CHENNAI : Tamil Nadu recorded its highest COVID-19 fatality mark on Thursday with 79 people succumbing to the virus, pushing the death toll in the state to 2,315, the health department said on Friday.The day also saw 4,538 fresh coronavirus positive cases being reported,taking the infection count to 1,60,907.The number of recoveries stood at 3,391, and the cumulative figure of those cured is 1,10,807, according to a department bulletin.Active cases in the state as of Friday was at 47,782, the bulletin said.With increased focus on testing of samples, 48,669 specimens were tested today, totalling 18,31,304 till date.Chennai recorded 1,243 cases today, pushing the count to 83,377.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without.

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Paytm sees up to 3.5X growth in transactions amid COVID-19 pandemic

NEW DELHI : Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Thursday said the company is witnessing up to 3.5X growth in transactions on its platform amid the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown as users turned to digital payments to make payments in a safe manner.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2020, Sharma said the company has also seen a growth in the average number of transactions being conducted in a week."If a customer was doing X transactions before, right now he's doing 2.5-3.5X transactions.

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Ontario reports 103 new coronavirus cases, 0 deaths; total cases at 38,210

reported 103 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 38,210.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Thursday’s case number is a considerable drop from the past several days, which saw a slight spike in daily cases.The death toll in the province remains at 2,755, as zero new deaths were reported.Meanwhile, 33,963 Ontarians have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is almost 89 per cent of cases.Thursday’s report indicates the majority of new cases came from Toronto with 24 new cases, Windsor-Essex with 23 more cases, Ottawa with 14 new cases, Peel Region with 15 new cases and Niagara Region with 10 additional cases.

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Manchester doctors are leading the way with drug that 'reduces number of deaths among COVID-19 patients'

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) hospitals, including the Manchester Royal Infirmary(MRI), Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester General.

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Loblaw profits plunge amid coronavirus costs despite revenue surge

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14 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa

OTTAWA -- The City of Ottawa is seeing a sixth straight day of double-digit increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city.

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COVID-19: Assam to release 376 prisoners to decongest jails

GUWAHATI : The Assam government will release 376 prisoners in the next few days to decongest jails across the state after 535 inmates tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Thursday.Of the 376 prisoners to be released, 111 are presently lodged in Guwahati Central Jail, he said.The rest of the prisoners are now lodged in the district jails of Nalbari, Dhubri, Karimganj, North Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Diphu and Udalguri, he added.Assam Inspector General of Prisons Dasarath Das told PTI that 535 prisoners in 10 jails across the state have been affected by the pandemic.

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Unsung immune cells take over when covid antibodies wane

Unsung warriorsT cells, by contrast, are able to kill virus-infected cells, remember past diseases for decades, and rouse fresh antibody soldiers long after the first have left the battlefield. People infected with another coronavirus that was responsible for the SARS epidemic in 2003, for example, still have a T-cell response to the disease 17 years later.That suggests T cells may still, at least hypothetically, be ready to protect SARS survivors against the infection almost two decades later, and might bolster their defense against Covid-19.“Antibodies wane after a certain period of time," said Thomas Schinecker, who heads the diagnostics unit of Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG.

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76ers counting on healthy Embiid, Simmons for title push in Orlando

Joel Embiid #21, Josh Richardson #0, and Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers react against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Wells Fargo Center on February 11, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Clippers 110-103.

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Scientists struggle to follow COVID-19’s silent spread

coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world.It first flared in central China and, within three months, was on every continent but Antarctica, shutting down daily life for millions. Behind the rapid spread was something that initially caught scientists off guard, baffled health authorities and undermined early containment efforts _ the virus could be spread by seemingly healthy people.As workers return to offices, children prepare to return to schools and those desperate for normalcy again visit malls and restaurants, the emerging science points to a menacing reality: If people who appear healthy can transmit the illness, it may be impossible to contain.

