Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG, Pa. - Regional “strike teams” will fan out across Pennsylvania over the next 12 weeks in a bid to improve the state's coronavirus testing efforts, the governor announced Tuesday, as health officials anticipated a post-Thanksgiving surge in new cases.The Department of Health is expanding an existing contract with AMI Expeditionary Healthcare, which will dedicate five virus testing teams to the new effort.

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Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

NEW YORK – As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy.Such a strategy, they say, could systematically check more people for infections and spot surges before they take off.

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Crews unable to locate teen who fell into Ridley Creek during possible medical emergency

CHESTER, Pa. - Search and rescue crews spent several hours overnight combing the Ridley Creek for a teenager who fell in the water. Officials say the incident happened on the Chester side of the creek near Sundrive & Hancock Streets around 6 p.m. Saturday.

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A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text

Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday will stage an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job.Audience members may be drawn to the production by the casting of Bill Murray as Job, the righteous man tested by the loss of his health, home and children, but the real star is the format.

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Sheriff: Defiant NYC bar owner struck deputy with his car

NEW YORK – The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody early Sunday after running over a deputy with a car, authorities said.Danny Presti fled from his bar, Mac's Public House, after deputies observed patrons entering the establishment Saturday night in violation of city and state closure orders, Sheriff Joseph Fucito said. Deputies attempted to arrest Presti as he left the bar early Sunday, but Presti got into his car, struck a deputy and kept driving for about 100 yards even as the deputy was left hanging onto the hood, Fucito said.Presti, 34, was eventually stopped and apprehended, the sheriff said.

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Five new coronavirus deaths in Scotland as 643 new cases announced

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government also announced that new 643 cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 100,106.

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Most people think UK Government's handling of coronavirus is 'national humiliation'

coronavirus crisis has been a national humiliation, new research shows. A majority of respondents (51%) think the Government's handling of the crisis has been a national humiliation - twice as many as those who disagree (26%).

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Why are all the prominent Covid vaccines developed by women?

mRNA vaccine, which is the technological basis of both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, the two leading vaccine contenders for the US. To oversimplify, mRNA vaccines teach cells how to make a protein that triggers an immune system response, rather than injecting live or dead virus material.If done properly, that makes the vaccine quicker to develop, safer to use, and easier to manufacture at scale.

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U.S. inauguration planners rethink how to celebrate amid coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America’s biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president.While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.

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Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes to Scottish Government Covid-19 worker who died after battle with virus

First Minister has paid tribute to a ‘wonderful’ dad-of-five who tragically lost his fight for life after catching coronavirus last month. Andrew Slorance passed away on Saturday morning aged just 49 after working tirelessly with the Scottish Government in their response to the pandemic.

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Russia registers new single-day record of 29,039 COVID-19 cases

Russia has registered a new single-day record for COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day as 29,039 new positive tests were confirmed by the federal response center on Sunday, bringing the country's case total to 2,460,770.The previous single-day record of 28,782 new cases was reported on December 5."Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 29,039 COVID-19 cases in 85 regions, of which 6,065 (20.9%) were detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response center said.Moscow has confirmed 7,512 new positive tests for the disease, a fall from the 7,993 new cases registered on Saturday, which remains the single-day record for the Russian capital.Elsewhere, St.

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Japanese space officials eager to analyze asteroid samples

TOKYO – Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that safely landed in Australian Outback on Sunday while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid so they can start analyzing what they say are treasures inside.The capsule's delivery by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft completes its six-year sample-return mission and opens the door for research into finding clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.“We were able to land the treasure box" onto the sparsely populated Australian desert of Woomera as planned, said Yuichi Tsuda, Hayabusa2 project manager at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, adding that the capsule was in perfect shape.

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Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus

WASHINGTON – Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America's biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president.While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.A giant parade down Pennsylvania Avenue? Not likely.

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Rita Ora Forced To Apologise Again After Second Breach Of Covid Regulations

the singer apologised after she was caught breaking England’s lockdown when she attended a party at a London restaurant in celebration of her 30th birthday. Rita has now admitted she failed to self-isolate for two weeks after returning from a work trip to Egypt.

