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Good Samaritan CEO speaks as care-centre becomes Alberta’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak

As of Friday, 22 people had died from COVID-19 at Good Samaritan Southgate, where the CEO called the situation tragic. As Sarah Ryan explains, she says staff are doing everything they can to stop the spread.

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Ottawa launches COVID-19 ‘exposure notification’ app

The federal government says it’s now ready to roll out its long-promised ‘exposure notification’ app. The app is designed to alert people if they’ve been in contact with someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19.

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Atlantic Canada sees freer travel and mandatory masks

With just a few new cases in recent weeks, provinces in Atlantic Canada are once again changing their COVID-19 rules. In New Brunswick, officials are loosening travel restrictions, while Nova Scotia has decided to mandate masks in public spaces to ensure the virus remains suppressed.

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U.S. nurses face layoffs as COVID-19 cases surge

Around the world, health-care workers are in demand now more than ever. Yet, in the United States, scores of nurses are being laid off, as private hospitals face dire financial crises brought on by the pandemic.

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Lena Dunham Describes Horrific 21-Day Battle With COVID-19

Lena Dunham is the latest celebrity to open up about her experience with COVID-19 and to hear her tell it, people should really be taking this virus far more seriously than we have been.

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Lena Dunham Details The Symptoms She Had While Affected With Coronavirus

Lena Dunham has revealed on her Instagram that she had COVID-19 coronavirus back in March.

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Quebec public health director files a complaint with police after address leaked online

Quebec’s public health director has filed a complaint with provincial police after personal information, including an address, was shared on social media.Dr.

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Eid al-Adha celebrations around the world impacted by coronavirus pandemic

Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year’s pilgrimage and celebrations.The last days of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia coincide with the four-day Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice,” in which Muslims slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor.The pandemic has pushed millions of people around the world closer to the brink of poverty, making it harder for many to fulfil the religious tradition of purchasing livestock.In Somalia, the price of meat has slightly increased. Abdishakur Dahir, a civil servant in Mogadishu, said that for the first time he won’t be able to afford goat for Eid because of the impact of the virus on work.

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LPGA returns with Kang posting 66 at Inverness for the lead

TOLEDO, Ohio – Danielle Kang went more than six months without competing and looked as though she had never been away, playing bogey-free at Inverness Club for a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship.The LPGA Tour’s much-awaited return from the COVID-19 pandemic brought an immediate sense of its new world. Kang had no idea where she stood after a closing birde.“There aren’t any leaderboards on the golf course,” Kang said.

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Hit hard by COVID-19, Ontario music venues ‘in desperate need of help’

coronavirus pandemic hit — will be the last in the province to reopen.The financial impacts of COVID-19 have prompted the Canadian Independent Venue Coalition to launch the Support Canadian Venues campaign, calling on the federal government to support independent music venues.Without help, the coalition estimates 96 per cent of independent music companies in Canada will have to close down in the next six months. Ontario reopening Stage 3: Gathering limit increasing as indoor dining, gyms permitted to reopen “Live music is in desperate need of help.

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Toronto Caribbean Carnival goes virtual for grand parade

Festival organizers have had to pivot in 2020 due to COVID-19 and pandemic restrictions. Shallima Maharaj has more on how the Toronto Caribbean Carnival is changing things up.

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COVID-19 concerns has some Manitoba parents looking at alternate education plans

COVID-19 pandemic.The Manitoba Association of Schooling at Home says they’ve seen an influx of parents inquiring about homeschooling options.“Homeschooling might be the route for some folks because what the government has put out is not going to be helpful if children or staff and teachers have family who are immuno-compromised or they might be dealing with anxiety, so there are going to be people who are looking for alternative ways to educate,” said Rachael Fecyk-Lamb, an advisory team member with MASH.Fecyk-Lamb says in the past 24 hours, the association has received more inquiries from parents and some parents have already signed up as new members.“Just since the decision came out people are reacting and looking at options,” she said,

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COVID Alert app now available for download

Free, easy to use and private — that’s the pitch for the new COVID Alert app. After weeks of delays, it was available to download in Ontario on certain phones as of Friday. Travis Dhanraj reports.

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Coronavirus: Toronto restaurants, bars reopen as city enters stage 3 of Ontario plan

Restaurants and bars may legally reopen indoor dining and drinking spaces now that the largest city in Canada entered stage three of the Ontario government’s COVID-19 plan. As Seán O’Shea reports, owners are confident and ready but customers are cautious.

