#COVID19 get the better of Mumbai.#NaToCorona#MissionZero pic.twitter.com/Aq3xAdzdaf1) Buildings found to have more than five Covid-19 patients will be sealed.2) The number of marshals deployed across Mumbai will be doubled to take action against citizens without masks, with the aim to catch 25,000 offenders every day.Also Read | Turnout modest for second covid shot3) Around 300 marshals will be deployed in suburban trains to take action against those travelling without masks.4) All asymptomatic patients being treated at home (home quarantine) to be stamped as earlier.5) The number of tests will be increased in wards having a rising number of cases6) Use of the mask is mandatory in public places like social gatherings such as weddings,.

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CFL will have to appease more levels of government to get 2021 protocols approved

CFL faces more challenges in its planned return for 2021 than it did last year when it was forced to cancel its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The CFL and CFL Players’ Association continue working on their return-to-play protocols. A league source estimates the final paperwork will be ready for submission in a week or two.

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Nova Scotia advises of COVID-19 exposure at 5 locations, Halifax bus routes

coronavirus at five retail and restaurant locations and several Halifax Transit routes.The health agency asks anyone who visited the locations to immediately book a test for COVID-19.Individuals present at the following two locations on the named dates and times are required to self-isolate while waiting for their test result:“If you get a negative result, you do not need to keep self-isolating. If you get a positive result, you will be contacted by Public Health about what to do next,” read the release.

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Public Health Agency of Canada ‘looking into’ non-compliance incidents of new travel rules

international travellers entering Canada are not compliant with the new rules under the federal Quarantine Act amid concerns over the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants.As of Monday, anyone entering Canada must take a novel coronavirus test on arrival and at the end of their mandated 14-day quarantine. Air travellers landing in Canada must also reserve a three-night stay at a government-authorized hotel at their own expense as they wait out the results of their COVID-19 test.

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Obese James Argent gets his Covid vaccine early because his 26st weight and asthma put him at ‘high risk’

JAMES 'Arg' Argent got his Covid vaccine early because his 26st weight and asthma put him at "high risk". The 33-year-old was seen at his local GP surgery in Essex to get his first jab.

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Trisha Yearwood Tests Positive for COVID-19, Garth Brooks Is Negative

Trisha Yearwood has tested positive for COVID-19. The singer and husband Garth Brooks' reps shared the news with ET on Wednesday, adding that Brooks has tested negative.

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COVID-19: Quebec to enforce elementary school students in red zones to wear masks in class

COVID-19, the Canadian Press has learned from a reliable source on Wednesday.The provincial government will first implement the new measure to the greater Montreal region and then to other red zones across the province a week later, on March 15.Public health recommended that the government tighten sanitary measures in schools in order to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 variants that are showing to be more transmissible.Elementary school students — aside from those in grades 5 and 6 — are currently only required to wear masks in the bus and in the hallway.

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COVID-19: Demand overwhelms Alberta vaccine booking system

The online and phone booking system for Albertans vying for COVID-19 vaccines was so overwhelmed the website crashed. As Jill Croteau reports, the system was so stretched to the limit that thousands are left without appointments.

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Residents at Saskatchewan long-term care facilities relieved to get COVID-19 vaccine

More than 40 per cent of long-term care residents in the province have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority; residents at some facilities say they’re relieved.

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Pressure grows on provinces to keep up with demand for COVID-19 vaccinations

Variants are adding urgency to Canada’s COVID-19 immunization rollout, and many Canadians are eager to get the shot.

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France considers single vaccine dose for COVID-19 survivors

The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna require two doses. But new research suggests survivors of the illness only require one dose. Crystal Goomansingh explains why France is considering adopting this strategy.

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US military begins delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses to Texas, New York

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday began delivering shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and announced that service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.The expanded vaccination effort came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with military commanders overseeing the COVID-19 response effort.