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Tucker's Marketplace closing ByWard Market location

OTTAWA -- Tucker's Marketplace is closing its restaurant in the ByWard Market, the latest business to close in the popular tourist area during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Beau's Oktoberfest cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

VANKLEEK HILL, ON. -- A popular celebration of beer, music and food will not be taking place this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

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Ottawa Humane Society cancels Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run due to COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Humane Society's annual "Wiggle Waggle Walk and Run" fundraiser has been cancelled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ottawa cancels some indoor and outdoor rental agreements due to COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA -- The City of Ottawa is cancelling large indoor and outdoor events at municipal facilities until the end of July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Carp Fair cancelled this September due to COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA -- The 157th Carp Fair has been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Fish Market Restaurant closing in the ByWard Market

OTTAWA -- After 41 years of service, a popular fish and seafood house in the ByWard Market is closing.

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Nepal's COVID-19 tally rises to 18,241

NEPAL : Nepal's coronavirus tally reached 18,241 with the detection of 147 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday.The death toll rose by one to 43 after a fatality was reported, Health Ministry Spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said.In the last 24 hours, 156 coronavirus patients have recovered, the spokesperson said. In total, 12,840 people have recovered from the disease and 5,358 active cases are undergoing treatment.Nepal has so far conducted 331,095 Polymerase chain reaction tests in 28 laboratories across the country.The government lifted the nationwide lockdown earlier in the week.

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Non-metros could propel India’s growth recovery post covid: EY survey

NEW DELHI : India’s small towns and non-metros are recovering faster than its metros from the covid disruption across media, entertainment, retail and leisure segments, according to a new study.

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Rules for visiting continuing care facilities relaxed as of Thursday

Provincial rules for visiting continuing care facilities amid COVID-19 will change slightly on July 23, 2020. Matthew Conrod has details on the new rules, which are being welcomed by many families.

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Coronavirus: Scotland goes full week with no deaths but 16 new cases are reported

although figures produced by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) on Wednesday reported 4,193 deaths linked to the illness have been registered up to Sunday, July 19.Four of the new confirmed cases are in North Lanarkshire, bringing the total number of cases linked to an outbreak at a call centre there to 24.In the NHS Ayrshire and Arran health board region, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is 1,272 - a rise of two from yesterday.There are fewer than five patients, within the health board's region, in intensive care with confirmed COVID-19.The number of people in hospital with confirmed coronavirus at midnight also stands at fewer than five.Across Scotland, a total of 333,613 tests have been carried out since the beginning of the

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Michigan convent sees 13 nuns die of coronavirus: 'It was very frightening'

LIVONIA, Mich. - Thirteen Roman Catholic nuns from the same Michigan convent died from the coronavirus in a deadly wave that claimed 12 in just one month.The nuns, ages 69 to 99, lived together across three floors at the Felician Sisters' convent in Livonia. They included teachers, an author and a secretary in the Vatican Secretariat of State, according to the Global Sisters Report, an outlet of the National Catholic Reporter publishing company."I first heard two aides had contracted the virus," Sister Mary Andrew Budinski, the superior of the convent, told Global Sisters Report.

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Héma-Québec’s study to find how far COVID-19 spread in Quebec

Public health experts have long predicted COVID-19 could have spread much further in Quebec than test results show, so Héma-Québec has looked into blood samples to find out. Dr. Marc Germain joins Global’s Laura Casella.

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This mom says virtual learning is not working for her son with Down syndrome. She has some ideas on how to flip the system.

in a Washington Post op-ed, said the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare deep inequities in our society, but particularly in access to quality education.She explained that distance learning for her son Julian, who recently finished fourth grade at a public school in Maryland, was a disaster.“It turned a happy, independent, and curious child into an anxious and withdrawn one, in large part because of the school’s failure to provide appropriate access to both academic and social-emotional learning or the necessary services and supports and modifications that are essential to his education,” she wrote.At Julian’s school, he received the Individualized Education Program, which is federally mandated for students with special needs.

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UK invests $127m to scale up Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.The Government of UK has announced an investment of £100m ($127m) to scale up manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccine and gene therapy in the country. The investment will support the new Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Innovation Centre for expediting the mass production of a successful Covid-19 vaccine.

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Unmasked shopper flashes gun in Brevard store requiring face-covering

due to the COVID-19 pandemic, owner Mendy White posted a sign on the door: “No entry without a mask. If you don’t have one, we do.”The policy instantly became a source of conflict.

