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Variant identified in Brazil is doubly infectiousBetween November and January in Manaus, Brazil, the frequency of COVID-19 cases involving the P.1 coronavirus variant increased from non-existent to 73%, and the number of infections there quadrupled compared to what the city experienced in the first wave of the pandemic, according to a report posted on medRxiv ahead of peer review.The greater infectiousness of the P.1 variant likely contributed to that, the report suggests.Based on national health surveillance data, the authors estimate that the P.1 variant is roughly 2.5 times more transmissible than previous variants circulating in Manaus.The spread of P.1 occurred despite the fact that 68% of the city's population had already been

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7 Limestone cohorts sent home as precaution to protect against COVID-19 variant of concern

Coronavirus: 5th COVID-19 variant of concern found in Kingston “Affected cohorts will remain at home in isolation until further investigation is completed by public health,” a statement from the board said.Students who were not identified as part of an affected cohort can continue going to school if they pass the daily COVID-19 screening.

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First dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine protects against asymptomatic infection, UK study finds

study authors say protection against symptomatic infection began to appear in phase three of the vaccine's clinical trial.AdvertisementResearchers said this study's data suggests the risk of asymptomatic COVID-19 infection decreased by four times among participants who got their vaccine at least 12 days ago. Researchers said they found the vaccine had an "intermediate effect" on asymptomatic infections within the first 12 days. In general, if vaccination doesn’t completely prevent infection, it will significantly reduce the amount of virus coming out of your nose and mouth – a process called shedding – and shorten the time that you shed the virus.

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‘We need to protect each other’: How travellers arriving in Montreal are handling new COVID-19 rules

COVID-19 in the country.Guy Tiegoum wasn’t bothered by the new rules, saying that he had already undergone two tests before leaving Cameroon for Canada.“I think it’s good,” he said. “We need to protect each other.

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Blood thinners may protect against COVID-19 complications

more than 2 million deaths throughout the world. The United States currently has the highest number of related mortalities, more than 499,000 at the time of publication.While emerging COVID-19 vaccines may eventually help reduce the number of deaths, the relatively slow rollout in many countries has led to concerns that seeing significant effects will take time.Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.Excessive blood clotting is a hallmark of some severe COVID-19 cases.

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Health Matters: New study suggests the flu shot can protect kids from severe COVID-19

Health Matters February 18: A new U.S. study has found children with COVID-19 who got the flu shot generally had little or no symptoms.

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Alberta announces $68.5M towards protecting the vulnerable from COVID-19

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the details of a one-time payment to help continuing care, residential addiction and mental health treatment facilities and home care clients with COVID-19 expenses.

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COVID-19: Pfizer shot appears to protect against UK variant

a new, more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19, in the United Kingdom in September 2020.By early December 2020, U.K. scientists had become concerned that it could spread faster and more efficiently than other strains.

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One Covid vaccine dose may be enough to protect people already infected, research shows

A single dose of the vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna is enough to protect people who have previously been infected with coronavirus, new research suggests.

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'We all see this as our legacy': The vaccination centre where staff work 12 hours a day to protect their neighbours from Covid-19

direct to your inbox"I've told my family I'll be going home to them in three months," jokes Muhammad Mian, as he takes a quick break from his vaccination booth.He has been immunising members of his local community since 7.30am, and won't be going home to his wife and children until around 8.30pm.Muhammad is working 12 hour days, seven days a week, to give people the AstraZeneca jab at a new Covid-19 vaccine centre in Whalley Range.The dad-of-five is a partner at Everest Pharmacy, and has offered all the time he has to immunise as many local people as he possibly can."I've got five kids and I am working seven days a week now so it's very busy at home," Muhammad says as he chats between patients."Now we have the vaccine here we just really

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COVID-19 'fatigue' causing drop in some protective measures, study finds

LOS ANGELES - COVID-19 "fatigue" is having a negative effect on some protective measures that people are taking to guard against the coronavirus -- although mask-wearing is up, according to a new USC survey.Protective measures such as avoiding close contact with non-household members and staying home are waning as the pandemic drags on, the study reported.The findings were called worrisome, given the importance of the "Swiss cheese" model of pandemic defense -- in which multiple layers of protection block the spread of the new coronavirus.Researchers said that protective behaviors remain important until a large percentage of the population is vaccinated."There has been a lot of talk about 'pandemic fatigue,' and this study clearly shows

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Deaths and COVID-19 outbreaks at care homes renew calls to better protect Alberta seniors

‘Long-term care facilities are at a breaking point’: Calls for action as more deaths linked to Alberta continuing care centres Beard is a spokesperson for the Wildrose Retirement Residence. She says everyone at the facility takes COVID-19 precautions seriously.

