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Bolton Council has issued a warning in response to claims 'schools are testing pupils for coronavirus without permission from parents and taking children into quarantine if they test positive'. Town hall chiefs said they had been made aware of the video 'containing dangerous false information about schools and COVID-19', which is being shared on social media.

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AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine reaches major hurdle: final US testing

FILE - A general view of AstraZeneca is seen during Prime Minister Scott Morrison's visit on August 19, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)A handful of the dozens of experimental COVID-19 vaccines in human testing have reached the last and biggest hurdle — looking for the needed proof that they really work as a U.S.

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Influencers paid by UK government to promote Covid-19 testing

The British government has admitted to paying social media influencers and reality TV stars to promote its coronavirus test and trace system as it failed to reach its 80 per cent target for the ninth week in a row.

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Considerations for Use of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing in Nursing Homes

Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2Interim Guidance for Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents and Healthcare PersonnelInterim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2Interpreting Results of Diagnostic TestsThis document provides a summary of considerations for use of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) antigen testing in nursing homes and is intended for nursing home providers and state and local public health departments.Antigen tests are available as point-of-care (POC) diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2. They have a rapid turnaround time, which is critical to the identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection and rapid implementation of infection prevention and control

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California Signs Deal to More Than Double COVID-19 Testing Capacity

California will more than double its coronavirus testing to up to 250,000 people a day while reducing costs and providing faster results under terms of a contract with a Massachusetts company worth up to $1.4 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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US says testing not needed for some exposed to coronavirus, sparking outcry

COVID-19 testing, with many states falling short of the volume needed to help contain the virus during major outbreaks.Trump told a rally in June testing is a "double-edged" sword because it leads to more cases being discovered, causing the United States to appear worse off than it would otherwise.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing

Get a free NHS test to check if you have coronavirus.This test is sometimes known as a ‘swab’ test.You’re still eligible for this test if you do not have symptoms and any of these apply:Find out more about coronavirus symptoms on the NHS website.There’s a separate testing service for care home residents or staff members.

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GMB's Dr Hilary warns new airport Covid-19 testing isn't 'game changer'

Good Morning Britain 's Dr Hilary has branded the new airport coronavirus testing as not 'the game changer it's being sold as'.

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Mobile coronavirus testing site coming to Orlando’s Engelwood Park neighborhood

ORLANDO, Fla. – For one day next week, a mobile COVID-19 testing site will be coming to the Engelwood Park neighborhood in Orlando.The site will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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New Brunswick’s Return to School plans include support for vulnerable students; testing for staff

The Department of Education has decided to hold its regular updates on the back to school plan, despite the election. Thursday’s update revealed that teachers and school support staff will be able to volunteer to take COVID-19 tests even if they’re asymptomatic.

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Interim Guidance for Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2

Table 1 summarizes the differences between diagnostic, screening, and surveillance testing.Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is intended to identify current infection in individuals and is performed when a person has signs or symptoms consistent with COVID-19, or when a person is asymptomatic but has recent known or suspected exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Examples of diagnostic testing include testing symptomatic persons, testing persons identified through contact tracing efforts, and testing those who indicate that they were exposed to someone with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19.

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Cardi B Spent This Much Money on Coronavirus Testing For The 'WAP' Music Video

Filming the “WAP” music video was very expensive for Cardi B.

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More American children testing positive for coronavirus

The new school year is already underway in some parts of the U.S., and COVID-19 cases among kids are rising. As Jackson Proskow reports, parents are concerned that classrooms aren’t safe places.

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BMC starts rapid antigen testing at urban health centres

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday started rapid antigen testing of local residents at nine urban health centres as the Odisha capital has reported a surge in COVID-19 cases, an official said.The city has so far reported 4,171 COVID-19 cases of which 1,339 cases are active as 2,807 people have recovered from the disease and 22 have died.BMC has appealed to citizens to come to their nearest urban health centres (UPHC/UCHC) and get the testing done free of cost for COVID-19.While nine centres started operating on Tuesday, seven more will start functioning from Wednesday, the official said.Of the nine local health-care facilities, six are Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) and three are Urban Community Health

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Aberdeen coronavirus testing relief as Derek McInnes' side get Accies all-clear

Aberdeen ’s squad and coaching staff has been given the all-clear after the latest batch of COVID-19 testing. The Dons are confident that Wednesday’s home match with Hamilton will go ahead, as scheduled.

