banned account or other right-wing leaders whose tweets have run afoul of the company's restrictions against hate speech, violent threats or harmful misinformation. A rancher is offering 100 acres of free land to Elon Musk if he moves the Twitter headquarters from California to Schwertner, Texas.DOWNLOAD: FOX 7 AUSTIN NEWS APPShould Musk go this direction, it could mean bringing back not only Trump, but "many, many others that were removed as a result of QAnon conspiracies, targeted harassment of journalists and activists, and of course all of the accounts that were removed after Jan.

KAY COUNTY, Okla. - Three students from The University of Oklahoma were killed Friday along Interstate 35 after their car hydroplaned and was struck by a passing semi-truck, officials said.Troopers identified the crash victims as Nicholas Nair, Gain Short and Drake Brooks.Investigators believe the trio was heading southbound on I-35 near the Kansas border when storms caused roadways to become slick and their car hydroplaned.A news release from the OHP stated the vehicle became disabled and was struck by a semi-truck.First responders said the students were pinned in the car for more than five hours before rescues were able to remove them from the mangled mess, but all were pronounced dead on scene.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVVideo shows the group of OU meteorology was in Kansas chasing severe thunderstorms in the central part of the state hours before the crash.After learning the news, fellow storm chasers took to social media to offer their thoughts and prayers to the victims’ families.The university released a statement to FOX Weather following the crash:The university is devastated to learn of the tragic passing of three students. Each were valued and loved members of our community.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.

Brandy Dowdy was arrested following the fatal attack and charged with manslaughter and dangerous dog law. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office) An Alabama woman was arrested Friday after a pack of dogs attacked and killed an employee of the state who was investigating a dog attack that occurred earlier in the week, authorities said.The fatal attack happened when Jacqueline Summer Beard, an Alabama Department of Public Health employee, went to follow up on alleged incident involving dogs owned by Brandy Dowdy, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said.

Mario Rodriquez (Photo: Texas Dept. of Public Safety) AMARILLO, Texas - An Oklahoma man is charged with murder after reportedly shooting and killing his girlfriend in the parking lot of a Texas Roadhouse, Amarillo Police said.The shooting happened about 8:30 p.m.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - The Broad Street Run triumphantly returned to Philadelphia, after the pandemic shut the 10-mile race down in 2020 and postponed it in 2021. The race is now in the books, as tens of thousands of runners competed in the race, the largest of its kind in the nation."Being brave and getting out of your comfort zone," runner Erica Panei explained her mindset regarding the run.More than 27,000 runners got out of their comfort zone and bravely ran the 10-mile race.

TRENTON, N.J. - Trenton Police are investigating a triple shooting, in which one man died, and, police believe, two were targeted.Police responded to the 800 block of Beatty Street after numerous 911 calls alerting of gunshots heard and multiple people shot Sunday afternoon, about 1:30, according to authorities.When police arrived, they found one man shot on Beatty Street, while two other men were found on the 100 block of Randall Avenue.The man found shot on Beatty Street was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, where he died.The other two men were being treated for their injuries, though no details were provided regarding their conditions.Officials said in the early stages of the investigation, they believe two of the men, including the man who died, were targeted.AdvertisementPolice ask anyone with information to contact Mercer County Homicide Task Force at 609-989-6406.

HOLLYWOOD - MAY 06: Actress Debra Jo Rupp, Laura Prepon Wilmer Valderrama and Ashton Kutcher talk at the Fox Television 'That 70s Show' wrap party held at Tropicana at The Roosevelt Hotel on may 6, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harr A new reboot coming to Netflix will bring most of the old Point Place crew back together again.

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ABILENE, Texas - A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged after he allegedly stabbed multiple people at a Texas Cinco de Mayo celebration.The Abilene Police Department responded to a call of multiple victims suffering from stab wounds at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church on April 30 just after 9 p.m.Off-duty Taylor County Sheriff's deputies had been working security at the event and had taken the suspect into custody after several people were involved in a struggle to restrain him, according to Abilene police.