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Alberta to purchase 10 million COVID-19 rapid tests

Premier Jason Kenney announces the Alberta government will be purchasing 10 million COVID-19 rapid test kits for Albertans.

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Ontarians line up outside LCBOs in search of free COVID-19 rapid tests

COVID-weary Ontarians lined up outside liquor stores not for alcohol, but for antigen tests.However, many went home empty-handed – or with a bit of booze to make the wait worth their while – as demand for test kits far outpaced the supply sent to select LCBO locations across the province.A queue wrapped around the block at the Toronto store Alexis Gosselin staked out at 9 a.m. on Friday.

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Manitoba to make free COVID-19 rapid tests available at First Nation schools

COVID-19 rapid tests available for free to First Nations schools leading into the holiday season.The kits will be given to students in kindergarten to Grade 6 classes as a first step in a plan that will eventually see the tests made available at all schools across the province.

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COVID-19: Alberta hoping booster shots and rapid tests will offer key protection

Premier Jason Kenney says part of the reason his is able to loosen gathering restrictions for the holidays is because two more tools in Alberta’s fight against COVID-19 are being expanded.

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South African president tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms

South Africa's new president Cyril Ramaphosa holds up his right hand as he is sworn into office after being elected by the Members of Parliament at the Parliament in Cape Town, on February 15, 2018. - South African lawmakers elected wealthy former bu JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease Sunday, his office said.Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced.He is self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service, the statement said.

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Toronto Raptors president tests positive for COVID-19 despite 3rd dose

Multiple people have now tested positive since attending the Giants of Africa gala on the weekend. Shallima Maharaj has the story.

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COVID-19: Rapid tests for kids to be distributed in schools as cases soar above 1,800

COVID-19 on Thursday, a number not seen since early April.Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé told reporters in Quebec City that a surge in cases was expected.“We’re within the previsions,” he said of recent modelling by the province’s institute of public health (INSPQ).

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Ontario opposition call for rapid tests sooner as more schools close due to COVID-19

COVID-19 tests for Ontario students sooner as more schools close due to cases of the virus, but the education minister says the situation is under control.Government figures as of Thursday said 16 schools were closed due to COVID-19 outbreaks or other operational considerations.Nearly 700 of the province’s 4,844 schools — or just over 14 per cent — had a reported COVID-19 case.In light of the school closures, Ontario Green Leader Mike Schreiner called on the government to make rapid tests free and accessible now, rather than wait for the December holiday break as planned.

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Covid-19 antibody tests in demand as people worry about immunity

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Ontario students to take home COVID-19 rapid tests for winter break

The tests will be given to students across Ontario at the end of the month. Testing is voluntary and part of a three-pronged winter testing strategy. Marianne Dimain reports.

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Fifth COVID-19 surge tests European countries

As more European countries battle new COVID-19 surges, health officials are debating whether to reimpose strong restrictions, including the Netherlands, where advisors have recommended a new 2-week lockdown.

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Ed Sheeran Admits 1-Year-Old Daughter Lyra Also Tested Positive For Coronavirus At The Same Time!

Ed Sheeran is opening up about his experience battling coronavirus alongside his 15-month-old daughter Lyra.

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Ed Sheeran Says 15-Month-Old Daughter Lyra Also Tested Positive for COVID

Ed Sheeran is opening up about his COVID-19 diagnosis and how it also affected his 17-month-old daughter, Lyra. While promoting his new album, the 30-year-old musician spoke to Howard Stern about the situation and how it unfolded as his wife, Cherry Seaborn, was away.«My wife was away, so, I was there with my daughter ... She had it, too, so it was kind of heavy,» Sheeran said, noting that there were three days that were «really bad.»«It's quite an odd thing getting [COVID-19] and then having to announce it to the world,» he continued. «I'm still sort of being treated [like I have it].»Sheeran also revealed his reasoning for announcing his diagnosis.

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Ed Sheeran's 15-Month-Old Daughter Lyra Also Tested Positive for COVID

Ed Sheeran is opening up about testing positive for COVID-19, and revealed it wasn’t just him who was affected by the virus, but his daughter, Lyra, too.

