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About 8,600 Nova Scotians received their first dose between March 11 and 21, and can now select a new date and time at any clinic across the province that is open for booking.“Anyone who did not provide an email must call the toll-free line at 1-833-797-7772 to reschedule or to request an email address be added,” the province said.Notices will continue to be sent over the following weeks as vaccine supply is received.
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Delhi have had a significant impact on the Covid situation in Delhi and as per yesterday's health bulletin the positivity rate in Delhi has slipped around 1 per cent with a positive cases of about 500 only, which is a big relief from almost 35 per cent a month back," read the letter by Praveen Khandelwal, National Secretary General, CAIT."In view of the above, we request you to take immediate steps to unlock Delhi, which is the need of the hour, to ensure that commercial activities should start without any further delay," it added. Delhi, which has been under strict lockdown since April 19 to combat the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, had started the unlock process from Monday by allowing the construction sector and factories to
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COVID-19 vaccine doses to allow those who got a first shot of AstraZeneca to get another brand if desired.The provincial government, along with Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, gave the green light on Thursday in alignment with updated guidance from NACI (National Advisory Committee on Immunization).The change is effective June 4.Ontario residents who received one shot of AstraZeneca can choose to take a second dose of AstraZeneca or an mRNA vaccine dose such as Pfizer or Moderna.
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New Delhi: Some people who take the drug methotrexate to treat common immune system disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis may mount a weaker immune response to a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study.People with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders are typically treated with drugs that reduce inflammation, including methotrexate.The disorders result when the immune system, meant to fight disease and drive healing, is triggered abnormally, which in turn causes inflammation, pain and swelling.The study, published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, looked specifically at patients' responses to the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, which the researchers measured by looking at the antibodies produced in
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Number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in England rises by 22%
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England has risen by 22%, reaching the highest level in six weeks.
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Alison Hammond in awkward Covid blunder as she goes to shake war veteran's hand
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West Bengal eases Covid lockdown curbs; Opens up restaurants, shops. Details here
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India at WHO promises to create global scale capacities to face pandemic
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla on Thursday reiterated that India will participate in the process of creating global scale capacities that are needed to deal with pandemic challenges and vowed to participate fully in the international process of regeneration through building newer and more resilient supply chains.Speaking at a World Health Organization's (WHO) forum, Shringla said: "We had to create, literally overnight, new capacities to try and cope with a Black Swan event.
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Maharashtra HSC exams 2021: Class 12 state board exams cancelled amid Covid-19
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Tata Steel provides 300 oxygen concentrators to Jharkhand govt to fight Covid
Ranchi: Tata Steel on Thursday said it has provided 300 oxygen concentrators to the Jharkhand government to help it fight against the second wave of COVID-19.These oxygen concentrators were imported from the US and China."In its continued efforts to fight against COVID-19, Tata Steel handed over 300 oxygen concentrators to the Government of Jharkhand," a company statement said.These oxygen concentrators were given to the state government's health, medical education and family welfare department additional chief secretary AK Singh.Tata Steel's chief resident executive - Ranchi Sanjay Mohan Srivastava was present on the occasion.Besides other efforts to combat COVID-19, the steelmaker has been collaborating with the government to augment the
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624 doctors died in second wave of Covid, most of them in Delhi, says IMA
Covid-19 infections in the country so far, with Delhi accounting for 109 such deaths, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Thursday.The latest data revealed by the IMA shows that nearly every second doctor who died in the second Covid-19 wave died either in New Delhi (over a sixth of the total fatalities), Bihar (96) and Uttar Pradesh (79).As many as 748 doctors had died of coronavirus across the country in the first wave of the pandemic, the IMA said.Meanwhile, India on Thursday recorded 1,34,154 new cases of coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, taking the country's infection tally to 2,84,41,986.India's active caseload has further declined to 17,13,413.
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Explainer: Countries vaccinating children against Covid
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Public Health Scotland: Covid surge in Ayrshire sees cases soar by 600 per cent in south of county
Ayrshire.Schools, business and hospitality venues have all been affected during the last seven days.South Ayrshire has been worst hit, with the number of cases multiplying by more than 600 per cent in the last week.The number of cases in the south of the county has shot up from 18 to 115 during that time.In East Ayrshire, cases have doubled from 33 to 66.And in North Ayrshire, cases have also risen from 49 to 62.A number of cases tested positive at Prestwick's The BUF bar, leading to the venue's temporary closure earlier this week.Anyone visiting the bar between May 22-30 has also been urged to take a Covid test.Ayr bar/restaurant Ghillie Dhu has also closed in the short-term following a positive case linked to its venue.Health chiefs
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Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance plans to tackle covid with tapeworm drug, cheaper tests
Mukesh Ambani builds an armamentarium against the pathogen which has ravaged India in the past year.India’s most-valuable company is exploring use of a tapeworm drug, Niclosamide, as a cure for Covid-19, according to its annual report. Its diagnostic kits -- R-Green and R-Green Pro -- have been approved by India’s apex medical research body and it has designed a process to make sanitizers at one-fifth the market cost, Reliance said in the report.The refining-to-retail group’s efforts come as India emerges the pandemic’s epicenter with the world’s fastest-surging coronavirus outbreak that has sickened 28.44 million so far and killed more than 337,900 people in the Asian nation.
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India looking forward to WHO approval for home-grown covid vaccine Covaxin
NEW DELHI : India is looking forward to the World Health Organization (WHO) approving and recognizing India’s indigenously developed anti-covid vaccine, Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.In his address to the WHO's “South-East Asia Regional Health Partners’ Forum on COVID-19", Shringla also underlined India’s intention to participate in international regeneration efforts as the pandemic wanes, through building newer and more resilient supply chains.The meet was attended by Ajay Seth, secretary, department of economic affairs; Rajesh Bhushan, health secretary; and Randeep Guleria, director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, besides participants from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.Shringla said covid-19 had
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The number of people under 50 who may only need one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine may increase as a result of new evidence on presumed immunity after infection with the disease, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has said.
