As school boards across the province prepare three possible scenarios for a return to school in the Fall, at least one of them is pointing out concerns with a “hybrid” model.

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Toronto hospital ER chief warns worst of coronavirus pandemic has yet to pass

Global News revisits a Toronto hospital that had one of the highest number of COVID-19 patients at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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N.B. teachers say health and safety preparation biggest challenges for school year

coronavirus pandemic continues, and health and safety in classrooms are top-of-mind.“We’re hearing from lots of teachers,… they still have many questions about how their health and safety, and those of their students, will be maintained in September,” says Rick Cummings, president of the New Brunswick Teachers ‘Association.“With regular class sizes in middle school, and the large class sizes at the Grade 3-5 level, how are those bubbles going to allow them to be safe? And teachers need to hear from the medical experts that the return to school plan will ensure their safety,” Cummings says.According to the province’s Back to School Plan, students of different ages will be handled differently.

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Marion County drive-thru COVID-19 testing site moving to Southeastern Livestock Pavilion

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The Department of Health in Marion County will soon be moving its drive-thru COVID-19 testing site and making some changes as to how the site is operated.Starting Aug. 11, the site will move from the department’s Ocala office to the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion on Jacksonville Road in Ocala.

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Back-to-school sales tax holiday is still on in Florida amid COVID-19 pandemic

WPLG reports Florida’s back-to-school sales tax holiday will allow you to save some money next month.The three-day event runs Aug. 7-9.Clothing, footwear and certain accessories that sell for $60 or less will be exempt from sale tax, as will be school supplies $15 and under and the first $1,000 of the sales price of personal computers and certain computer-related accessories.There are some exceptions, so check the full list at the bottom of this page.

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New Brunswick teachers say details on back to school plan still pending

New Brunswick has already released its back to school plan, but a teacher’s association says there are still a lot of details that need to be worked out with only a month to go. Silas Brown has more.

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Q&A: How should parents talk to kids about going back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic?

ORLANDO, Fla. – Stress has been building for weeks as the deadline approaches to decide how students will go back to school during the coronavirus pandemic. News 6 spoke with two specialists about how those decisions can affect children’s mental health. Amanda Reineck is a behavioral health coordinator for Embrace Families in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. Dr.

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Coronavirus: No new cases for Peterborough area; new cases in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County

coronavirus on MondayOf the health unit’s 95 coronavirus cases, 93 have been resolved with two deaths reported due to COVID-19 complications. That means there are no active cases.

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1 new case of COVID-19 bring’s Kingston region’s active cases to 4

coronavirus on Monday, bringing the region’s active case count to four.Public health says a man in his 20s tested positive for the virus. They say he caught the disease after travelling.

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London teachers await back-to-school plans from Ford government as Liberal Party releases its plan

COVID-19.The Thames Valley District School Board issued an update on its website on Friday, saying it will be “ready to welcome all students back to school with enhanced public health protocols,” but is also preparing to provide “a blend of in-school and at-home learning” if required.That same day, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said details about the plan to reopen schools would be coming “next week.” The province first announced in mid-June that it was looking at three potential options for the return to school.

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Teaching unions give cautious welcome to school reopening measures

Secondary teachers' union ASTI said it was concerned that the "investment and resources being made available to schools may be insufficient" in the new educational reopening roadmap.

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Coronavirus: Ford announces Ontario to provide municipalities with $4B in funding

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that the Ontario government will be providing $4 billion in funding to municipalities as part of the COVID-19 relief deal from the federal government to the province, worth $19 billion.

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Latest coronavirus rates for every UK area show potential new hotspots

New figures show Blackburn with Darwen has the worst Covid-19 infection rate in the country - and there has been a sharp rise in Oldham.

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Ontario municipalities to receive up to $4 billion from province, feds to offset COVID-19 costs

COVID-19 pandemic, with up to half earmarked for public transit.Premier Doug Ford says money, provided in partnership with the federal government, will be doled out in the coming months.He did not give details on how it would be allocated to Ontario’s 444 municipalities, saying those details will be released in the next few weeks.

