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Narendra Modi said on Saturday that new world order is about to take shape after the COVID-19 pandemic and India has a big role to play in the emerging new world order.Addressing the meeting of NDA leaders, he said this decade is a very important, just like the decade after second world war and India will rise to the occasion.He said that unlike in the past, "we are not going to be a mute spectator"."We will rise to the occasion based on our traditions and ideals of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam," the Prime Minister said.The meeting of ruling National Democratic Alliance leaders was held a day after the start of the budget session.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi later issued a release about the NDA meeting."Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Draconian measures help China suppress Covid-19

A year after the pandemic began in China, it is largely under control. But the government is deploying aggressive containment measures to keep it that way, writes Yvonne Murray in Beijing.

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COVID-19 forces changes to World Hijab Day: ‘We want to celebrate with everyone’

With COVID-19 restrictions putting so many community events on hold, organizers are coming up with creative alternatives. Gil Tucker has more on the twist some Calgarians are bringing to an annual event that promotes diversity and inclusion.

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Disney World to still require masks for those who get COVID-19 vaccine

ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials at Walt Disney World say even if you get the COVID-19 vaccine, you will still have to wear a face covering at the parks. The company made the announcement in a safety rules update. "Face coverings are required for all Guests (ages 2 and up) and Cast Members, including those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

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J&J's Covid-19 vaccine 66% effective in large global trial

Johnson & Johnson said that its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing Covid-19 in a large trial against multiple variants across three continents.

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What exactly is a variant of COVID-19 and where are they spreading around the world?

A little over a year ago the world was introduced to what would soon become a very out of control and very deadly virus -- COVID-19. Fast forward a year and we’re now dealing with new variants that are keeping scientists and health professionals busy.

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WHO team visits Wuhan hospital where early COVID-19 patients treated

World Health Organization team on Friday visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts’ long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus.The WHO team members and Chinese officials earlier had their first in-person meetings at a hotel, which WHO has said were to be followed by field visits in the central city of Wuhan.“First face to face meeting with our colleagues. Correction: facemask to facemask given the medical restrictions,” Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans tweeted around 9:30 a.m.

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Covid-19 infection may reduce fertility in men: study

Covid-19 may damage sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, according to a new study based on experimental evidence.

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World’s Longest Hockey Game granted COVID-19 exemption to hold fundraising event

Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw addressed organizers of the World’s Longest Hockey Game being granted an exemption from Alberta Health for the fundraising event, saying they reasonably demonstrated public health could be protected.

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WHO team to research COVID-19 origins in Wuhan. Here’s what we know

World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WHO experts set to begin inquiry into Covid-19 pandemic origins in Wuhan

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic is expected to leave their quarantine hotel today to begin field work.

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New Zealand confirms two more Covid-19 cases in the community

New Zealand has confirmed two new cases of the more virulent South African Covid-19 strain in the community, as investigators scrambled to determine how the virus breached border controls.

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Vending machine to offer Covid-19 tests to public

It is a first-of-its-kind in the United States. A vending machine that offers Covid-19 home test kits to the public.

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Israel offers glimpse of a world vaccinated from Covid-19

Israel: When residents and staff at an assisted-living facility received their first shots of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine last month, they threw a spontaneous dance party and shook their hips, while remaining six feet apart from one another.Now, all of the 110 elderly residents and 45 staff members at the Bayit Balev retirement home in a city east of Tel Aviv have received both shots of the vaccine, but the mood is less jubilant. As Israel remains under lockdown, and infections spread across the country, a return to normal still seems far off.“We don’t know when it’s going to be over," said 89-year old Elaine Aber, who has 23 grandchildren she hasn’t been able to hug in months.

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Outbreaks in S Korea's Christian schools drive Covid surge

South Korean authorities moved to rein in coronavirus outbreaks centred on Christian schools as the country reported a jump in infections, dampening hopes of a speedy exit from a third wave of the pandemic.