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Jail term for yob who spat at cops and told them he had COVID-19
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Sean Bean forced to take break from filming BBC drama Time over Covid scare
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Covid-19: Govt asks states to issue ration cards to poor
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Ryan-Mark Parsons says friends who don't get Covid jab are 'dead wood' on GMB
Good Morning Britain on Thursday, Ryan-Mark got into a heated argument with social commentator Joanne Jarjue who insisted that she didn't want to take the jab, and that "civil liberties" shouldn't be removed for those who refuse it.But Ryan-Mark dismissed that viewpoint entirely, branding it "garbage"."I've had this conversation with many friends, and I'm willing to cut contact with people if they're not willing to get out there, get the jab and protect others from this virus," Ryan-Mark told presenters Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins."I have blocked my friends if they're not willing to get the jab," he admitted.
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New covid cases drop past peak in most districts, some exceptions remain
coronavirus cases has dipped from a peak of about 414,000 on 6 May to about 134,000 as of Wednesday. However, this drop is not uniform across the country, and there exist pockets that have yet to see their peak, a district-wise analysis shows.In the week to 2 June, about 92% of India’s districts reported fewer new cases than they did at their respective peaks of the second wave.
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Boris Johnson to chair UK Covid-19 recovery summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a coronavirus recovery summit with the First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales later today.
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Julianne Moore Reveals What She's Given Up During the Pandemic
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COVID-19: Questions raised after Kenney, cabinet ministers dine on ‘Sky Palace’ balcony in Edmonton
Questions are being raised after photos circulated on social media showing Premier Jason Kenney and some cabinet ministers dining on the balcony of the “Sky Palace” in Edmonton while Alberta continues to enforce COVID-19 restrictions on dining and outdoor gatherings.
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Serum Institute seeks approval to make Sputnik V covid vaccine: Report
Sputnik V in the country, sources said on Thursday.The Pune-based firm has also sought approval for test analysis and examination.Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is currently being manufactured in India by Dr Reddy's Laboratories."The Serum Institute of India (SII) put up an application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday seeking permission to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, in India," a source said.The SII has already told the government that it will be able to manufacture and supply 10 crore Covishield doses in June, while it is also manufacturing the Novavax vaccine, the regulatory clearance for which is awaited from the United States.The vaccine was given emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the DCGI in
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US science chief wants next pandemic vaccine ready in 100 days
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How US will distribute 8 crore Covid vaccines to countries? Announcement soon
Joe Biden could announce as early as Thursday details of Washington's plan for distributing 80 million doses of coronavirus vaccine globally."I want you to know as well that in a few short days ...
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Reliance Industries to give 5 years of salary to families of employees who died of Covid
Reliance Industries (RIL) has said that it will continue to provide salaries for five years to the nominee of employees who succumbed to the disease.''Reliance has put in place a liberal leave policy for employees affected by Covid-19. It is providing financial assistance of up to 3 months’ pay as interest-free salary advance in case of an exigency.
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Harry Redknapp and Nick Grimshaw among names forced to quarantine as BBC show hit by Covid
The Mirror reported that several stars of the BBC show came into contact with the member of production backstage on Friday evening.
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Covid update: India records lowest fatalities in 35 days, over 1.34 lakh new cases 24 hours
coronavirus infections was seen in the last 24 hours with 1,34,154 more people testing positive, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.The number stood at 1,32,788. With the addition of new cases, the cumulative load in the country has reached 2,84,41,986.The fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours dipped to a nearly 35-day low with 2,887 more people succumbing to the disease.
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'Get a shot, have a beer': Joe Biden message to boost US Covid vaccination rate
Joe Biden said in a speech announcing the campaign to meet his Independence Day target.The White House has recruited everything from big brewers like Anheuser-Busch to small Black-owned barber shops to spearhead the effort."We're asking the American people for help," Biden said."It's going to take everyone..., so we can declare independence from Covid-19 and free ourselves from the grip it has held over our life for the better part of a year."Biden said the country is on the cusp of achieving the 70 percent goal.Currently, 63 percent of adults have received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine.
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Snowman Logistics partners with Dr Reddy's for Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine in India
Covid-19 vaccine across India, the company said in a filing on Thursday.Snowman will manage the delivery through five of its high-capacity temperature-controlled warehouses in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bengaluru. The company will offer storage, order processing, shipper packing and secondary transportation from these locations.''The locations are strategically located to take care of not just the state distribution, but the whole of the regional requirements.
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Covid vaccine: Serum Institute of India seeks indemnity
ANI on Thursday.India has so far not given any manufacturer of a Covid-19 vaccine indemnity against the costs of compensation for any severe side effects.The development comes a day after reports of the Indian government leaning in favour of granting indemnity to Pfizer and Moderna started doing rounds.Quoting government sources, ANI reported that like other countries, the Indian government will also grant indemnity to the companies if they apply for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA).The country is currently using Covishield -- manufactured by SII -- and Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for its Covid-19 vaccination drive.
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'WHO will make Covid sound like...': Anand Mahindra quips at Greek names for variants
Anand Mahindra has now come forward with his amusing stance on World Health Organization announcing a new nomenclature system for coronavirus variants.The WHO recently said that it will now refer to the most worrisome variants -- known as “variants of concern" -- by letters in the Greek alphabet to strike a fair and more comprehensible balance.In line with this, the B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants of the Covid-19, first identified in India, have been named as 'Kappa' and 'Delta' respectively."Today, @WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) & Interest (VOIs).
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