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Monoclonal antibodies protect against COVID-19 in a second study

Jon CohenScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.A second company has provided preliminary evidence that proactively infusing healthy people with monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 prevents them from developing noticeable symptoms of COVID-19 if they are exposed to the coronavirus. In a press release today, Regeneron revealed that when it gave a cocktail of two of those antibodies to 186 people living in a house with someone who had COVID-19, none developed symptomatic disease.The trial is ongoing, and the results have not yet posted as a preprint, let alone been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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Florida bill would protect businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida businesses would be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow state-issued guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 under a proposal approved Monday at its first Senate committee stop.

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Diabetes treatment may protect against COVID-19 mortality

Frontiers in Endocrinology, also found that African American study participants were disproportionately more likely to contract the virus than white participants.Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.A critical area of COVID-19 research has focused on the risk factors that may make a person more likely to either get a SARS-CoV-2 infection or die from COVID-19 if they develop it.SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, and while it bears some similarities to other coronaviruses, there is still much that researchers are yet to uncover about how and why it affects some people more than others and how to mitigate the risks.Studies have begun to emerge

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Emergency teams called out to protect Covid-19 vaccine at warehouse in Wales

direct to your inboxEmergency teams were called out to protect vaccine supplies as flood waters surrounded a warehouse in Wales.Supplies of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Wockhardt’s pharmaceutical manufacturing facility on Wrexham Industrial Estate in North Wales.Excess water surrounded the building last night as heavy rain brought on by Storm Christoph battered the region.Leader of Wrexham County Borough Mark Pritchard said that authorities worked “through the night” to ensure that the site was not overwhelmed by flood water.Resources such as gullies had been put in place to protect the vaccine storage facility due to "serious concerns" over the warehouse being flooded, he said."This could have had an impact

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10 signs that you've already had Covid and may be 'protected for 5 months'

As the Government races to vaccinate as many people as possible against the coronavirus, some are wondering if they're already immune to the disease.

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COVID jabs for all in EU soon, EU Comm prez says first protect the vulnerable

vaccination day, as people across the European Union take jabs, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed that she is touched and vaccines will be soon available for all.Posting a video of people taking vaccines in different EU nations, she tweeted, "Today the first Europeans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. I'm touched to see people taking the vaccine everywhere across the EU.

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Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

posted on a website scientists use to share research and is under review at a major medical journal.The findings are “not a surprise ... but it’s really reassuring because it tells people that immunity to the virus is common,” said Joshua Wolf, an infectious disease specialist at St.

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Coronavirus: N.S. top doctor says ‘Christmas magic’ protects Santa Claus from COVID-19, quarantining

In a heartwarming address to children on Monday, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang said “the magic of Christmas” protects Santa Claus, Mrs.

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Coronavirus: Canada ‘must do everything we can’ to protect Indigenous communities from COVID-19, official says

Dr. Evan Adams, deputy chief medical officer at Indigenous Services Canada, said on Wednesday that 50 per cent of First Nations communities in the country have experienced a COVID-19 outbreak, and that there have been 55 on-reserve fatalities.

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Pfizer protects COVID-19 vaccine with high-tech shipping

Pfizer has tapped into technology to anticipate and deal with any shipping problems that might arise while distributing its COVID-19 vaccine. The company came under scrutiny due to the incredible demands on maintaining its vaccine: the vaccine must be stored at temperatures of minus 70 degrees Celsius or below, and breaking the cold chain could render the vaccine useless.

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Adapted yellow fever vaccine may protect against COVID-19

In addition, it appears to provide protection after a single shot, whereas SARS-CoV-2 vaccines such as the one that Pfizer and BioNTech have developed require two doses 1 month apart. “This has important logistical implications, in particular for countries with a less advanced medical system,” explains Prof.

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Tuberculosis vaccine may help protect against COVID-19

tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2004, around 100 million children a year were receiving the vaccine.In the United States, BCG is approved for people at high risk of developing TB and for treating some forms of bladder cancer.

