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08.09.2022 / 03:51

Eye bank in Delhi sees surge in donation due to decline in Covid cases

Eye donation and transplantation which were severely hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are now witnessing a spike in the national capital Delhi. According to Dr JS Titiyal, Chief of RP Centre, AIIMS, Delhi said, "COVID really killed the eye donation movement in the country during the first wave". Dr Titiyal said that he had hoped to touch 3,000 transplantations per year, however, due to Covid-19, the target will take another nearly three years to achieve.

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Alberta should brace for fall flu and COVID-19 waves: Hinshaw

Ontario Science Table calls for provincial strategy to manage long COVID “In this year’s influenza season in Australia, case counts were higher than any previous year in the past five years, and while influenza hospitalizations were lower than the worst two influenza seasons in the past five years, they did peak at a level higher than the five-year average,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw wrote.“If we see a similar impact here, what we need to anticipate as being different from any previous year is the combined impact on all our systems of all these viruses circulating at the same time.”Like other jurisdictions, Alberta’s latest influenza season had a late-season start and the numbers of lab-confirmed positive cases were fewer than in the past five years.

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Sustained psychological distress may be tied to long COVID

Among a cohort who never had COVID-19 but tested positive within 1 year after baseline, depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and concerns about infection were linked to a 33% to 50% increased risk of self-reported postinfection symptoms lasting at least 4 weeks, as well as functional impairment, finds a study published today in JAMA Psychiatry.

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Global COVID-19 cases continue to fall

At the global level, COVID-19 cases declined for the fourth week in a row, which the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said is encouraging, though not a guarantee that the trend will persist in the months ahead.

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Toronto Public Health to offer COVID-19 vaccines at TIFF beginning Thursday

COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) beginning on Thursday.The health unit said it will bring COVID-19 vaccination clinics to TIFF, the Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Show and other locations across the city this weekend. Global cases of COVID, monkeypox trending down, but WHO warns against complacency According to TPH, COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held at the following events:TPH said its mobile clinics provide “first, second, third, fourth and pediatric COVID-19 doses to eligible residents aged five and older on a walk-in basis, with no appointment or health card required.”“Pfizer and Moderna will be offered by TPH nurses who will also answer COVID-19 vaccine-related questions,” a news release read.The health unit said all eligible residents are “encouraged to get their third and fourth doses as soon as possible.”“As with vaccinations for other diseases, people are protected best when their COVID-19 vaccinations are up to date,” the release said.

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News Scan for Sep 07, 2022

Today JAMA Network Open published a study showing a 1.8% COVID-19 infection rate among in-person attendees at a February 2022 Academic Surgical Congress conference in Florida in which 100% of participants were vaccinated and 92% were boosted.In addition to requiring vaccination, in-person attendees were

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Western University pushes back COVID-19 booster deadline after bivalent vaccine approval

Western University requiring staff and students returning to campus to have received a COVID-19 booster shot by the start of October has been pushed back until the new year.The university says the decision comes in response to the approval by Health Canada last week of Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine targeting both the original novel coronavirus and the original Omicron variant.Instead of Oct. 1, students, faculty and staff are now required to submit current proof of vaccination to the school by Jan.

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WHO says nasal vaccines could help control Covid

iNCOVACC vaccine for emergency use on Tuesday. Maria Van Kerkhove the WHO's technical lead on Covid-19, while welcoming the news said, "We look forward to seeing the data to see how this could be incorporated into the response for Covid-19." Van Kerkhove says it could not yet be predicted that the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind Covid-19 disease would settle down into a seasonal pattern.

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Stress, anxiety increase chances of getting long Covid: What new study says

Covid-19 may increase the chance of developing persistent “long-haul" symptoms. Notably, preinfection psychological distress was associated with a higher risk of post-Covid conditions, researchers at the Harvard T.H.

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India sees single day rise in Covid infections; active cases decline

India gave emergency approval to the world’s second covid-19 vaccine that can be delivered as nasal drops. The vaccine was jointly developed by Covaxin-maker Bharat Biotech and Washington University St.

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1,793 community cases; 260 hospitalisations; 5 in ICU

Today we are reporting 1,793 community cases and 260 current hospitalisations.

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COVID-19 media update, 7 September 2022

Ministry of Health Deputy Director-General and head of the Public Health Agency, Dr Andrew Old, will hold a media briefing today in Auckland at 12 noon today to provide an update on the COVID-19 response.

