Covid-19 has exposed one of the biggest problems of urban India: Most of the wealthy and middle class live in nice neighborhoods, while those who serve their needs live in slums.

In Dharavi, Mumbai’s largest slum, it is not uncommon for a few hundred families to share a single water source or toilet facility, which makes social distancing all but impossible.The urban rich, who have ignored this reality for decades, have for the first time had to confront the living conditions of their nannies, cleaners and drivers.

They have not responded by campaigning for better living conditions. Instead, they’ve fired their domestic staff and looked to replace them with the latest vacuums, baby monitors and dishwashers.Tens of thousands of domestic.

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Legends Haul pivots to offer home grocery delivery

A local company known for supplying consciously-sourced ingredients to restaurants and retailers has made a pivot during the pandemic to bring some of those items into your home. Ted Chernecki reports.

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New rules require international travellers to provide negative COVID-19 test

The federal government announced that it plans to make Canadians that travel outside the country provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test three days before boarding their plane. Jenna Freeman reports

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Family goes public, questions treatment after LTC death at Niagara Falls home

COVID-19 outbreak.“It was distressing to see,” explained Jennifer Penney who is currently in isolation.Penney’s mother Yvette Brauch died on Boxing Day. She had COVID-19 and family got to Oakwood Park Lodge in enough time to say goodbye to the 81-year old, who family members say was a kind, selfless woman who enjoyed cake decorating and sewing.“I couldn’t even talk to her to say one last goodbye,” added Penney’s son Gibson.

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Vaccinated US nurse contracts covid-19, expert says Pfizer shot needed more time to work:Report

Also Read | The march of 2020 in 10 key long reads"Based on our Phase 3 safety and efficacy study, the vaccine provides some protection against COVID-19 within about 10 days of the first dose and substantially boosted after the second dose, supporting the need for a 2-dose vaccination series", it said."Individuals may have contracted disease prior to or right after vaccination", the statement added.Matthew W., 45, a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a Facebook post on December 18 that he had received the Pfizer vaccine, telling the ABC News affiliate that his arm was sore for a day but that he had suffered no other side-effects.Six days later on Christmas Eve, he became sick after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit, the

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L.A. sheriff reports 235 arrests enforcing COVID-19 restrictions

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department made 235 arrests over the course of December in a targeted effort to enforce coronavirus restrictions as the region continues to see a dangerous surge in COVID-19 cases, officials said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said his agency has targeted underground parties -- also known as "super-spreader" events.

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Tesco to the rescue as supermarket giant offers to help deliver Oxford Covid vaccine

Covid jabs with refrigerated lorries and warehouses to help millions of people to receive the vaccine, reports say. The supermarket giant's subsidiary Best Food Logistics has spare capacity as thousands of restaurants and pubs are shut and are seeking to put their facilities to use.The Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine must be stored in a fridge, meaning the right supply chain is crucial.Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, said 530,000 doses of the Astra jab will be available from Monday for priority groups, including those over 80, care home residents and health and care workers.

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COVID-19 grounded flights in Dallas resume after air traffic control cleaning

Flights in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, area have restarted after being temporarily halted as the local air traffic control center underwent cleaning related to COVID-19. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) coronavirus map, the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center underwent cleaning from 3 p.m.

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Minnesota Democratic state senators under fire for planned swearing-in event despite COVID-19 restrictions

A planned in-person inauguration ceremony for several freshman Democratic state senators in Minnesota drew bipartisan criticism this week after a permit detailing the event appeared to show violations of Gov.Tim Walz’s executive order barring outdoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s department of administration granted a permit request filed by the Muslim American Society of Minnesota for an event entitled "Inauguration Day of MN Senators." The Jan.

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Mum, 35, describes less common Covid symptoms which left her feeling like a pensioner

A mum-of-three was left bedridden at Christmas and "feeling like a pensioner" after she was struck down by coronavirus.

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New Year Honours list 2021 in full - Lewis Hamilton, Craig David and Covid heroes

Seven-time Formula One winner Lewis Hamilton and actress Sheila Hancock lead a rollcall of stars of screen, music and sport receiving gongs in the New Year Honours List.

