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LFD) testing for patient-facing staff presenting with symptoms of COVID-19, symptomatic patients where having COVID-19 will affect their clinical management and for outbreak testing.This guidance has been updated in line with changes to testing from 1 April 2023.Most patients and non-patient-facing staff who have symptoms of a respiratory infection no longer need to take an LFD test for COVID-19.Only patient-facing staff and eligible patients for COVID-19 treatments need to take a LFD test if they develop . Staff that carry out duties away from patients, such as back office staff, are ‘non-patient-facing members of staff’.

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'This isn't living with Covid, it's ignoring it': Bereaved criticise end of free testing and masks as deaths pass 200,000

A man who lost his grandmother to Covid-19 criticised the axing of free testing and other measures as he called the terrible milestone of 200,000 deaths in the UK 'absolutely heart-rending and tragic'.

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COVID-19 wastewater testing in Hamilton, Niagara Region ‘hasn’t been as useful’

wastewater surveillance from municipalities a little more as a potential alternative to track viral activity.Last March, the Ford government invested in just over a dozen research and academic institutions to create a surveillance network to test wastewater samples taken from communities across Ontario.“Together with clinical and public health data, wastewater monitoring can help local public health units identify potential COVID-19 outbreaks and enable more timely decisions about how and where to mobilize resources in response,” environment minister Jeff Yurek said after handing over $12 million in wastewater collecting initiatives. Toronto launches pilot project to collect COVID-19 data from wastewater Two years into the program, an estimated 75 per cent of Ontario’s population is now within the Ministry of the Environment’s (MOE) coverage area for the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative (WSI).In recent weeks, the director of the Ontario Science Advisory Table Dr.

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Ontario’s top doctor details factors that go into deploying COVID-19 rapid testing program

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore spoke more Tuesday about the various factors a local medical officer can use to determine whether to roll out rapid testing to schools and childcare spaces.

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Ontario announces ‘targeted’ COVID-19 rapid testing program for schools

Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore announced Tuesday that the province was rolling out a “targeted” COVID-19 rapid antigen testing program in schools and childcare spaces.

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Ontario set to announce COVID-19 rapid testing in schools

COVID-19 and schools.A government source with knowledge of the announcement but who was not authorized to speak publicly about it, says it will be about rapid testing and schools. Rapid COVID-19 test program is for businesses, Ontario says, after parent groups place orders The announcement comes after groups of parents had organized surveillance testing for their schools using the rapid test kits, but the government told agencies to stop distributing them to anyone but businesses.Chief medical officer of health Dr.

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Canada fumbles COVID-19 border testing

As hundreds of thousands of international travellers continue to arrive in Canada every month, a Toronto area startup company is at the heart of efforts to ensure people get tested for COVID-19.

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Toronto-area startup Switch Health accused of fumbling Canada’s COVID-19 border testing

new requirements that took effect on Feb. 22 for non-essential international travellers to get tested in Canada upon arrival.

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Coronavirus: Traffic at Regina COVID-19 testing, vaccination site modified

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has modified vehicle access into Regina’s drive-thru COVID-19 testing and immunization site at Evraz Place.The change is to improve traffic flow and safety for those accessing the site, read a press release.

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Mumbai: BMC files FIR against actor for flouting Covid norms despite testing positive

BMC has filed an FIR against a Bollywood actor for non-compliance to COVID19 guidelines on testing positive.

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Alberta expands COVID-19 rapid testing program to schools, oil and gas, meat-packing plants

Alberta is expanding its COVID-19 rapid testing program to schools, oil and gas and meat-packing plants. As Bindu Suri explains, the testing will target asymptomatic people.

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Alberta launches COVID-19 rapid testing pilot project at 2 Calgary schools

Alberta Education Minister Adrianna LaGrange reveals details of a pilot project that will launch COVID-19 rapid testing at two Calgary schools.

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How rapidly is Canada rolling out COVID-19 rapid testing?