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Strengthened testing immediate focus

Increased surveillance testing in healthcare, border, quarantine and essential workers is a key focus to help stamp out Auckland’s delta COVID-19 outbreak.

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Waterloo Public Health reports another 18 positive COVID-19 tests

COVID-19 cases in the area to 18,320.This is the highest number of cases in the area since July 22, when 18 new cases were also reported.

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COVID-19: N.S. microbiology lab plays catch-up with backlog, processes record number of tests

COVID-19 samples Sunday, something that is nothing short of remarkable, according to Dr. Todd Hatchette, the chief of microbiology for Nova Scotia Health.“It’s an incredible feat to actually scale up to that much volume,” said Hatchette.On Friday during the provincial COVID-19 briefing, Premier Iain Rankin revealed that Nova Scotia had a backlog of 45,000 COVID-19 cases waiting to be processed at the provincial microbiology lab in Halifax.Then, over the weekend, health-care specialists and lab teams worked around the clock to catch up on the testing backlog while bringing more staff on board, said Hatchette.It’s anticipated the lab will be caught up by the end of the day Monday, with a return to 48-hour turnarounds on testing results.

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STF pressuring province, schools to start administrating COVID-19 rapid tests

Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation president and CEO Patrick Maze says he would like to see school divisions start administering COVID-19 rapid testing immediately.“We have the rapid tests and we need to be using them,” Maze said. “This is our best tool to get ahead of the spread of variants of concern and slow transmission in our schools and communities.”The province announced on March 22 it had distributed 100,000 tests to school divisions in Saskatchewan.

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Liverpool's Champions League group in chaos after Ajax confirm positive Covid-19 tests

Champions League group has been thrown into chaos by a Covid-19 outbreak at Ajax.

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Ontario to receive 2 rapid COVID-19 tests next week, expert says

Medical Laboratory Professional Association of Ontario CEO Michelle Hoad says the new pair of COVID-19 tests can help alleviate pressure on the province’s medical system.

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Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tests positive for COVID-19

NEW DELHI : Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday tested positive for COVID-19 infection.The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha is home quarantined and has requested those who came in contact with him to follow protocol."I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am in home quarantine.

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AP source: No positive tests for Titans; game on with Bills

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Titans have no positive tests, and they will host the Buffalo Bills as rescheduled for Tuesday night, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The Bills (4-0) left for Nashville on Monday night, but the Titans needed another day without a positive test for the game to go forward.

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Doug Ford calls on Health Canada to focus on reviewing rapid COVID-19 antigen tests

COVID-19 antigen tests in the hope that one will be approved and used to alleviate the surging testing demand in the province.“That should be their number one priority,” Ford said.“I know Health Canada is doing a great job. They’re extremely, extremely busy but this should be the number one priority.”Ford made the remarks during a rare Saturday press conference in which he announced that new gathering restrictions would be expanded to the entire province amid a spike in coronavirus cases.

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Kolkata Police DCP tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital

Kolkata: A Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police has been admitted to hospital after she tested positive for COVID-19, police sources said on Friday.Deputy Commissioner of South East Division of Kolkata Police Debasmita Das was taken to the hospital on Thursday where she is undergoing treatment, they said.

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Health department: Potential inaccuracies in COVID-19 antibody tests in Chester County

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - Chester County was a leader among governments trying to learn if its first responders, prison and nursing home workers had coronavirus antibodies."There are folks who can carry the virus with little or no symptoms and this will tell us if they’ve already had it," Chester County Health DirectorJeanne Casner said.In April, the county health director explained why $13 million dollars was being spent to buy finger prick, antibody tests from Advaite, a county-based biotech firm.The county showed reporters a drive thru testing site and spoke of the tests' value in May. In a post on its website Wednesday, the county revealed during testing it began to see:“...a higher number of positive test results than

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High ratings, more COVID tests tied to fewer nursing home outbreaks

Three studies on COVID-19 prevention in nursing homes published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report suggest that regular testing of residents and staff to identify asymptomatic infections may help contain outbreaks and that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) star ratings could serve as a proxy for coronavirus outbreak risk.

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Health board confirm member of staff at East Kilbride high school tests positive for COVID-19

East Kilbride has tested positive for COVID-19.

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More coronavirus tests in Delhi than in any other part of the world: Kejriwal

Kejriwal said the matter of concern should be the number of deaths and not cases as he claimed that the coronavirus death rate in the national capital is perhaps the lowest in the world.He said that currently around 60,000 tests for detection of COVID-19 are being conducted in Delhi daily, which means that 3,000 tests are conducted per day per million population in the city."In Delhi, 3,057 COVID-19 tests are conducted per day per million population. In the UK, around 3,000 tests are conducted per million population, 1,388 in the USA, 2,311 in Russia, and 8,58 in Peru.

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Karnataka minister Prabhu Chauhan tests positive for coronavirus

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, was hospitalised. He was discharged after his reports came negative.

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'A lot of wishful thinking': Experts say usefulness of COVID-19 antibody tests still unclear

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Covid-19: India scales a new peak as total number of tests cross 5 crore-mark

New Delhi: India's cumulative tests for detection of Covid-19 surpassed 5 crore-mark, while tests per million witnessed a rise from 6,396 on July 1 to 36,703 as on date, said Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.Recording over 90,000 new cases for two days in a row, India's Covid-19 tally rose by 75,809 in the last 24 hours to reach 42,80,422 on Tuesday, while a record 1,133 fatalities took the death toll to 72,775, the Union health ministry data showed.During the same period, the number of recoveries surged to 33,23,950 pushing the recovery rate to 77.65 per cent, according to the data updated at 8 am on Tuesday."India has come a long way from conducting just one test from the lab at National Institute of Virology, Pune in January 2020 to

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Cong leader Deepender Singh Hooda tests COVID-19 positive

NEW DELHI : Congress MP from Haryana Deepender Singh Hooda has tested positive for COVID-19.Hooda confirmed the news about his health on his Twitter handle and urged all his close contacts to isolate themselves or get tested for the virus at the earliest."My COVID-19 report came positive. The remaining tests are being done according to the instructions of the doctors.

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Doubling of tests behind surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, no need to panic: Kejriwal

NEW DELHI : Declaring a "war" on coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi is attributable to doubling of testing, but asserted that the situation in the city is completely under control and there is no need to panic.Addressing an online media briefing, Kejriwal said he is not worried about the data, but more concerned about keeping people healthy."Delhi declares war on corona. We have doubled testing, started testing at markets, bus stands, mohalla clinics etc.

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Lionel Messi snubs Barcelona Covid-19 testing as he moves closer to Man City transfer

Lionel Messi has, as expected, failed to turn up for Barcelona's coronavirus testing on Sunday as he looks to force through a sensational move to Manchester City.

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India ramps up covid diagnostics facilities, tests over 20 mn samples

NEW DELHI : From just 100 covid-19 tests a day in January, India has ramped up its public and private diagnostics network to test over 600,000 samples a day to cross 20 million total tests on Sunday, as the coronavirus cases in the country neared 1.8 million, with over 38,000 deaths.After facing a lot of flak for not testing enough, the government gradually introduced a range of testing modalities, including reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), the gold standard for testing covid-19.

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AP Source: Marlins get 2nd straight day of no positive tests

MIAMI – For the second day in a row, the Miami Marlins had no positive tests among their players and staff still in Philadelphia, according to a person familiar with the situation.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because details of the testing have not been publicly released.The Philadelphia Phillies have received results of Saturday's COVID-19 testing, and there were no new positives. The team was set to work out at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday in preparation for the resumption of games Monday.The Marlins haven't played since July 26 in Philadelphia because of an outbreak within their traveling party.

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University of New Brunswick developing portable COVID-19 diagnostic tests

University of New Brunswick researchers are working to address the challenges, concerns and consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Megan Yamoah has more on portable diagnostic tests for COVID-19 that will return results faster.

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COVID-19: India tests a total of 1.82 crore samples

NEW DELHI : India has so far conducted 1.82 crore tests for coronavirus, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday."The enhanced testing infrastructure has led to a sharp increase in the cumulative testing from 88 lakh total tests (1st July 2020) to nearly 1.82 crore (30th July 2020). The Tests Per Million (TPM) has subsequently increased to 13,181," said a press statement from the MoHFW.It said, "The combined and focused efforts of Union and State/UT Governments have resulted in ramped up testing across the country to ensure early detection and isolation of COVID-19 positive cases.