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Congress MP urges Centre to conduct free Covid test for international travellers landing in India

Kerala Congress MP Ramya Haridas on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to conduct free of cost RT-PCR tests for all international air travellers arriving at the airports in India."The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has given directions that all the passengers arriving at the airports in India should get an RT-PCR test done compulsorily. This has created difficulty for passengers in terms of money and time.

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Covid-19: Punjab to limit indoor, outdoor gatherings from next week

Also Read | India’s tricky options in the Myanmar muddleThe Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday has deputed high-level multi-disciplinary teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir for supporting them in public health measures for targeted COVID-19 response and management.According to the official release, the three-member multidisciplinary teams will work closely with the states and UT administration and ascertain the reasons for the recent surge in the number of COVID-19 cases.

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Left out of MeToo: New initiative focuses on Black survivors

It’s been more than three years since the #MeToo movement launched a culture-shifting conversation about sexual violence. But Tarana Burke, the activist who gave the movement its name, says concrete change has been incremental at best — and especially for Black survivors.

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Suns' Booker replaces Lakers' Davis in NBA All-Star Game

NEW YORK – Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker was selected Wednesday to replace injured Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis in the NBA All-Star Game.

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GOP rallies solidly against Democrats' virus relief package

WASHINGTON – Republicans rallied solidly Wednesday against Democrats' proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate's parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum wage.

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Vernon, B.C., long-term care facility

COVID-19 outbreak over at Vernon’s Creekside Landing, a long-term care facility.A total of 40 cases were connected to the care home, including 25 residents and 15 staff.Two deaths were linked to the outbreak. Coronavirus: Business traveller lamenting lack of private testing sites in Okanagan “I want to thank the team at Creekside Landing who worked hard with public health to manage this challenging outbreak,” Susan Brown, Interior Health president and CEO, said in a news release.

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Ontario to launch COVID-19 vaccine appointment portal on March 15

Monday, March 15 — that’s when the head of Ontario’s vaccine distribution task force says the province will launch an online appointment portal. It’s also the day seniors 80 and older become eligible to book their first shot.

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Alberta Health Minister says AHS is ‘fixing the the problems’ with COVID-19 vaccine booking system

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says he stands with those disappointed with the issues some experienced while trying to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments Wednesday morning.

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‘Abusive’ B.C. ferry passengers arrested, fined $920 for refusal to mask up

Woman escorted off B.C. ferry for refusing to wear mask, causing ‘disturbance’ According to police, the women — aged 19 and 43 — walked onto the ferry in Tsawwassen and ignored direction from staff to put a mask on.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Police say both women had reusable masks in their possession, but simply refused to put them on.

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B.C. reports 456 new COVID-19 cases, and two additional deaths

B.C. health officials release a written statement with the daily COVID-19 numbers for Wednesday, Feb. 24. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey has the latest analysis of the numbers and an update on the live briefing schedule.

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Two more deaths and another 456 COVID-19 cases reported in B.C.

COVID-19 on Wednesday, along with two additional deaths.In a written statement, health officials said active cases had dipped slightly to 4,668, while another 7,924 people were isolating due to possible exposure.Of the new cases, 108 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 259 were in the Fraser Health region, 35 were in the Island Health region, 30 were in the Interior Health region and 20 were in the Northern Health region.There were 237 people in hospital, 64 of whom were in critical or intensive care.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The province has administered a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 168,267 people, or about 3.3 per cent of B.C.’s population, and the full two-dose

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Toronto tech startup transforms virtual learning

A Toronto-based tech start-up company is reinventing virtual learning for thousands of students in Canada and around the world. As Caryn Lieberman reports, the software is especially helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Toronto education tech company providing interactive virtual learning experience

coronavirus pandemic, many students were thrown into a world they had never experienced before.Virtual learning can be challenging and it is not always engaging, so a Toronto-based education technology company came up with an online interactive learning experience that is proving popular in its approach to virtual education.“We wanted to create virtual reality campuses that are more immersive, more virtual, more gamified,” said the founder and CEO of Tech Adaptika, Hosni Zaouali.Tech Adaptika developed a “live virtual campus,” which provides students with a comprehensive virtual learning experience.