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How to protect long-term care homes during COVID-19 outbreak

Geriatric care specialist Dr. Nathan Stall joins The Morning Show to talk about the new COVID-19 restrictions and the most vulnerable group in the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Meili calls on the Saskatchewan government to act now to protect seniors

coronavirus pandemic.The Saskatchewan government has placed restrictions on visits at all care homes, allowing compassionate visits only until at least Dec. 17.

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COVID-19: Peterborough region to move to yellow ‘protect’ level; HKPRDHU remains green

COVID-19 preventive measures.According to the province, the move to tighter restrictions will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. and last for 28 days.The health unit serves Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.

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Children have low Covid-19 rates because they are protected by the MMR jab, study claims

Children might have a low rate of Covid infection because they are protected by the MMR jab, scientists say.

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Should more be done to protect seniors facilities as COVID-19 cases rise in Alberta?

10 deaths, dozens of COVID-19 cases at South Terrace long-term care facility in Edmonton It’s one of 13 long-term care facilities and 11 supportive living locations in the AHS Edmonton Zone with a declared outbreak.On Thursday, when the province announced new restrictions, there were no new measures for seniors’ facilities.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Wright doesn’t “think it’s a wall that we need around long-term care.”Instead, she wants more to be done to manage overall community spread.“That’s something that our government has not been able to provide for us.” Alberta confirms 907 additional COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths on Friday In a statement, Tom McMillan, an assistant director of

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Made-in-Alberta tent protects health-care workers from COVID-19 aerosols

MACH32 Aerosol Containment Tents are being distributed to hospitals across Canada.The plastic tent uses suction and a HEPA filter to remove COVID-19-infected droplets from the air.“(The tent) contains the aerosols that are produced during procedures and draws (them) out through a HEPA filter. That then filters to 99.97 per cent efficiency,” Terriff said.“Really, the concept is to build a portable negative pressure area over a patient’s head — and we built it.”Aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation, biPAP and ventilation can spray particles up to 10 metres away.

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Health Matters: Edmonton invention helps protect health care workers from COVID-19

Health Matters November 10: A made-in-Edmonton tent could soon help save the lives of COVID-19 patients across Canada and protect health care workers. As Su-Ling Goh reports, the device helps solve a problem with huge ripple effects throughout the health care system.

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Greater Manchester's cultural gems get funding to protect them through Covid-19 pandemic

here But after winning BBC series Restoration, the baths have since played host to A-list celebrities including Tom Hardy and Sean Bean, as well as being used as a location for the hit TV series Peaky Blinders. A restoration project is ongoing.

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NHRC urges action to protect victims of covid-19

NEW DELHI : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has released an advisory suggesting urgent action to protect the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, including children."Urgent action is required taking into account the constitutional obligations, domestic laws, the UNCRC's general principles and the SDGs to safeguard the lives and dignity of 39% of India's population which was impacted due to the pandemic," the NHRC said.According to the Commission, there are reports of increased violence against children, both physical and sexual, child marriage, and child trafficking. Cases of child abuse and safety have also increased manifold during the lockdown is evidenced by the increase in calls to helplines.

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Election 2020: How to protect yourself at the polls amid COVID-19 pandemic

LOS ANGELES - The United States is still in a pandemic as the 2020 presidential election draws near, leaving many worried about voting safely during the COVID-19 crisis.Many public health experts agree that voting by mail is the safest method to avoid the risk of transmission of COVID-19, but how can people who want to vote in person stay safe?Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, a physician with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and an assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, said each state has its own rules and regulations regarding the handling of polling places on election day.

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Brooke Shields protects against COVID-19 with a face shield and goggles before flying

Brooke Shields isn't taking chances when it comes to flying in a pandemic.The 55-year-old model and actress took to Instagram on Wednesday to show off her impressive array of facial coverings, the inspiration for which she attributed to supermodel Naomi Campbell.'Taking travel tips from @naomi [PLANE EMOJI]On my way across the pond to shoot a @netflix movie!' wrote the mother-of-two. No risk: Brooke Shields isn't taking chances when it comes to flying in a pandemic, showing off her impressive array of facial coverings on WednesdayAccompanying the caption was a photo of the Blue Lagoon stunner in a face shield, N95 face mask and a pair of plastic goggles.

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CDC director says face masks ‘more guaranteed’ to protect against COVID-19 than vaccine

WASHINGTON - Speaking before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr.

