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After more than three years of turmoil, disruption and heartache, world leaders are signaling that the Covid-19 emergency is ending. The viral illness that has sickened and killed millions is becoming a more manageable, long-term foe. The World Health Organization on May 5 declared an end to the global public-health emergency.

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India reports over 12K new Covid cases and 42 deaths in a day

India reports 12,193 new Covid cases and 42 deaths, with active cases now at 67,556. The government advises a risk assessment-based approach and urges people to wear masks and complete their vaccination doses. Scientists attribute the current surge to the XBB.1.16 variant but say people in India have developed hybrid immunity.

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India reports over 11K new covid cases, 28 deaths in a day

New Delhi: India reported a sharp rise of 11,692 covid cases and 28 deaths in a single day, the health ministry said on Friday. The number of active cases stood at 66,170. The daily positivity rate has reached 5.09% and the weekly positivity rate stood at 5.33 %.

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India reports over 12,500 new covid cases, 40 deaths in a day

New Delhi: India reported a sharp rise in covid cases with the country seeing 12,591 infections and 40 deaths in a single day, according to the health ministry's update on Thursday. The daily positivity rate has climbed to 5.46%, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 5.32%. The number of active cases rose to 65,286.

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Principal secretary holds high level meeting amid surge in covid cases

NEW DELHI : In view of the rise in the number of covid-19 cases across India, Dr. P.K.

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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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More tickets issued in connection with Regina COVID-19 public health order protest

COVID-19.The Regina Police Service (RPS) said it monitored an anti-mask rally event protesting the public health orders with roughly 150 to 160 people in Victoria Park on April 24. Four tickets were issued to protesters for violations and more were pending, they said.

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CMA denies connection to Charley Pride’s coronavirus-related death: ‘Followed strict testing protocols’

The Country Music Association is defending itself following the death of Charley Pride. Pride, 86, was honored at the 54th annual CMA Awards last month and attended the show to accept his Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

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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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Notes from the Field: Universal Statewide Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes — West Virginia, April 21–May 8, 2020

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COMMENTARY: Canada’s health minister needs to make coronavirus testing a much bigger priority

shared her thoughts on the likelihood and the wisdom of another strict lockdown if indeed we face a second wave of COVID-19. Patty Hajdu even suggested that she wouldn’t “rule out” such a response.Now, the minister is certainly entitled to her opinion on such matters, but it’s not really her call to make.

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Tony Blair warns mass testing is vital to avoid a second wave of coronavirus as experts predict a Christmas peak

coronavirus and the need for another lockdown, Tony Blair has warned. He has urged Boris Johnson to appoint a Minister with sole responsibility for testing and said that without a vaccine or an effective treatment, mass testing is the only way to control the spread of Covid-19.

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‘Historic day’: Pence visits hard-hit Florida as final phase of COVID-19 vaccine testing begins

MIAMI - Vice President Mike Pence visited South Florida on Monday and held a roundtable to discuss progress of a coronavirus vaccine in its final stage of testing.Pence’s visit to the University of Miami marked the beginning of Phase 3 trials for a vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., which he called a “historic day.”“A day when we begin in earnest in phase three down the path toward securing a vaccine for the American people,” Pence said, who was joined at the roundtable by Florida Gov.

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Seven St Mirren staff return coronavirus positive as clubs ordered to return to twice weekly testing

coronavirus as clubs are ordered to return to twice-weekly testing. exclusively revealed on Thursday that the Paisley club had gone into lockdown after an outbreak of COVID-19.

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'Big window' - Is testing plan rigorous enough for football?

guidance for playing college sports during the coronavirus pandemic recommends testing players once a week within 72 hours of competition. For typical Saturday football games, that means Wednesday would be the soonest athletes would be tested.Is that enough for a team of about 100 athletes playing a contact sport to get through a season without major disruptions? Especially considering simply being exposed to someone who tests positive can land a player in quarantine for two weeks?“Seventy-two hours leaves open a big window for somebody to test negative on Wednesday, become infectious on Thursday or Friday or Saturday morning and then go onto the field and spread it around,” said Zachary Binney, an epidemiologist at Emory University.