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David Foster and Katharine McPhee welcome a baby boy

NEW YORK – Katharine McPhee and David Foster may want to channel their musical talents into lullabies.

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Jose Abreu tests positive for virus; Miller says he had it

American League MVP José Abreu tested positive for COVID-19 and will spend a few days away from the Chicago White Sox, while Cardinals reliever Andrew Miller told a St. Louis newspaper he tested positive 10 days before reporting to camp.

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Over 200 civic groups urge G20 to back IMF issuance to help poor countries in pandemic

IMF's own currency, or Special Drawing Rights, to help countries weather the Covid-19 pandemic.In an open letter to the International Monetary Fund and G20 finance ministers, the groups said a new allocation of SDRs would boost the reserves of all countries and avoid pushing low- and middle-income countries further into debt distress.Also Read | India’s tricky options in the Myanmar muddleG20 finance ministers and central bankers will discuss a possible SDR issuance - a move akin to a central bank printing money - when they meet by video conference on Friday.

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Fauci: In country as ‘rich and sophisticated’ as US, 500,000 shouldn’t have died of COVID-19

LOS ANGELES - As the United States reached another grim and devastating milestone of 500,000 deaths this week due to the coronavirus, Dr.

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Dad, 48, who died from Covid had jab just days before he was diagnosed

coronavirus received his first dose of the vaccine a month before he passed. Chris Moore, 48, had been shielding from Covid during the pandemic but returned to his role as an NHS administrator in December 2020.He was given his first dose of the Pfizer jab on January 2 at the University Hospital of North Durham but began to experience symptoms just days later.

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Disney Cruise Lines Cancels All Voyages Until June Amid Pandemic

Disney is providing an update.

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First COVAX vaccine shipment arrives in Ghana

Less than a year after it was first unveiled as a plan to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the first shipments landed in a participating country today, with Ghana receiving its first doses.

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COVID-19 antibodies were present for up to 3 months in people infected with coronavirus, NIH study finds

LOS ANGELES - Researchers from the National Institutes of Health say they have found evidence that people who have been previously infected by the novel coronavirus appear to be protected against reinfection, though the extent to which that protection holds up against emerging variants remains unclear. "The data from this study suggest that people who have a positive result from a commercial antibody test appear to have substantial immunity to SARS-CoV-2, which means they may be at lower risk for future infection," said Dr.

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Montgomery County continues COVID-19 vaccine rollout

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - It was "second dose" Wednesday at the vaccination site at Montgomery Community College."I’m in a classroom with kids makes me just feel better because kids are kids," teacher Linda Greenwade said.Vaccinating at two sites, the sprawling county of 830,000 reports it has given over 110,000 residents at least one shot in the arm. But at that rate, the head of its board of commissioners says "herd immunity" is months off.Word of the likely approval of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine is welcome news."Not only is it a single dose, its storage requirements are much simpler it can be stored in a normal refrigerator for some period of time," Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners,

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Rangers' 3 Covid sinners in line for Livingston comeback as fast track no go sets up instant reprieve

Nathan Patterson, Calvin Bassey and Bongani Zungu could all be free to face Livingston next week despite being fined by cops for a recent high-profile Covid rule breach.And Patterson is even available available for Thursday's Europa League showdown against Antwerp after being allowed back with the squad.The three players issued grovelling apologies on the club’s internal media platform after being banished into self-isolation for attending an illegal house party this month.But there has been no suggestion yet from Rangers bosses they will now face a suspension from Steven Gerrard’s Auchenhowie HQ – despite Jordan Jones and George Edmundson previously being punished with two-week bans for being involved in a similar late night incident at a

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COVID-19: 9 confirmed variant cases for Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

7 are in Northumberland County and 2 are in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Mark Giunta has an update.

