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Sen. Kamala Harris cancels travel after communications director tests positive for coronavirus

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COVID-19 testing for essential travel expanded in Nova Scotia

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“PRAXES will not provide COVID-19 testing for non-essential travel or business-related purposes including vacations or business travel when virtual meetings are possible,” the Nova Scotia Health said.To request PRAXES’ service, people need to contact https://praxes.ca/covidtest at least five days prior to their travel date.Testing is available at the PRAXES location in Dartmouth and will be available in other areas across Nova Scotia at a later date, said Nova Scotia Health.“Test results will be available within 36 to 60 hours, depending on the number of tests being processed by Nova Scotia Health’s laboratory.”

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Kamala Harris suspends travel after 2 involved with campaign test positive for coronavirus

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign said Thursday that vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris will suspend in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus. The campaign said Biden had no exposure, though he and Harris spent several hours campaigning together in Arizona on Oct.

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How the 2020 Billboard Music Awards Reflected the COVID-19 Era

After the 2020 MTV VMAs and Primetime Emmy Awards carried on despite being the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, it was the 2020 Billboard Music Awards' turn to host a ceremony. When host Kelly Clarkson opened the stage with a performance of Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" alongside Pentatonix and percussion icon Sheila E., adigitally generated backdrop of background singers and videos of fans watching and singing along played.

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Kamala Harris suspends travel after 2 associated with campaign test positive for COVID-19

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Thursday that vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris will suspend in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus.The campaign said Biden had no exposure, though he and Harris spent several hours campaigning together in Arizona on Oct. 8.Harris was scheduled to travel Thursday to North Carolina for events encouraging voters to cast early ballots.Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen.

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I'm A Celeb bosses insist show will 'follow strict Covid protocols' as Wales implements travel ban

I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! will still be filmed in Wales despite new restrictions, an ITV spokesperson told Standard Online.There were fears the popular ITV series, hosted by Ant and Dec may be hauled from the schedules after Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced that UK citizens in areas under Tier 2 and Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions are banned from entering the country.This has the potential for things to become particularly difficult as London is set to enter the Tier 2 stage of lockdown, while Greater Manchester is planning to plunge into Tier 3.Wales is currently under some of the UK’s strictest coronavirus regulations, with most people unable to cross county lines without a “reasonable excuse” – which includes work.

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Nicola Sturgeon considers travel ban to stop people coming to Scotland from UK Covid hotspots

Nicola Sturgeon is considering travel restrictions to prevent people coming to Scotland from known Covid hotspots elsewhere in the UK. It could mean residents in cities like Manchester and Liverpool - where the number of infections have rocketed in the last month - being asked not to travel north of the Border.

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WestJet cuts ‘just the leading edge’ if feds don’t provide aid to airlines: experts

coronavirus pandemic, experts say the airline industry needs aid from the government quickly, if it is going to recover.On Wednesday, WestJet announced it would be “indefinitely” suspending flights across Atlantic Canada and to Quebec City as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to wreak havoc on the travel industry.In total, more than 100 flights made to the region will be “eliminated.” WestJet says that is equivalent to nearly 80 per cent of its seat capacity to Atlantic Canada.Ed Sims, president and CEO of WestJet, said the lack of travel demand “combined with domestic quarantines means that sadly we can no longer maintain our full Canadian network of service.”Robert Kokonis, president of AirTrav Inc., said the announcement from WestJet is

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as First Minister warns Old Firms fans not to travel to Blackpool

To get the latest news on the coronavirus, sign up to our newsletter. Addressing the number of deaths recorded in Scotland of Covid patients in the last week, Nicola Sturgeon said: “We are, as I said yesterday, at a really critical moment again.

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Quarantine under the sun? Manitoba snowbirds have tough decisions to make this winter

coronavirus pandemic continues.Roland Bazinet, who has been heading to Palm Spring, Calif., for the last 30 years, would typically be packing his bags around this time, but this year he’s staying put for now.“Never experienced this in my life,” Bazinet said.

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Travel agents owed up to €30m from airlines over Covid-19, says sector chief

Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Travel Agents Association Pat Dawson has said travel agents and tour operators are owed between €25m-€30m from airlines.

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Parents fighting for refunds of coronavirus cancelled school trips set to file class-action lawsuit

COVID-19 was spreading around the world, the Canadian government released travel advisories warning against international travel, something that sent many travellers scrambling to cancel trips.Among those being cancelled were hundreds of international trips for high school students over the March break.Jeff Keizer’s daughter is among those affected. She attends Park View Education Centre and was supposed to head to France and Spain for spring break through a trip organized by Explorica.But the trip was cancelled by the South Shore Regional Centre for Education a week before departure.“At the beginning, there was no issue.

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Trump, Biden trips illustrate Electoral College calculations

WASHINGTON – With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated Tuesday on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory, tailoring their travel to best motivate voters who could cast cast potentially decisive ballots.Biden was in Florida courting seniors, betting that a voting bloc that buoyed Trump four years ago has become disenchanted with the White House's handling of the coronavrius pandemic.

