The short film, highlighting the grim realities health workers have faced this year, shows Father Christmas seemingly unconscious before being revived by medics in PPE.

NHS Charities Together shared the advert, named The Gift, on social media, writing: "We adore the ad and dedicate it to all NHS workers who've given everything to care and keep us safe." Latest data shows Covid-19 was mentioned on more than 73,000 death certificates between the start of the year and November 27, while the government's death toll currently stands at 63,506.

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Coronavirus pandemic saps 81 million jobs in Asia-Pacific in 2020: ILO

coronavirus has wiped out 81 million jobs across Asia-Pacific this year, with women and young people disproportionately affected, according to the International Labour Organization.“Covid-19 has inflicted a hammer-blow on the region’s labour markets," Chihoko Asada Miyakawa, the group’s regional director for Asia and the Pacific, said in a statement Tuesday. “Low levels of social security coverage and limited institutional capacity in many countries have made it difficult to help enterprises and workers back on their feet."Employment in Asia-Pacific showed a 4.2% decline compared with the pre-crisis trend, with the gap at 4.6% for women and 4% for men, the ILO said in a report.

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London’s 100 Club to pilot new ventilation system designed to combat airborne coronavirus pathogens

coronavirus, within buildings.The 350-capacity venue, which has once again been forced to close its doors after London was placed into Tier 3 earlier today (December 16), will trial the Pathogen Reduction System (PRS) in January.Developed by a British team of engineers, scientists, medical experts and entrepreneurs, the PRS has been designed to fit into a building’s existing ventilation system.

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Canada’s public transit looks to rebound amid coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand.Not long after the global health crisis reached Canada, rates of public transit use across the country dropped by about 85 per cent, according to prof. Matti Siemiatycki of University of Toronto’s geography and planning department.The transportation policy expert said there were fears transit agencies in Canada would have to make drastic service cuts.

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Public health expert wants Christmas gatherings delayed

Public health expert Dr Gabriel Scally has said that the Irish and UK governments should ask families to postpone family gatherings this Christmas to the summer solstice in June.

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Charley Pride dead: Country music legend dies aged 86 after coronavirus battle

on Saturday in Dallas, Texas. He is best known for his hits such as Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’, Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone and Mountain.Tributes have flooded in for the country legend on Twitter this evening.Country singer Dolly Parton told fans she is “heartbroken” by the news.Taking to Twitter, she wrote: “I’m so heartbroken that one of my dearest and oldest friends, Charley Pride, has passed away.“It’s even worse to know that he passed away from COVID-19.READ MORE: Zoe Ball inundated with support as she speaks out on family loss“What a horrible, horrible virus.

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Manitoba, 3 Atlantic provinces to start 1st doses of coronavirus vaccinations

COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday.Manitoba says high-priority health workers will be getting the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine.

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Santa, Mrs. Claus expose 50 children to COVID-19 while taking Christmas pictures

LUDOWICI, Ga. – Dozens of children who attended a tree lighting event in Georgia may have been exposed to COVID-19 after a pair performing as Santa and Mrs. Claus tested positive for the virus, officials said.Commissioners’ Chair Robert Parker said about 50 children, including his own, took pictures with Santa and Mrs.

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WHO warns of 'high risk' of coronavirus resurgence in Europe in early 2021

World Health Organization in Europe warned Wednesday of a "further resurgence" of Covid-19 in early 2021, as it urged families to wear face masks during this year's Christmas gatherings."There is a high risk of further resurgence in the first weeks and months of 2021, and we will need to work together if we are to succeed in preventing it," the organisation said in a statement, adding that while it may feel awkward to wear masks around family members, "doing so contributes significantly to ensuring that everyone remains safe and healthy."Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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German coronavirus deaths at 952 hit new high as lockdown starts

Germany entered a strict lockdown on Wednesday in an attempt to bring soaring coronavirus cases under control as the number of registered deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 952, the highest daily increase yet.The previous record daily death toll was 598 on Friday. However, the figures reported on Wednesday are not exactly comparable to previous days because they were inflated as a result of a technical problem in one state, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases, which collects the numbers.Also Read | How rural schooling is going into the darkFears that the pandemic is spiralling out of control in Germany prompted Chancellor Angela Merkel and the 16 state governors to announce on Sunday a tough lockdown until Jan.