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Cashing in: Rams QB Wolford to make high-profile NFL debut

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Although John Wolford always believed he could be an NFL quarterback, he hadn't done much in his first three seasons at Wake Forest to persuade anybody else.So he worked at an investment firm during the summer and lined up a job in finance after he graduated.Wolford then had an outstanding senior season for the Demon Deacons, but didn't get drafted. He was three days away from starting his banking career when the New York Jets offered an audition.He put his Wall Street plans on hold and started down another career path that has led him into the Rams' backfield this Sunday, when he'll try to lead Los Angeles (9-6) to the playoffs in his NFL debut.“You can only go play football once,” Wolford said Wednesday.

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Elton John Calls This a 'Lifesaver' Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Elton John is opening up about staying sober during the quarantine.

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Chris Rock says he does seven hours of therapy weekly since coronavirus pandemic shutdown

Chris Rock has taken an introspective approach amid the coronavirus pandemic.The 55-year-old actor and comic, speaking with Gayle King of CBS Sunday Morning, said that he's gone through around seven weekly hours of therapy - with painful candor, at times - since the lockdown this past March.'You have to tell the truth: You have to tell - you have to go into therapy prepared to tell the worst part of yourself every week, you know?' said the Fargo actor, who has two therapists. The latest: Chris Rock, 55, said that he's gone through around seven weekly hours of therapy - with painful candor, at times - since the lockdown this past MarchThe Everybody Hates Chris star said, 'I learned that I could be very hard on myself.

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Britain is first country to approve Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

The United Kingdom has become the first country to approve the COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Redmond Shannon explains what makes this vaccine different from the others.

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Canada shatters record for new coronavirus cases as new travel rules are announced

coronavirus have been detected in Canada, marking the highest single-day increase since the pandemic began.More than 8,000 new cases were reported on December 26, however, several provinces reported cases detected over 48 hours, because of the Christmas holiday.

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'The Office' Star Angela Kinsey Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Her Entire Family Battles Virus

A post shared by Angela Kinsey (@angelakinsey)A post shared by Angela Kinsey (@angelakinsey)The coronavirus has definitely taken a toll on Kinsey's family. Her mother is also battling the coronavirus and has been hospitalized.

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How does AstraZeneca's covid-19 vaccine compare with Pfizer-BioNTech?

ZURICH : Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University's home-grown UK COVID-19 vaccine, adding an easy-to-manage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief.Even so, scientists - and regulators in Europe, following the Brexit divorce - are sceptical, given confusion over trial results earlier that left experts questioning the robustness of the data.HOW DOES THE ASTRAZENECA SHOT'S EFFICACY STACK UP TO OTHERS'?The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine's overall efficacy in preventing symptomatic infections was 70.4%, compared with the 95% efficacy of the shot from Pfizer/BioNTech, the other vaccine approved in Britain.Single-dose efficacy was pegged at 52.7%, Britain said on Wednesday, in

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Air travellers need negative COVID-19 test before entering Canada

The federal government wants air travellers to prove they’ve tested negative for COVID-19 before they can enter Canada. But there are still plenty of questions about this new measure, as many Canadians ignore repeated pleas to avoid non-essential travel during the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Interior Health officials announce 57 new cases

coronavirus on Wednesday afternoon.The new cases are above the daily case average of 47 that the health agency reported during a five-day span between Dec. 25 and 29.During that time period, Interior Health announced 239 cases and 10 deaths.

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Growing cases of infectious COVID-19 variant in U.S.

More cases of the new COVID-19 variant are being detected in the U.S., and health officials fear the new year will see a new surge in cases.

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Nova Scotia issues COVID-19 exposure warnings for locations on Dec. 23

COVID-19 exposure notifications for four locations on Dec. 23.The locations are located throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality and include multiple big box stores in Dartmouth and Bedford.