COVID-19 rapid test pilot programs.But, months after the first test was approved in this country, we’re still seeing pilot programs announced, and there’s no clear national picture of their use, even as the national testing advisory panel heralds rapid antigen test deployment as a priority.“We need the federal government to procure more of them. We need the federal government to approve more of them, and then we need the provincial governments to support the more rapid use and wide scale use of them,” Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel Co-Chair Dr.

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The Latest: Broncos won't allow fans after Sunday's game

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Denver Broncos have told season ticket holders that due to the increase of COVID-19 cases, Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins will be the last one played with fans in attendance at Empower Field at Mile High this season.The Broncos have been allowing 5,700 fans into their games.The Broncos’ final three home games, against the Saints, Bills and Raiders, will be played without any fans in the stands.In a statement, the Broncos said, “Although we are confident in our strong safety protocols and have no evidence of any COVID-19 transmission traced to our home games, the increase in cases and hospitalizations locally requires us to adjust our future

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US COVID-19 testing strained again heading into holiday season

NEW YORK - With coronavirus cases surging and families hoping to gather safely for Thanksgiving, long lines to get tested have reappeared across the U.S. — a reminder that the nation’s testing system remains unable to keep pace with the virus.The delays are happening as the country braces for winter weather, flu season and holiday travel, all of which are expected to amplify a U.S.

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University of Alberta team ready to begin Phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccine testing

Oncologist John Lewis and his team with Entos Pharmaceuticals at the University of Alberta have been working overtime to develop one of Canada’s leading vaccine candidates. Dr.

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Army on Covid-19 standby as Birmingham council goes to emergency door-to-door testing

Birmingham City Council hopes to use the army to provide extra capacity for its door-to-door coronavirus testing service service.

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Coronavirus: Canada’s PM, top doctor urge patience on development of COVID-19 rapid testing

During Friday’s coronavirus update, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam commented on the development of rapid testing strategies to detect COVID-19, amid long wait-times for testing and calls from premiers, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, to implement such methods of testing.

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Coronavirus testing expanding to Ontario pharmacies

Executive vice president and chief pharmacy officer with the Ontario Pharmacists Association, Allan Malek speaks about how pharmacies in the province are preparing to start COVID-19 testing for people not experiencing symptoms tomorrow.

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China offers covid vaccines to testing countries to boost diplomatic ties

Emergency useThe company’s vaccine, dubbed CoronaVac, is made with the coronavirus rendered inactive so that the pathogen cannot cause infection but can train the human immune system to recognize and respond to real infections.State-owned China National Biotec Group is currently testing two coronavirus vaccines in countries across the Middle East and South America, while Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc., or CNBG, is trialling a shot co-developed with the Chinese military in Russia and Pakistan.Both Sinovac and CNBG’s shots have been approved for emergency use for doctors, nurses and other front-line workers under China’s vaccine law, while CanSino’s shot received approval for use within the Chinese military.Click here to read the Mint

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Appointment bookings in the works for October amid massive COVID-19 testing demand in London, Ont.

COVID-19 assessment centres, the group responsible for operating the two locations is trying to find solutions and looking into introducing a telephone appointment booking system.Since Sept. 12, wait times have consistently climbed above two hours and for several days either one or both of the locations reached capacity well before the end of the day.The Middlesex-London Health Unit has been reporting wait times and offering up information about the centres, but the locations are actually operated by Thames Valley Family Health Team and London Health Sciences Centre in partnership with the paramedic service and with oversight from Ontario Health, according to local medical officer of health Dr.

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India's current COVID-19 testing rate six times the WHO recommendation: Govt

New Delhi: India is conducting COVID-19 tests at a rate of 875 per million population per day, which is more than six times the figure recommended by the WHO, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended testing of 0.14 samples per day per 1,000 population or 140 tests per day per million population, Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.In response to another question, Choubey said that average test conducted by a district in a day is 1,053."Presently, the rate of COVID-19 test conducted per 1,000 persons in India is 0.875 test per day (as on September 19)," he said in response to a question on whether the rate of tests is commensurate with testing

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India crosses 6.6 cr-mark in coronavirus testing, says health ministry

NEW DELHI : India's total tests for detection of the novel coronavirus pandemic has crossed the 6.6 crore-mark. Also, the Covid-19 tests per million have risen to 48,028 as on date with the national cumulative positivity rate being recorded at 8.52 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.India's testing capacity has surged to over 12 lakh tests daily.