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UK still plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions on Christmas holiday gatherings

coronavirus infections in the last few weeks that's raised fears of a new wave of infections and deaths in the new year.Britain's communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, said further discussions will take place on Wednesday between leaders from the four nations of the U.K. about the planned relaxation.

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Government reveals how many people have received coronavirus vaccine in UK so far

direct to your inboxThe government has revealed the total number of coronavirus vaccines administered in the UK so far.The UK's vaccine roll-out started on Tuesday last week after the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for use in the country.The first people to be vaccinated include elderly people over the age of 80, care home staff and residents and healthcare workers.The government had previously said 'tens of thousands' of people have been given the jab in the first week, but had held off on giving an official figure until now.Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has now said that nearly 138,000 people have been administered their first jab of the vaccine.A second dose of the vaccine is

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Hundreds of passengers trapped on ferry after crew members test positive for Covid-19

A Stena Line ferry is being held in a UK dock after six crew members on board tested positive for coronavirus last night.

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UK still plans to ease restrictions on holiday gatherings

LONDON – Britain's easing of restrictions for family gatherings over Christmas looks like it's still on despite a sharp spike in new coronavirus infections in the last few weeks that's raised fears of a new wave of infections and deaths in the new year.Britain's communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, said further discussions will take place on Wednesday between leaders from the four nations of the U.K. about the planned relaxation.

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Wisconsin stabbing spree linked to coronavirus fears gets man, 36, sent to mental facility

A coronavirus-obsessed Wisconsin man who authorities say stabbed four of his family members -- killing two of them -- earlier this year, was ordered this week to spend the rest of his life in a mental health institution, according to reports. Adam Roth, 36, of Waukesha, was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in the March attack, which authorities said was linked to his worries about the virus. Waukesha County Deputy District Attorney Ted Szczupakiewicz had asked for a lifetime commitment during a Monday sentencing hearing.

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McConnell, Pelosi both optimistic that budget, coronavirus relief deals are near

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell voiced optimism for deals on both general spending and on coronavirus stimulus Tuesday night, after he and other congressional leaders ended their talks for the evening. The lawmakers face a Friday deadline for passing a spending plan to avoid a government shutdown and are also seeking an accord to provide aid – both to small businesses hammered by coronavirus-related disruptions and to millions of Americans who’ve lost their jobs because of the pandemic.

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Will London's Oxford street survive Covid?

“In a West End town, a dead end world," sang the Pet Shop Boys in the mid-1980s. Fast forward 35 years and the electronic-pop duo would be just about right.

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Verdicts due for 14 over links to Jan. 2015 Paris attackers

PARIS – The terrorism trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 Paris attacks on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket ends Wednesday after three months punctuated by new attacks, a wave of coronavirus infections among the defendants, and devastating testimony bearing witness to three days of bloodshed that shook France. Three of the 14 fled to Syria just ahead of the Jan.

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Alberta officials warned oilpatch faced ‘landslide’ of failures. Then coronavirus struck

oil and gas industry has left two inactive wells on Verna Phippen’s farmland in central Alberta.She has been waiting for years for someone to decontaminate one of the sites.

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Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums

LONDON – A sledge and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artefacts in the U.K.The National Heritage Memorial Fund, a government-funded body, said Wednesday it paid 204,000 pounds ($274,000) to help purchase the two items, used in the first of three British Antarctic expeditions led by Shackleton in the early 1900s. The artifacts will be donated to two English museums.Earlier this year, British authorities slapped a temporary export ban on the artefacts.The expedition was named Nimrod after the ship, which came within less than 100 miles of the South Pole for the first time in 1909.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as Scots job losses hit record high amid pandemic

coronavirus pandemic has forced thousands of Scots out of work leading to record redundancy figures, new data has revealed. Around 30,000 people in the country lost their jobs in the three months to October - up from 5,000 between May and July, numbers from the Office for National Statistics have shown.

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Scots schoolboy left fighting for life in coma after suffering Kawasaki-like disease linked to Covid

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Ambulances no longer queuing at Antrim hospital

The situation at Antrim Area Hospital improved significantly overnight and there are no ambulances queueing outside this morning, following on from yesterday when 17 ambulances containing patients lined up outside and doctors were treating patients in the car park.

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As coronavirus cases spike, South Korea capital region runs out of hospital beds

South Korea reported a record daily rise in novel coronavirus cases on Wednesday and the prime minister issued an urgent call for more hospital beds to cope with the country’s worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic.Hospitals were at breaking point with only three critical care beds available in greater Seoul, an area with a population of almost 26 million people, officials said.“The top priority is securing more hospital beds,” Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a government meeting, according to a transcript.“Full administrative power should be mobilised so that no patient would wait for more than a day before being assigned to her bed.” South Korea scrambles to avoid hospital bed shortage amid new coronavirus surge The Korea

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Britain warned about easing restrictions over Christmas

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting growing pressure to scrap the easing of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas amid warnings the move could overwhelm the NHS and contribute to the loss of "many lives".

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Lockdown in Germany as virus deaths hit new high

Germany has entered a strict lockdown in an effort to get soaring coronavirus cases under control as the number of registered deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 952, the highest daily increase yet.

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Asian stocks advance after stimulus talks lift Wall St

release of data showing exports fell 4% in November, while imports dropped 11% from a year earlier. Exports of vehicles, semiconductors and other manufactured items showed the biggest declines.

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Vas Morgan slams TOWIE as being negative and bad for his mental health: ‘I didn’t like the impact it had on me’

As an ex-TOWIE cast member, Vas Morgan is used to the drama of being on a reality show. But when his drink and drug addiction saw his life spiral out of control, he knew it was time to quit, escape the country and get himself clean.

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No vaccine access for 25% of world until 2022 - report

Almost a quarter of the world's population will not have access to a Covid-19 vaccine until 2022, according to new research.

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Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia

ATLANTA – As Congress bargains over more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the hundreds of thousands of Georgians who are casting ballots for the Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine which party controls the U.S.

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Rollout of vaccine 'possible' by end of year

The Minister for Health has said if the EMA authorises authorises the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine within a few days of its 21 December meeting, it is possible the vaccine could be rolled out in Ireland at a very low level by the end of the year.

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Singapore: Nearly half of foreign workers in dorms have had coronavirus

How rural schooling is going into the darkThe finding is further proof that Covid-19 infection is vastly under-detected across the board, and reflects the prevalence of the virus in tightly-spaced worker accommodations. In neighboring Malaysia, which supplies about two-thirds of the world’s latex gloves, the government last month imposed mandatory Covid-19 screening for the 1.7 million foreign workers in the country.For every Covid-19 infection in the dormitories detected through the polymerase chain reaction testing, “another 1.8 cases were untested and undetected at the time, and were identified subsequently only through serology testing," the statement said.

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COVID-19 is caused by a new form of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). It was first reported in December 2019.Further information is available on and on The to support the COVID-19 vaccination programme is available to download.Training slide set updated.Training slide set updated.Added link to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) PGD.Added information leaflets, consent forms and link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding'.Added 'Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 2 December 2020'.First published.

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The Kawasaki-like illness linked to coronavirus affecting children - everything you need to know

Covid-19 has on children - even months after they have been diagnosed with the virus. We told how Jack Fair, a fit and healthy 10-year-old with no underlying health conditions, had to be put in a medically induced coma after he suffered severe symptoms from a Kawasaki-like illness.

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Coronavirus: India's tally nears 1 crore mark, active cases at 3.32 lakh

Also Read | How rural schooling is going into the darkMaharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by the pandemic with 71,356 active cases, 17,66,010 recoveries, and 48,339 deaths. The state reported 3,442 new COVID-19 cases, and 70 deaths today.Following behind Kerala reported 5,218 new COVID-19 cases, 5,066 recoveries, and 33 deaths today.

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Australia to seek WTO intervention in barley row with China

CANBERRA – Australia will ask the World Trade Organization to intervene in its dispute with China over barley and expects other nations to become involved in the case, Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Wednesday.China effectively ended imports of Australian barley in May by putting tariffs of more than 80% on the crop, accusing Australia of breaching WTO rules by subsidizing barley production and selling the grain in China at below production costs.Birmingham said Australia would formally ask the WTO to intervene on Wednesday.“WTO dispute resolution processes are not perfect and they take longer than would be ideal, but ultimately, it is the right avenue for Australia to take at this point,” Birmingham told reporters.“It’s

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Tara VanDerveer becomes winningest women's basketball coach

STOCKTON, Calif. – Tara VanDerveer became the winningest women's college basketball coach Tuesday night, passing the late Pat Summitt with her 1,099th victory as No. 1 Stanford romped to a 104-61 victory over Pacific.Dressed casually in all black, VanDerveer received the game ball after the final buzzer.

