Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that ONLY a limited number of pilgrims will be allowed to attend the Katchatheevu Festival in the north of Sri Lanka.The number of pilgrims from India and Sri Lanka will be LIMITED due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the island nation, the Foreign Ministry confirmed this EXCLUSIVELY to News 1st.The Katchatheevu festival is set to take place on March 11 and 12, 2022.

Freedom Convoy” blockade that has paralyzed the nation’s capital for the past three weeks.On Sunday morning, officers were back at the protest site near Parliament Hill, where a convoy of protesters, many of them truckers, have been demonstrating against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health measures.At total of 191 people have been arrested since Friday, while dozens of vehicles, including many large trucks, either pulled out on their own or were towed away. Ottawa police use anti-riot weapons on convoy protesters, arrest 170 In a series of Tweets on Sunday, Ottawa police warned protesters they “will actively look to identify” them and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges.It urged residents to avoid the downtown area and to remove all vehicles parked on streets between Metcalf and Bay, and Albert and Gloucester.To prevent protesters from reclaiming territory, officers installed fencing around the demonstration site on Sunday.“We continue to maintain a police presence in and around the area of the unlawful protest occupied,” Ottawa police said in a Tweet.“We are using fences to ensure the ground gained back is not lost.”Things had been very quiet here downtown.

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Piers Morgan and Gary Lineker have led the celebrity well wishes to Queen Elizabeth II following the news that she has contracted Covid.It was announced on Sunday that Her Majesty, 95, has contracted the virus and is experiencing ‘mild cold-like symptoms’, but expects to carry out ‘light duties’ this week.The Queen’s positive test comes after it was confirmed she had been in direct contact with her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, the week he had the disease.Former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers wished the head of state a ‘full and speedy recovery’ on Twitter.‘Worrying for any 95-year-old person to catch this virus, and a very worrying time for Britain when it’s our Monarch,’ he penned. ‘Good luck, Ma’am.’Match Of The Day’s Gary added: ‘The Queen has tested positive for Covid.

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Coronavirus, aka COVID-19, continues to impact us all around the world.

Queen Elizabeth has COVID-19.

₹2,100 crore), Hinduja Global Solution said in a regulatory filing that this is its biggest-ever win in the public sector to date. As part of the contract, the company will employ over 2,000 work@home positions across the UK.

Mumbai, taking the cumulative tally to 10,55,561, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday.

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Feb. 6 marks 70 years since British monarch Queen Elizabeth II took the throne following the death of her father, King George VI. Redmond Shannon has the story.

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Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild symptoms but expects to continue light duties this week, Buckingham Palace said.The health of the 95-year-old queen, who has been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, has been under the spotlight since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified ailment and was advised by her doctors to rest. Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee: A look at her legacy in Canada “The Queen has today tested positive for COVID,” the Palace said.

Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 18,56,071, said the state health department on Sunday. The positivity rate has fallen to 1.04%.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied throwing "caution to the wind" as he prepares to end all pandemic-related legal restrictions in England, amid a political backlash and scientific unease.

COVID.Downing Street has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal details of his “living with COVID” plan on Monday (February 21) – outlining that factors such as vaccination, testing, and anti-viral drugs will be enough to keep people safe, rather than expecting infected people to stay at home.Self-isolation regulations for those who test positive and their close contacts are expected to cease by the end of this week.“COVID will not suddenly disappear, and we need to learn to live with this virus and continue to protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms,” said Johnson. “We’ve built up strong protections against this virus over the past two years through the vaccine rollouts, tests, new treatments and the best scientific understanding of what this virus can do.”He added: “Thanks to our successful vaccination programme and the sheer magnitude of people who have come forward to be jabbed, we are now in a position to set out our plan for living with COVID this week.”Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary told BBC‘s Sunday Morning today (February 20) this was “declaring victory before the war is over”, that ending mandatory self-isolation was “not the right thing to do” and that this was a distraction from the ongoing ‘partygate’ scandal.“At this stage the PM risks muddying the waters,” he said. “We want to see the government publish the scientific advice because at the moment this seems very premature.”“He continued: It seems like Boris Johnson is keen to declare victory before the war is over in the hope he gets some headlines about ‘victory day on COVID’ instead police officers asking questions about actions in Number 10.”Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells #Raworth that dropping remaining

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for Covid-19, Buckingham Palace has announced.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Electricity Board states that it will be possible to provide electricity on Sunday (20) without any interruptions.Its Media Spokesperson, Andrew Nawamani stated that the demand for electricity has reported a decrease as it is a holiday.Accordingly, the expected electricity demand is 2,300 MW.However, he urged consumers to use electricity sparingly between 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for coronavirus and is "experiencing mild cold symptoms", Buckingham Palace have confirmed.The monarch, 95, is expected to continue to undertake "light duties", palace officials say. Buckingham Palace said in a statement: "Buckingham Palace confirm that The Queen has today tested positive for Covid.

