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01.05.2024 / 04:49

COVID-19: outbreaks in higher-risk communal accommodation settings

LFD) test kits for outbreak testing has now closed. During a suspected outbreak of ARI, settings can access multiplex PCR tests through their local health protection team (HPT) to help identify the infection responsible.This guidance is for commissioners, providers and staff in the following settings and services in England:These settings will be referred to in this guidance as ‘inclusion health settings’.Additional guidance on and is also available.This guidance does not apply to adult social care, prisons and places of detention (PPDs), secure children’s homes, secure schools, secure training centres and Young Offenders Institution units for those aged under 18 years.

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Doylestown plans for rainbow crosswalk in show of LGBTQ+ inclusion, but not all are in favor

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - In Bucks County, plans are in place to add a decorative rainbow crosswalk, in Doylestown, in a show of support and safety for the LGBTQ+ community. Some residents, however, are in strong opposition to the crosswalk."I heard that they were proposing this and I’m like that’s a great idea," business owner James Lamb said.A rainbow will soon illuminate a crosswalk at Printer’s Alley on East State Street in Doylestown."I was not born here.

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LEGO pivots brand toward push for diversity and inclusion with revamped 'Friends' product line for all kids

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: A Lego Friends Olivia's House at the launch of Dream Toys 2012 at St Mary's Church on October 31, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) The LEGO Group announced at an invitation-only media event in New York City, Friday, its plans to relaunch a decade-old LEGO Friends product line in an effort to be more inclusive and represent children with more diverse complexities.According to the company, new building sets and streamable content alike will introduce an inclusive world of "authentic, interesting and passionate characters" with complexities like anxiety, limb difference, Down Syndrome, and other forms of visible and non-visible representation to better reflect real kids’ life experiences through play."We could see that there's this real need for kids to see themselves in the toys they're playing with," LEGO Friends Creative Lead, Fenella Charity, told a small group of journalists at Friday's event, located within New York City's legendary Empire Diner-turned-pop-up.

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COVID-19 update: FDA recommends inclusion of BA.4, BA.5 subvariants in boosters

ALSO READ: COVID-19 cases on rise in 110 nations, driven by 2 Omicron sub-variants: WHO According to data from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants are now dominant in the United States. The CDC had earlier said that the fast-spreading Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 together are estimated to make up half of the coronavirus cases in the United States.

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Philadelphia Police Department appoints first Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer

PHILADELPHIA, Pa - The Philadelphia Police Department announced the newest member of its executive team on Monday in an historic appointment of a new position.Leslie Marant will be joining the police department as Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer. The position has been established to oversee diversity and inclusion efforts throughout the department.The lifelong Philadelphian is a Temple University graduate who has over 20 years of service with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as a staff attorney. Marant is the former Chief of Staff for Universal Education Company as well as the former Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

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Govt panel recommends inclusion of Covovax in Covid vaccination drive for 12 and above

₹900 per dose plus GST and was waiting for directions to supply it to the Centre. However, the price of the vaccine for the government was not mentioned.

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Disney no longer saying 'boys and girls' in park greetings to promote gender inclusion

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Parkgoers heading over to Disneyland Resort in California may notice something slightly different during their next visit.According to Disney, the company is taking out all the "gendered greetings" in the theme park's recorded messages to promote a more welcoming environment for guests who do not identify with traditional gender roles, including male or female.In a video conference call recorded by City Journal's Christopher Rufo, Disney's diversity and inclusion manager Vivian Ware was heard explaining that parkgoers will no longer hear "ladies and gentlemen" or "boys and girls" in the park's greetings.Get your top stories delivered daily! Sign up for FOX 11’s Fast 5 newsletter. And, get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app. Download for iOS or Android."We trained – we provided training for all of our cast members in relationship to that.

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Super Bowl 2022: Coin toss will honor women, inclusion in sports

Helmets of the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals sit in front of the Lombardi Trophy. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) INGLEWOOD - Regardless of how the coin lands on the field of SoFi Stadium Sunday afternoon, it'll be an historic moment.

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Financial inclusion will continue to be a policy priority after pandemic: Shaktikanta Das

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Some Central Bucks School District staff attending transgender inclusion training to better serve students

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. - Staff members within the Central Bucks School District are helping the district become more inclusive of transgender students.Community members are trying to help students feel supported and have advocates in the classroom.Daniel Mautz, 16, says since elementary school things have been rough."I'm transgender male and bisexual," he said.

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Disney changes ‘look’ for cast members in effort to create more inclusion at parks

Disney is making significant changes to the “Disney Look” guidelines for its cast members all in part of an effort to improve inclusivity at the park.