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Hong Kong to offer free Covid-19 testing to whole city: Report

virus tests to all residents, reported local media outlet HK01 on Friday, a move that reflects the powerful boost that mainland China has provided to the city’s effort to contain its outbreak.Chief Executive Carrie Lam will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon to announce a one-time free, voluntary virus test for all residents, HK01 said, citing sources it didn’t identify.

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Who had coronavirus in June? Largest testing programme results revealed

hereThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said this is down to control measures in care homes and hospitals, with increased testing for patients, residents and staff, more contact tracing, and improved isolation of positive cases.Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, said: “This research highlights how, thanks to everyone’s efforts and sacrifice, alongside targeted measures to counter the spread of this virus in health and care settings, we were able to keep rates of infection low as some restrictions were lifted.“However, we must not be complacent.

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Radical shift in testing strategy needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say

Robert F. ServiceScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Even as the United States ramped up coronavirus testing from about 100,000 per week in mid-March to more than 5 million per week in late July, the country fell further behind in stemming the spread of the virus.

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Expert says new testing kits and 'health passports' could get fans back to football and let society return to 'normal'

Covid-19 could lead to society being able to fully reopen - including football grounds and theatres - an expert has claimed. Gordon Sanghera, chief executive of Oxford Nanopore Technologies, said those who test negative for Covid-19 could get a health passport that would give them “ access all areas ”.

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How coronavirus antibody testing works

TEXAS : With millions of COVID-19 cases reported across the globe, people are turning to antibody tests to find out whether they have been exposed to the coronavirus that causes the disease.Antibody tests look for the presence of antibodies, which are specific proteins made in response to infections. Antibodies are disease specific.

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CMS and CDC announce provider reimbursement available for counseling patients to self-isolate at time of COVID-19 testing

Media Relations (404) 639-3286Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are announcing that payment is available to physicians and health care providers to counsel patients, at the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing, about the importance of self-isolation after they are tested and prior to the onset of symptoms.The transmission of COVID-19 occurs from both symptomatic, pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals emphasizing the importance of education on self-isolation as the spread of the virus can be reduced significantly by having patients isolated earlier, while waiting for test results or symptom onset. The Centers for Disease Control and

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Coronavirus: India records over 57,000 cases in last 24 hours, testing nears 2 crore mark

COVID19 positive cases stand at 16,95,988 including 5,65,103 active cases, 10,94,374 cured/discharged/migrated and 36,511 deaths, the health ministry said.The recoveries on Tuesday is one of the highest ever recoveries in a single day. 36,569 COVID-19 patients were cured and discharged in the last 24 hours.

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Virus testing turnaround times reveal wide disparity

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Cameron Settles was swabbed for COVID-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results.

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CMS and CDC announce provider reimbursement available for counseling patients to self-isolate at time of COVID-19 testing

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WATCH LIVE: All state-supported COVID-19 testing sites to close temporarily as storm approaches Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health announced state-supported drive-thru and walk-up coronavirus testing sites will temporarily close at 5 p.m. on Thursday as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine approaches the state.Florida is in the cone of the Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.

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Three new facilities to help govt ramp up coronavirus testing

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch high-throughput covid-19 testing facilities on Monday via video conferencing to ramp up testing in view of the rapid rise in new infections.

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Mel Gibson Spent a Week in L.A. Hospital After Testing Positive for Coronavirus

Mel Gibson spent a week in a Los Angeles hospital in April after testing positive for COVID-19, his representative said Friday. The 64-year-old actor and director has completely recovered and is doing "great," according to the rep.

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Coronavirus: Ford considering mandatory testing for agriculture, farm workers in Windsor-Essex

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday that he is considering making COVID-19 testing mandatory for agri-food and farm workers in the Windsor-Essex area, including temporary foreign workers, stating that his government is consulting a constitutional lawyer on the subject.

