Nicola Sturgeon to make coronavirus restrictions statement as cases soar across Scotland

Karnataka government had made the RT-PCR test compulsory for people entering its state to contain the virus transmission.

NE Phila Connected is offering free courses to teach responsible gun ownership and safety.  PHILADELPHIA - You don't have to scroll for long on a neighborhood Facebook page to find a post about a carjacking in Philadelphia.A non-profit in Northeast Philadelphia is tired of neighbors becoming victims or hurting themselves and others by trying to defend themselves.Roman Zhukov started NE Phila Connected because he saw his neighbors' frustration over the violence in the city and wanted to help."I have a child and it’s selfish to say, but I want him to grow up in a better environment," Zhukov said. "I want him to be okay walking himself to school, I want him to be okay to feel safe on the playground, I want him to go to school where there are no fights or guns involved."There’s been a rise in carjackings in his area and that prompted him to team up with Roman Kourinnoi, a certified concealed carry instructor, to offer free courses to educate people about gun ownership and how to handle them safely.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe first class is about having a plan and how to avoid situations."I won 100% of the fights I wasn’t involved in," Kourinnoi said.

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey looks at some of the other COVID-19 indicators and what they reveal about the direction B.C. is hopefully heading.

The first blurry image captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA’s new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror.All 18 segments of the primary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope seem to be working properly 1 1/2 months into the mission, officials said Friday.The telescope's first target was a bright star 258 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major."That was just a real wow moment," said Marshall Perrin of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.Over the next few months, the hexagonal mirror segments — each the size of a coffee table — will be aligned and focused as one, allowing science observations to begin by the end of June.NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched successfully early Christmas morning from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the sky.

FILE - A baby koala is seen at Wild Life Sydney Zoo on Oct. 14, 2021 in Sydney, Australia.

Paddy McGuinness has shared a positive health update as he continues to recover following knee surgery. The 48-year-old Top Gear presenter picked up the injury whilst playing in Soccer Aid 2021 in September, alongside stars such as Usain Bolt, Olly Murs, Chunkz and Jamie Redknapp.He was eventually forced to retire from the charity football competition, joking at the time that the knock was “not something that can be sorted with the magic sponge”.Just last week the father-of-three underwent a procedure on the dodgy knee, having waited a whopping six months before the surgery could take place, reports the Express.

There was a lot of information to digest this week when it comes to COVID-19 and plans to ease restrictions. The decisions are being backed with a lot of scientific claims.

COVID-19 wave, if necessary.Under questioning from opposition health critics during a hearing at the legislature, Dubé suggested the passport could be dropped in the coming weeks.“When I said the vaccine passport was there to stay, will public health recommend that we, I hope in a few weeks, suspend it because it is going better?” Dubé said about the COVID-19 situation in the province. “Could we restore it if we were ever caught with another wave? That’s what you have to think about.”Quebec was the first province to introduce a vaccine passport on Sept.

COVID-19 dashboard available only to Saskatchewan Health Authority leaders no longer includes the number of people who died from the disease.Global News obtained images of the dashboard on several occasions. The latest, from Feb.

The Canadian Armed Forces is now investigating Maj. Stephen Chledowski, after the actively serving army officer released a new video denouncing COVID-19 measures.

Andrei Doroshin PHILADELPHIA - A graduate student in psychology whose COVID-19 vaccine operation got shut down by Philadelphia last year has settled with the state attorney general's office and agreed to destroy all personal health information his start-up gathered.The agreement was filed Friday in Commonwealth Court and requires a judge's approval to take effect.Central to the accusations against Andrei Doroshin, who had almost no public health experience when the city gave him the task, was that he had intended to profit from the vaccine operation run by his start-up, called Philly Fighting COVID.Mayor Jim Kenney says Philly Fighting COVID was a mistake after the Inspector General found no malice, no ill-intent, and no one seeking personal gain.Doroshin denied the allegations by the attorney general's office, including violating the state's nonprofit corporation law.Under the agreement, Doroshin and his associates are barred from managing charitable assets or soliciting charitable donations in Pennsylvania for 10 years.Doroshin also must destroy the personal health information gathered through the vaccine pre-registration service and is barred from receiving any financial benefit from the information or the vaccine.Doroshin must also dissolve Philly Fighting COVID.City officials said they gave him the job because he and his friends had organized one of the community groups that set up COVID-19 testing sites throughout the city in 2020.But they shut the vaccine operation down once they learned that Doroshin had switched his privacy notice to potentially sell patient data.

Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The charitable sector should hope that billionaire Jared Isaacman keeps seeking new adventures.Isaacman, who turned a payments-processing firm he started as a teenager into a multibillion-dollar company, periodically indulges his passion for aviation with head-turning flights.

LOS ANGELES - It’s time to meet the domino-toppling trios competing in the first-ever season of "Domino Masters." Hosted by Emmy Award-winning actor Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family"), the series will feature teams of domino enthusiasts facing off in an unbelievable chain reaction tournament. DOMINO MASTERS: The all-new competition series DOMINO MASTERS premieres Wednesday, March 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. © 2022 FOX Media LLC. CR: Ray Mickshaw/FOX.

Johnson said the country is at “a critical moment," with cases rising rapidly in every part of the country.Under the new rules, which are set to come into effect as soon as possible, primary and secondary schools and colleges will be closed for face to face learning except for the children of key workers. University students will not be returning until at least mid-February.ALSO READ: India’s hunt for the new Vision 2020All nonessential shops and personal care services like hairdressers will be closed, and restaurants can only operate takeout services.As of Monday, there were 26,626 COVID patients in hospitals in England, an increase of more than 30% from a week ago.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced another harsh lockdown in England, as Britain’s COVID-19 cases keep surging out of control.

The strict new lockdown imposed by Boris Johnson on Monday night may not be able to contain the new Covid variant, scientists have warned.

Amid a third surge of COVID-19 in Europe, likely fueled by holiday gatherings and made worse by a more transmissible UK coronavirus variant (B117), Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced a new lockdown, following recent announcements by Ireland and Scotland.

lockdown on England and shut schools to most students to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed by surging coronavirus infections. In a televised address to the nation on Monday night, the Prime Minister told the nation to stay indoors other than for limited exceptions, with measures expected to last until mid-February.

The coronavirus vaccines will be rolled out to all of those in England in the top four priority groups by the middle of February, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged.

Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus.Johnson said the country is at “a critical moment,” with cases rising rapidly in every part of the country. Britain must vaccinate 2 million a week to prevent third coronavirus wave, study shows Under the new rules, which are set to come into effect as soon as possible, primary and secondary schools and colleges will be closed for face to face learning except for the children of key workers.

The UK's coronavirus death toll will exceed 100,000, predicts a SAGE professor.

Coronavirus cases are surging in 93% of England with Boris Johnson poised to set out even stricter measures to combat the virus.

direct to your inboxThe Prime Minister will formally address the nation again this evening. Downing Street has confirmed that Boris Johnson will make a televised address tonight outlining the steps to tackle the rise in coronavirus cases.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to make a televised announcement tonight as lockdown looms.It comes as Scotland's First Minister announced a national lockdown.The televised address tonight at 8pm will outline the steps to tackle the rise in coronavirus cases, with Parliament set to be recalled to sit on Wednesday, Downing Street has said.The Prime Minister has faced mounting pressure to toughen restrictions, with majority of the country in Tier 4 already.A No10 spokesman said: "The spread of the new variant of COVID-19 has led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country."The Prime Minister is clear that further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise and to protect the NHS and save lives."He will set those out this

Britain recorded nearly 55,000 new cases of coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would impose tougher restrictions on England shortly to curb a rapidly escalating pandemic and indicated that secondary schools may not reopen this month.Few local authorities and unions have warned against reopening schools and have threatened to act against government advice. Others say closures also have a big negative impact on students.Also Read | A year on, China is shaking up the worldCases of coronavirus have risen sharply in Britain in recent weeks, fuelled by a new and more transmissible variant of the killer virus.

Boris Johnson today warned "there’s no question" the Government will have to enforce tougher lockdown measures in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.The Prime Minister said Brits face "tougher" weeks ahead and confirmed the Government will be announcing new measures in "due course," which could look very different to Tier 4. Downing Street has said the Government is waiting to see the impact of the latest coronavirus restrictions in England before deciding on which further measures would be needed.The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "We have been waiting to see the impact of the Tier 4 measures.

coronavirus restrictions, but now there are calls for the country to go into national lockdown. Coronavirus infection rates are climbing higher as the new, highly transmissible strain of the virus continues to spread.

would 'probably' get tougher in the coming weeks.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that the stricter lockdown restrictions may be implemented as the country reported 54,990 new cases of the coronavirus. The UK also saw 454 new deaths within 28 days of positive Covid-19 test.Coronavirus cases in Britain are at record levels and the increase in numbers is fuelled by a new and more transmissible variant of the virus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely as the country reels from a new coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates to their highest recorded levels.Johnson, though, insisted he has “no doubt” that schools are safe and urged parents to send their children back into the classroom in areas of England where they can. Unions representing teachers have called for schools to turn to remote learning for at least a couple of weeks more due to the new variant, which scientists have said is up to 70 per cent more contagious.