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Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil

BUCHAREST – Romanian voters cast ballots Sunday in a legislative election that many hope will restore some stability in one of the poorest European Union nations after five years of political and social turmoil. More than 18 million Romanians are registered to vote for a new national parliament but turnout is expected to be low due to voters’ fears about becoming infected with coronavirus.

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Rita Ora flouts coronavirus rules twice after flying to Cairo for private show

Rita Ora has apologised for breaching coronavirus rules twice after she was paid to appear at a showbiz event in Egypt.

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Adapted yellow fever vaccine may protect against COVID-19

In addition, it appears to provide protection after a single shot, whereas SARS-CoV-2 vaccines such as the one that Pfizer and BioNTech have developed require two doses 1 month apart. “This has important logistical implications, in particular for countries with a less advanced medical system,” explains Prof.

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Delhi: 11% of symptomatic negative cases in rapid antigen tests found Covid positive via RT-PCR

New Delhi: Nearly 11 per cent of those in the national capital who tested negative for COVID-19 in rapid antigen tests (RAT) but had symptoms for the disease were found to have been afflicted by the viral infection in RT-PCR test between September 1 and November 7, according to official data.Out of the 56,862 symptomatic patients who tested negative in rapid antigen tests, 32,903 were retested through RT-PCR and of them 3,524 were found COVID-19 positive, according to the data shared by health authorities in response to an RTI query filed by a PTI reporter.In order to effectively curb the spread of coronavirus infection, the Union Health Ministry had in September asked all states and Union Territories to mandatorily retest all symptomatic

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Haskins & Talgo: Coronavirus school closings are hurting students — it’s time to reopen

Children throughout the U.S. are being harmed by being kept out of school in response to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the overwhelming majority don’t face a significant risk from the virus.

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Six dead at Scots care home amid coronavirus outbreak after 39 people test positive for killer bug

Covid-19 cluster was identified. Health chiefs confirmed that half a dozen people who are linked to the outbreak at Craigie House Care Home in Crossgates have now lost their lives.

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Transcript for CDC Telebriefing on the COVID-19 Outbreak

Transcript »media icon GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO TODAY’S CONFERENCE CALL. AT THIS TIME YOUR LINES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON LISTEN ONLY UNTIL THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION OF OUR CALL. AT WHICH TIME YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO PRESS STAR ONE ON YOUR TOUCHTONE PHONE. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR LINE IS UNMUTED AND RECORD YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION TO BE INTRODUCED TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE QUESTION FOR TODAY’S CONFERENCE. THE CONFERENCE IS BEING RECORDED. IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS YOU MAY DISCONNECT AT THIS TIME. I WILL TURN THE CONFERENCE OVER TO OUR HOST MR. BEN HAYNES. YOU MAY PROCEED.

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The Latest: Oregon doc's anti-mask comment draws suspension

sweeping new virus lockdown— China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines— Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes— Ethiopia’s conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis___Follow AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:ST. LOUIS — St.

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England tour of South Africa in jeopardy after hotel staff test positive for coronavirus

The first ODI between South Africa and England has been cancelled due to two positive covid test results from members of their hotel staff.

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'SNL' addresses Staten Island coronavirus protest, mall Santas during pandemic

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend did several sketches on the coronavirus, including one about last week's Staten Island, N.Y., demonstration following the arrest of a bar owner who allegedly defied government restrictions on indoor dining. Cast member Pete Davidson, a native of Staten Island, said the bar in question, Mac’s Public House, is in an area of New York City with the second-highest number of confirmed cases of the virus -- and restaurants there are allowed to serve food only outdoors.

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Decoded: Immune system's requirements for protection against Covid-19

COVID-19."In this study, we define the role of antibodies versus T cells in protection against COVID-19 in monkeys.

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US star soprano misses La Scala gala season-open debut

MILAN – Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to sing a title role in the gala season opener at La Scala since Maria Callas in the 1950s. Then Italy’s virus cases surged.An outbreak in both La Scala’s chorus and its orchestra forced the country’s premier opera house to cancel for the first time one of the top events on Europe's cultural calendar.Oropesa is now set to be one of more than 20 opera stars, among them Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna and Piotr Beczała, recording arias and duets from the tiered theater for a broadcast gala event marking the traditional Dec.