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NHL says Edmonton’s hub city bubble is ‘impenetrable’; explains testing protocols

Stu Ballantyne with the Oilers Entertainment Group, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and hub city lead Steve Mayer explain the extensive COVID-19 testing staff and players inside the hub city bubble will undergo. They also said the bubble will be impenetrable and described the extensive security protocols that have been established.

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Interim Guidance for Use of Pooling Procedures in SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic, Screening, and Surveillance Testing

pool testing, pooled testing, or batch testing—means combining respiratory samples from several people and conducting one laboratory test on the combined pool of samples to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.Pooling allows laboratories to test more samples with fewer testing materials. It could be useful in scenarios like returning groups of workers to a workplace.If a pooled test result is negative, then all the samples can be presumed negative with the single test.

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Anna Camp Reveals Testing Positive for Coronavirus, Has "Lingering Symptoms" a Month Later

Anna Camp is opening up about testing positive and batting the novel coronavirus. Taking to social media on Tuesday, the Pitch Perfect actress shared that she was "extremely sick for over three weeks" and still has "lingering symptoms" despite now testing negative for COVID "I was incredibly safe.

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Scots taxi driver forced to self-isolate after passenger admits testing positive for coronavirus

taxi driver has been forced to self-isolate after a passenger revealed she’d just tested positive for coronavirus. It was more than 20 miles into a journey from Perth to Dundee when he overheard her talking about her diagnosis on the phone and challenged her.

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Major airlines call for testing to restore transatlantic travel

FRANKFURT – Major airlines are urging the U.S. and the European Union to quickly restore transatlantic air travel by deploying a joint COVID-19 testing program.The CEOs of United, American Airlines, IAG and Lufthansa Group wrote Tuesday that “given the unquestioned importance of transatlantic air travel to the global economy as well as to the economic recovery of our businesses, we believe it is critical to find a way to reopen air services between the U.S.

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Australian shoppers on high alert after positive coronavirus testing at popular Westfields store

7NEWS, shoppers who visited Westfields Mount Druitt have been put on alert after a person infected with COVID-19 had been at the popular complex. Those who visited the shopping centre on July 18 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, have been told to monitor themselves for any symptoms of the potentially deadly virus.

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Reality shows shortfalls of Trump's claim to 'best testing'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Here are some snapshots from what President Donald Trump describes as the nation with the “best testing in the world" for the coronavirus:In Sun Belt states where the virus is surging, lines of cars with people seeking tests snake for hours in the beating sun, often yielding results so far after the fact that they're useless.In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays and backlogs.In Hawaii, the governor will wait another month to lift a two-week quarantine on visitors because of test supply shortages and delays that potential visitors are facing in getting results.“Testing has been a challenge

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Calls for U.S. to ramp up testing as virus runs rampant

Americans are facing warnings that unless COVID-19 testing ramps up, the coronavirus will continue to run rampant. Jackson Proskow looks at what researchers are recommending, and explains why Georgia Gov.

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Coronavirus testing chief outlines plans to reintroduce boxing fans back into stadiums

boxing believes digital health passports will be the route back into arenas for fans.Avi Lasarow is the CEO of Prenetics, the testing company which has helped bring back elite sport in the UK amid the pandemic.The company led the testing procedure for Frank Warren's show last week undertaking 104 tests throughout fight week.They've also been doing the regular testing on all Premier League stars and for the England and Wales Cricket Board.But sport has been stuck behind-closed-doors and boxing will be hit hardest by the absence of fans given it relies so heavily on ticket revenue.It also means we may be starved of seeing big-name stars such as Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in the ring until crowds can come back.However, Lasarow believes his

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Orange County COVID-19 testing site to offer self-swab lanes to reduce wait time

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A self-swab lane will be available to patients with coronavirus symptoms at the Orange County Convention Center to reduce the wait times to get a test.This program will be available at four different sites in Florida:Appointments can be made at this link for the Orange County Convention Center and the Regency Square Mall sites.At the four sites patients with symptoms will be directed toward a separate lane and will provided an observed self-swab test under the supervision of a healthcare professional, according to the department of health.The tests will be offered to people ages 5 and up with symptoms of COVID-19.The department of health said results of the self-swab tests will be sent to a separate lab will be

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LPGA Tour to resume with plenty of testing, maybe some fans

DUBLIN, Ohio – The LPGA Tour is ready to get back to work for the first time in nearly six months with a plan that includes saliva testing for the coronavirus and no illusions the rest of the year will go smoothly.The LPGA Tour was last played on Feb. 16 when Inbee Park won the Women's Australian Open.