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Pence to hold roundtable on coronavirus vaccine progress

MIAMI - Vice President Mike Pence will visit the University of Miami on Monday and hold a roundtable with Coronavirus Task Force members to discuss progress of a coronavirus vaccine.Pence’s visit will mark the beginning of Phase 3 trials for a vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.The first of 30,000 planned volunteers will help to test the experimental vaccine on Monday, which is one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the U.S. Department of Education July 8, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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42 active COVID-19 cases remain in Waterloo

Ontario reports 119 new coronavirus cases, 64% are among those under 40 The outbreak that was declared at PeopleCare Hilltop Manor in Cambridge on July 13 is now over.A second outbreak, which began last week at Columbia Forest Long Term Care in Waterloo, continues. A staff member at the nursing home has tested positive for the coronavirus.Six more people have tested positive for the coronavirus since Friday’s update, bringing the total number of cases in Waterloo Region to 1,384.Two of the six cases involved people who had travelled while the others were attributed to community spread.

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Haldimand-Norfolk reports COVID-19 cases linked to workplaces

Ontario reports 119 new coronavirus cases, 64% are among those under 40 Fernlea is one of the largest greenhouse operators in North America, and one of the largest in Canada, with five Ontario locations, according to the company’s website.Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU) added four new COVID-19 cases to its overall total of 455 lab-confirmed, positive cases as of Monday. Officials say 395 of those patients have since recovered, and there are 28 active cases as of July 27.The region has 32 COVID-19-connected deaths with 27 tied to residents at Anson Place Care Centre, a nursing home, in Hagersville.

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William Penn High School to start school year with remote learning only

NEW CASTLE, Del. - Delaware's largest high school is starting the next school year with remote learning only, with district leaders deciding before Gov.

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Ontario reports 119 new coronavirus cases, 64% are among those under 40

coronavirus on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 38,799.“Locally, 30 of the province’s 34 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 16 of them reporting no new cases,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter.Forty cases were from Windsor-Essex, 28 from Ottawa, and 20 from Toronto. Brampton mayor says bylaw charges laid after officers break up party with 200 people Elliott said 76 of the new cases — or nearly 64 per cent — are among those under 40.“Yesterday, Ontario processed nearly 25,000 #COVID19 tests,” Elliott added.A total of 34,461 cases are considered resolved.One new death was also announced on Monday, bringing the provincial death toll to 2,764.

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La Scala announces fall season as cultural life resumes

MILAN – The famed La Scala opera house on Monday announced a fall program of concerts and ballets aimed as a signal of confidence that European cultural life can resume in full following the coronavirus lockdowns, and in support of artists who were left out of work during the shutdowns. La Scala’s musical director, Riccardo Chailly, will launch the season Sept.

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43,022 healthcare centres under Ayushman Bharat operational across country

NEW DELHI : A total of 43,022 health and wellness centres have become operational in different parts of the country to ensure that an array of healthcare facilities reaches the people, the Union health ministry said.In a statement, the ministry said as many as 13,657 health and wellness centres (HWCs) were operationalised within the period of the coronavirus pandemic itself (between January to July 2020).These centres provide comprehensive and quality primary care close to the community."As of July 24, 2020, a total of 43,022 HWCs are operational across different parts of the country," it said.The ministry said 44.26 lakh people benefitted from the services provided by the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centers (AB-HWCs) from July 18

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Moderna to get additional $472m from BARDA for Covid-19 vaccine

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Moderna and the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) have updated their contract for an additional funding commitment of up to $472m. The funding will support the late-stage clinical development of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, including the expanded Phase III clinical trial.

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Coronavirus: Child-care centres across Ontario can now expand capacity

child-care centres is allowed to increase across Ontario today as the province continues its gradual reopening.The Ministry of Education had previously limited the number of people per room in a daycare to 10 in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. Group of child care operators ask Ontario to fully reopen sector As of today, a maximum of 15 children – plus staff members – will be allowed in each “cohort.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The groups of children must stay together throughout the program for at least seven days, and cannot mix with kids in different cohorts.

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Covid-19: Delhi model is being discussed in India and abroad, says Arvind Kejriwal

COVID-19 patients in the national capital while there are just 2,800 patients admitted, meaning there are close to 12,500 beds lying vacant in the Union Territory (UT).He, however, appealed to the people to continue using masks and also abide by other safety guidelines for prevention."There was no need to impose a second lockdown in Delhi, unlike the condition in other states where two-days, three-day lockdown have been put in place. This is a matter of satisfaction," Kejriwal said.Meanwhile, with a record single-day jump of 49,931 coronavirus cases, India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 14,35,453 today, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

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Helen Flanagan cancels holiday to Ibiza and 30th birthday plans over coronavirus

in Corrie, says the pandemic also put an end to her original birthday plans to go to New York and to do an acting course. "I still don't know what to do," said the soap star.

