HYDERABAD : A single dose of Covid-19 vaccine is sufficient for an infected person as there was a greater antibody response when compared with those who have had no prior infection, according to a study released by AIG Hospitals on Monday.The city-based AIG Hospitals recently published a study conducted on 260 healthcare workers, who got vaccinated between January 16 and February 5, in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (a peer-reviewed journal).The study was designed to assess the immunological memory response in all those patients.All patients were given the Covishield vaccine.The study also said Memory T-cell responses elicited by a single dose of vaccine were significantly higher in the previously infected group compared.

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School sends pupils home after 17 confirmed Covid cases

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West Lothian above national average for Covid-19 as the county waits for news on Freedom Day

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Scottish Government announces 4 deaths and 1,317 covid cases in last 24 hours

Scottish Government has reported that 4 people have died from coronavirus and that 1,317 new cases had been identified overnight. It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,688.

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Perth War Memorial to be officially unveiled and dedicated after several COVID delays

official unveiling and dedication of the Association of Perth Veterans’ war memorial will take place in Perth city centre on Saturday, June 26 - Armed Forces Day. The 11am ceremony will also see the raising of the Armed Forces Flag at the memorial which has been erected in St John Street, at the rear of historic St John’s Kirk, which houses the city’s war memorial to those lost in conflicts during two world wars.

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Hundreds line up at Leila Avenue supersite

Hundreds of people gathered at the Leila Avenue supersite Thursday in a bid to get one of the 480 COVID-19 vaccination doses available to walk-ins. Abigail Turner has more.

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Recent increases in ransomware attacks may lead to a new internet

Colonial Pipeline and meat processor JBS USA Holdings Inc. underscore the growing brazen nature of organized, deliberate attacks on increasingly significant targets, and our chronic inability to defend against them.What we need is a new internet.

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Quebec adjusts COVID-19 vaccination rollout as fewer Pfizer vaccines are available in early July

The Ministry of Health said Quebec will receive 600,000 fewer doses of Pfizer’s vaccine in the weeks of July 5 and July 12.Appointments that have already been made or brought forward during the first two weeks of July for Pfizer’s vaccine will be honoured, the statement said.However, others who advance their appointments to get their second dose of Pfizer’s vaccine will be offered time slots later this summer, more toward the end of July or August.A drop in the number of walk-in vaccinations for the Pfizer vaccine is also expected in some regions in the coming weeks.The advancement of the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines is not mandatory but aims to achieve targeted group immunization for the end of the summer.Quebec is staying the course

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Covid-19: Double-lung transplants rise after corona ‘Honeycombs’ organs

‘Honeycomb change’All of that can cause the deposition of yellow fibrotic scar tissue, creating a “honeycomb change" that makes the lungs completely solid, said David Kleiner, who heads autopsy pathology in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.The process irreversibly destroys the tiny grape-like air sacs through which gas is exchanged in the lungs, Kleiner said in a lecture on Covid autopsies in July.

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Japan announces easing of covid emergency ahead of Olympics

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Sputnik V to soon offer booster shot to other vaccine makers for Delta variant of Covid-19

Sputnik-V specifically designed to counter the more lethal Delta variant of novel coronavirus will be available soon. The booster shot will be offered to other vaccine manufacturers, RDIF stated in a tweet.Gamaleya, however, did not share the details about which manufacturers will receive these booster shots or how effective they will be against the Delta variant.The Delta variant (B.1.617.2), first discovered in India, has been a menace around the world.

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Ontario to give update on COVID-19 vaccine rollout Thursday

COVID-19 vaccine rollout Thursday afternoon.Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones are scheduled for a briefing at 1 p.m.In last week’s update, the province opened up eligibility to accelerate second doses for those in Delta variant hotspots and who got their first shot on or before May 9. Toronto Public Health defends COVID-19 vaccine allocations to portal, clinics amid surge in demand On Wednesday, Ontario reported a record for the most vaccines administered in 24 hours at 202,984 shots with the majority being second doses.

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Delhi sees 158 Covid cases, 10 deaths in 24 hours; positivity rate dips to 0.20%

Delhi as the national capital reported 158 new cases as positivity rate declined to 0.20 per cent on Thursday. The number of recovered patients in the during the last 24 hours was 343, more than twice the number of new infections.

