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A trio of studies in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) today show that COVID vaccines protect very well against the Delta (B1617.2) variant, with unvaccinated people having 5 times the risk of infection and more than 10 times the risk of hospitalization or death compared with vaccinated people.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports 29 cases, 31 more Delta variant cases confirmed

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported 29 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, though the total case count climbed by 26 to 13,586 with 207 active cases, 13,144 recoveries (an increase of 24) and 235 deaths.The most recently recorded death was added to the MLHU’s dashboard on Friday and involved a woman in her early 30s who was unvaccinated.

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Biden to outline US effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations, curb delta surge

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday is set to give an address to the nation and present a six-pronged federal effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States and curb the surging delta variant of the coronavirus.The latest uptick of cases has led to more hospitalizations that have overwhelmed hospitals and killed thousands of people each week — largely among those who are unvaccinated. It also threatens to jeopardize the nation’s economic recovery. Biden, who is set to speak at 5 p.m.

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Here are the COVID-19 variants scientists are watching alongside Delta

COVID-19 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants – a naming system used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes SARS-CoV-2. Some have equipped the virus with better ways of infecting humans or evading vaccine protection.Scientists remain focused on Delta, now the dominant variant around the world, but are tracking others to see what may one day take its place.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports 21 cases, 49 more Delta variant cases confirmed

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported 21 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, though the total case count climbed by 24 to 13,554 with 199 active cases (a decrease of four), 13,120 recoveries (an increase of 28) and 235 deaths.The most recently recorded death was added to the MLHU’s dashboard on Friday and involved a woman in her early 30s who was unvaccinated.

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Study: Delta’s pre-flight COVID-19 tests significantly decrease risk of infection

NEW YORK - As more people pack their bags to travel, a new study found that the risk of exposure to COVID-19 while on a Delta flight decreased significantly due the airline’s pre-flight testing for the virus.According to the peer-reviewed study published in "Mayo Clinic Proceedings," the risk of infection after all passengers tested negative 72 hours in advance of the flight was less than 0.1 percent. RELATED: United, Frontier roll out COVID-19 vaccination requirements for workersResearchers examined data on Delta’s COVID-19-tested flight corridors between New York’s JFK, Atlanta and Italy’s Fiumicino International Airport.The 15-page study showed a single COVID-19 molecular test performed within 72 hours of departure could decrease the

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US COVID-19 deaths surpass 650,000 as delta variant fuels pandemic

Johnson Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Las Vegas, Detroit or Baltimore. It’s also greater than the number of cancer deaths in the U.S.

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Florida hit by its deadliest COVID-19 wave yet, driven by Delta variant surge

COVID-19 surge.A woman died of the virus, and as her family was planning the funeral, her mother was also struck down.

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Couche-Tard hopes COVID-19 vaccine promotion will mitigate Delta challenges

Chief executive Brian Hannasch told analysts ahead of the company’s annual meeting that he had been optimistic that the pandemic would wane, but the recent rise of the variant is impacting its supply chain and compounding labour shortages especially in the United States.He expects the variant will delay many employer return-to-work plans that will hurt its morning commute business.While traffic patterns are improving, Hannasch says he remains cautious as the variant is impacting many of its U.S.

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Fauci backs COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. school kids amid Delta variant surge

COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children attending schools as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to fuel a surge in cases in the nation.“I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea,” Fauci told CNN’s “State of the Union” program. “We’ve done this for decades and decades, requiring polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis” vaccinations.

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As Delta variant surges, so does demand for at-home covid-19 tests

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COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under delta variant, study shows

LONDON - As the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread, a new, British study shows COVID-19 vaccines are effective against the delta variant, but that their protection decreases over time, weakening significantly within three months.According to the pre-print study, investigators with Oxford University and the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics found that those who get infected with COVID-19 after receiving two shots of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the AstraZeneca vaccine may be of greater risk to others than with previous variants of the coronavirus.The investigators looked at data from more than 2.58 million swab PCR tests taken between Dec.

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Russia’s Sputnik V protects against severe COVID-19 from Delta variant, study shows

Olga DobrovidovaRussia’s Sputnik V vaccine is holding up well against the Delta variant, a paper posted yesterday on the preprint server medRxiv shows. The study of nearly 14,000 people showed the two-dose vaccine reduces the risk of hospitalization with COVID-19 by 81% and helped prevent severe lung injury.Surges of COVID-19 in many countries and an increasing number of “breakthrough” cases in vaccinated people have raised concerns that vaccines don’t protect as well against Delta as against earlier strains, or that vaccines’ protection may be short-lived.