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Ex-employee at COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Quebec City faces charges tied to fake vaccine passports

COVID-19 vaccine passports in the province.The Commissaire à la lutte contre la corruption (UPAC) reports that Carolane Fournier is accused of several charges, including breach of trust, the production of false documents and fraudulent use of a computer.Fournier was working as an attendant at a vaccination site at Université Laval in Quebec City last year. In a statement Tuesday, UPAC said she entered false information for herself and others, which then allowed them to obtain falsified vaccine proofs.“The offenses were committed between Sept.

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COVID-19 Scan for Sep 06, 2022

A study of 346 previously healthy COVID-19 survivors finds that 73% had cardiac signs and symptoms more than 3 months after infection, and 57% still had them at nearly 1 year.In the study, published yesterday in Nature Medicine, a team led by

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COVID-19 may have orphaned 7.5 million kids worldwide

Worldwide, about 10.5 million children may have lost parents or caregivers to COVID-19 and 7.5 million were orphaned, according to new study that estimated excess mortality using World Health Organization (WHO) data.

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If wild card COVID variant comes…: Fauci on how vaccination programmes will shape out in future

Covid vaccinations will likely shift to an annual shot, officials said adding, more frequent doses will be offered for higher-risk people Covid-19 vaccines will eventually become an annual vaccination event like flu shots, Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s health adviser said at a time when administration is urging Americans to take newly authorized booster shots specific to omicron subvariants. Anthony Fauci, a Biden Covid adviser who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said, “We likely are moving towards a path with a vaccination cadence similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine." Covid vaccinations will likely shift to an annual shot, officials said adding, more frequent doses will be offered for higher-risk people.

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06.09.2022 / 17:37

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Everything you need to know about the autumn COVID booster jab

From today, around four million people most vulnerable to Covid-19 will start to be invited to book in their autumn booster vaccine.

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Bharat Biotech’s intranasal covid-19 vaccine gets DCGI nod for emergency use

Last month, Bharat Biotech had said that its intra nasal covid-19 vaccine (BBV154) was safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in subjects in controlled clinical trials for the vaccine as a primary dose and a heterologous booster dose. NEW DELHI: Bharat Biotech’s intranasal covid vaccine on Tuesday received the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)approval for restricted emergency use on those above 18 years of age, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. “Big Boost to India’s Fight Against COVID-19! Bharat Biotech’s ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S COVID-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine approved by @CDSCO_INDIA_INF for primary immunization against COVID-19 in 18+ age group for restricted use in emergency situation," Mandaviya said in a post on Twitter.

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India's first intranasal Covid vaccine by Bharat Biotech gets DCGI approval

Bharat Biotech's ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S COVID-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine approved by @CDSCO_INDIA_INF for primary immunization against COVID-19 in 18+ age group for restricted use in emergency situation. Last month after completing the phase-III and booster dose trials for its intranasal Covid-19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech said it had conducted two separate trials for its intranasal Covid vaccine, one as a primary dose schedule and another as a booster dose, for subjects who have been double vaccinated with the two commonly administered Covid vaccines in India.

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Covid update: India records lowest single-day rise in cases in 3 months

India on Tuesday recorded a decline in daily Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day with the country logging 4,417 new infection in 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data. Yesterday, the country reported 5,910 cases. The actives cases in the country has further declined to 52,336. A total number of recoveries in the country stands at 43,886,496.

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Back to school: Local students heading back to classrooms for a more normal school year

PHILADELPHIA - With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, many local students will head back to classrooms on Tuesday for what they hope will be a more normal school year in the post-pandemic world. Students in Delaware County public schools will mark the first day of the new academic year on a dreary and rainy Tuesday, which will match the mood of some students who are sad to see summer end.Still, this school year should be different for students who have spent the last two years managing COVID-19 precautions like indoor mask mandates and remote learning. "I was going to be a freshman so going in with masks it was just a totally different experience," said Natalie Mancini, and incoming Sophomore. "I’m excited this year because there are no masks."MORE LOCAL HEADLINESIf battling down COVID to a manageable level over the last two years wasn't hard enough, parents worried that rolling supply chain issue could leave students without back to school essentials. Luckily for local parents who spoke to FOX 29, the stores were stocked with everything needed for a fresh school year.

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2,035 community cases; 273 hospitalisations; 3 in ICU

Today we are reporting 2,035 community cases, 273 current hospitalisations.