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QVC/HSN Unveils Travel, Cooking Show for Pandemic-Era Shopping

QVC as a TV home shopping juggernaut has long pushed the sales needle with celebrity chefs like Wolfgang Puck, Rachel Ray and Martha Stewart getting shoppers to lean in with their credit cards to buy their latest pots and pans and kitchen utensils online. But knowing self-isolating TV viewers are far less likely to shop at the local mall during the pandemic, QVC has opted for a more laid back original culinary and travel show to livestream on its digital platforms.

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EU agrees common rules for virus travel restrictions

EU countries have agreed common criteria to coordinate coronavirus travel restrictions, in an effort to end the confusing patchwork of national rules that has developed during the pandemic.

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Global COVID accelerates; Trump to resume campaign travel

COVID-19 activity across the world is accelerating, with daily highs at record levels over the past 4 days, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. And in the United States, President Trump—who is recovering from an infection—was scheduled to return to campaign travel today.

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EU nations set to adopt common travel rules amid pandemic

BRUSSELS – European Union countries are getting ready to adopt a common traffic light system to coordinate traveling across the 27-nation bloc, but a return to a full freedom of movement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic remains far from reach.In addition to causing the deaths of at least 151,000 EU citizens and plunging the EU’s economy into recession, the coronavirus has also landed a blow to a cherished cornerstone of EU citizenship, the free movement of people.When the virus struck in March, several EU countries decided to close their borders to non-citizens without talking to their neighbors, creating huge traffic jams and slowing down the delivery of much-needed medical equipment.

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Traffic light system welcomed as positive first step to allow international travel

The Chief Executive of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) says he hopes a new traffic light travel system will get people travelling again.

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UK at 'tipping point:' England braces for more COVID-19 restrictions

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1 new probable coronavirus case reported in Yukon, linked to travel

coronavirus has been detected in Yukon Territory, health officials say.In a press release issued Saturday evening, the territory’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Brendan Hanley, said the new probable case was identified via a Genexpert rapid test.Officials are now awaiting confirmation from a laboratory in British Columbia.According to the release, the potentially infected person is from Whitehorse, and received care at the Whitehorse General Hospital’s emergency department.“The person is currently stable and safely self-isolating,” the release reads.

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2 new cases of COVID-19 in P.E.I.; authorities urge islanders to follow travel advice

COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island, bringing the island’s number of active cases to three.The two cases are unrelated and affect a man in his 20s and a man in his 40s, according to a Sunday morning news release from the provincial government.Both cases are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada, the release said. The men have been in self-isolation since they arrived in the province, and authorities say contract tracing is complete.

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Britain is at a coronavirus tipping point, says deputy chief medical officer

LONDON : Britain is at a "tipping point" in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said on Sunday, urging people to follow the rules.With the number of cases rapidly rising particularly in the north of England, ministers are readying a new set of rules to try to tackle the crisis that will include handing more power to local leaders to track the virus' spread.Jonathan Van Tam said in an opinion article that the spread of COVID-19 was now moving from younger adult age groups to older people in the worst affected areas, and "just as night follow day, increases in deaths will now follow"."In our national fight against COVID-19, we are at a tipping point

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Millions face new UK curbs with coronavirus at ‘tipping point’

Government criticizedStill, the government’s approach is coming under criticism from lawmakers in the north of England, with Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham bemoaning a lack of communication from officials.“To be called to a meeting with 10 Downing Street on a Friday evening, to be effectively presented with proposals that needed to be agreed over the weekend, I mean that isn’t adequate or acceptable consultation to me," he said on Times Radio on Sunday. “That is being railroaded into a position.

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Expert warns Britain at 'tipping point' in coronavirus pandemic

Britain is at a "tipping point"in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said, urging people to follow the rules.

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UK at 'tipping point': England braces for more restrictions

LONDON – Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government's leading medical advisers warned Sunday that the country is at a crucial juncture in the second wave of the coronavirus.England's deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said the U.K. is at a “tipping point similar to where we were in March” following a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases.“But we can prevent history repeating itself if we all act now,” he said.

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The Latest: UK told it's at 'tipping point' in virus fight

Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say whether Trump had tested negative.

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Trump to visit Pa., Iowa next week, stepping up travel schedule post-COVID diagnosis

President Trump added Pennsylvania and Iowa to his campaign schedule next week, stepping up travel plans despite his recent bout with coronavirus. Trump will hold nighttime rallies in Johnstown, Pa., on Tuesday and Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday to shore up support in the battleground states before the Nov. 3 election, his campaign announced Saturday.

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Farmers put Christmas Turkeys 'on strict diet' thanks to coronavirus rules

UK farmers are putting their Christmas turkeys on a diet, slimming them down as Covid-restrictions mean less people can gather for Christmas dinner.

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'We are at a Covid-19 tipping point, but can prevent history repeating itself'

One of the country’s top scientists has said we can “prevent history repeating itself” in the fight against Covid-19 if we all act now.Professor Jonathan Van-Tam says the country is at a “tipping point” similar to where we were in March.But England's deputy chief medical officer says there may be a time when we need to learn to live with coronavirus “but now is not that time” as we look ahead to winter.Prof Van-Tam was speaking as Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that an estimated 224,000 people have the virus.He said the best way to keep transmission low and stop the NHS being overwhelmed was for people with symptoms to self-isolate and get a test, and for people to wash their hands, wear face coverings and maintain social

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Paula Radcliffe's top tips as she urges Brits to get running to beat Covid winter blues

The shorter, gloomy days of autumn and winter may not seem an obvious time to take up running.