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Children going back to school without masks, COVID-19 vaccine will fuel Delta variant: study

Kids and teachers across the country are headed back to school but provinces have taken a varied approach as to how classrooms will look like in the fall and whether educators need to be vaccinated. A new study not yet published reveals how sending children back without masks or vaccine mandates will only fuel the Delta variant wave.

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Delta Air Lines to charge employees not vaccinated against COVID-19 $200 a month

COVID-19, a policy the airline’s top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $50,000.CEO Ed Bastian said that all employees who have been hospitalized for the virus in recent weeks were not fully vaccinated.The airline said Wednesday that it also will stop extending pay protection to unvaccinated workers who contract COVID-19 on Sept. 30, and will require unvaccinated workers to be tested weekly beginning Sept.

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COVID-19: Unvaccinated people are playing ‘roulette’ with Delta variant, Ontario’s top doctor says

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said Tuesday that people who are choosing to stay unvaccinated against COVID-19 are playing “roulette” with the Delta variant, stressing that if the public wants to get back to normal, the province has to build the highest protection possible with vaccines.

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Covid-19 vaccines, Delta variant and kids: What to know

Are children getting the Delta variant?

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Hilary Duff Reveals She Tested Positive For COVID-19: ‘That Delta… She’s A Little Bitch’

Hilary Duff is feeling a little under the weather at the moment…

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Continuing Covid-19 outbreaks in India show high proportion of Delta variant, warns INSACOG

Covid-19 cases in the country, saying it comprises a very high proportion of the Delta variant.

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'Twice wrong': What Anand Mahindra says about Covid outbreak and Delta variant

Delta variant.

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Delta variant weakens protection from Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: study

COVID-19 vaccines against the now prevalent Delta variant of the coronavirus weakens within three months.It also found that those who get infected after receiving two shots of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the AstraZeneca vaccine may be of greater risk to others than under previous variants of the coronavirus. Travellers double up on COVID-19 vaccine as Delta variant spreads through U.S.

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Covid-19 vaccines less effective against Delta variant: Study

vaccines are performing, rather than clinical trial data, and the data sets all show how the delta variant has blunted the effectiveness of both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs," said Simon Clarke, an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading.

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Ontario pausing COVID-19 reopening amid Delta variant fears

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said on Tuesday that the province would pause its COVID-19 reopening plan as it fights to increase vaccination rates as it enters a fourth wave propelled by the Delta variant.

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Delta variant of Covid surging in areas with low vaccination coverage, WHO warns

Delta variant in areas where the vaccination coverage is low, reported Reuters, quoting World Health Organization (WHO) officials.

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Surge in new COVID-19 cases amid delta spread 'going very steeply upward'

coronavirus spread in the U.S. is driving case totals to highs last seen six months ago.

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Parents face fresh Covid-19 stress as schools start and the Delta variant spread

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Record pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations reported amid delta surge

data collected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Just over 1,900 pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID-19 were reported on Aug.

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Study: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protects against delta variant up to 6 months

company news release. The study, published in the journal Science on Aug. 12, noted that antibodies created by Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine were able to provide continued protection against the virus six months after patients received their second dose. "We are pleased with these new data showing that people vaccinated with two doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine maintained antibodies through six months, including against variants of concern such as the Delta variant.

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Delta variant, vaccination lag suggest 4th COVID-19 wave to hit Hamilton in the fall: public health

COVID-19 pandemic in the fall due to increases in “interpersonal” contact amid the province’s current reopening strategy.During a board of health meeting on Wednesday, director of epidemiology and communicable disease control Michelle Baird said the latest forecast cites proliferation of the Delta variant among those in the city not fully vaccinated is the primary contributing factor.“This is, to some degree, associated with reopening and increases in number of contacts between people,” Baird told councillors.

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CDC urges COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women amid delta surge

ATLANTA - After seeing disturbing numbers of unvaccinated pregnant women become seriously ill with COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging expecting mothers to get vaccinated.According to CDC data, coronavirus leaves pregnant women at higher risk of severe illness and complications with their pregnancy.