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Testing guidelines revamped in California as virus surges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California revamped its guidelines for COVID-19 testing to focus of those in hospitals or considered at high risk of infection as the surging pandemic strained testing capacity.The state health department on Tuesday released a four-tier priority system for testing.

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Coronavirus testing stepped up in Mid and Upper Nithsdale amid fears of new cluster

www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested/ or telephone 0800 028 2816.” Covid-19 testing can booked online at www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test, or by turning up at the testing unit between 9.30am and 4.30pm.

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NBA, MLS coronavirus testing counts in Orange County’s totals

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Now that players from both the MLS and the NBA are at Walt Disney World to resume their respective seasons, their coronavirus testing totals will count toward Orange County’s overall numbers.Both professional sport agencies have instituted a bubble policy that keeps players away from fans, family members and more. Under the concept, people within the bubble only have contact with others who are also within the bubble.CBS Sports reports that those within the NBA bubble will be tested for COVID-19 each night while MLS players are expected to be tested every other day, according to the Los Angeles Times.Dr.

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Premiership return boost as ramped up testing produces clean bill of health

Scottish Premiership players tested positive for COVID-19 last week, as football gears up for its return north of the border. The new top flight season is scheduled to start on August 1, and teams have been permitted to return to full contact training.

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Interim Considerations for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Correctional and Detention Facilities

CDC website periodically for updated interim guidance.CDC offers considerations for correctional and detention facilities to plan, prepare, and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Testing to diagnose COVID-19 is one component of a comprehensive strategy and should be used in conjunction with a number of other prevention and mitigation activities described in the Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities.

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Coronavirus vaccine: China leads in race with two vaccines in final testing

COVID-19 pandemic, with Sinovac Biotech's experimental vaccine set to become the country's second and the world's third to enter final stage testing later this month.While a laggard in the global vaccine industry, China, where the new coronavirus is thought to have originated, has brought state, military and private sectors together in a quest to combat a disease that has killed over 500,000 people worldwide.Many other countries, including the United States, are coordinating closely with the private sector to try to win the vaccine development race, and China faces many challenges.Its success in driving down COVID-19 infections makes it harder to conduct large-scale vaccine trials, and so far only a few other countries have agreed to work

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MLB releases pandemic-shortened schedule amid testing delays

Major League Baseball released its pandemic-shortened schedule Monday, featuring a tantalizing season opener between the New York Yankees and World Series champion Washington Nationals, even as some teams were still bogged down by coronavirus concerns. By the time MLB revealed each team’s 60-game slate Monday evening, the Nationals and Houston Astros — last year’s pennant winners — had canceled workouts because of COVID-19 testing delays that one executive worried could endanger the season.Nick Markakis became the second Atlanta Braves veteran to opt out of the season, swayed by a phone call with teammate Freddie Freeman, who has been stricken with COVID-19.

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IITs to adopt self-made coronavirus testing for mass screening at campuses

NEW DELHI : Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), will adopt the ICMR approved covid-19 testing kit developed by IIT Delhi, for mass screening of students and staff before resuming classroom teaching.The country’s premier engineering institutions will also use self-made personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and technological solutions to deal with the covid-19 crisis as they seek to control cost, promote innovation and become self-reliant.A panel of five IIT directors -- from both older and new generation -- has prepared a way forward report and have laid down the rules for the entire IIT system to follow.

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NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson Pulls Out of Weekend Race After Testing Positive For Coronavirus

Jimmie Johnson will not be racing as planned this weekend after he tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.

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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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