direct to your inboxThe South African variant of coronavirus has been found in Merseyside.Residents in the area of Southport will now be offered additional testing after evidence located the variant in the area.

It comes as experts are seeking to urgently test 80,000 people in England for Covid-19 after it emerged that the South African strain of the virus may have spread in some regions.

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Coronavirus: Guelph reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, 4th death this week

COVID-19 in the city on Thursday, bringing its death toll to 26 during the pandemic.It’s the fourth death to be reported in as many days with 12 deaths attributed to the disease reported in the city so far this year. Guelph reported 14 deaths in all of 2020.

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Child, 7, among latest Covid victims as heartbreaking death toll climbs by 915

Covid deaths in the UK, as a further 20,634 people tested positive for the virus.The child is understood to be one of the youngest victims of coronavirus in the country, which has taken the lives of over 110,250 people since the start of the pandemic. In the last 24-hours a further 915 Covid-related deaths were recorded, a drop from Wednesday February 3 total of 1,322.

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Province to discuss review of controversial Maples care home Thursday

No investigation needed into coronavirus deaths at Maples LTC, Winnipeg police say In early December, Winnipeg police said they had looked into the crisis and that no further investigation would take place on their end.The Revera-owned private facility on Mandalay Drive is also facing potential court battles, as families of residents who died of COVID-19 have threatened legal action.Stevenson, a former associate deputy minister in British Columbia’s Ministry of Health, was appointed by the province in November to review the situation.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton’s small businesses less than 50% compliant during inspection blitz, says city

COVID-19 lockdown regulations in a recent inspection blitz.EOC boss Paul Johnson says that number is lower than the previous examination at larger establishments in mid-January.“We did see over the weekend from the provincial blitz, that came in to look at some smaller businesses this time, that adherence to all of the public health guidance rules and the orders is not at the level we would hope for,” Johnson said.

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Yonge Street set to get makeover 10 years in the making

City council overwhelmingly approved a plan to revitalize one of Toronto’s oldest streets. In a vote of 21-5, the project “Yonge TOmorrow” got the greenlight.

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COVID-19: City of Peterborough to assemble team to assist health unit in vaccine rollout

COVID-19 vaccines.Peterborough Public Health this month has been distributing vaccines to long-term care homes in its jurisdiction. Mass distribution of the vaccine is expected later this year across Canada with a goal of Ontario vaccinating everyone (who chooses to be vaccinated) by the end of August 2021.

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Alice and the arts: Creative City Project goes ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’

WINTER PARK, Fla. – Alice is falling down the rabbit hole, and on the other side, her “wonderland” is the Mead Botanical Garden.

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Woman with 2 pounds of ’Mexican Oxycotton’ was driving nearly 100 mph, troopers say

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – An Ocala woman was arrested Tuesday after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper pulled her over on Interstate 75 and found a backpack with about 2 pounds of a new type of heroin inside, according to the arrest report.

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Covid mutation found in Liverpool now detected in parts of Lancashire as people urged to get tested

direct to your inboxResidents in parts of Lancashire are being urged to be tested for coronavirus after a new mutation was found. The mutation of coronavirus, initially detected in Liverpool, has now been discovered in Preston and West Lancashire, say local health officials.

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U.K. Film, TV Spend Falls Just 21 Percent in 2020 Despite COVID Shutdown

Spend on film and high-end TV production in the U.K. fell just 21 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, according to official figures released by the British Film Institute.

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Coronavirus: Ontario allows pet groomers to reopen for some appointment only services

pandemic regulations to allow pet groomers to reopen for certain services.The Solicitor General’s office says groomers can reopen to provide services necessary to prevent “foreseeable and reasonably imminent” veterinary care.Groomers can also provide services if an order has been issued to a pet owner under the province’s animal welfare act.

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Toronto lab pivots resources to test for COVID-19 variants

A Toronto research lab has pivoted their resources and is now using their platform to test for COVID-19 variants. The process speeds up the ability to find variants in comparison to the sequencing currently in place at many labs in Canada.

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Watch: East Kilbride Pipe Major's haunting lament in memory of those who have died from COVID-19

East Kilbride Pipe Major has composed a “haunting” lament in memory of people who have died across the UK from COVID-19. Craig Herbert, Pipe Major of EK Pipe Band, said he hoped that “One Hundred Thousand Reasons” would bring peace, comfort and hope to grieving families.The 47-year-old, who also volunteers for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, said he felt “called by God” to write the “soul stirring” composition after the UK’s death rate hit 100,000.Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised almost £33 million for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, had COVID-19 when he died in hospital this week at the age of 100.