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New Brunswick student fighting to save prom amid COVID-19 cancellations

In a move many parents and students saw coming, New Brunswick cancelled formal graduation ceremonies and proms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, one Riverview student is still fighting to have her prom night reinstated.

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Alberta to offer COVID-19 vaccines at community pharmacies in March

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro announces the government will offer COVID-19 vaccines to those eligible at certain pharmacies in the province starting in March.

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Coronavirus: 9 variant cases for Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

7 are in Northumberland County and 2 are in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Mark Giunta has an update.

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Alberta plans to expand COVID-19 vaccine program to every Albertan when it has supply

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the provinces COVID-19 vaccine pharmacy plan will expand as the vaccine supply increases.

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Alberta records 430 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths Wednesday

COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as 13 additional deaths from the disease.The new cases came after 9,467 tests were processed, putting the province’s positivity rate at 4.6 per cent.As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 307 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Alberta, with 56 of them in intensive care units. Alberta COVID-19 vaccine booking site ‘experiencing very high volumes’ as appointments open to those 75 and older There were 4,545 actives cases of COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday.

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COVID-19: 5 new cases for Peterborough area, close contacts drop by 81

COVID-19 on Wednesday and a significant drop in the number of close contacts.The new cases, along with six more resolved cases, decrease the number of active cases to 34 as reported on the health unit’s COVID-19 tracker. There are now 576 resolved cases out of the 619 cases since the pandemic was declared.

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Montreal seniors’ advocates foresee problems accessing vaccine sites, making appointments

COVID-19 vaccinations, and then accessing vaccination sites.“There will be quite a few seniors who won’t go out of fear or just the ability to get there on their own,” said Gerry Lafferty of the New Hope Seniors Citizens’ Centre in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.Lafferty envisions many logistical issues for seniors to access vaccination centres, including for seniors who don’t drive, don’t want to take a bus and suffer from physical mobility issues.“They have a very justifiable fear of falling and breaking their hips,” he said.Starting Monday, about 42,000 Montreal seniors 85 and older are eligible to get vaccinated with their first COVID-19 shot.

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'60 Minutes' will have streaming spinoff on Paramount+

NEW YORK – CBS News is launching a streaming version of “60 Minutes” on the new Paramount+ service, hoping to expose the durable brand to a younger and more diverse audience.

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US ready to distribute J&J COVID vaccine, White House says

Today leaders of the White House COVID-19 response team said they are ready to distribute Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine when and if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues an emergency use authorization (EUA)—which could come as early as this weekend.

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Real-world trial of Pfizer COVID vaccine finds high 2-dose, good 1-dose protection

A large observational, real-world study from Israel estimates that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 46% effective at preventing infection 14 to 20 days after the first dose and 92% 7 days after the second dose, backing the results of an earlier randomized, controlled trial, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

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Germán apologizes after serving domestic violence suspension

NEW YORK – Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán gave a public apology Wednesday for actions that led to a lengthy suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, a day after he spoke with New York teammates and admitted he had engaged in dangerous conduct.

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List of COVID-19 Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities

ResourceWhen would I use it?Where can I find it?ResourceToolkit for Correctional and Detention FacilitiesWhen would I use it?When you want to see/share all of CDCs correctional resources on one pageWhere can I find it?COVID-19 toolkit for correctional facilitiesResourceInterim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention FacilitiesWhen would I use it?When you have questions about how to prevent and manage COVID-19 in correctional facilitiesWhere can I find it?Interim Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention FacilitiesResourceInterim Considerations for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Correctional and Detention FacilitiesWhen would I use it?When testing persons who reside or work in

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Manchin says he'll vote for Haaland for interior secretary

WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said Wednesday that he will vote for New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as interior secretary, clearing the way for her likely approval as the first Native American to head a Cabinet agency.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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