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COVID-19 testing site set to open at Disney World

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A COVID-19 testing site is opening at the Maingate Complex at Walt Disney World to offer free testing to employees and their family members as well as the community at large.Registration is available at DoINeedaCOVIDTest.com, which is operated by eTrueNoth, the lab conducting the testing at the state-run site.The site at 3010 Maingate Lane lists its operating hours from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Hopeful COVID-19 research: Testing new vaccines, repurposing old ones

Medical News Today previously reported on the research that Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute in the United Kingdom, led on a potential vaccine. The recombinant vaccine that the team developed uses a chimpanzee adenovirus (called ChAdOx1) that is harmless to humans, inserting into it the spike protein gene of SARS-CoV-2.As this approach to developing vaccines has been “extensively tested in other situations,” and the research group has a successful track record in this area (which includes developing a promising vaccine against MERS, a “cousin” of SARS), experts were hopeful a few months ago that Prof.

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‘We’re managing the virus:’ Orange County mayor sees glimmer of hope in latest COVID-19 data

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Although the number of COVID-19 cases both statewide and in the region has soared in recent weeks, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Monday he is starting to feel as if the area could be seeing some signs of improvement.As of Monday, there have been 14,407 COVID-19 patients in Orange County since the virus was first detected in Florida on March 1. Of those cases, 375 were reported between Sunday and Monday.

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Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2

Viral tests (authorized nucleic acid or antigen detection assays) are recommended to diagnose acute infection. Testing practices should aim for rapid turnaround times (i.e., less than 24 hours) in order to facilitate effective interventions.

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Florida reports over 10,000 new coronavirus cases Thursday in latest record; 67 new deaths

TAMPA, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health says the number of known cases of COVID-19 in the state rose by 10,109 since yesterday morning as the virus spreads and as more people are tested across the state. The total number of cases in Florida is now 169,106.The number of Florida resident deaths has reached 3,617, an increase of 67 since Wednesday's update. Another 101 non-Floridians have died in the state.

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Winnipeg coronavirus testing site temporarily closed due to heatwave

COVID-19 test Thursday afternoon at the Manitoba Public Insurance site at 1284 Main St., you’re out of luck.The coronavirus testing site closed at noon due to extremely high temperatures. With the potential of hitting 40C and an air conditioning malfunction, the testing site was officially closed for the day.

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Mumbai's ban on two labs to hit covid-19 testing in the city

MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI : The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ban on two covid-19 testing labs in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region will hit covid-19 testing in the city, said officials from BMC and the testing companies.On Thursday, the BMC banned Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, Mumbai's largest private laboratory, from conducting covid-19 tests for the next four weeks. Last week, another private lab, Thyrocare Technologies was banned in Thane by the Municipal Corporation for false positive reports.These bans will hit Mumbai's capacity in fighting covid-19.

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High demand for COVID-19 testing leads AHS to expand capacity, extend hours at south assessment centre

COVID-19 testing has grown from 604 people on May 29 to 1,618 people on June 4 to 3,417 people on June 8.“It has absolutely increased,” said Tammy Anderson, site lead for the south assessment centre.“We had the protest over the weekend. We’ve had some positive cases in the businesses, that type of thing, so certainly it’s increased accordingly.“We’re definitely seeing a higher demand for testing, particularly for asymptomatic folks for testing.”Starting Friday, the assessment centre at 7319 – 29 Ave.

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Covid-19: Mumbai bars Metropolis Lab from testing for four weeks

Mumbai/ New Delhi: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday barred Metropolis Laboratory, Mumbai's largest private laboratory, from conducting coronavirus tests for the next four weeks.The ban comes in the wake of complaints of delays in preparing covid-19 test reports."The lab has been barred from sample collection and testing for four weeks in BMC's jurisdiction," said a BMC official.A spokesperson for Metropolis was not immediately available for comment.According to a June 5 direction from BMC all covid-19 samples must be tested within 24 hours.Delays in report leads to delay in contact tracing thereby delay in treatment and in some cases, death, the BMC said.With 54085 cases, Mumbai has the maximum number of cases in the

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Twitter testing prompt that asks people to read articles before retweeting them

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is testing a new tool that asks users if they’d like to open articles and actually read them before retweeting to their followers.The feature is being tested on Android phones in English “to help promote informed discussion,” the company said Wednesday.“Sharing an article can spark conversation, so you may want to read it before you Tweet it,” Twitter Support wrote.When someone goes to retweet the link to an article on Twitter but hasn’t clicked through to the story, they may be shown a pop-up message asking if they would like to read it before retweeting.The goal is to slow the spread of viral misinformation, according to Twitter’s product lead Kayvon Beykpour.“It's easy for links/articles to go viral on Twitter.

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50% of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Orange County last 2 weeks were 20-40 years old

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The median age for people testing positive for the coronavirus in Orange County is getting younger, according to Dr. Raul Pino.Dr.

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London COVID-19 testing centres see over 500 people in busiest day yet

The Middlesex London Health Unit is reporting the coronavirus testing centres saw their greatest number in visits since opening their doors.

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Drive-thru COVID-19 testing centre opening in Peterborough at Kinsmen Civic Centre

A drive-thru testing centre for the novel coronavirus will be opening in Peterborough starting Wednesday, according to the region’s health unit.

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Interim Guidelines for COVID-19 Antibody Testing in Clinical and Public Health Settings

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What is COVID-19 surveillance testing and how will it help protect nursing homes from outbreaks?

Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news briefing Wednesday to discuss ways the state plans to keep residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities safe from the coronavirus, as the disease tends to disproportionately and more severely affect the elderly.

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Bengaluru firm to produce IIT Delhi's COVID-19 testing kit

BENGALURU : IIT Delhi's low-cost COVID-19 testing kit will be produced by a Bengaluru-based biotechnology firm and is expected to be available by the first week of June, according to officials.

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Mexican protest singer Oscar Chávez dies of COVID-19 at 85

Chavez was best known for folk-style songs lampooning Mexico's corrupt political elite.

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L.A. Becomes First Major City to Offer Free COVID-19 Testing, Done in Partnership With Sean Penn's Nonprofit

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday announced that L.A. has become the first "major city in America" to expand COVID-19 testing capacity to cover all residents.

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India inks pact with South Korean firm Humasis to get 5 lakh COVID-19 testing kits

India today signed an agreement with South Korean Humasis, which will facilitate the supply of five lakh COVID-19 testing kits to ICMR

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Coronavirus outbreak: U.S. continues to procure ‘millions’ of swabs needed for COVID-19 testing, says Trump

During Sunday’s U.S. coronavirus task force briefing, President Donald Trump said the country continues to “procure millions of swabs” that are needed to conduct testing for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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Expanded COVID-19 testing welcomed at Alberta care homes despite staffing concerns

Staff and residents at continuing care centres across Alberta dealing with outbreaks will be tested for COVID-19. While the new policy is welcomed by families and care home providers, there are concerns it could impact staffing levels.

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Coronavirus outbreak: NY governor says New York to do more COVID-19 testing among minority communities

New York governor Andrew Cuomo said during Wednesday’s coronavirus briefing that he has directed Dr. Havidan Rodrigue, president of State University at New York (SUNY) Albany to do more Covid-19 testing among the African-American and Latino communities.

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Coronavirus outbreak: N.B. shifts COVID-19 testing protocols amid community transmission of coronavirus

Now that community transmission of COVID-19 has been confirmed in New Brunswick, chief medical officer of health Dr.

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COVID-19: South Korean firm's testing kit gets NIV’s validation for use in India

NEW DELHI : The diagnostic kit manufactured by the South Korean Biotech firm, Seegene has been validated by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to test the increasing number of suspected COVID-19 cases in the country.

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Jimmy Kimmel Takes Swipe At Donald Trump, Says Harvey Weinstein Testing Positive For COVID-19 Is ‘Good News’

Jimmy Kimmel discussed Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and others in his latest episode of “Quarantine Minilogue”.

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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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