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AAU Volleyball Championships underway at Orange County Convention Center during COVID-19 pandemic

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Around 12,000 athletes are expected to make their way to Orange County as the Amateur Athletic Union 2020 Junior National Volleyball Championship gets underway Tuesday at the Orange County Convention Center. “We are really excited to have events in our facility and we are so appreciative of AAU Volleyball and all that they are going to be bringing to our community,” said OCCC Executive Director Mark Tester. “The industry is starting to come back and there is pent up demand.”News 6 went inside the Convention Center area where the athletes are set to compete in matches beginning on Wednesday.

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Another person has died after testing positive for coronavirus in Greater Manchester

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Thursday, July 9 is:The NHS publishes data relating to the number of deaths that have been recorded at each hospital trust in England in the last 24 hours.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.These often include previously uncounted deaths that took place several days - or even weeks ago.This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.A further 22 people, who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, bringing the total number of

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Five more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Greater Manchester

hereThe total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, July 4 is:The NHS publishes data relating to the number of deaths that have been recorded at each hospital trust in England in the last 24 hours.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.These often include previously uncounted deaths that took place several days - or even weeks ago.This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.The figures do not include COVID-19 fatalities in the wider community - including care homes.

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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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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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Trump: US doing 'too good a job' on testing

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Monday the United States has done “too good a job” on testing for cases of COVID-19, even as his staff insisted the president was only joking when he said over the weekend that he had instructed aides to “slow the testing down, please.”The president’s comments at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday brought quick rebukes from the campaign of likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as well as scores of Democratic lawmakers.In an interview with Scripps for its local TV stations, Trump was asked Monday whether he did indeed tell aides to “slow it down.” He did not directly answer the question.

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Trump says he had asked U.S. officials to ‘slow the testing down’ for coronavirus

Donald Trump on Saturday told thousands of cheering supporters he had asked U.S. officials to slow down testing for the novel coronavirus, calling it a “double-edged sword” that led to more cases being discovered.Trump said the United States had now tested 25 million people, far more than other countries.

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Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2

See more changes.This document provides a summary of considerations and current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations regarding SARS-CoV-2 testing. The CDC recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 testing have been developed based on what is currently known about COVID-19 and are subject to change as additional information becomes available.Authorized assays for viral testing include those that detect SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid or antigen.

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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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Roy MacGregor reveals Ross County social distancing measures as he details punishing coronavirus testing cost

Ross County so we have 10 or 11 changing rooms. “We would use all the facilities for social distancing. “At first, the players won’t even go into the stadium. “They will go from their car with their training kit to the pitch and then they will come back out and go home. The only part of the stadium that will be used is the medical room. “We have to make sure that area is cleaned regularly and enable us to deal with any injuries to players. Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.

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Barack Obama Urges Graduates to 'Create a New Normal' Amid COVID-19 and Protests in Inspiring Speech

Barack Obama wants the impact of this moment to be lasting. The former president delivered a heartfelt, inspiring message to this year's graduating class on YouTube Originals'. The over-four hour special, which aired on Sunday, also featured commencement speeches by Barack's wife, Michelle Obama, as well as Beyonce. In his speech, Barack acknowledged how «head-spinning» the last few months must have been for graduates, but urged them not to wish things would go back to normal.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Mobile testing clinic opens in Montreal’s Côte-Des-Neiges

A new mobile testing clinic opened up in Côte-des-Neiges on Saturday, an area of the city that saw an increase of over 100 COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks. Global’s Kwabena Orduro has more.

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Supporters want commitment on status for asylum seekers on Quebec COVID-19 front lines

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]But other advocates have also said those in the same situation working in other essential services such as food-processing or security aren’t being given the same treatment.Interim Parti Québécois Leader Pascal Bérubé said the province has a duty to recognize those who helped during the pandemic.But he supports the the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government’s approach to assessing cases individually and said he wouldn’t support an emergency measure for all asylum seekers involved in essential jobs.“It is not automatic,” Bérubé said.