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‘It’s crazy.’ Upbeat COVID-19 vaccine news from China and U.K. leave scientists wanting more details

Jon Cohen, Dennis NormileScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.In what has become a familiar pattern, the COVID-19 vaccine landscape has changed overnight, simultaneously raising hopes that more people may soon get vaccinated and triggering confusion. “It’s crazy,” says immunologist John Moore, a vaccine researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Healthcare sector upgrades infra, taps tech solutions in covid battle

covid-19 placing unprecedented pressure on India’s creaking healthcare system, the domestic industry has exhibited exemplary resilience in battling the pandemic by bringing about changes to traditional ways of healthcare delivery, besides innovating at a rapid pace to tackle the crisis.India witnessed major changes in its healthcare infrastructure and functioning to deal with the highly infectious disease.

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China is making it harder to solve the mystery of how covid began

Also Read | The march of 2020 in 10 key long readsChina has effectively snuffed out Covid-19, thanks to stringent border curbs, mass testing and a surveillance network that allows infected people and their contacts to be tracked via mobile phone data. With the fight over the pandemic’s source becoming an extension of the broader conflict between the world’s two superpowers, China is now trying to revise the virus narrative from the beginning, and nowhere is that more evident than at the original epicenter: Wuhan.Images of first responders dwarf the entrance to the city’s bright red exhibition hall like heroes from Maoist-era propaganda posters: the police officer, the doctor, the soldier; their faces obscured by masks.

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India will have Covid-19 vaccine within days: AIIMS director Randeep Guleria

AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that India will have the COVID-19 vaccine within days."This is very good news that AstraZeneca got approval for its vaccine by UK regulatory authorities. They have robust data and in India and the same vaccine is being developed by the Serum Institute of India.

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Fixed-line broadband connectivity gets a big boost from the pandemic

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New covid-19 strain could have entered India prior to December: Randeep Guleria

NEW DELHI : With India confirming at least 20 cases of the new UK strain of Covid-19, All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that it is a possibility that the new mutation could have been present in the country even in November as the mutant strain was reported in the United Kingdom in September and there might be people who would have been infected.When asked if the Covid-19 mutation which has 70 per cent more infectious was present in India before it was officially reported in the country in December, Guleria told ANI: "There is a possibility that this may happen because we must remember that this strain was first reported in the end of September and there were people who have an infection with

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11 cases of COVID-19 at border in two days

There have been 11 cases of COVID-19 detected in recent returnees in managed isolation since the Ministry’s last update on 29 December. There are no new cases in the community.

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Chris Rock Reveals He’s In Therapy 7 Hours A Week Since The Pandemic Began

Chris Rock is getting serious about therapy.

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Gilligan's Island star Dawn Wells dies of COVID-19

Gilligan's Island, died Wednesday in Los Angeles of causes related to COVID-19. She was 82.

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Push to shop local is working, Winnipeg business owners say

coronavirus lockdowns this holiday season and it seems many did.Honey producer Brad Hogg, owner of Faith Apiaries, typically sells more than 50 per cent of his products at local gift and farmers markets, but this year they all got cancelled.“There’s been no playbook for 2020, so you just have to throw things at the wall and what sticks is what we go with,” he said. “We go to the market because customers are there, so now we go to their home because they’re there.”Hogg was worried about his business heading into the holiday season, especially after a slow November, but to his surprise, the community stepped up and started placing more orders than he could have imagined.“We went into December, orders skyrocketed,” Hogg said.

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Scammers targeting Florida residents seeking unemployment benefits

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is warning people about a scam targeting people seeking unemployment benefits due to the coronavirus pandemic.The DEO handles the state’s unemployment benefits, or payments, and has been slammed since March because of financial fallout from COVID-19.[TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Florida | Could $600 checks grow into $2,000 payments? | Fla. child porn suspect had hidden bunker]According to the DEO, an email has been sent to some indicating they are eligible for $12,600 of “new pandemic stimulus benefits.” However, there are several signs the email is fake, unemployment payments are not that high and the URL is also a tell.SCAM ALERT: This is NOT an official email from the

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B.C. officials report 485 new COVID-19 cases, 11 additional deaths

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announces the latest COVID-19 numbers for Wednesday, December 30 from a telephone line in Vancouver.