The Queen has contracted Covid-19, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Queen has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing symptoms, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.The 95-year-old monarch is said to be experiencing mild symptoms and continuing with her royal duties from isolation at Windsor Castle.Her Majesty was being closely monitored after news emerged of Charles' had caught the virus just days after the pair had been in close contact earlier this month.At the time, Buckingham Palace refused to confirm the monarch's test results, fuelling fears for her health, but palace sources insisted she was not displaying symptoms.Palace doctors had been testing the Queen frequently since her son tested positive and it has now emerged that she is mildly symptomatic.It is understood that the Queen was in contact with the Prince of Wales on several occasions before he was required to isolate on February 10.The Queen has been triple-vaccinated.

Canadian police are making possibly the final push to clear the capital city of demonstrators who have paralysed it by parking and camping on the streets for more than three weeks to protest against Covid pandemic restrictions.

Australia will welcome international tourists tomorrow after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high Covid-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline.

WHO's emergencies chief Mike Ryan recently said. 

Private schools were not prioritised in Manchester's Covid vaccination programme, the organisation responsible for the rollout has confirmed.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) states that 5 ships carrying fuel will arrive in the island within the upcoming week.Its Chairman, Sumith Wijesinghe stated that diesel, petrol and jet fuel will be brought to Sri Lanka by these ships.Accordingly, he assured that there are sufficient stocks of fuel in the country while adding that the CPC is ready to provide the necessary stocks of fuel to the Ceylon Electricity Board as well.However, Wijesinghe stated that the CEB must pay in rupees for the stocks of fuel.Meanwhile, the daily fuel demand has reported a rapid increase within the last few days.The Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation stated that the average daily fuel demand in the country is 6,000 metric tons, however, on Saturday (19) the demand recorded an increase of 9,000 metric tons.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The report on Sri Lanka compiled by the Human Right’s High Commissioner will be debated at the 49th sessions of the Human Rights Council Sessions  due to be held on 3rd of March.According to an article published on the Sunday Times, the UNHRC report has scrutinized the conduct of the Attorney General’s Department in Sri Lanka.The report was forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday (14).Ministry officials had then studied the reports and sent to Geneva the Government’s observations and explanations on several issues raised.The article on the Sunday Times highlights that this year’s report delves at length with the Government’s failure to make changes to the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to meet international standards.It adds that the UNHRC is not pleased with the amendments that are now pending before Parliament and is displeased that necessary changes have not been effected despite repeated assurances by the Government.According to the Article, another area dealt with in the report is the April 21st attacks.It also includes a call for the Attorney General’s Department to function independently.There will be no voting at the UNHRC’s 49th sessions which begin on February 28th. However, the meeting is a precursor to another Resolution on Sri Lanka in September, due this year.

Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington.President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have urged schools to reopen. However, Dr.

coronavirus testing to deliver results within two days, said Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, hours after President Donald Trump boasted that U.S.

 tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so that it hits a billion doses by the end of 2021, Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. government official on infectious diseases, said in a Reuters interview on Wednesday.Fauci said he has not seen any pressure from the White House to announce a vaccine close to the Nov.

COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders - antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus.Development of monoclonal antibodies to target the virus has been endorsed by leading scientists. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S.

Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, spoke via video conference Monday to physicians and medical students at New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre.He said while the nation's “default principle" should be that children return to school, “to say that every child has to go back to school is not really realising the fact that we have such a diversity of viral activity." He said there may be some areas where the level of virus is so high that it would not be prudent to bring children back to school.Determined to reopen America's schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump recently threatened to hold back federal money if school districts don't bring their students back in the

Dr Anthony Fauci - who is leading efforts to supress Coronavirus in the United States - has said he is cautiously optimistic that the US would have a safe and effective vaccine by the late autumn or early winter. 

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.

WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci fought back against questioning from a Republican lawmaker on Friday over whether recent protests against police brutality and racial discrimination increased the spread of novel coronavirus.Rep.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives a thumbs up during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on June 30, 2020 in Washington,D WASHINGTON (AP) - