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Most of the active Covid-19 cases in the country are largely being reported by a few states like Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: With the spike in Covid and influenza cases across the country, the Central government has directed all the states and union territories to accelerate the pace of Covid-19 testing as a declining trend has been noticed in some states. In a joint advisory issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and health ministry, “ln the past several weeks, in some states Covid-19 testing has declined & the current testing levels are insufficient as compared to the standards prescribed by WHO i.e., 140 tests/million.

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Public health opinions in Alberta entrenched during COVID-19 pandemic, study says

COVID-19 pandemic is a window into how entrenched people have become over their views of the pandemic and resulting public health measures.“Early on, I think we saw that most people thought the government was doing about the right thing. Some thought it was too fast, some thought it was too slow.

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Tilda Swinton refuses to wear COVID mask on set of new film: “I’m full of antibodies and very healthy”

Oscar-winning actress is set to film a new project in Ireland in the coming months, but has insisted against wearing a mask because she is “full of antibodies and very healthy”, having contracted the virus a number of times.Speaking as part of her keynote speech at the SXSW Film and TV Festival on Monday (March 13), she said (via Vanity Fair): “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not.“I’m sure this is being recorded. I’ve had COVID-19 multiple times so I’m full of antibodies and very healthy.”Last year, Swinton explained that while she had got off “relatively lightly” with the virus, she suffered with memory problems and vertigo as a result.She told The Guardian: “I was coughing like an old gentleman who smoked a pipe for 70 years, and had nasty vertigo.

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Saskatchewan researchers get $20M to help study and combat long COVID effects

University of Saskatchewan along with other researchers across Canada have received $20 million of federal money from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to help study and combat long COVID effects. Read more: After 3 years of COVID-19, here’s how Canada’s ‘endemic’ future may look The Canada-wide consortium of researchers will study the aftereffects of COVID-19 infections for the next five years.

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Omicron COVID-19 variant likely to re-infect ‘over and over again,’ experts say

Although COVID-19 cases are declining across the country, chances of getting re-infected with the virus are still possible — especially from the omicron variant — experts say.

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CDC recommends Pfizer COVID boosters for kids ages 5 to 11

Amid a steady rise in US COVID -19 cases led by a more transmissible subvariant, vaccine advisers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recommended a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 though 11.

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Manitoba Camping Association gets $750K in provincial COVID-19 recovery cash

Manitoba Camping Association (MCA) is getting a one-time cash injection from the province to help bounce back from COVID-19.The government announced $750,000 in funding for the association Tuesday. Manitoba campgrounds drying off, preparing for busy season “Manitoba children benefit from being outdoors and the learning experiences overnight camps offer,” said Municipal Relations Minister Eileen Clarke.“We recognize the importance of community-based organizations in building thriving and sustainable communities across the province.

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Nova Scotia reports 426 new cases of COVID-19, another record

COVID-19 numbers with 426 new cases announced Saturday.In a release, the province said there were 296 cases in the Central Zone, 70 cases in the Eastern Zone, 35 cases in the Northern Zone and 25 cases in the Western Zone.Nova Scotia Health labs completed 8,996 tests on Friday. N.S.

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Kenney, Hinshaw, Copping to hold Alberta COVID-19 update Wednesday morning

COVID-19 in Alberta is set to go ahead Wednesday morning.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Health Minister Jason Copping will be speaking from Calgary, and will be joined by chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw out of Edmonton.The group is scheduled to speak at 9 a.m.

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COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Calgary shopping malls offer ‘perfect mix’ for holidays

COVID-19 vaccine while also doing some holiday shopping this year.On Tuesday, Southcentre Mall announced it was teaming up with the City of Calgary’s mobile vaccination program.“It’s the perfect mix. We wanted to go where people are and the most populated places just prior to the Christmas season are the malls,” Coby Duerr, acting chief of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, said.

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Effectiveness of new Alberta COVID-19 health restrictions under scrutiny

University of Calgary Faculty of Law associate professor Dr. Lorian Hardcastle speaks with Breanna Karstens-Smith about the confusion and ineffectiveness of new health measures introduced in Alberta.