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Boardwalk businesses thriving in busy post-COVID summer at the Jersey shore

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Among the many small businesses hammered during the COVID-19 pandemic, beach shops that thrive on a short window of opportunity to turn a profit are finally bouncing back. As thousands flocked to the shore for summer's unofficial last hurrah this Labor Day Weekend, shop owners reported crowds and profits that rivaled pre-pandemic levels. Wendy Barth of Separately Swimwear in Ocean City, New Jersey told FOX 29 that the bare spots on her shop walls are visible examples of a profitable summer. "It’s great to see everybody back out shopping and being here and feeling comfortable and yeah enjoying life again," one shopper told FOX 29's Ellen Kolodziej. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAt the nearby Shirt Shack, workers believe summer 2022 was one of their "best summers ever." "It was a little slow in the beginning because of the weather, but then it picked up great, and we had a great June, great July, it was really awesome," Iuliia Lobunets said. It's not only the financial benefit of larger crowds at the shore that had small business owners and workers excited this summer, but the return to normal everyone was waiting for."It was fantastic to see all the towns come back together, come back to life, so it’s great to see Ocean City such alive again," Courtney Wolf said.Jeffrey and Jacque Trucksess, who own a small business in Pennsylvania, know first hand what the shore town shops have been through and they're happy to see them weather the storm."I think the people are willing to go out and spend, we’re in a recession, we can’t really do anything about it, and we can either just be afraid or we can just enjoy," Jacque Trucksess said.

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Parts of China re-enter COVID-19 lockdown days before holiday travel

SHENZHEN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 03 2022: A deliveryman rides in an empty street in Huaqiangbei Electronics Market in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province Saturday, Sept. 03, 2022.

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China earthquake: 6.8 magnitude quake leaves 21 dead, triggers landslides

FILE-A police offficer inspects a car on an empty road in China. (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images) BEIJING - At least 21 people were reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown.The temblor struck a mountainous area in Luding county shortly after noon, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.Sichuan, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where tectonic plates meet, is regularly hit by earthquakes.

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New app detects Covid in your voice and is 'more accurate than lateral flow tests'

Scientists have developed an app that can detect Covid in your voice in under one minute.

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New smartphone app may accurately detect Covid-19 in people's voices using AI

COVID-19 infection in people who show no symptoms, they said. "These promising results suggest that simple voice recordings and fine-tuned AI algorithms can potentially achieve high precision in determining which patients have COVID-19 infection," said Wafaa Aljbawi, a researcher at the Maastricht University, The Netherlands. "Such tests can be provided at no cost and are simple to interpret.

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'Just one breath': World's first inhaled Covid vaccine approved | 10 points

CanSino’s Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster dose, China has become the first country to approve a needle-free, inhaled version of a Covid-19 vaccine, said an official statement quoted by news agency Bloomberg. The inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc, has pushed the company's shares up by 14.5% on Monday morning in Hong Kong, the organization said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday. The vaccine, which had undergone human testing in March 2020, is a new version of CanSino's one-shot Covid drug.

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Covid-19: India's active cases drop below 55k, logs 5,910 infections today

As India continues to saw downfall in active caseload, the country's active cases drop below 55,000 mark, that is, 53,974. Yesterday, the country had 55,114 active cases, the health ministry said. For the second consecutive day, India on Monday recorded a decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country logging 5,910 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data. As India continues to saw downfall in active caseload, the country's active cases drop below 55,000 mark, that is, 53,974.

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1,296 community cases; 257 hospitalisations; 4 in ICU

Today we are reporting 1,296 community cases, 257 current hospitalisations.

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Team Canada bags gold at women’s world hockey championship beating U.S.

Canada defended its title with a 2-1 win over the United States in the women’s world hockey championship final Sunday.Brianne Jenner scored twice in the second period and goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens made 20 saves in Canada’s net.Abby Roque scored for the Americans with Nicole Hensley stopping 17 shots in the loss. Hilary Knight passes Hayley Wickenheiser for women’s world hockey championship record The Canadians won gold in a third major international event in the span of a year.They edged the U.S.

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Mumbai reports 376 COVID-19 cases with two fatalities on Sunday

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Chinese people brawl over food amid world's strictest Covid-19 lockdown

China have been filmed fighting over food after the world’s strictest lockdown has been announced, leaving them desperate to stockpile.With a population of 21million people, Chengdu has been plunged into strict new laws after just 157 infections as China tries to eliminate Covid entirely with its “Zero Covid” policy. Images posted on the site Whats On Weibo have shown people with cars full of goods, damaged shops and people climbing all over stalls.