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Tom Cruise Recorded FREAKING OUT At Mission: Impossible Crew Members For Breaking COVID Protocols!

Tom Cruise is taking COVID-19 safety measures VERY seriously!

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Cardi B & Offset Slammed For Birthday Bash Amid COVID-19 Pandemic!

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Japan exports slip despite uptick in trade with China

TOKYO – Japan's exports fell more than 4% from a year earlier in November, despite an uptick in trade with China, according to customs data released Wednesday. Exports of vehicles, semiconductors and other manufactured items showed the biggest declines.

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Coronavirus: Several Ontario hospitals should be ready to implement surge capacity plans within 2 days

coronavirus case counts in recent days and weeks, a key Ontario government agency is warning hospitals in grey lockdown and red control zones to be prepared to implement surge capacity plans within two days if needed.A memo issued by Ontario Health CEO Matthew Anderson to hospitals on Tuesday said the province has hit a “critical phase” in the pandemic, with “widespread” community transmission of the virus.“Our ability to care for patients (COVID and non-COVID alike) is being challenged, so we are asking hospitals to work together, even more, to ensure we can continue to have the bed capacity to care for patients, safely and effectively,” read the document, which went to all hospital CEOs.The memo said hospitals in grey and red zones under

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A glimpse inside an Edmonton ICU full of COVID-19 patients

on Facebook. “Our patients are usually admitted from one of the COVID(-19) units in the hospital, usually just requiring more oxygen than what that unit can supply,” she explained.In her post, Gaglione said her ICU looks like a warzone.“The monitors are everywhere. The computer stations — trying to walk through the hallway is like trying to weave yourself through a maze without tripping over everything,” she said.“Everyone’s yelling because we can’t hear anything.

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Tom Cruise Yells at 'Mission: Impossible 7' Crew After Workers Break COVID-19 Rules in Leaked Audio

Tom Cruise takes his COVID-19 safety protocols seriously. The actor was recorded yelling at the London crew about the importance of following safety rules implemented amid the ongoing pandemic.In audio released by, Cruise, who also serves as the film’s producer, goes off on reportedly 50 staff members at Warner Bros.

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5 states account for 56% of total active Covid-19 cases in India: Health Ministry

coronavirus cases in the country. These states are Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Kerala and Maharashtra.Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by the pandemic with 71,356 active cases, 17,66,010 recoveries, and 48,339 deaths.

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Western Hockey League announces another delay to start of 2020-21 regular season

coronavirus pandemic.The league generally begins regular-season play in late September, but officials realized months earlier that date was in jeopardy. Dr.

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Edmonton Catholic Schools to stop notifying of COVID-19 cases during Christmas break

COVID-19 cases before Alberta Health Services does.For most families, schools have been the first to let them know about close contact cases.But now, the holiday break means contract tracing will also be halted by the Edmonton Catholic School Division.In a letter sent out to parents, Edmonton Catholic Schools said, “From the evening of Friday, Dec. 18 until end of day Saturday, Jan.

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London faces highest level of coronavirus restrictions as Covid-19 cases mount

Also Read | How rural schooling is going into the darkHealth Secretary Matt Hancock warned on Monday that London had seen a "sharp rise" in daily cases and hospital admissions."This action is absolutely essential, not just to keep people safe but because we have seen early action can prevent more damage and longer-term problems later," he told parliament.Cases were doubling every seven days in some areas, he said, sounding a more downbeat note after hopes of a breakthrough were raised last week with the start of a vaccination programme.Concerns have also been raised about higher rates of infection among secondary school children aged 11-18, leading to increased testing in the worst-hit areas in and around London.England only emerged from a

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Furious Tom Cruise Flips Out On ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Crew For Ignoring Coronavirus Protocols On Set

Everyone remembers Christian Bale’s infamous profanity-laced tirade at a crew member who walked in his eye-line while filming “Terminator: Salvation”, and new audio has emerged of Tom Cruise having a similar on-set meltdown while filming “Mission: Impossible 7” in London.

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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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