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World on verge of defeating Covid-19 pandemic: Harsh Vardhan at WHO meet

Also Read | How India has become an unequal republicSpeaking about the year that was marred by the pandemic, he said, "2020 was the year of science when the best of humanity was shown through the gloom that descended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation demanded setting up of major global collaboration so that scientists could share their expertise.

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WHO in new clinical advice for treatment of long Covid

The World Health Organization has issued new clinical advice for treating Covid-19 patients, including those displaying persistent symptoms after recovery.

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Experts weigh economic impact as world nears 100 million COVID-19 cases

With the world quickly closing in on 100 million COVID-19 cases, two new reports today touched on the pandemic's toll on workers' income and the benefits vaccine equity could have for both lower income and wealthy countries.

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Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over

Netherlands.The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of the pathogen that originated in Britain and South Africa."It's up to us to show that we are civic-minded," Spaniard Claudio Barraza told AFP upon arrival at Paris's main international airport, after new rules on tests for EU arrivals came into force.The stipulations came as Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador became the latest public figure to test positive for the disease, and New Zealand reported its first community case for more than two months.In Washington, President Joe Biden will on Monday reimpose a ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil,

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Spanish woman who 'died' of Covid returns to care home

An 85-year-old woman believed by her family to have died from the coronavirus surprised her relatives by returning to her care home nine days after they were told she had been buried, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

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Virtual pet therapy for seniors provides window into dog’s world during COVID-19

Two very special volunteers at a B.C. long-term care home are providing virtual pet therapy to residents amid COVID-19 restrictions. Kristen Robinson reports.

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Canada ranks 18th on world stage for vaccine rollout

As Canada braces for delays in receiving more Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, the country is already falling behind countries like Italy and Romania when it comes to its COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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Britain a 'long, long way' from lifting Covid-19 restrictions

The British Government is a "long, long, long way" from being able to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has warned.

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Covid-19 deaths in Germany top 50,000

Germany has recorded more than 50,000 deaths from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre has said.

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What to know about 2nd doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta as shortages persist

Shortages of COVID-19 vaccine supply have left provinces, including Alberta, scrambling to adjust their rollout schedule, including plans for second doses.There are questions over what will happen if a second dose is not administered in a timely manner and whether that decreases an individual’s protection.In Alberta, second doses of the vaccine are being offered within 42 days of the first dose, following a recommendation made by the World Health Organization and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.

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How contributions support WHO’s work in ongoing fight of COVID-19 pandemic around the world

As the world marks a year of intense disruption by the COVID pandemic, many countries are facing the most difficult situations yet.

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Covax: The global plan to share Covid vaccines

The Covax programme, bolstered by the new US presidency, aims to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines this year for the most vulnerable 20% in every country, rich or poor.

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Under Biden, world leaders hope for renewed US cooperation

MEXICO CITY (AP) - World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new U.S. President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed.Many expressed hope Biden would right U.S.

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Covid cases 'may have risen' at start of England lockdown

Experts tracking the spread of Covid-19 in England say infections may have gone up at the beginning of the current lockdown.

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Fire hits building at world's largest vaccine maker in India

PUNE – Officials say a fire has broken out at a building under construction at Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, but did not immediately affect a stockpile of COVID-19 vaccine.

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COVID-19 positivity rate in small B.C. city ‘as bad as anywhere in the world right now’: doctor

COVID-19 cases.Officials say the positivity rate in Fernie has jumped to 20 per cent in recent weeks but they are not sure what is leading the surge.Dr. Ron Clark, the top doctor at Elk Valley Hospital in Fernie, told Global News he is concerned they will see a community cluster similar to one at Big White Ski Resort or in nearby Revelstoke.Clark is urging everyone in the community to follow the rules.“We’re now in a situation where if we order five tests for COVID, one of them is going to be positive,” he said.