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely as the country reels from a new coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates to their highest recorded levels.Johnson, though, insisted he has “no doubt” that schools are safe and urged parents to send their children back into the classroom in areas of England where they can. Unions representing teachers have called for schools to turn to remote learning for at least a couple of weeks more due to the new variant, which scientists have said is up to 70% more contagious.The U.K.

Boris Johnson said tougher measures will probably be needed to combat the pandemic, including school closures.While he insisted that schools are safe for children to attend, the premier said the rules will likely get stricter to deal with surging hospitalizations and infection rates. Most schools in England are open, but the government will keep this under review, Johnson said on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.“It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that are tougher in many parts of the country," he said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that current Covid-19 measures in place in England are likely to get tougher amid a surge in cases, but insisted that schools are safe and children should continue to attend.

coronavirus cases. Yesterday another 479 people died with coronavirus in the UK, hitting an eight-month high as the new strain causes havoc.And another 57,275 people tested positive, Public Health England said, in one of the UK’s biggest rises in new cases.The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals is at record levels in many areas of England including London, the South West and the Midlands.In some areas hospital admissions have risen above the levels seen during the first wave.Accused of moving too slowly to counteract the virus, Boris said this morning: “We are using the Tiering system, which is a very tough system and, alas, is probably about to get tougher.“We’ll review it.

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday schools were safe, and advised parents to send their children in, in areas where rules allow it, responding to concerns about the surge in COVID-19 cases as classes are due to restart after Christmas."There is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe, and that education is a priority," he told the BBC.He said the government might need to consider tightening lockdown restrictions, but declined to give examples of what that might look like.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

Pfizer and AstraZeneca have hit back after the Government warned there would be months-long supply shortages of the coronavirus vaccines.

Large parts of the country could be in Tier 4 for months, the Prime Minister has warned.

Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath next month are likely to witness a number of changes including smaller marching contingents, shorter distance for the parade and fewer spectators compared to the previous years in view of the coronavirus pandemic, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.Every year, India displays its military might, rich cultural diversity and socio-economic progress during the Republic Day celebrations at the Rajpath -- the city's centrepiece boulevard.The people cited above said though the overall hue of the Republic Day parade will be maintained, its scale and size will be restricted to an extent in view of the coronavirus pandemic.India has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the Chief

Covid restrictions, it has been reported.Boris Johnson will make the announcement at 5pm, it has been announced, after Health Secretary Matt Hancock talks with the House of Commons.Mr Hancock is expected to place more of England into Tier 4, the strictest restrictions, which much of the south and east of England are currently in. Prior to the tier changes, Secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to make an announcement delaying the reopening of schools in January.

England is entering its worst moment of the Covid-19 crisis and should immediately be plunged into a third national lockdown, a group of scientists has warned.

These are the latest coronavirus infection rates for every local authority in England as more cities and towns are set to be moved into Tier 4.

LONDON – British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring.Authorities are blaming a new, more transmissible variant of the virus, first identified in southeast England, for the soaring infection rates. An area home to almost half of the people in England is under tight restrictions on movement and everyday life in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus.

coronavirus cases surge across England.

Also Read | How Indians lived online during 2020"The most stringent intervention scenario with tier 4 England-wide and schools closed during January and 2 million individuals vaccinated per week, is the only scenario we considered which reduces peak ICU burden below the levels seen during the first wave", the study concluded."In the absence of substantial vaccine roll-out, cases, hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths in 2021 may exceed those in 2020."An accelerated uptake of two million vaccinated per week "is predicted to have a much more substantial impact", it added.

London: Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted the reporting of some new cases.There were 357 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test, the government's coronavirus statistics portal said."This very high level of infection is of growing concern at a time when our hospitals are at their most vulnerable," said Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director at Public Health England.Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his scientific advisers have said a variant of the coronavirus, which could be up to 70% more transmissible, was spreading rapidly in Britain, although it is not thought to be more deadly or to cause more

Boris Johnson advising people to avoid crowds as the sales start.