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Scots Covid nurse has car stolen from hospital car park during 12-hour ICU shift

Covid ward. Amanda Narsapur was tending to coronavirus patients in Hairmyres Hospital when the callous thieves pinched her Ford Fiesta ST on Wednesday February 3. The lifesaving theatre recovery nurse finished up a difficult shift and was desperate to get to home when she discovered her car had been taken.

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Student study tracks COVID-19 stress levels in classrooms

Nearing a year of pandemic restrictions, school closures and physical distancing, a University of Calgary researcher is encouraged by how students are dealing with stress. Kendra Slugoski reports.

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Increased COVID-19 risk at Saskatoon restaurant, St. Louis community events

Saskatchewan Health Authority says there is an increased risk of COVID-19 exposure after an outbreak was declared at a Saskatoon restaurant.The health authority said there is also an increased risk in the community of St. Louis.

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Manitoba premier, top doc hold coronavirus update

COVID-19 Thursday.Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin have scheduled an 11 a.m.

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India sent 56 lakh COVID-19 vaccines to foreign nations as gift: MEA

New Delhi: India provided 56 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines under grants assistance to a number of countries while 100 lakh doses were sent under commercial supplies, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said Indian vaccines are scheduled to reach the Caribbean countries, Pacific Island states, Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Mongolia, in the coming weeks."We have so far supplied vaccines to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, the UAE, Brazil, Morocco, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait and South Africa," he said at a media briefing."Supplies made under grant amount to 56 lakh doses and commercial supplies amount to over 100 lakh doses," he

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The Latest: NHL adjusting COVID protocols

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Physical secondary play in Super Bowl could test officials

The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers got to the Super Bowl using a similar strategy in the secondary.

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NHL revises virus protocols with 40 players on COVID-19 list

The NHL has followed the NBA in revising its virus protocols early in the season as a response to COVID-19 problems cropping up around the league.

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AP source: Biden picks longtime US diplomat as Yemen envoy

The Biden administration is naming a longtime U.S. diplomat for the Middle East as its special envoy in Yemen, as it seeks a diplomatic end to a grinding five-year-war that has deepened humanitarian suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country.

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1 shot at Volusia County Vehicle Maintenance facility

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A person was shot Thursday morning at the Volusia County Vehicle Maintenance facility, officials said.

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Death investigation underway near Old Winter Garden Road

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A death investigation is underway Thursday morning near Old Winter Garden Road, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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Dr. Amy Acton leaves nonprofit to explore run for US Senate

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dr. Amy Acton, the former state health director who became the face of Ohio's early pandemic response, is stepping down from her nonprofit position to “carefully explore” running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate, she said Thursday.

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Canada drawing COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX sharing plan shows Trudeau ‘has no plan’ says O’Toole

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole on Thursday said the Trudeau government’s plan to use the World Health Organization’s COVAX Facility to obtain 1.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by March shows they “have no plan.” O’Toole added that “we are failing” if Canada has to “draw away from a consortium that was intended for global balance.”

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New Brunswick to provide COVID-19 update Thursday

COVID-19 in the province on Thursday.Premier Blaine Higgs will be joined by chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell at 2:30 p.m.The briefing will be livestreamed on Global News.

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International flights to Canada now allowed to land at only 4 airports

Beginning Feb. 4, international travellers to Canada will be required to provide proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Feb. 4

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday.Toronto police say 14 people were charged after officers broke up an illegal gaming house in the city’s downtown core under the province’s current COVID-19 restrictions.Police said officers responded to a call about a person with a gun at a home in the area of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West on Jan. 29, just after 8 p.m.

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Quebec reports 1,093 new cases, 42 more deaths tied to COVID-19

coronavirus Thursday.Health authorities say 15 of those deaths occurred in the past 24 hours, while the others have been retroactively added to the growing tally.The caseload stands at 266,672 while recoveries have topped 243,000. The health crisis has claimed the lives of 9,941 Quebecers to date, which represents nearly half of the country’s deaths related to COVID-19.The province continued to see hospitalizations drop Thursday.

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Nick Cannon has COVID-19, Niecy Nash to fill in on ‘Masked Singer’

Variety first reported Wednesday, with Niecy Nash set to temporarily fill in.On Thursday, a rep for Cannon confirmed the report to Page Six. Cannon, 40 is expected to return at a later date, according to Variety, as production on Season 5 is slated to get underway Thursday.Cannon has hosted “The Masked Singer” since 2019.

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US rushes to catch up in the race to detect mutant viruses

NEW YORK – Despite its world-class medical system and its vaunted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. fell behind in the race to detect dangerous coronavirus mutations. And it's only now beginning to catch up.

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Universal’s Volcano Bay to reopen after months-long closure

ORLANDO, Fla. – If late February sounds like a good time to head to a water park you’re in luck, Universal’s Volcano Bay is set to reopen later this month after closing for three months.

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Multilateral cooperation is vital to a global recovery from covid

©2021/Project SyndicateEmmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, António Guterres are, respectively, President of France, Chancellor of Germany, and Secretary-General of the United Nations.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Britain explores mixed COVID vaccine shots as variants threaten

LONDON: British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in a world-first trial aimed at finding new ways to swiftly reduce coronavirus infections as new mutated variants emerge.While thousands of individual changes have arisen as the virus mutates on replication and evolves into new variants, only a tiny minority are likely to be important or change the virus in an appreciable way, according to the British Medical Journal.Among coronavirus variants currently most concerning for scientists and public health experts are the so-called British, South African and Brazilian variants, which appear to spread more swiftly than others.British Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said current

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Moussa Dembele faces agonising Atletico Madrid delay as Covid blow adds weeks to debut wait

Moussa Dembele has tested positive for Covid-19 in an outbreak at new club Atletico Madrid. The French striker made the move to the Spanish capital in the January window on loan from parent club Lyon.

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'Fantastic Beasts 3' Suspends Filming After "Team Member" Tests Positive for COVID

The third Fantastic Beasts filmhas shut down its shoot in the U.K. after a member of the production testing positive for COVID-19.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. DeSantis holds news conference in Aventura

Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to hold a news conference Thursday in Aventura.

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'Dateline NBC' trying its first multi-part crime drama

NEW YORK – After the format worked for HBO and Netflix, “Dateline NBC” is trying its own version of a multi-part true crime drama this month.

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Scottish quarantine scheme should include Ireland to keep covid out, says Jason Leitch

whole of the UK and the Republic, which already operate a common travel area. Leitch gave his view to MSP scrutinising the government’s covid response and proposals to monitor travellers arriving in the country.

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The Covid situation in Oldham isn't as bleak as some reports would suggest, bosses insist as they highlight positive case figures

direct to your inboxBosses say Covid-19 cases in Oldham have been dropping week-on-week since the start of the third lockdown, despite recent figures suggesting infections were beginning to increase.The council confirmed that its latest weekly data – the seven days from January 24 to 30 – showed there were 570 cases in the borough, down from 605 the previous week.The local authority had been named in the national press as one of four areas of England where weekly infection rates had increased.It came after the government’s weekly coronavirus dashboard reported there had been an increase of nine new cases in the borough in the week to January 28.But Oldham bosses say that while the numbers of new cases can fluctuate across the rolling weekly

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Video shows person of interest in stolen COVID-19 vaccine investigation, police say

Plant City police are looking for the man who stole a car containing vials of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

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Coronavirus: Toronto police bust illegal gaming house under Ontario’s stay-at-home order

Toronto police say 14 people were charged after officers broke up an illegal gaming house in the city’s downtown core under the province’s current COVID-19 restrictions.Police said officers responded to a call about a person with a gun at a home in the area of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West on Jan. 29, just after 8 p.m.Officers arrived on scene, contained the area and proceeded to enter the basement of the home.

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About 21.5% Indians have Covid, majority still vulnerable to infection: Sero-survey

covid-19 in Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) third national seroprevalence survey. The survey also showed that large proportion of the population still remains vulnerable.Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR who released findings of the survey on Thursday said that the prevalence of infection was found amongst 25.7% of healthcare workers.

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McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M over opioid crisis

The business consultant McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in consulting businesses on how to sell more prescription opioid painkillers amid a nationwide overdose crisis.

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Waterloo Region council asks Ford government to review Reopening Ontario Act

Lowest number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region since mid-November Currently, it is 10 across the board, but council would like to see it handled in a different manner.“We would like to see capacity limits more equitable across businesses, for example,” Coun. Michael Harris said.“We want the act to be fair for small businesses, restaurants and big-box stores alike.”The region says it is looking for ways to “reduce frustration among businesses and enforcement agencies by ensuring timely enforcement responses built on consistent application of the law.” Kitchener Market sets up online shop: ‘This will make it easier to choose local’ Coun.

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Kittle dismisses 'chatter' about Niners trading Garoppolo

George Kittle dismissed talk about the San Francisco 49ers possibly trading Jimmy Garoppolo the way he sheds tacklers after making catches.

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Tory lockdown-sceptic chair pushes for all Covid-19 restrictions to be lifted by end of May

The Chair of a Tory lockdown-sceptic group has urged ministers to lift all Covid-19 restrictions by the end of May.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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