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Around 24.5 crore covid doses flown to 60 domestic destinations since Jan: Puri

On 15 June 202159.08 Lakh doses flown to 20 destinations on 31 flights Since January 2021 Over 24.45 Crore doses flown to 60 domestic stations on 1,763 flights pic.twitter.com/Q0bqxqhLDvAccording to government data, over 26.53 crore Indians have received vaccine against covid-19 while more than 4.81 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the age group of 18-44 years so far.Meanwhile, the number of active cases and fresh infections in India have dropped significantly since April, the peak of the second wave.On Thursday, India reported 67,208 fresh cases of infections taking the total cumulative active infection cases to 8.26 lakh.The union finance ministry has made a strong pitch to vaccinate 70 crore people with at least the first

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Serum Institute expecting to launch Covavax covid vaccine by September: Report

Covishield vaccine, is expecting to launch another vaccine, Covavax, in the country by September, news agency ANI reported, citing sources. Covavax is a version of US firm Novavax's COVID19 vaccine candidate.

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Serum Institute to start clinical trials of Novavax Covid vaccine for kids in July: Report

clinical trials of Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine 'Covovax' on children in July. The SII is also planning to introduce 'Covovax' -- its version of the US firm Novavax's vaccine candidate -- in India by September.Last year in September, Novavax had announced a manufacturing agreement with SII for its Covid-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373."Covovax trials finally begin in India; the vaccine is made through a partnership with @Novavax and @SerumInstIndia.

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Everyone in Bolton told to take two Covid tests a week from home

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Rapid COVID-19 testing available in Troon next week

Troon for people without symptoms from next week. Residents who don’t have any of the three COVID-19 symptoms – a new continuous cough, high temperature, loss or change in sense of taste or smell – are encouraged to get tested.

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School pupils could isolate for shorter periods in new term as covid cases rise on campus

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.The time children spend self isolating could be reduced as its confirmed half of all Renfrewshire schools have experienced a positive covid case.Data, collated by the Express, shows that 31 of the area’s 62 schools have had either a pupil or member of staff test positive for the virus this term so far.All but one Renfrewshire high school has been forced to ask pupils to self isolate on at least one occasion.At St Benedict’s High School, track and trace operations have been conducted on five occasions since pupils returned to school full time on April 19.A total of 19 primaries - 38 per cent - have also been impacted by the virus.In all

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Long queues seen outside liquor shops as Kerala eases Covid-19 lockdown curbs

#COVID19 lockdown. pic.twitter.com/2VJgmr7jmoSaju Abraham, Sub Inspector of Kerala Police told ANI that the liquor shops were scheduled to open at 9 AM, but the impatient crowd began queuing an hour before.

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The state capital bias in covid-19 vaccine coverage

Picking paceOver the past four weeks, the pace of covid-19 vaccination in India has increased progressively. In the past week, India averaged 3.3 million doses per day, nearly double that over a month ago.

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Covid in Scotland: Key items of PPE came within eight hours of running out at start of pandemic

Audit Scotland' s long awaited report into how the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) managed PPE arrangements showed there was a surge in prices which cost the NHS £37.4 million more than normal for the safety kit. The report, which was released earlier today, reiterated its previous finding that the Scottish Government did not fully implement recommendations from pandemic preparedness exercises.

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Australia limits AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people over 60 years old

Australia will recommend only people over 60 receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the country’s Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Thursday, following a spate of blood clots in those who have received the inoculation.Australia has administered 3.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it has been linked to 60 cases of blood clots, the government has said.

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Quarantine Free Travel with New South Wales continues

The Ministry of Health has confirmed Quarantine Free Travel with New South Wales will continue – subject to no further significant developments in the Australian State.

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Covid-19 cases rising exponentially in England among unvaccinated age groups

Covid-19 cases are "rising exponentially" across England driven by younger and mostly unvaccinated age groups, according to scientists tracking the epidemic.

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₹113 crore grant towards India's covid relief efforts

₹113 crore grant towards covid-19 relief efforts in India, including setting up oxygen generation plants in India, and improving healthcare infrastructure in rural areas. The grant comes from Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, and will help in the procurement and installation of approximately 80 oxygen generation plants in rural healthcare locations.

