PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia on Friday said most ‘Safer at Home’ restrictions, including limits on capacity and social distancing, will lift about a week ahead of schedule due to plummeting case numbers in the city.Officials originally scheduled the ‘Safer at Home’ restrictions, which have been in place for most of the pandemic, to drop on June 11 but now said most restriction will be lifted on June 2 after the city logged its lowest number of new cases since September 2020 and hit a percent positive rate below 3%.Density limits, maximum capacity restrictions, and distancing rules are some of the orders that will expire on June 2.

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Former Pa. nursing home manager pleas to endangering 3 residents

Chaim "Charlie" Steg, 40, of Lakewood, New Jersey pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless endangerment. A man who oversaw a suburban Philadelphia nursing home pleaded no contest Wednesday to endangering three residents who before dying suffered health complications because of inadequate staffing levels, prosecutors said.The defendant, Chaim "Charlie" Steg, 40, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been regional operations director for the St.

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‘Ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse to occur June 10, partially visible in US

believes most people around the world will be able to view the spectacle. In the United States, scientists said the eclipse will be partially visible in the upper Midwest and the East Coast, with the exception of Florida.Americans will see the eclipse at sunrise, according to timeandate.com, a site providing time, weather, astronomy and other information.An eclipse "occurs when one heavenly body such as a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body," NASA states on its website.RELATED: Super 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse enthralls viewersOne type is a solar eclipse, where the moon moves between the sun and the Earth.

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Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski will retire after upcoming season, report says

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Maharashtra govt to put most of new Covid patients in institutional quarantine. Here's why

Maharashtra government plans to put most of the new COVID-19 patients in institutional isolation instead of home quarantine, officials said on Wednesday.The intention was to avoid the patients' family members catching the infection, said Dr Archana Patil, director of health services, state health department."The government has therefore asked all district collectors to increase the number of beds (in isolation centres)," she told PTI.Dr Patil clarified that this did not mean that active COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation at present would be shifted to government facilities."The plan is to admit most of the new COVID-19 cases in institutional quarantine," she said.Another top health official said, "The government has asked the

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Suspect sought in unprovoked attack of elderly woman near Washington Square Park, police say

Police are searching for a man who allegedly shoved a 72-year-old woman to the ground last month near Washington Square Park. SOCIETY HILL - Philadelphia police are searching for a man who allegedly shoved an elderly woman to the ground in an unprovoked attack last month in the city's Society Hill section. Police on Wednesday said a 72-year-old woman slammed her head on the sidewalk when she was shoved by an unknown Black man on the 700 block of Walnut Street the morning of May 18. According to police, the unnamed victim was treated for head injuries.

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Mumbai: Covid vaccination drive called off tomorrow at govt centres. Details here

Please note that all BMC and Government vaccination centers will be closed tomorrow (June 3, 2021). We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Long queues at Ayrshire Covid vaccine drop-in centre as people snap up first jabs

Ayrshire COVID-19 vaccine drop-in centre has been overwhelmed today as residents eagerly snapped up first jabs.The Dreghorn vaccination centre was welcoming anyone over the age of 18 to head along – but stewards were turning some folk away at 3.45pm saying the queues were "too long".The village was almost at a complete standstill due to traffic lined up out on to the main road, combined with motorists diverting due to the A71 to Irvine being closed.One person who travelled from East Ayrshire in an attempt to get a vaccine at 3.50pm told Ayrshire Live: "It took me over 30 minutes to get from Kilmarnock to Dreghorn due to the traffic."When we got there, we were queued out onto the main road; then we were told queues would be over two hours,

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FDA recalls unauthorized at-home coronavirus rapid test over false results concerns

to stop using an unauthorized COVID-19 at-home rapid test and antibody test over concerns that the kits may produce false results. The kits, produced by Lepu Medical Technology, were distributed to pharmacies to be sold to consumers for at-home testing and made available through direct sales despite not having FDA authorization.According to a safety communication issued by the FDA, the Lepu Medical Technology SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kit and the Leccurate SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Rapid Test Kit (Colloidal Gold Immunochromatography) could result in false test results, which "may cause people harm including serious illness and death." The antigen test is conducted using a nasal swab, while the antibody test relies on serum, plasma or blood

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Philadelphia to drop most 'Safer at Home' measures on June 2, indoor mask mandate will remain

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