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Coronavirus: 9 new cases announced for Interior Health region

coronavirus cases in the Interior Health region, local officials announced on Friday.According to the Interior Health Authority (IHA), the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 369, up from 360 on Thursday.IHA also said the number of cases linked to Kelowna since June 26th rose to 137, up from 130 from Thursday. New B.C.

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Canada adds 491 new coronavirus cases, 6 deaths on Friday

coronavirus cases in Canada rose by 491 on Friday, and health authorities announced that the pandemic has claimed six more lives.As of Friday afternoon, 116,266 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Canada. Across the country, 8,935 people have succumbed to the illness, according to figures provided by provincial governmentsAbout 87 per cent of those infected have recovered and 4.6 million tests have been conducted.

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MLB: Commissioner, union leader talk as baseball struggles with coronavirus

FILE - Rich Hill #44 of the Minnesota Twins delivers a pitch to Tommy Edman #19 of the St. Louis Cardinals during the game at Target Field on July 29, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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FAA clears Rocket Lab to fly again after ‘sneaky’ issue causes launch failure

California-based space startup Rocket Lab will resume launching its Electron rockets from New Zealand this month four weeks after the company experienced its first launch failure.Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said in a call with reporters Friday the Federal Aviation Administration approved the company to resume launches after an FAA-supported investigation identified the cause of the July 4 launch failure from Mahia, New Zealand.While the company is based in Long Beach, California it has two launch pads, one in New Zealand and one at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virgina.Electron had 12 previous successful launches from New Zealand prior to the 13th doomed launch.The rocket had a normal liftoff but several minutes into the second stage

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Mandatory mask rule to take effect on Lethbridge Transit Aug. 4

COVID-19: Lethbridge rolls out ‘on-demand’ transit service On Friday, the head of Lethbridge Transit urged customers to consider the health and safety of their fellow riders.“Please, please make sure you have the safeguards because COVID(-19) is here and the numbers are rising,” said Kevin Ponech, the city’s transit manager.“If you don’t have a mask there will be masks available on each bus.”Lethbridge is among a growing number of cities to implement mandatory face coverings on public transit. Similar rules in Calgary and Edmonton take effect Saturday.

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News Scan for Jul 31, 2020

Children younger than 5 years with mild or moderate COVID-19 have much higher levels of coronavirus genetic material in their nose and throat than do older children and adults, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.Researchers at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of

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Researchers offer ways to promote safety when reopening colleges

Researchers who conducted a decision and cost-effectiveness study published today in JAMA Network Open have concluded that the safe reopening of US college campuses amid the COVID-19 pandemic this fall relies on every-other-day screening of asymptomatic students and strict compliance with physical distancing and infection-control protocols.

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Florida halts COVID-19 testing as it prepares for hurricane

MIAMI – Hurricane Isaias’ imminent arrival forced the closure of some outdoor coronavirus testing sites Friday even as the state reached a new daily high in deaths.Meanwhile, the virus was complicating efforts to put contingency plans in place for evacuations and shelters if the storm makes them necessary. Florida Gov.

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Florida faces pressure, sees record high virus deaths

MIAMI – Florida tallied on Thursday a new record high in daily confirmed COVID-19 deaths for the third straight day as the state faces pressure to outline new measures to combat the pandemic.The Florida Department of Health said 253 more deaths were reported raising the state’s total death toll to 6,586.The new deaths bring the average reported deaths per day to 154 for the past week, second only to Texas in the resurgence of the outbreak. Florida’s current rate of deaths is about one-fifth of those logged in New York at the height of its outbreak in mid-April.The head of a congressional coronavirus oversight panel sent letters to Florida Gov.

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Fauci: US COVID-19 vaccine likely by early 2021

Today during an 3-hour hearing in front of Congress on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that it was a definitely a possibility the United States would have an effective vaccine against COVID-19 by early next year.

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WHO convenes COVID-19 emergency committee, updates travel guidance

The World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 emergency committee is meeting today to review the latest pandemic developments and discuss extending the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations, amid a steady surge in hot spots and flare-ups elsewhere as restrictions are eased.

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Coronavirus: Trump says rate of positive COVID-19 cases in Florida is declining

According to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, the rate of positive COVID-19 cases in Florida, one of the hotspot states for the novel coronavirus, is declining.