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Phillies visiting clubhouse staffer tests positive for coronavirus

PHILADELPHIA - A coronavirus outbreak on another team has left the Philadelphia Phillies idle for five days, aiming to return to play a doubleheader that could entail 7-inning games and scheduling a new opponent next week.One employee who works in the visiting clubhouse has tested positive for the coronavirus following a season-opening series against the Marlins in Philadelphia last weekend, but all Phillies players and on-field staff tested negative for a second straight day, general manager Matt Klentak said Wednesday.Sixteen players for the Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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AP source: Phillies visiting clubhouse staffer tests positive for coronavirus

PHILADELPHIA - One Philadelphia Phillies employee who works in the visiting clubhouse has tested positive for the coronavirus, a person familiar with the results told The Associated Press.But all Phillies players and on-field staff tested negative for COVID-19 for a second straight day, according to another person with knowledge of the results.

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Rep. Louie Gohmert tests positive for coronavirus before planning to fly with Trump to Texas

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, speaks during the House Judiciary committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Justice: Political Interference and Threats to Prosecutorial Independence", on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2020 in Washington DC.

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Robert O’Brien, Trump’s national security adviser, tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus — making him the highest-ranking official to test positive so far.That's according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss it by name.RELATED: Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteersThe White House confirmed that O'Brien has mild symptoms and “has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site,” adding that: “There is no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President" and that the "work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted.”National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien speaks with

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Co-sleeping investigated as cause of death after infant posthumously tests positive for COVID-19

READING, Pa. - Authorities in Berks County say they are investigating the death of an infant as an accidental suffocation due to co-sleeping after the child posthumously tested positive for COVID-19.The Berks County Coroner's Officer announced Friday that there was no evidence to suggest the 26-day-old girl's coronavirus diagnosis caused or contributed to her death.Instead, officials say, "the death is being investigated as an accidental suffocation/asphyxiation due to co-sleeping with an adult."The infant passed away at Reading Hospital on Sunday, July 19 shortly after she was admitted to the hospital.She was tested for COVID-19 on Monday, July 20 and positive results were returned on Thursday."The release of information yesterday has

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Cause of death undetermined after Berks County infant posthumously tests positive for COVID-19

READING, Pa. - Authorities in Berks County are continuing to investigate the cause of death of a 26-day-old infant that posthumously tested positive for COVID-19.The infant passed away at Reading Hospital on Sunday, July 19 shortly after she was admitted.She was tested for COVID-19 on Monday, July 20 and positive results were returned on Thursday.The coroner's office says the cause or manner of death has yet to be determined as they awaited the results of a full toxicology report and various other tests done through the autopsy."It is too early to say with medical certainty that the death is either from or related to COVID-19," read a release from the Berks County Coroner's Office.___AdvertisementRELATED COVERAGE:___For the latest local

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Coronavirus: Record number of tests forces Winnipeg site to redirect patients

coronavirus tests done in Winnipeg this week forced a testing site to redirect patients who wished to be tested to other locations.A spokesperson for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) confirmed that some people at the drive-thru testing site at 1284 Main St. were asked to go to other sites that had more capacity on Tuesday.“We have seen a significant increase in demand at Winnipeg community COVID-19 testing sites in the last week,” the WRHA spokesperson said in a statement sent to Global News.

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First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

first 45 volunteers who rolled up their sleeves back in March. Sure enough, the vaccine provided a hoped-for immune boost.Those early volunteers developed what are called neutralizing antibodies in their bloodstream -- molecules key to blocking infection -- at levels comparable to those found in people who survived COVID-19, the research team reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.“This is an essential building block that is needed to move forward with the trials that could actually determine whether the vaccine does protect against infection,” said Dr.

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Quebec biopharmaceutical company sees encouraging early COVID-19 vaccine tests

Quebec biopharmaceutical company Medicago said on Thursday it was getting encouraging early results from its COVID-19 vaccine testing.

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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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