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Calls to slowdown memorial events near former Kamloops residential school

It has been an emotional four weeks for the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc nation following the discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school site. The overwhelming world wide attention has led many to travel and gather in Kamloops, but that’s now sparking concerns over COVID-19 spread.

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Vaccine hesitancy linked to lack of knowledge on benefits of jab, study suggests

People who are less likely to follow news coverage about Covid-19 are more likely to be vaccine hesitant, a study suggests.

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Australia limits use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60

Australia will recommend only people over 60 receive AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Thursday, following a spate of blood clots in those who have received the inoculation.Australia has administered 3.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it has been linked to 60 cases of blood clots, the government has said.

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Alberta reveals more details about lottery aimed at getting more people vaccinated against COVID-19

The Alberta government has announced more details about a lottery it hopes will help it reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Vernon has the latest on the initiative aimed at getting more people in the province vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Housing? Gas? Here are the sectors that may get more expensive amid rising inflation rate

COVID-19, while others might continue to see increased demand — and prices — for the foreseeable future.Canada saw its largest ever annual inflation rate spike in a decade, with a 3.6-per cent increase in May.The spike, reported by Statistics Canada Wednesday, outstripped the previous year-over-year record of 3.4 per cent seen just two months earlier in April.Several experts said last month’s annual inflation rate, which rose at a rate not seen since 2011, was in large part due to its comparison to that of the low prices spurred on at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, which saw several segments of the economy devastated.

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Push for Ontario government to accelerate parts of Step 2 of COVID-19 reopening plan earlier

As Ontario reopened its land borders with Manitoba and Quebec on Wednesday, there was also a push to accelerate the reopening of personal care services like hair salons. Morganne Campbell reports.

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B.C. researchers leading study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in people with HIV

COVID-19 vaccines work in people living with HIV.Researchers say HIV-positive people are less likely to produce a strong immune response to common vaccines, and may need higher doses or more booster shots for protection.

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Israel issues 'severe' warning against travel to UAE due to covid outbreak

COVID cases, Israel has issued a "severe" travel warning to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adding the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit.Times of Israel reported that the Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a "severe" warning against travel to the UAE and added the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit due to COVID-19 outbreak.The country has removed Peru from the list, which now includes the UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Maldives, Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica and Tunisia.Citing the Ministry statement, Times of Israel said that if there is not a "significant improvement" in morbidity figures in those countries, they

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Covid update: India reports over 67,000 new cases, active tally dips to lowest in 71 days

Tests conducted so far India has tested 38,52,38,220 samples for Covid-19 until now, according to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). Out of these, 19,31,249 samples were tested on Wednesday.

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Delta variant driven 50% rise in COVID infections in England since May: Study

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Covid origin probe should now shift to US, says Chinese expert

United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of COVID-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulating there as early as December 2019, state media said on Thursday.The study, published this week by the U.S. National Institutes for Health (NIH), showed that at least seven people in five different U.S.

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Covid vaccination: Odisha to allow ration card with photos as valid ID proof

Cases in Odisha The state's Covid-19 tally surged to 8,63,061 on Wednesday as 3,535 more people tested positive for the infection, while 44 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 3,432, a health official said.The state registered less than 4,000 fresh infections for the second consecutive day after mid-April, as active cases dropped below the 50,000-mark.As many as 2,016 new cases were recorded in quarantine centres, while 1,519 fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, he said.Odisha now has 47,796 active cases, as 8,11,780 people have recovered from the disease to date, including 6,799 on Tuesday, the official said.Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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Masks optional for kids in camps, summer school in Montgomery County June 21

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Life is returning to normal and people’s noses and mouths are beginning to emerge as more masks come off and, one county just said kids won’t have to wear them this summer.Families out in force for some fun at South Ardmore Park.

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Quebecers face confusion, roadblocks in re-booking second COVID-19 dose appointment

In spite of being eligible to advance their second COVID-19 vaccine dose appointments, some Quebecers say they are finding it hard to book them. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.

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Kerala: Covid-19 lockdown restrictions eased from today. Latest guidelines here

Test Positivity Rate in Local Self Government bodies. He also said that strict restrictions will continue in the state during the weekend.Check out the latest guidelines hereKerala reported 13,270 new COVID-19 cases and 147 related deaths on Tuesday taking the total infected so far to 27,61,474 and the fatalities to 11,655.Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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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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