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Alberta COVID-19 modelling projects province could see up to 300 ICU admissions this month

COVID-19 hospitalizations, the Alberta government released new modelling it says those decisions were informed by.Alberta is leading the country in the number of new COVID-19 infections being reported each day.The modelling released Friday presents projections for three different levels in terms of the severity of COVID-19 scenarios that could unfold between June 9 and Sept. 29: low, medium and high.“Current actual data is trending toward the high end of the projections,” the government noted in a news release.

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Premier Doug Ford to make announcement Wednesday on COVID-19 vaccine passports

COVID-19 vaccine passport certificate system will work.The premier is scheduled to make an announcement at 1 p.m. at Queen’s Park.He will be joined by Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr.

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2 Hamilton COVID-19 testing centres expand operations due to increasing demands

COVID-19 testing centres are expanding operating capacity and hours amid increases in cases and a return to school next week.Public health says both St. Joseph’s Mountain testing centre located at Mohawk College (135 Fennell Ave West) and the West End Assessment Centre at 690 Main St.

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Simcoe Muskoka COVID pop-up vaccine clinics for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5

COVID-19 vaccine clinics throughout the region during the week of Aug. 30 to Sept.

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Another 16 COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region on Monday

COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the area to 18,936.This lifts the rolling seven-day average number of new cases back up to 20, whereas a week ago that number was 17.1.

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Ontario cabinet debating implementation of provincial COVID-19 vaccine ‘passport’

Sources Global News spoke with say Premier Doug Ford and members of his cabinet are debating the possibility of instituting a provincial COVID-19 vaccine “passport.” Erica Vella reports.

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Ontario reports 694 new COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 565,025.Of the 694 news cases, 454 are in those who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 73 are partially vaccinated, while 167 are in fully vaccinated individuals.According to Monday’s report, 121 cases were recorded in Toronto, 104 in Peel Region, 98 in York Region, 74 in Windsor-Essex, 74 in Hamilton and 44 in Ottawa.All other local public health units reported fewer than 40 new cases in the provincial report.The provincial virus-related death toll now stands at 9,498 as no deaths were reported.

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Doug Ford says Ontario could enter COVID-19 reopening plan before June 14, but only if doctors sign off

Doug Ford says Ontario could enter the first step of the provincial COVID-19 reopening plan earlier than the original goal, but insisted that it will ultimately come down to a recommendation from the chief medical officer of health.“I’m so hopeful that as things are going, we may be able to enter Step 1 safely earlier than June 14,” Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park Wednesday afternoon.“As we see the numbers come down, and they’re dropping rapidly, we put forward to Dr. (David) Williams and the medical team that option of opening up earlier based on a cautious approach, based on the numbers coming down.

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Alberta confirms 1,516 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths on Sunday

COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the disease on Sunday.The province said the deaths involved a man in his 70s in the South zone linked to the outbreak at Trinity Reformed Church in Lethbridge, a man in his 60s in the South Zone and a man in his 70s in the Edmonton zone. All three cases included comorbidities.

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Over 300 new COVID-19 cases reported on the weekend in Hamilton, 67% of active cases under 50

Ontario reports 4,250 new COVID-19 cases, 18 more deaths “My prediction is that we will have a third wave that actually exceeds the second wave in terms of numbers,” said Sly.“It’ll be a slightly different sector in the population affected.”As of Sunday, only about 17 per cent (237) of the Hamilton’s 1,400 active COVID-19 cases are among those aged 60 or over.

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Regina COVID survivor describes battle for his life

Spending time on a ventilator, while in and out of a coma, is not something Matthew Cardinal ever thought he’d experience. Now, the 34-year-old is speaking out about his fight with COVID-19.

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Hamilton reports record daily high of COVID-19 cases, expert says ‘blunt’ lockdown measures needed

COVID-19 pandemic, says the prominence of COVID-19 variants has left little alternative for Ontario in terms of more strict lockdown measures.On Friday, Ontario set another single-day record of COVID-19 cases, 4,812, surpassing the previous record of 4,736 which was set on Thursday.Health officials suggested the only way to flatten the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is a six-week stay-at-home order with at least 100,000 doses of vaccine administered a day.Doug Ford’s announcement Friday which extended the four week lockdown to six also increased police powers, restricted outdoor gatherings and shut down non-essential construction. Ontario reports more than 4,800 new COVID-19 cases, setting another single-day record Dr.

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COVID-19: 151 new cases in London-Middlesex; record 65 people in hospital with 29 in ICU: LHSC

Health officials in London-Middlesex reported 151 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the number of people with the disease being cared for in local hospitals and intensive care wards hit a new record.The triple-digit increase — the 11th seen this month, more than any other month — brings the region’s pandemic case tally to 8,903, of which 7,492 have resolved, an increase of 116 from the day before.At least 193 deaths have been reported, most recently on Wednesday.As of Thursday, at least 1,218 cases were active in the region.Since the month began, London and Middlesex has recorded at least 1,719 cases. A record 176 cases were reported on Wednesday by the health unit.

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Hamilton reports over 150 new COVID-19 cases and single case of variant first detected in South Africa

Ontario reports record-breaking 4,736 new COVID-19 cases as total count surpasses 400,000 Hamilton reported the discovery of the B.1.351 variant first detected in South Africa on Thursday. On Wednesday, public health revealed the city’s first two cases of the P.1 variant (first detected in Brazil.)Along with the B.1.1.7 variant (first detected in the U.K.) already established and spreading across the city in recent weeks, there have now been 1,490 positively screened cases with a variant.

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Alberta-made COVID-19 vaccine begins clinical trial with first participants receiving a jab

made-in Alberta COVID-19 vaccine marked a major milestone Thursday with the first recruits involved in a clinical trial injected with the vaccine.Edmonton-based Entos Pharmaceuticals, led by University of Alberta researcher Dr. John Lewis, began Phase 1 of its clinical trial Thursday.The first participants were injected with the Covigenix VAX-001 vaccine at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology in Halifax, N.S.The centre will enrol up to 73 health adults aged 18 to 55 and 65 to 84.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest March 3, 2021

Department of Health:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Weekly COVID-19 Cluster Report (March 3, 2021)Daily and Weekly Preliminary Vaccine Administration UpdatesThe charts below will be included in the Daily News Digest, Monday-Friday. 20 New COVID-19 Cases and Two Additional DeathsDOH reports 20 new cases of coronavirus. This is the lowest statewide case count since late July 2020.

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New death connected to Olymel COVID-19 outbreak as Alberta Health removes previous fatality

Olymel facility in Red Deer, Alta., facing a COVID-19 outbreak confirmed Wednesday that another person connected to the plant has died.The information from the union comes as Alberta Health officials said a previously announced death was found to not have been connected to the facility.Scott Payne with UFCW 401 confirmed Wednesday that another worker has passed away from COVID-19. “Our investigation has revealed it was a worker at the plant,” he said.The union did not have details on the age or gender of the victim or the date when their death occurred.

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Alberta’s plan for AstraZeneca vaccine to be addressed at COVID-19 update Wednesday afternoon

COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon, when Albertans are expected to learn more about the province’s plan for the AstraZeneca vaccine.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide the update at 3:30 p.m.

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COVID-19: Alberta doctor pleased with province’s slow move into Step 2

630 CHED Mornings with Chelsea Bird and Shaye Ganam on Tuesday to discuss the government’s decision to ease some restrictions the day before.“I think this was a very reasonable, as you say, incremental change. I think it’s safe.” COVID-19: Low-intensity indoor fitness allowed as Alberta ‘cautiously’ enters Step 2 Gibney said the government was under extreme pressure to show some movement forward in the province’s reopening plan and the distinction between high-intensity and low-intensity exercise was a good one to make.He pointed to an incident in Hawaii where a spin instruction had COVID-19 but wasn’t symptomatic yet.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest March 1, 2021

Department of Health:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Daily and Weekly Preliminary Vaccine Administration UpdatesThe charts below will be included in the Daily News Digest, Monday-Friday.29 New COVID-19 Cases DOH reports 29 new cases of coronavirus. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m.

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COVID-19: Some businesses disappointed by Alberta’s Step 2 reopening plan

@CityofEdmonton City Manager Manager Andre Corbould: “In light of the Government of Alberta’s recent announcement to ease further restrictions as part of their step two plan, we will begin a thoughtful approach to determine how this new information— City of Edmonton (@CityofEdmonton) March 2, 2021For more information on city facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, click here.The government said reopening libraries was a priority, especially in communities where people rely on the facilities for access to high-speed internet.

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Over 31,000 Alberta seniors get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 291 new cases identified Monday

COVID-19 vaccines, less than one week after Phase 1B of eligibility opened up.Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Monday that to date, more than 235,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered and more than 88,000 Albertans have been fully immunized.Seniors 75 and older became eligible to receive the vaccine on Feb.

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Decision expected Monday on whether Alberta will further ease COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19 restrictions will be eased even more across the province.Last week, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said March 1 would be the soonest the province would move into Step 2 of its path forward relaunch plan. COVID-19: Hinshaw says decision on Step 2 of reopening in Alberta won’t be until March 1 or later Step 1 started in Alberta on Feb.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 20, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/75 COVID-19 Cases and One Death Reported DOH reports 75 new cases of coronavirus today and one (1) additional death, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 325. The victim is a Maui woman, 70-79 yds, who died in the hospital with underlying conditions.This report includes cases up until Monday at 11:59 p.m.

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Hinshaw to give Alberta COVID-19 update Wednesday as NDP calls for action to contain variants

COVID-19 variants initially detected in the U.K. and South Africa if they begin spreading locally.So far, all of the variant cases that have been detected in the province have been travel-related, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said in her update Tuesday.Dr.

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B.C. nurse shares daughter’s creative COVID-19 killing invention

A Fraser Health COVID response nurse is sharing a heartwarming video of her six-year-old daughter. Layba has created a Lego invention that she says will kill the virus.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 14, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/190 New COVID-19 Cases Reported StatewideDOH is also reporting 190 additional coronavirus cases today. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m.

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Waterloo Public Health announces most new COVID-19 cases in area since May

coronavirus on Friday bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the area to 2,295.The new tests helped prompt the province to place Waterloo Region into the yellow category of its new provincial COVID-19 restriction scale.

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B.C. health officials to provide Monday COVID-19 update

novel coronavirus pandemic as the number of active cases in the province continues to surge.After another 132 new cases of the coronavirus were reported Friday, the number of active cases hit a new all-time high of 1,461. The number of people in hospital climbed to 49 — a level not seen since May 16.

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Long wait times at London COVID-19 assessment centres following declaration of community outbreak

NOTE: This video has been sped up. A large line up of cars could be seen stretching around the block Monday from London’s Oakridge Arena COVID-19 assessment centre, a day after the local health unit declared a community outbreak of the virus.

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Within 34 days, Andhra's Covid-19 tally soars from 13,000 to 1.5 lakh

Amaravati: Coronavirus cases crossed the 1.5 lakh mark in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday as another 9,276 were added but a record high of 12,750 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.Within 34 days, the state reached the grim milestone of 1.5 lakh. On 28 June, the state had 13,000-0dd cases.

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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre extends hours for drive-thru COVID-19 screening clinic

coronavirus screening clinic.The hours of Clinic C at RVH will be extended from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Alberta COVID-19 supports closes amidst criticism everyone hasn’t been able to apply

Alberta’s Emergency Isolation Support has delivered about twice as much money to twice as many people as anticipated. However, many Albertans say they’re angry the program has closed. Fletcher Kent explains.

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Telangana gwovt takes app route for real-time tracking of Covid-19 cases

Hyderabad: The Telangana public health and family welfare department has started using the Covid-19 Monitoring System app developed by US- and Hyderabad-headquartered startup Vera Smart Healthcare. On Monday, the state government also launched its official WhatsApp Chatbot – ‘TS Gov Covid Info’ (on 9000 658 658) – as part of its efforts to provide authentic information to citizens on the ongoing pandemic.

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Third move for Saint John COVID-19 testing site causing confusion, says MLA

Saint John’s coronavirus testing centre has had a few homes since Horizon Health Network put it in place earlier this month.

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Prince Albert Responds to Speculation That He Gave Prince Charles COVID-19

“It is not possible to ascertain from whom the Prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks,” reads the official statement.

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City and County COVID-19 update

Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien and Peterborough County warden J. Murray Jones were at today’s briefing discussing how the city and surrounding area are dealing with pandemic.

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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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