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The 18 areas in England that are 'coronavirus free' with an infection rate of zero

As coronavirus cases spike in some parts of England, there are almost 20 areas where the rolling seven-day rate of new confirmed infections is zero.

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Coronavirus antibodies decay fast, but that doesn’t mean protection is gone: study

antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild illness, but that doesn’t mean protection also is gone or that it won’t be possible to develop an effective vaccine.“Infection with this coronavirus does not necessarily generate lifetime immunity,” but antibodies are only part of the story, said Dr. Buddy Creech, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University.

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Alberta Health Services sees surge in coronavirus testing demand, long wait times

coronavirus tests in the province, which has increased wait times for appointments and results, according to Alberta Health Services (AHS).“We are experiencing some challenges with meeting the surge in demand for testing appointments, which in turn is impacting how many tests are completed on a daily basis,” AHS said in a statement to Global News on Wednesday.

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First Minister says COVID-19 cases linked to call centre outbreak rise to 24

Motherwell pub closed for a deep clean after learning a staff member was linked to the outbreak at the call centre. The Tavern Pub in Merry Street posted on their Facebook page on Tuesday “that all staff members who had direct contact with the infected person have tested negative”.They were later given the all-clear to re-open on Tuesday afternoon.

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Plans to completely revamp 'tired and jaded' town centre are still on - despite Covid-19 downturn

Radcliffe could be a "unique" riverside town.

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Older adults coped with COVID-19 pandemic best, UBC study reveals

Older adults who are aged 60 and above, have better emotional wellbeing, and felt less stressed and threatened by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a new UBC (The University of British Columbia) research.Based on daily data collected between mid-March and mid-April of this year, the researchers found that older people have fared better emotionally compared to younger adults (18-39) and middle-aged adults (40-59). The new research results were published in the 'Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences'."Our findings provide new evidence that older adults are emotionally resilient despite public discourse often portraying their vulnerability.

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American, Southwest add to US airline industry’s 2Q losses

DALLAS – Major airlines reported huge second-quarter losses Thursday and warned that the recovery in air travel seen in April has stalled as coronavirus cases surge in the U.S.American posted a loss of more than $2 billion, and Southwest lost $915 million. That pushed the combined loss of the nation's four biggest airlines to more than $10 billion in just three months.Between them, American and Southwest carried 15.4 million passengers from April through June.

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McConnell set to unveil new virus aid, despite GOP revolt

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is set to unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, pushing past a Republican revolt over big spending and differences with the White House as the virus crisis worsens.The package, called CARES II, is made up of separate bills from 10 senators as McConnell seeks to replicate an earlier strategy to launch negotiations with Democrats. But the path will be tougher this time.

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Scientists develop safe, rapid COVID-19 antibody test

SINGAPORE : Scientists have developed a rapid test to detect antibodies in COVID-19 patients that specifically block the novel coronavirus, an advance that may lead to faster methods for estimating the population level infection rate of the disease.According to the study, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, a rapid test to detect neutralising antibodies -- capable of blocking the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 -- is urgently needed to facilitate monitoring of infection rates, as well as to determine vaccine efficacy during clinical trials.In order to facilitate this, the researchers, including those from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, developed a new assay which is much faster than conventional tests for neutralising

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Bald men are '40% more likely to end up in hospital with coronavirus', study claims

From being male to having an underlying health conditions, a number of factors are known to increase your risk of coronavirus.

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8 in 10 Canadians support mandatory masks in public places during COVID-19: poll

COVID-19 pandemic.Three-quarters also said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine when one become available.But support numbers in New Brunswick are lower.Narrative Research surveyed 1,230 Canadians from July 9-11 and found 83 per cent of respondents supported making masks mandatory in public places while only 12 per cent were opposed.In New Brunswick, that support was only 72 per cent.

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Researchers say newly identified antibodies can neutralise SARS-CoV-2

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the US have identified neutralising antibodies, isolated from Covid-19 patients, against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These antibodies are said to be among the most potent discovered to date and can be manufactured in vast quantities by pharmaceutical companies for the treatment of patients.