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Spence beats Garcia, keeps titles in 1st fight since crash

ARLINGTON, Texas – Errol Spence Jr. skipped a tune-up in his first fight since a car crash that almost derailed his promising career.The Texan didn't need a warmup act.Spence defended his WBC and IBF welterweight championships, looking sharp in a unanimous decision over Danny Garcia on Saturday night by controlling the pace almost from the start in another defense on his home turf.Judges Steve Weisfeld and Barry Lindenman scored it 116-112, with Tim Cheatham giving Spence a decided 117-111 edge at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL team that has adopted the 2012 U.S.

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Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes

MADRID – As the two mortuary workers pushed a stretcher with a bagged corpse out of the room, the elderly man in the adjacent bed briefly awakened from his dementia. “Is he dead?” he muttered, extending his arm, trying to touch his roommate for the last time.Reflecting on a scene repeated too many times, one of the workers, Manel Rivera, despaired at the growing number of elderly people dying as the coronavirus resurges.“The sad thing is,” he said of the surviving man in the Barcelona nursing home, “in a few days we'll probably come back for him.”Mortuary workers are again busy around-the-clock in nursing homes and hospices across Europe, amid outbreaks that this time are causing havoc mostly in facilities spared during the spring.

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Covid-19: IISc Bangalore researchers use Raman spectroscopy, AI to detect virus

coronavirus biomarkers in blood plasma using Raman spectroscopy and artificial intelligence (AI).Raman Spectroscopy is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique which provides detailed information about chemical structure, phase and polymorphy, crystallinity and molecular interactions. It is based upon the interaction of light with the chemical bonds within a material.According to the IISc researchers, using artificial intelligence and deep learning, the Covid-19 detection process will be automated and rapid and there will be no requirement of any extraction procedure."It is of critical importance to develop new technologies that can rapidly detect COVID-19 and perform mass testing, and at the same are cost-effective.

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Covid spread can be slowed down by new antiviral drug, says researchers

vaccines to control the covid-19 pandemic, researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered a way to suppress the virus' spread.

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Lehigh County woman missing after responding to a rideshare request, police say

Camacho left in a silver Buick SUV with a Pennsylvania license plate of KXV-7108. SALISBURY TWP, Pa. - Authorities in Lehigh County are searching for a woman who was last leaving her apartment building to pick up a rideshare service request.According to investigators, 58-year-old Eleanor Camacho left the 1100 block of South Cedar Crest Boulevard around 5 p.m.

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Lehigh County woman missing after responding a rideshare request, police say

Camacho left in a silver Buick SUV with a Pennsylvania license plate of KXV-7108. SALISBURY TWP, Pa. - Authorities in Lehigh County are searching for a woman who was last leaving the parking lot of her apartment building to pick up a rideshare service request.According to investigators, 58-year-old Eleanor Camacho left the 1100 block of South Cedar Crest Boulevard around 5 p.m.

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King, defense help No. 9 Hurricanes beat Blue Devils 48-0

DURHAM, N.C. – D’Eriq King threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score to help No. 9 Miami beat Duke 48-0 on Saturday night in the Hurricanes’ return from a two-week pause amid coronavirus issues.King hit Mike Harley for an 89-yard touchdown in the third quarter for the Hurricanes (8-1, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, No.

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Lehigh County woman missing after being picked up by rideshare service, police say

silver Buick SUV with a Pennsylvania license plate of KXV-7108. SALISBURY TWP, Pa. - Authorities in Lehigh County are searching for a woman who was last leaving the parking lot of her apartment building in a rideshare service car.According to investigators, 58-year-old Eleanor Camacho was picked up around 5 p.m.

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Most of California to enter sweeping new virus lockdown

SAN FRANCISCO – The vast region of Southern California, much of the San Francisco Bay area and a large swath of the Central Valley are about to be placed under a sweeping new lockdown in an urgent attempt to slow the rapid rise of coronavirus cases. The California Department of Public Health said Saturday the intensive care unit capacity in Southern California and Central Valley hospitals had fallen below a 15% threshold that triggers the new measures, which include strict closures for businesses and a ban on gathering with anyone outside of your own household.