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Byju’s, Zomato corner bulk of startup funds in pandemic year

NEW DELHI : Funding in startups fell sharply in 2020 as the pandemic led venture capital firms to adopt the watch-only mode, though global investors continued to back unicorns and firms that adapted to the changed business conditions.Indian startups raised around $10.6 billion across 660 deals this year, the lowest in four years in terms of deal value, according to data from Venture Intelligence.

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Nearly 5k doses of Moderna vaccine to be shipped to far north central, west Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan government said it has received its first order of the Moderna vaccine which will be given to the northern parts of the province.4,900 doses will be eventually sent to the far north central and far north west regions of the province beginning on the weeks of Jan. 4 and 11.“This is where we have had a high number of cases and a high test-postivie rate,” said Dr.

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Looking back at the online Nova Scotia Kitchen Party

When Canadians went into an initial pandemic lockdown earlier in the spring – many people were left looking for ways to connect – and an outlet for their creativity.

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Ontario says paramedics will be included in 1st phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution

COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Ontario, a top public health official said Wednesday.Dr. Dirk Huyer, who sits on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force, made the comments one day after the head of the task force, retired Gen.

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B.C. reports 485 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

B.C. records 74 COVID-19 deaths over five days along with 2,206 new cases The numbers come a day after the province reported 2,206 new cases of COVID-19 over a five-day span, along with 74 deaths.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Provincial health officer Dr.

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Butterdome field hospital almost ready as Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations reach 921

University of Alberta will be done next week, Alberta Health Services said on Wednesday.The Canadian Red Cross is helping with the alternate care centre as part of Alberta’s COVID-19 pandemic response. It has offered similar support to B.C.

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Coronavirus: Criticism mounts as Quebecers, including politicians, spend holidays abroad

Despite repeated pleas from federal and provincial officials, some Quebecers – including Liberal MNA Pierre Arcand – are vacationing outside the country.

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New Year Honours list 2021 in full: From Covid heroes to brave police officers

Lewis Hamilton has finally been given a knighthood after securing his seventh world championship. In music, star of the '90s UK garage scene turned music producer and DJ Craig David is recognised with an MBE.

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Cheaters are desperate to get Covid-19 vaccine to continue affairs safely

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SAG-AFTRA Says "Most" Productions Will Be on Hiatus Until Mid-January Amid Pandemic

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David White on Tuesday posted a message to the labor union website with an update to COVID-19 filming protocols amid the current surge in cases. "We are writing to let you know that we are closely monitoring the recent surge in COVID-19 infections along with the reported lack of intensive care unit (ICU) beds throughout the state of California and particularly in Los Angeles County," the note read, before acknowledging the concern and need to take immediate action.

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UK coronavirus variant found in Southern California

The new U.K. coronavirus strain has been found in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Brevard County fills all COVID-19 vaccine appointments

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A look outside Brevard County’s health department Wednesday and it was obvious a few dozen seniors were prioritizing scheduling COVID-19 vaccination appointments.[TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Florida | Could $600 checks grow into $2,000 payments? | Fla. child porn suspect had hidden bunker]Ray and Constance Bernstein said they got booked for Feb.

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Some health care workers have been told they can’t get the COVID-19 vaccine

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Some health care workers not employed or affiliated by hospital systems have been told they can’t get the coronavirus vaccine. According to Ann Scott, an at-home health care nurse who works for a private company headquartered in Alabama but treats patients in Central Florida, she was told by both the state and the Orange County health department that she was not eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, though Gov.

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COVID-19: Masks encouraged in seating areas at Calgary outdoor skating rinks

outdoor skating rinks as officials are finding people have been flocking to parks and ice surfaces amid COVID-19 pandemic closures.Peak times at most popular rinks are between 1 p.m.

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Ontario family goes public with LTC negligence concerns

An Oshawa family is going public with their concerns about the death of a family member living inside a long-term care home in Niagara Falls. Oakwood Park Lodge is dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak.

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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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