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Walt Disney World closes Hall of Presidents, prepares for Biden replica

ORLANDO, Fla – Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents is now closed for refurbishment.The attraction at Magic Kingdom’s Liberty Square closed Tuesday night, on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. [TRENDING: Biden will move to reverse these Trump policies | Here’s how to register for COVID-19 vaccine | At least part-time residency required for vaccine in Fla.]A Disney spokeswoman said Wednesday morning that during the closure a Biden audio-animatronic will be added.

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Partial lockdown in Beijing over Covid-19 outbreak

A partial lockdown has been imposed on the Chinese capital, with 1.6 million residents banned from leaving Beijing, after a handful of cases were detected.

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Philadelphia and cities around the world illuminate for national memorial for victims of COVID-19

PHILADELPHIA - SkyFOX all around the Philadelphia area Tuesday captured a show of solidarity for the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19.First,, the PECO building switches from its usual ticker to solid color lighting. Next to Wells Fargo which is lit in orange and on to Boathouse Row which officials say is lit tonight specifically for the memorial.

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Britain now has world's highest daily Covid-19 death rate as toll nears 90,000

The UK has the highest coronavirus death rate in the world, new data shows.

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‘This is the day we’ve been waiting for:’ Give Kids the World Village welcomes first families back since closure

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Give Kids the World Village is welcoming families back almost a year after the resort was forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Pamela Landwirth, the President & CEO of the GKTW Village, said the resort shut down in March. She said she can’t wait to welcome families back on Sunday.“I can’t even begin go to describe the feelings of being able to say, ‘Welcome home’ to our precious families again this afternoon,” Landwirth said.

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COVID-19 vaccine: India inoculates 2.07 lakh people on Day 1, highest in world

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Chinese researchers fell ill long before the world knew of Covid, US claims

Donald Trump's officials are spending the final days of his presidency ramping up accusations China covered up the existence of Covid-19.

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India's Covid vaccine key to healthy and disease-free world: PM Modi tells Mahinda Rajapaksa

Narendra Modi said on Sunday.PM Modi today thanked his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa for his appreciation on the launch of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drive.In a Twitter exchange, PM Modi said, "Thank you @PresRajapaksa. The tireless efforts of our scientists and frontline workers have played a crucial role in the fight against this pandemic.

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India launches world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive

India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway.India is home to the world’s largest vaccine makers and has one of the biggest immunization programs. But there is no playbook for the enormity of the current challenge.

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Covid-free world: How 11 countries escaped the pandemic with zero coronavirus cases

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Ice cream contaminated with Covid-19 detected in China

Anti-epidemic authorities in north China's Tianjin Municipality are tracing close contacts with ice cream contaminated with the coronavirus after three samples tested positive for the virus.

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India starts world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive

NEW DELHI – India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. The country is home to the world's largest vaccine makers and has one of the biggest immunization programs.

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World may never find coronavirus 'patient zero', says WHO as it probes Covid origin

patient zero"."We may never find who the patient zero was," said Maria Van Kerkhove, World Health Organization's technical lead on the infection.A WHO-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is to hold virtual meetings with its Chinese hosts in Wuhan, where the pandemic first emerged more than a year ago.WHO on combating new variants of Covid-19The WHO's emergency committee called Friday for globally-ramped up coronavirus sequencing studies in order to combat troubling new variants stalking the globe.The meeting was dragged forward by two weeks for urgent talks on the emerging, seemingly more contagious strains of the virus, as the death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic topped two million, according to an AFP count.The emergency

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World’s Longest Hockey Game seeking COVID-19 exemption to hold fundraising event

COVID-19 restrictions in the province prohibit team sports.Organizer Brent Saik said he has been in discussions with the province about how the event could be held safely.Alberta Health spokesperson Tom McMillan said in a statement to Global News the department has received the proposal.“It has not yet been approved. It is being reviewed.

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Pfizer temporarily reduces Covid vaccine deliveries to Europe

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is to temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its vaccine against Covid-19 while it upgrades its production capacity.

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Covid-19: India's new cases per mn population in last 7 days among lowest in world

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PM Modi to virtually launch world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday morning

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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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