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Nova Scotia reports 3 new travel-related cases of COVID-19 on Saturday

coronavirus on Saturday.The province says two of the new cases are related to travel outside of Canada and the additional case is a close contact to them.The individuals have been self-isolating, according to health officials.The province also says none of the cases are related to the outbreak in New Brunswick.Nova Scotia has completed 100,542 negative test results to date.It has confirmed 1,092 positive cases of COVID-19 and 65 deaths as a result of the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]One person is currently hospitalized in ICU, public health says.As of Saturday, 1,022 cases are resolved. N.S.

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N.S. warns of potential COVID-19 exposure on Sept. 30 flight from Toronto

coronavirus on an Air Canada flight on Sept. 30.Officials say the flight AC626 departed from Toronto at 9 p.m.

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N.Korea's Kim attends military parade, thanks troops for stopping coronavirus

SEOUL : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un addressed an unusual predawn military parade early on Saturday, praising the troops for working hard to respond to natural disasters and to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, state television reported.The country marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party with a raft of concerts and festivals, and the ceremony was seen around the region as an event where Kim could deliver messages to domestic and foreign audiences.State television began broadcasting edited video of the event later on Saturday after a day of silence about the parade, which was held in Pyongyang's recently renovated Kim Il Sung Square.Officials in Seoul and Washington had said the North might unveil new

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As US COVID-19 cases climb, Trump scraps weekend travel

COVID-19 cases in the United States are at an 8-week high, with early signs of a rise even in the Northeast, as questions continued to swirl about President Donald Trump's health and the extent of spread linked to the White House.

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DEO investigating travel agency employees' missing unemployment benefits

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Coronavirus: Trudeau warns Canada has reached a ‘tipping point’ in COVID-19 fight

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that the nation has reached a “tipping point” in it’s fight against COVID-19.

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Survey shows Atlantic Canadians oppose lifting the 14-day quarantine period for travellers

“Perhaps given the limited number of cases in the region, findings show that Atlantic Canadians have become more determined in their opposition to lifting travel restrictions,” said the company in a press release on Friday.According to the findings, eight in 10 Atlantic Canadians now express some level of opposition to removing the 14-day quarantine period — up from 77 per cent in early August.“A more notable change is evident when considering the level of opposition indicated, whereby Atlantic Canadians are now more likely to completely oppose (57 per cent vs.

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B.C.’s top doctor provides tips for a safe Thanksgiving

COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday that those who want to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend should do so with a small group of people who are already in their social bubble.Dining outside is a safer choice and food should come in individual servings rather than served buffet-style, Henry said.

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EU agrees new 'traffic light' travel policy for tourists

European Union countries have agreed to adopt a common "traffic light" system for tourism travel during the pandemic.

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Play it safe for Thanksgiving: Chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore dishes out some helpful advice to ‘Give thanks, not COVID’

As we head into the Thanksgiving weekend, KFL&A chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore addresses the confusion over how to be safe during family get-togethers.

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Non-essential travel suspended for residents of a Quebec border community

COVID-19 cases elsewhere, the New Brunswick government announced Thursday that starting at midnight, the agreement that allowed for non-essential day trips by residents of Listuguj First Nation and Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec will be suspended.“We recognize the strong bonds on both sides of the Restigouche River and we intend to continue to work with municipalities … and with the Government of Quebec to help make sure that everyone is safe and has access to things they need,” said Premier Blaine Higgs in a press release.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Given the situation in other provinces and in neighbouring areas of Quebec, we are being vigilant and frequently monitoring changes in those

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Coronavirus: New Brunswick reports 3 new cases of COVID-19, 2 linked to travel “outside Atlantic bubble”

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Coronavirus: Air Canada raises close to $500M by selling, leasing back Boeing 737 Max 8s

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]It also recently completed two long-term financings to replace $1.4 billion in short-term debt coming due within the next nine months.Air Canada says it will continue to explore other financing arrangements that may be required to expand its cash position.Travel restrictions and dried-up demand continue to take a toll on the airline and tourism industries, forcing the layoff or furlough of more than 30,000 employees at Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd.

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Best budgeting tips to help students manage their finances while at university during pandemic

university can be a difficult transition and with the added complexity of the new coronavirus restrictions coming into effect on October 9, it’s not an easy situation for anyone. Having lots of new responsibilities can be daunting and tricky to manage, especially when it comes to finances and for many students this will be the first time they have had to manage their own spending.

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Tourists flock to Great Wall of China in post-coronavirus holiday rush

Great Wall of China, for the nation’s annual Golden Week.It’s one of the busiest tourism holidays on the Chinese calendar, and the country is treating it as a “litmus test” for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state-run Global Times. The nation claims to have curbed the spread of COVID-19, but that claim could be put to the test after tourists head home from their holiday later this week.

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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

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