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Fresh UK covid-19 data boosts hopes that delta variant can be held in check

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Fuelled by Delta variant, US COVID-19 cases hit highest level since February

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Delta variant now makes up 95% of B.C.’s COVID-19 cases: officials

Delta variant now makes up nearly all COVID-19 cases in the province.The BCCDC’s latest report states genetic sequencing determined that 95 per cent of the 1,488 cases recorded between July 25 and July 31 were the Delta variant. Canada’s Delta-driven 4th wave of COVID-19 will be ‘different’ amid vaccinations: experts Delta’s presence was even more pronounced in the Interior Health region — currently in the grips of an outbreak — where it represented 99 per cent of cases.The variant had spread the least in the Northern Health Authority (79 per cent) and the Vancouver Coastal Health authority (88 per cent), the report showed.On Friday, B.C.

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Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says

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Delta variant increases demand and wait times for Covid-19 tests

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Delta variant accounts for 93% of US COVID-19 cases, CDC estimates

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.CDC data shows the primary delta variant, known as the lineage B1.617.2, makes up 83.4% of COVID-19 cases. But when combined with its sublineages, that number grows to 93.4%.The AY.3 sublineage equals 9.1% of cases, the AY.2 makes up 0.8% and the AY.1 accounts for the remaining 0.1%.A sign that reads "Free COVID-19 Testing" at the state-run free COVID-19 testing site set up on Front Street in Reading, PA outside FirstEnergy Stadium Tuesday morning Oct.

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US Covid cases hit six-month high, Delta variant swarms nearly half of China

coronavirus continues to ravage areas where people did not get vaccinated, the United States hit a six-month high for new cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday.

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Louisiana reports influx of pediatric COVID-19 cases amid delta variant-fueled surge

NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana’s largest hospital system is seeing more pediatric COVID-19 patients as the highly contagious delta variant of the virus spreads. Ochsner Health said Wednesday the system had no pediatric COVID-19 patients several weeks ago, but the number has been ranging from five to 15 the past two weeks. However, Dr. William Lennarz who is head of pediatrics at Ochsner Hospital for Children says that doesn’t mean the delta variant is disproportionately affecting children.

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COVID-19: What to know about symptoms, the delta variant and vaccines

he more contagious, now-dominant delta variant spreads across the United States and around the world. New cases in the U.S.

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New Delta variant COVID-19 cases in Wuhan prompt widespread testing

Wuhan, China was undergoing testing for its 12 million residents for COVID-19 on Wednesday after the city confirmed its first domestic case of the highly-transmissible Delta variant.

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China's Delta-driven COVID-19 clusters expand

A COVID-19 flare-up in the Chinese city of Nanjing has spread to more cities and provinces, including Wuhan, where officials ordered mass testing for nearly 12 million of the city's residents.

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China's Delta-driven COVID clusters expand

A COVID-19 flare-up in the Chinese city of Nanjing has spread to more cities and provinces, including Wuhan, where officials ordered mass testing for nearly 12 million of the city's residents.

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‘Get tested’ for COVID-19 even if you’re fully vaccinated, Fauci says as Delta variant rages

COVID-19 infections, America’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is stressing the importance of getting tested for the virus — even if you are fully vaccinated.“We used to say if you’re vaccinated and you come into contact with an infected person, you don’t need to do anything.

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Fauci says to ‘get tested’ for COVID-19 even if fully vaccinated as Delta variant rages

In an interview with Global’s Jackson Proskow, America’s top infectious diseases expert Dr.

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Louisiana brings back statewide mask mandate amid delta-driven COVID-19 surge

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana on Monday reinstated a mask mandate in all indoor locations, including schools and colleges, as the state struggles with a fast-growing fourth surge of COVID-19 driven by the delta variant and one of the nation’s lowest vaccination rates.Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the mandate, which goes into effect on Wednesday, less than three months after he lifted a previous face covering requirement amid hopes that the virus was abating.

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Covid-19 flares again in Wuhan as Delta variant challenges China’s defences

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U.S. will not return to COVID-19 lockdowns despite Delta variant risks, Fauci predicts

COVID-19 infections posed by the Delta variant.“I don’t think we’re going to see lockdowns,” Fauci, who is also director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on ABC’s “This Week.” U.S.

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China sounds Covid-19 alarm as Delta variant spreads to 18 provinces

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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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