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Athens protects vulnerable communities during COVID-19

Athens is one of the oldest recorded cities in the world – with the great Parthenon overlooking the city as a reminder of perseverance and endurance.

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Ontario’s top doctor says teachers protected by COVID-19 guidance

COVID-19 than other front-line workers as long as they strictly adhere to the newly issued guidance on managing outbreaks in schools, Ontario’s top doctor said Thursday.Dr. David Williams said teachers must wear masks, stay home if they’re sick, wear gloves, and practice hand hygiene and physical distancing.

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Covid-19: Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?

face masks can block most of those particles from spreading.While some droplets may still spread out, wearing a mask could reduce the amount, providing a benefit to others. Research shows people don’t get as sick when exposed to smaller amounts of virus, said Dr.

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Antibody that may protect against covid-19 identified

BOSTON : Scientists have identified a human antibody that they say may potentially prevent or limit SARS-CoV-2 infection that causes COVID-19 disease.The researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in the US discovered and characterised a cross-reactive human monoclonal antibody (MAB) to SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins which blocks ACE2 receptor binding on the mucosal tissue of the respiratory tract.The origins of this rapid and important discovery go back 16 years, when the researchers at UMMS developed an IgG monoclonal antibody that was effective against a similar virus, SARS, according to the study published in the journal Nature Communications.When SARS-CoV-2 was recognised and began to spread, the researchers

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Strategies for Protecting K-12 School Staff from COVID-19

Operating schools during COVID-19: CDC’s Considerations, and any federal, state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with which schools must comply.These strategies apply whether staff and students have returned to in-person learning, staff is assigned to work in school buildings to support virtual learning, or the school implements hybrid models (combined in-person and virtual instruction).

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WHO supports Ministry of Health to develop training videos to protect Lao medical workers from COVID-19

During this COVID-19 pandemic, an alarming number of those infected, or about 10% of cases globally, are among health workers. Understanding infection in healthcare workers is critical to informing the specific infection prevention and control (IPC) measures needed to protect them. The Ministry of Health, Centre of Communication and Education for Health (CCEH) and Department of Healthcare and Rehabilitation

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South Africa steps up hygiene in health facilities to protect against COVID-19

Good hygiene practices such as hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment and cleaning and disinfection of medical equipment and environment – just some of the elements of infection prevention and control (IPC) – are at the forefront of COVID-19 responses worldwide. They protect both patients and health workers from infection.

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Lionel Messi has £900 mattress that ‘kills Covid-19’ and protects Barcelona star

Lionel Messi is using a £900 mattress that “kills Covid-19” and protects the Barcelona star from the disease.The Barcelona captain is preparing to lead his side in their Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich on Friday. It will be played in front of empty seats at the Estadio da Luz is Lisbon, Portugal, as supporters are still not allowed at games due to the disease.

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Researchers test 14 types of face masks to see how well they protect against COVID-19

FILE - A medical worker holds up an N95 mask in the ER at Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, on July 15, 2020. LOS ANGELES - While health officials and government leaders are advocating and even requiring individuals to wear masks in public amid the pandemic, a new article suggests that some masks, particularly a fitted N95 mask, may be more effective in helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 than others.Published on Aug.

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Hit by COVID-19, ArcelorMittal resorting to cost-reduction measures to protect p

NEW DELHI : Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, global steel giant ArcelorMittal is focussing on cost-reduction initiatives to protect profitability in view of an uncertainty around pace of recovery.The world's largest steelmaker had logged a net loss of USD 559 million for the second quarter ended June 2020 and termed it as the most difficult period in its history."The company continues to focus on cost reduction initiatives to protect profitability as it navigates the evolving demand backdrop.

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Claims that living at high altitudes protects against COVID-19 ‘speculative’

recent analysis found that, compared with lowland areas, there is a lower incidence of severe COVID-19 in Tibet and parts of Bolivia and Ecuador that are more than 2,500 meters above sea level.Lead study author Christian Arias-Reyes — from the Faculty of Medicine at Laval University in Quebec, Canada — and colleagues argued that physiological acclimatization or particular environmental characteristics associated with high altitude may protect people from SARS-CoV-2. This is the virus that causes COVID-19.The international group of scientists proposed several mechanisms to explain this possible resistance to infection. These included having fewer of the cell receptors that the virus uses to invade cells and having a higher tolerance of low

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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
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