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Govt expected to agree €300m school reopening plan

The Government is expected to agree a €300m-plus plan to reopen schools by the end of August at its Cabinet meeting today.

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Emulating India growth model in post-covid world

Also read: Covid 19, globotics, and developmentSnap Fact features new and interesting reads from the world of research.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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NHL teams arrive in Canadian bubbles of Toronto, Edmonton ahead of league restart

NHL players have been eager to find out what life will be like inside the bubble.They got a first taste Sunday.The 24 teams — each with a 52-person travelling party — set to participate in the league’s restart entered the secure zones in two Canadian cities ahead of the resumption the pandemic-halted 2019-20 season.Players and staff checked into tightly-monitored hotels inside the Toronto and Edmonton bubbles, where they will be separated from the general population by security fencing and undergo daily COVID-19 testing. NHL reveals details for Edmonton, Toronto hub city bubbles, in-game presentation “We’re just excited to get into our setup,” Maple Leafs winger Zach Hyman said Saturday.

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Notre Dame prep school adjusts to pandemic

WATCH: As the NHL gets set to return to the ice this week the Notre Dame Hounds have already done so with hockey camps out in Wilcox this month.

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NHL players arrive in Toronto bubble

It’s move-in day for some of the NHL’s brightest stars. They’re making their way into their respective bubbles in each of the hub cities, Toronto and Edmonton.

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Petition launched to allow for digital signing of wills in Ontario amid coronavirus

petition asking the Ontario government to amend a law that required people to sign wills in-person after an Angus Reid survey found that majority of Canadians were unsure of how to create or complete their wills in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Willful’s petition asks the province to permanently allow digital signing, storage and witnessing of wills, which they argued will reduce fraud by providing “secure identity verification and an audit trail, and secure digital storage will prevent wills from being unlawfully destroyed.”Currently, Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act requires typed wills to be printed and signed in the presence of witnesses who also sign the will — which is not an easy task with social distancing measures

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Canada’s coronavirus death toll rises by 5 on Sunday

COVID-19 death toll rose by five on Sunday, while the country’s top doctor urged Canadians to continue to protect themselves as the pandemic wears on. Model shows how many COVID-19 infected travellers could arrive at U.S.

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Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting a new case of COVID-19

COVID-19, bringing the number of active cases in the province to four.The provincial health authorities said in a statement Sunday that the new case is a woman between the ages of 20 and 39 in the Central Health region.The woman, who is self-isolating, is a close contact of a previously reported case of the virus. N.L.

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Model shows how many COVID-19 infected travellers could arrive at U.S. border in Ontario

United States continues to grapple with an influx of new cases of the novel coronavirus, many are questioning when the Canada-U.S. border could potentially reopen to non-essential travel.In a series of tweets on Friday, Ashleigh Tuite, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, provided an illustration of how many COVID-19 infected travellers could arrive at the Canada-U.S.

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Lower Mainland tries to keep cool amid first heat of COVID-19 pandemic

Sunscreen time: B.C.’s South Coast to get first real heat of the summer The district warned visitors not to park illegally on the nearby roads, saying it had increased fines for infractions.Park officials have been pleading with people to respect social distancing amid COVID-19 as they try to cool off in the heat.John McEwen, Anmore mayor and chair of Metro Vancouver’s regional parks said the parks belong to everyone, but that there are limits to what they can accommodate, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Don’t bother coming if it’s closed.

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Coronavirus: Indoor visits to Ontario long-term care homes stymied by rules and enforcement

long-term care homes for the better part of a week, Mary Oko is still seeing her mother outdoors.Rules enforced during the visits mean there’s little benefit to going inside the home, Oko said, and at least this way her mom gets some sunshine.“I’d rather have my mom outside where at least she can get some fresh air,” she said.