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Osceola County pushes back start date for high school football

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The start of several fall sports, including football, has been pushed back for public schools in Osceola County, officials announced Thursday.“The Osceola School District has joined other Central Florida school districts in the goal of providing opportunities for student-athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic through adjustments to the fall sports season calendars as follows, which are fluid based on the safety of student-athletes thus subject to change,” officials said in a news release.There will be no preseason contests, and high schools in Osceola County will not participate in the Florida High School Athletic Association’s State Series for football and volleyball. “The delay in our athletic schedules for fall sports

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UK's Johnson calls for COVID-19 vigilance when colder months approach

LONDON : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people must remain vigilant to the coronavirus threat when the country heads into winter."It is not the end of the story and we've got to be very, very vigilant as we go forward into the colder months," Johnson told UK media.He was speaking in Orkney, an island group off the northern coast of Scotland, where he is trying to revive strained relations with Scotland by saying that the COVID-19 crisis has shown the collective power of the United Kingdom.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Tripura registers ninth Covid-19 death, tally rises to 3,469

₹450 a unit from the National Health Mission office here. The state Health Department has appointed a medical officer to coordinate with various institutions, he said.

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What we know about the 43 new COVID-19 cases added in Ottawa Tuesday

OTTAWA -- Ottawa has recorded 43 new cases of COVID-19, a significant spike in the number of lab-confirmed cases of the virus.

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Toronto mayor says mask bylaw could be brought in if apartment, condo buildings don’t comply

Toronto Mayor John Tory said he’s prepared to extend the city’s mandatory masking order to shared spaces inside apartment and condominium buildings if management companies refuse to do it voluntarily.Current mandatory masking bylaws in cities such as Toronto apply only to indoor public spaces such as grocery stores, commercial businesses and public transit, leaving multi-unit dwellings exempt.“We were hesitant to move on private property because it’s better if people who own that private property do that, and also because our legislative options are slightly more limited,” Tory said Wednesday.“But I will just tell you we will have no hesitation — notwithstanding what I just said — to move forward and do whatever we could, by way of a bylaw

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California surpasses New York as worst-hit state for coronavirus cases

novel coronavirus outbreak, as the worst-hit state for cases, according to a Reuters tally of county data.Total cases in the most populous U.S. state rose by 12,112 on Wednesday to a total of more than 421,000, the biggest single-day increase since the pandemic started. California deaths also set a one-day record, rising by 159.

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Populist leaders struggle to fight coronavirus; experts link it to distrust of science

COVID-19 deaths globally are not necessarily the poorest, the richest, or even the most densely populated. But they do have one thing in common: They are led by populist, mold-breaking leaders.Populism in politics means pushing policies that are popular with “the people,” not the elites and the experts.

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Need a vacation? Here’s how to safely get away this summer

COVID-19, it doesn’t mean vacationing is completely off the table.According to Expedia’s 2020 summer travel report, Canadians are adjusting to what vacationing may mean for them this year.The report, which surveyed 1000 people above the age of 18, found a 20-per cent increase in inter-provincial travel compared to last year.What’s more, a quarter of Canadians are planning road trips, and local hotel stays are commonly searched on their database.

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Chester County sees spike in coronavirus cases; West Chester cancels 2020 events

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa - For several days, Chester County reported a major spike in coronavirus cases. “It’s absolutely concerning. It’s telling us as the county continues to open, as fatigue sets in with our residents, we’re seeing increase,” Chester County Public Health Director Jeanne Casner said.Cases in the past seven days are up 40 percent from the seven days before that.

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Ottawa Comiccon postponed due to COVID-19

OTTAWA -- Sci-fi and pop culture fans will have to wait until 2021 for autographs, photos, cosplay, and swag, as Ottawa Comiccon announces it is cancelling its 2020 event because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bank Street downtown closing to vehicles on Saturdays

OTTAWA -- Another downtown Ottawa street is closing to cars to make it more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists, and help people physically distance from each other.

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Coronavirus vaccine will not be ready this year, World Health Organisation warns

A coronavirus vaccine will not be available before the end of the year, a a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has said.

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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

TN records 79 COVID-19 deaths, 4,538 fresh cases

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