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N.J. Gov. Murphy signs bill requiring schools teach diversity, inclusion

HADDONFIELD, N.J. - Governor Phil Murphy, with the stroke of a pen, signs a bill into law requiring diversity and inclusion to be taught in New Jersey schools."I think so! I mean, you’ve got to start somewhere," James Gaddy exclaimed.Gaddy likes the sound of the new law, as he works with young people through fitness and yoga. He calls the new diversity in education law a concrete step that long needed taking."So, I love where it’s actually being known that it is a law where it needs to be taken more seriously.

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New Jersey schools must teach inclusion, diversity under new law

(Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office)TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey school districts must incorporate instruction on diversity and inclusion under a bill Gov.

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Immigrants get help from states, cheer inclusion in US bill

SANTA FE, N.M. – Lily Guido was having trouble hearing and she felt warm while talking to her co-worker at a California nursing home. She knew something was wrong.Fearing the coronavirus, Guido, 30, of Santa Rosa, California, didn't go home to avoid possibly spreading it to her five children, isolating in a hotel room provided for health care workers like her.“They confirmed that I had COVID, and my husband was like, ‘Oh God, what’s going to happen?'" she said last week.

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Cooper Hewitt acquires two emoji that symbolize inclusion

NEW YORK – The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emoji that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures, becoming the third museum to add emoji to their digital collections.The New York museum acquired the “person with headscarf” and “inter-skintone couple” emoji for its burgeoning collection of digital assets.

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How India Inc is rethinking inclusion during the pandemic

working from home has been a blessing since they don’t have to commute. What’s more, they are learning to use technology effectively to get their work done.

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Also Read: Inside India’s Quest to Fix Its Payments PuzzleWhen Jeevan Anupalli, senior designer (accessibility), at Walmart Global Tech India, had to do a mandatory compliance training, he found the procured software wasn’t very accessible. Being visually impaired, he found the drag and drop interaction to be challenging.

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Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds

NEW YORK – As Hollywood searches for a response to the reckoning brought on by the death of George Floyd and the Academy Awards move to make Oscar nominees more inclusive, a new study captures how the film industry has improved in diversity and how it still lags. In the most popular films of 2019, protagonists were more diverse than ever, and there were more women were behind the camera.

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The Oscars are changing inclusion standards, and some actors aren’t happy about it

#OscarsSoWhite, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that it has changed its inclusion standards for its best picture category, helping to increase the diversity both in front of and behind the camera.The changes will take effect for the 2024 Oscars.The Academy laid out the sweeping eligibility reforms, addressing gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and disability. The film academy has established four broad representation categories: On screen; among the crew; at the studio; and in opportunities for training and advancement in other aspects of the film’s development and release.

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Art museum accused of racism names 1st director of inclusion

the MFA was accused of racism after Black middle school students said they were harangued and mistreated on a class trip by other museum patrons and a staff member who allegedly told the children: “No food, no drink and no watermelon.”Director Matthew Teitelbaum publicly apologized, banned two visitors, launched an internal investigation and hired a law firm led by a former state attorney general to conduct an independent review.“Rosa’s deep experience and passion for equity and inclusion will be invaluable as we continue our important work in ensuring a true sense of belonging at the MFA,” he said in a statement.The MFA, which is marking its 150th year in 2020, welcomed 1.2 million visitors from around the world each year before the

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Film academy to host virtual panels about inclusion, equity

push to further equity and inclusion in its ranks and in the entertainment industry. “These conversations may be uncomfortable for some, but they are necessary to broaden the stories that are getting told and increase opportunities for those who have been excluded,” said Lorenza Muñoz, EVP, Member Relations and Awards, in a written statement.

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New Perth College student president’s vow for inclusion and mental health aid

Perth College’s student association has vowed to tackle issues of discrimination and mental health stigma when the academic year starts again. New HISA Perth president Alex Wilson also said fellow officers and students will encourage an “inclusive environment” at the institution, including supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Jeff Probst on the Future of 'Survivor' Amid Pandemic, Calls for Racial Inclusion

After 20 years and 40 seasons of hosting the CBS hit Survivor, Jeff Probst is being honored by the Critics' Choice Real TV Awards with its Impact Award. He didn't get his award in person; the 2020 event was canceled in favor of a June 29 press release.

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Driving social inclusion through sport and physical activity

Driving Social Inclusion through Sport and Physical Activity program aims to strengthen communities through participation in sports and physical activity.A total of 57 clubs and organisations across the nation will receive funding to undertake project that help include vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in those activities.View the list of successful applicants.

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Govts need to address inclusion challenges, edu sect setback by COVID-19: UNESCO

The COVID-19 pandemic will have a considerable setback on learning, according to the UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report, which also urges governments to rebuild education systems that are better and accessible to all.The report said that assessing the effect of school closures on COVID-19 infection rates “has been filled with uncertainty, as conclusive evidence is yet to emerge, making the issue at times quite divisive".“Some teachers who belong to vulnerable groups are concerned that their health is at risk.