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Coronavirus deals 2nd blow to Toronto’s construction-laden Little Jamaica

Toronto’s Little Jamaica is struggling to recover from a double knockout. It’s been facing hardship due to gridlock related to ongoing Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction, and now business has gotten tougher during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NSGEU president says he’s not taking part in Northwood review, calls for public inquiry

coronavirus outbreak at Northwood, announced on June 30, restricts anyone who appears before the committee from sharing that same information publicly, and threatens them with fines and prison time, MacLean said in a statement Thursday.NSGEU said in the statement that MacLean was invited to speak with members of the review committee about union members’ experiences working at the long-term care home during the first wave of COVID-19.

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Trump says US 'may be banning' China-owned video app TikTok

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is weighing action against TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national-security and censorship concerns.Trump's comments came after published reports that the administration is planning to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok. There were also reports Friday that software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy the app.“We are looking at TikTok," Trump told reporters at the White House.

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Lena Dunham describes secret coronavirus battle in horrifying detail

Lena Dunham secretly suffered with coronavirus for 21 days, and still has lasting symptoms.

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Alberta records 127 new COVID-19 cases Friday, 1 additional death

COVID-19 on Friday, along with one additional death due to the disease.Alberta Health said the person who died was a man in his 80s from the Central zone. The man was not linked to a continuing care facility, according to Alberta Health.Alberta has seen 196 deaths related to COVID-19 to date.As of Friday afternoon, there were 1,386 active cases of COVID-19 across the province.

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New B.C. coronavirus cases surge to 50 ahead of long weekend

new coronavirus cases Friday, as the province gears up for the B.C. Day long weekend.The province confirmed 50 new cases of the virus, along with one new death at the Holy Family Hospital long-term care home in Vancouver.

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London-region beach towns brace for busy turnout over civic long weekend

coronavirus pandemic still in full swing, the leaders of some local lakeshore communities are urging beach goers to behave themselves and follow safety guidelines.“There’s a lot of local residents who are very concerned, as I am, with the influx of visitors,” said Bill Weber, mayor of Lambton Shores, in an interview Wednesday with 980 CFPL’s Jess Brady.Lambton Shores includes several popular beachfront communities, including Grand Bend, Port Franks and Ipperwash.“People have been cooped up and they’re really wanting to get out, and they’re forgetting that COVID is still around, so it’s quite concerning.” July 2020 fourth hottest July on record for London, Ont., hottest since 1955 Overcrowding has been a problem at several of the

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The pandemic is hitting scientist parents hard, and some solutions may backfire

Katie LanginWhen COVID-19 hit the United Kingdom in March, Michele Veldsman—a postdoc at the University of Oxford—took her 2-year-old daughter out of day care. She and her husband split child care responsibilities so they could each work half days.

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Magic beat Nets 128-118 in restart opener, move up to 7th

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Evan Fournier scored 24 points, Nikola Vucevic had 22 and the Orlando Magic picked up where they left off before the NBA season was suspended, routing the Brooklyn Nets 128-118 on Friday in their first game of the restart.Playing as the designated road team not far from their arena, the Magic looked right at home at Disney — whose name they wear as their jersey patch. They extended their winning streak to four and moved back ahead of the Nets into seventh place in the Eastern Conference.Players and coaches from both teams knelt during the national anthem except for Orlando's Jonathan Isaac, who also was the only player not wearing a Black Lives Matter warmup shirt.

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UPDATE: 1,200 Floridians receive suspicious seeds through mail

ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 1,200 people have received suspicious seed packages through the mail, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.[RELATED: Maitland woman receives ‘mystery seeds’ in mail, USDA warns not to plant them]State officials say the packages could be bearing Chinese characters.[RELATED: Florida officials warn of mystery seeds popping up in mail]The suspicious seeds have been reported in most states, according to Florida officials.UPDATE: @FDACS has 1,209+ reports from Floridians on suspicious seeds.❎Don't open packet, plant seeds, or throw in trash✅Place all in plastic bag✅Unopened: report to @USDA_APHIS 800-877-3835✅Opened w/seeds: report at https://t.co/9c1kx7dDzz for pickup or @UF_IFAS

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University of New Brunswick developing portable COVID-19 diagnostic tests

University of New Brunswick researchers are working to address the challenges, concerns and consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Megan Yamoah has more on portable diagnostic tests for COVID-19 that will return results faster.