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Ontario reports 137 new coronavirus cases, 58% new cases under age of 40

COVID-19 and that 58 per cent of them are people under the age of 40.As of Sunday morning, the government said 38,680 have contracted COVID-19 to date. It was also reported that four more people died since Saturday morning, bringing the total number of people dead to 2,763.In total, 34,359 people have recovered from the virus.Of the 87 people in Ontario hospitals Sunday morning, 29 are in intensive care units and 21 people are on ventilators.Today Ontario is reporting 137 cases of #COVID19, a 0.4% increase.

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As school deadlines approach, Florida reports under 10,000 new COVID-19 cases

ORLANDO, Fla. – The state of Florida avoided a record in daily confirmed coronavirus cases but still saw over 9,000 new cases reported Sunday.Experts say the true figure is undoubtedly higher because it is becoming clearer to scientists that a significant number of people become infected with the virus but do not feel sick or show symptoms.Sunday’s positive cases bring the state’s total of all confirmed coronavirus cases since the disease was first detected in the state on March 1 to 423,855. The FDOH also reported a total of 5,854 deaths.Throughout the state of Florida, 3,386,503 people have been tested for the coronavirus.Below is the state COVID-19 dashboard. If you are having trouble viewing the dashboard on mobile, click here.The

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Health Minister reports 26 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa Sunday

OTTAWA -- Ontario's health minister says another 26 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Ottawa, marking the ninth straight day of double-digit increases.

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Florida delays high school football amid coronavirus surge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida's burgeoning coronavirus crisis is forcing its high schools to delay the start of their football and other fall sports seasons, a reversal aimed at quelling a revolt that could have pitted urban counties against their rural counterparts.The Florida High School Athletic Association's board voted 11-4 Thursday night to push the first day of practices from Monday to Aug. 24 with games starting no earlier than mid-September instead of mid-August.

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Coronavirus: Divorcing couples may find mediation faster, cheaper during pandemic, experts say

COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder for couples seeking a divorce to appear before a court, some family lawyers in Ontario say there may be more incentive for people to turn to alternative methods such as mediation.Court operations, including divorce and other family matters, were largely put on hold in mid-March, with only emergency cases being heard.In-person court appearances began to gradually resume earlier this month, and more matters are also being heard remotely, but experts say a backlog of cases will cause further delays for ongoing and new divorce proceedings.At the same time, some family lawyers in the province say the demand for such services has not diminished during the pandemic and some report it appears to have increased.In

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More teachers, strict cleaning regimes in school reopening plan - Varadkar

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the Government's plan to reopen schools next month involves a range of measures, including investment in changes to school buildings, more teachers, and strict cleaning regimes.

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Bard wins in 1st MLB game since '13, Rockies beat Texas 3-2

ARLINGTON, Texas – Daniel Bard won in his first major league game in more than seven years, pitching 1 1-3 scoreless innings in relief for the Colorado Rockies in a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Bard (1-0), whose control troubles ran him out of baseball, got the Rockies out of a jam when he took over for starter Jon Gray with two on and two outs in the fifth.

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‘RHOA’s Sheree Whitfield Reveals Her COVID-19 Symptoms As She Urges Fans To ‘Take It Serious’

Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Sheree Whitfield, 50, never thought she’d come down with COVID-19. “It’s no joke,” Sheree told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY during an Instagram Live episode of TVTalk on July 20.

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Canada records 4 coronavirus-related deaths — all from Ontario and Quebec

novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, all of which were from Ontario and Quebec — the two provinces hit hardest by the virus.Ontario health officials announced one person had died from COVID-19 on Saturday, moving the province’s death toll to 2,759, while 34,240 have recovered. Meanwhile, Quebec recorded three new deaths — although one of those deaths occurred prior to July 18, officials said.In Quebec, 58,414 people have been diagnosed with the virus while 5,666 have died.

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Coronavirus: La Ronde officially opens its doors to season-pass holders

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“It has been kind of hard to experience everything that Montreal has to offer. It felt like a good opportunity,” Santy told Global News.The two love birds are excited about La Ronde, for different reasons.“I’m excited for the slingshot,” Santy said.

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Gas prices stabilize in NJ, drop on average across country

An undated file photo of a gas pump. TRENTON - Gas prices have stabilized in New Jersey but dropped a bit on average across the nation as a whole amid decreased demand.AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was unchanged from last week at $2.19.

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Toronto-area school board urges Ontario to drop ‘hybrid’ school model

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