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China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines

TAIPEI – Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country's 1.4 billion people.Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday during a U.N. meeting, as Britain issued approval for emergency use of Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine candidate and providers scrambled to set up distribution.China's fledgling pharmaceutical industry has at least five vaccines from four producers being tested in more than a dozen countries including Russia, Egypt and Mexico.

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Coronavirus: India's tally over 96.44 lakh with 36,011 new cases in 24 hours

Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, according to the fresh figures released by the Union health ministry today. With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country rose to 96.44 lakh.The total number of coronavirus cases in the country stood at 96,44,222.A total of 482 people died due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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Kyle Richards speaks out about her COVID-19 diagnosis as she and her daughter Sophia isolate

She was revealed to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this week, along with her half-sister Kathy Hilton and her costar Dorit Kemsley.Now Kyle Richards is opening up about dealing with COVID-19 as she and her daughter Sophia, who also tested positive, isolate apart from their family.The 51-year-old Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star shared a family Christmas photo on Saturday, which she said was taken shortly before she contracted the virus.

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Majority of Brits say Boris Johnson's handling of Covid has been 'national humiliation'

A majority of Brits feel the Government's handling of coronavirus has been a national humiliation.

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PA man begs Facebook friends to help find ICU bed for COVID-19-stricken mom

A Pennsylvania man’s desperate appeal to find an ICU to take his severely ill, COVID-19-stricken mother has gone viral. Shawn Rider’s mom Karen contracted the coronavirus in mid-November.

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Covid-19 vaccines to become available next week, Trump tells Georgia

vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be made available in the US next week .The US President said, "Vaccines are on their way at a level that nobody ever thought possible, it would have taken another administration five years, it took us seven months, and they're starting next week, and we're going to start vaccinating, and a lot of people are already vaccinated."Trump's comments came as the US notched a record number of Covid-19 cases with 230,000 new infections for the third day in a row.The United States, the country with the most Covid-19 cases and deaths in the world, reported 2,527 new coronavirus-related fatalities.Few days back, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee voted to give healthcare workers

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Alberta records record COVID-19 positivity rate

The province reported a record-high test positivity rate Friday. One of every 10 people tested positive for COVID-19. Nicole Stillger has more.

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No new cases of COIVD-19

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today.

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COVID-19 testing site set up as supplement in Red River College parking lot

2,981 tests were completed Friday, which brings the total number completed since the start of the pandemic’s reach into Manitoba to 369,154. Record-breaking COVID-19 deaths reported in Manitoba Saturday [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath launches Covid-19 testing centre detection app

Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched COVID-19 testing centre detection app named the Mera Covid Kendra app which will help people get information about nearby testing labs."In Uttar Pradesh COVID-19 testing is free in all government labs. Now, we are launching 'Mera COVID Kendra' app which will help people in accessing public and private COVID testing labs available within 5 km of their location," Adityanath said at the launch event.All the data like map, centre timing, test type and other details of the testing labs are present in the map.

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St. Nicholas visits Czech children while adapting to virus

PRAGUE – The coronavirus pandemic has made life difficult for a lot of people in the Czech Republic, and that includes Saint Nicholas. Every year on Dec.

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Tory cronies among private firms pocketing £18bn in health funds during Covid-19 crisis

Private firms have creamed off almost £18billion of health funds during the Covid crisis - and much of it has gone to Conservative Party cronies, Labour claims.

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Kyle Richards Gives an Update After She and Daughter Sophia Tested Positive for COVID-19

Kyle Richards is sharing an update after testing positive for COVID-19. The star confirmed her diagnosis on Instagram on Saturday, also revealing that her 20-year-old daughter Sophia also contracted the coronavirus.Richards, 51, posted a family Christmas card with husband Mauricio Umansky and daughters Sophia, Farrah, Portia and Alexia.

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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

Virus testing 'strike teams' to fan out across Pennsylvania

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