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Covid-19: India logs 6,809 new infections today

In India, the active caseload is also witnessing a downward journey from the past few days. Currently, India has 55,114 active cases, while the country had more than 56,000 active infections yesterday. India on Sunday saw a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country recording 6,809 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

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Can you use expired COVID tests? Here’s how to check

Photo of several at home Covid-19 test kits taken on December 27, 2021. (Photo by William Perlman/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Earlier this month, the federal government’s COVID-19 website stopped offering shipments of free, at-home COVID tests for Americans. Shipments were suspended beginning Sept.

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Covid-19 update: Delhi reports 236 fresh cases, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

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This winter could bring 'whole new' Covid strains: EU

ALSO READ: Covid-19: Immense efforts are on for next-generation vaccines, says top health expert "There might be a completely new variant emerging that we are not able to predict today," Marco Cavaleri added. Earlier on 1 September, the EMA approved vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that are adapted to tackle the older BA.1 subvariant of Omicron.

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Unsolved Overbrook homicide: Who killed 15-year-old Angelo Walker?

OVERBROOK - Transitioning from the field to the sidelines, Coach Bill Sytsma says football is still his passion, one that’s brought a lot of purpose as he transitioned from player to coach.In recent years, there has been unexpected pain, as well. "It’s a little over two years and it’s still difficult to think about," Sytsma said. Before COVID-19, as head coach of the Frankford High School football team, Coach Sytsma lost two players. When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, schools closed for in-person learning and after-school activities, including athletics, canceled. No outlet.

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Covid-19: Immense efforts are on for next-generation vaccines, says top health expert

Covid-19 working group NTAGI said, “this whole concept of next-generation vaccine is that we don't have to give repeated doses. The second is if we give the vaccine it covers the prevailing viruses and also future viruses better and the protection remains for a long time," news agency ANI report said.

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Low testosterone in men may raise risk of COVID hospitalization

Men with low testosterone levels and COVID-19 were more than twice as likely as men with normal concentrations to be hospitalized, but those treated with hormone replacement therapy weren't at elevated risk, suggests an observational study today in JAMA Network Open.

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Drake Says 2020 Was ‘The Hardest Year Maybe In Human History’ Due To COVID-19

Drake had people talking online this week after calling 2020 the “hardest year maybe in human history.”

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Men with low testosterone more susceptible to Covid hospitalisation: Report

Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine have found that men with Covid-19 who had low testosterone levels are likelier than those with normal levels to experience acute illness and require hospitalisation Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine have found that men who have testosterone levels and have been infected with Covid-19 are more likely to require hospitalisations than those with normal levels. As many as 723 individuals who tested positive for Covid-19, largely in 2020 before vaccinations were available, were studied in the study.

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China approves Livzon Pharma's Covid vaccine

China has approved Livzon Pharma's vaccine against Covid-19, among the first new products in more than a year China granted emergency use authorisation to Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc's COVID-19 vaccine as a booster, the firm said on Friday, marking one of the two new products against the disease the country cleared in more than a year. Livzon's vaccine, if rolled out to the public, would widen booster options for China's 1.4 billion population, of which 90% have been vaccinated and nearly 60% received a booster dose.

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Manitoba vaccine update coming Friday afternoon

Hospitalizations, ICU admissions up as latest Manitoba COVID-19 numbers released Global News will stream the news conference on this page.

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Governor Wolf starts process to pardon lower level marijuana convictions

Reading, PA - September 14: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. At the Reading Area Community College campus in Reading, PA Tuesday morning September 14, 2021 where Pennsylvania Gov.

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Will omicron-specific booster shots be more effective at combating COVID-19?

COVID-19. Prakash Nagarkatti and Mitzi Nagarkatti are immunologists who study infectious disorders and how vaccines trigger different aspects of the immune system to fight infection. They weigh in on how the updated booster shots train the immune system and how protective they might be against COVID-19.

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Covid-19: India's active cases drop below 60k, logs 6,168 infections today

In India, the active caseload is also witnessing a downward journey from the past few days. Currently, India has 59,210 active cases. India on Friday saw a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country recording 6,168 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

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1,800 community cases; 269 hospitalisations; 3 in ICU

Today we are reporting 1,800 community cases, 269 current hospitalisations.

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, China, and has since spread globally, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Muscle pain, sputum production, diarrhea, and sore throat are less common.

United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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