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Coronavirus: Another new case in Peterborough area brings total to 3 active cases

coronavirus on Friday.On Thursday, the health unit reported two new cases, the first new cases since June 20 — a streak of 40 days.As of Friday’s update, there are now 98 cases, of which three are active in the health unit’s jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.The health unit reports more than 21,250 people have been tested for the virus.

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Coronavirus: Armstrong’s Caravan Farm Theatre launches fundraiser

Preparing for opening night at Armstrong’s theatre on the farm This season, the charitable organization was going to revive its traditional horse shows that it began 20 years ago. That has now been put on hold until next year but the theatre still needs support from its audience.Shook and her team have launched a fundraiser, asking those who would have bought tickets this year to donate what they would have spent.

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Clinical trial for possible COVID-19 treatment now open in Edmonton, Calgary

COVID-19 is now underway in Edmonton and Calgary.In the trial, convalescent plasma is taken from patients who have recovered from COVID-19. That plasma, which contains antibodies to the virus, is then transferred to patients who are being hospitalized for the illness but have not yet been intubated.“Providing these passive antibodies to patients, we hope will improve their survival and actually prevent them from developing severe disease,” said Dr.

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‘We’re not there yet’: Atlantic bubble to stay closed as premiers disagree on popping date

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil initially hoped to drop self-isolation requirements for all Canadians by mid-July or early August, in partnership with the rest of Atlantic Canada.

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Co-parenting during coronavirus: London, Ont., groups expand decision-making service

London Family Court Clinic (LFCC) and the Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) are working together to provide free shared decision-making coaching services to help co-parenting families in need amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.Bonnie Wooten, project lead with the Children’s Hospital, says a shared decision-making project has been underway within the hospital community for a few years and the hospital had been looking to expand the program.“We’re pretty excited and pleased to be recognized by the London Family Court Clinic to partner with us to provide this model of support to some of their community members,” Wooten told Global News.

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Some students and parents oppose in-person exams at Dawson College

Coronavirus: Teen starts petition urging Quebec to act faster to release distance-learning plan Several students have launched an online petition, opposing the plan to write in-person exams. As of Friday, July 31, 500 people had signed it.The petition on change.org reads, in part, “We are not willing to risk our health, nor the health and safety of our families in order to complete an exam that can easily be performed online – as was proven since we proceeded in this way during the winter semester of 2020.

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Vancouver SeaBus returns to 15-minute service next week

SeaBus sailings.TransLink said Friday it will increase service to sailings every 15 minutes, starting next week, as the economy continues to reopen amid the coronavirus crisis. B.C.

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Feds extend coronavirus rent relief program for businesses

Coronavirus: Trudeau announces plans for end of CERB, transition to EI The program’s low adoption rate was previously criticized by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which cited the onus on landlords and stringent requirements.But on Friday, the government said that thousands of new applications are being regularly submitted, “demonstrating a strong interest in CECRA from property owners and small business tenants.”About $613 million has been paid out to 63,000 tenants as of Thursday, the government said.

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What’s open and closed in Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Day long weekend

Saskatchewan Day long weekend in Saskatoon, with temperatures in the high 20s.One way to beat the heat is at one of the city’s two outdoor pools currently open for the season. A look at how Saskatchewan is emerging from the coronavirus shutdown The City of Saskatoon says online bookings can be made up to two days in advance for both the Riversdale and George Ward pools.Swimming is limited to two-hour sessions, with the pools closed for 30 minutes between sessions to allow staff to clean common areas.All spray pads in the city are open from 10 a.m.

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Prepping for a hurricane offers new challenges for nursing homes during coronavirus pandemic

ORLANDO, Fla. – With the threat of Hurricane Isaias approaching Florida’s coast, a Central Florida senior living community said it’s been a challenge revising time-tested plans to incorporate protocols for COVID-19.Bryce Robinson is the Senior Regional Director of Operations for Sonata Senior Living, in Orlando, and said they’ve initiated Phase I of their Emergency Preparedness Plan."This is where we start preparing for the worst, but we're still hopeful for the best," said Robinson.Officials with Sonata Senior Living said their Emergency Preparedness Plan now includes having personal protective equipment at the ready, and preparations for keeping residents socially distant.Robinson said they have personal protective equipment for all

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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