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Antibody Testing At-A-Glance Recommendations for Professionals

Here is a summary of CDC advice for healthcare providers, laboratory professionals, and public health professionals using antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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IIT Alumni Council to set up mega lab in Mumbai with testing capacity of 10 mn per month

To set up the labs, the IIT Alumni Council has consulted several domain experts from virology, RTPCR machine manufacturing, test kits, pooling algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and microfluidics

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Coronavirus outbreak: Ford says Ontario to ‘ramp up’ testing amid criticism

Asked about criticism that Ontario is “setting the stage for a second wave” of COVID-19 cases due to lack of testing, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the province has “a strong plan” to ramp up testing.

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Military-run coronavirus testing unit for Wigan key workers opens today

Public sector key workers in Wigan displaying coronavirus symptoms will be offered testing this week when an army-run mobile unit comes to the borough.

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Advent Health terminates contract with lab after testing delys

AdventHealth, who relies on third-party labs to provide test results, has terminated a contract with one lab after unacceptable delays.

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Skipping a mask, President Trump says he’s ‘met the moment’ on coronavirus testing

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump insisted his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House itself became a potent symbol of the risk facing Americans everywhere by belatedly ordering everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask.

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Orange County kicks off second round of coronavirus mobile testing this week

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The second round of mobile coronavirus testing is set to start on Monday in Orange County.

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10,000 deaths: Ravaged nursing homes plead for more testing

In a podcast for GW University, Dr. Keith Mortman walked listeners through the moment the infected patient first began to develop symptoms to the horrifying devastation the novel coronavirus caused to the patient’s lungs.

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Pooling can help India optimize its testing strategy

Pooled testing is being seen as an effective way to conduct covid-19 tests on more people while reducing the load on laboratories. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has also recommended using it in low-prevalence areas. Mint analyses the pros and cons.

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India needs to step up coronavirus testing, say experts

New Delhi: India needs to "significantly ramp up" the number of tests done across the country to trace COVID-19 infection if the virus is to be contained in time, experts said.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Saskatchewan premier says testing, contact tracing ‘vital’ to reopening province

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Monday that testing and contact tracing will be “vital” to re-opening and keeping the province open amid the COVID-19 pandemic. He said they would need to see a constant rate in order to determine whether to open the province and do so in consultation with Public Health.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Canada increasing testing capacity ‘every single day’, Trudeau says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that Canada continues to ramp up its COVID-19 testing and is increasing its testing capacity “every single day.” Trudeau said the country has done more testing to date than many other countries, including the United States.

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Bank credit to sectors vulnerable to covid-19 grew fastest recently

Banks have lent more to sectors that have emerged as the most vulnerable to the lockdown imposed for curbing covid-19 spread, shows data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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Spanish league wants mini-camp, testing before resuming

MADRID – The Spanish league is putting together a detailed plan to get teams ready for when the league restarts, recommending a mini-preseason and a large number of tests for players, their close relatives and club employees.

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Stigma, lack of kits hamper virus testing at private labs

Despite the surge in covid-19 cases, the 47 private laboratories approved by the government have been operating at a fraction of their capacity due to an acute shortage of testing kits and symptomatic people staying away due to the fear of being ostracized, said top executives of three of India’s largest private chains.

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Princess becomes world's first royal to die from coronavirus after testing positive

A Princess of Spain has become the world's Royal Family member to die from coronavirus.

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Philadelphia-based flight attendant dies after testing positive for coronavirus

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New Brunswick truck driver questions lack of testing at border crossing

A New Brunswick truck driver says he was refused entry into a bank branch on Thursday because he has crossed the broder into the United States during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Medical group offers first drive-up coronavirus testing in Central Florida

A local medical group is the first in Central Florida to offer drive-up testing for the coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

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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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