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Unesco asks countries for promoting inclusion in education

New Delhi: Education strategy by several countries during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic has led to promotion of exclusion, the Unesco said Tuesday, urging countries including India to promote more inclusion in education.The global education body said distance learning during the pandemic is an “imperfect substitutes for classroom instruction" for the poor students. “Rethinking the future of education is all the more important following the Covid-19 pandemic, which further widened and put a spotlight on inequalities.

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Oscars to set best picture category at 10 nominees, implement inclusion standards for eligibility

LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are implementing some big changes, including a set number of best picture nominees and to-be-determined representation and inclusion standards for eligibility.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday that there will be 10 best picture nominees beginning with the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. The organization is also planning to implement new eligibility requirements with an eye toward diversity in collaboration with the Producers Guild of America that will be finalized by the end of July.Neither change will impact the 93rd Academy Awards set to be held in Los Angeles on Feb.

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Universal Parks Responds to J.K. Rowling Tweets: "Our Core Values Include Diversity, Inclusion and Respect"

How much can one controversial tweetstorm cost? That’s the burning question as Warner Bros., Universal Parks & Resorts and Scholastic execs all grapple with the fallout after Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, 54, spent part of Sunday tweeting her views on cisgender and transgender women, whom she said, by nature of biology, will never be the same.

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1 new coronavirus case in Peterborough area; health unit welcomes Stage 2 inclusion

coronavirus were reported on the weekend, Peterborough Public Health reports one new confirmed case on Monday.The new case brings the region’s overall total to 91 confirmed cases. Of the 91 cases, 80 of them have been resolved, leaving nine active cases for the health unit’s jurisdiction of Peterborough city and county, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.

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Halifax-based non-profit goes digital for week-long conference on accessibility and inclusion

Celebrations for this year’s National AccessAbility Week (NAAW) are going digital.

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Opinion | An inclusion model for migrants that draws upon data

An ‘invisible class’ of citizens made visible by India’s lockdown needs a support system based on Aadhaar

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Insurtech startup Riskcovry raises funding led by Bharat Inclusion Seed Fund

BENGALURU : Mumbai-based InsurTech startup, Riskcovry, on Thursday said that it has closed its Pre-Series A round led by Bharat Inclusion Seed Fund, which also saw participation from Varanium Capital and Better Capital.

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Hamilton Health Sciences employees call for inclusion in coronavirus ‘pandemic pay’

Health-care workers demonstrated in front of Hamilton General Hospital on Thursday afternoon to call for more hospital employees to be included in the Province of Ontario’s pandemic pay increase.

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Recording Academy Names Its First-Ever Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

The Recording Academy has named former Google executiveValeisha Butterfield Jones as its first chief diversity & inclusion officer, effective May 11. Butterfield Jones will join the executive leadership team and report directly to Harvey Mason Jr., academy chair and interim president/CEO.

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Recording Academy Names Its First-Ever Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

The Recording Academy has named former Google executive Valeisha Butterfield Jones as its first chief diversity & inclusion officer effective May 11. Butterfield Jones will join the executive leadership team and report directly to Harvey Mason, Jr., academy chair and interim president/CEO. She is charged with applying inclusionary practices across all areas of the Recording Academy, including organizational and staff culture, membership and aw

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Interpreting the crisis: Saskatchewan’s deaf community hopes for continued inclusion

Karen Nurkowksi — if you don’t recognize the name, you may recognize her face.

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Halifax non-profit ensuring accessibility, inclusion during COVID-19

Once a week, Global News will feature our local community partners to highlight how they are handling day-to-day operations during the coronavirus pandemic and how you can help.

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Inclusion Ireland to meet Minister Harris amid virus concerns

The organisation representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families will meet the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, today amid continuing concern about outbreaks of Covid-19 in long term residential care homes.

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Project aims to improve inclusion for people with dementia, caregivers in rural Sask.

The University of Regina is funding a social inclusion project in the Yorkton Area. Daniella Ponticelli has more on the five-year plan, which looks for ways to better support people living with dementia and their caregivers.

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Inclusion Winnipeg dealing with new challenges

Janet Forbes, Executive Director with Inclusion Winnipeg, joins Global News Morning with more on the challenges people with intellectual disabilities are facing during this pandemic.

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Government to defer 'School Inclusion Model' project

The Government will defer the introduction of a new model for the allocation of Special Needs Assistants (SNA) in schools that was due to be implemented this coming September.

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ICEA seeks inclusion of mobile phones, laptops in essential services list

Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) on Sunday urged the government to classify mobile phones, laptops, tablets and other information and communications technology (ICT) products as essential services during the coronavirus (covid-19) lockdown.

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Craigshill Good Neighbour Network rewarded for work on social inclusion

A charity that provides a social lifeline for people in a West Lothian community has been given a boost.

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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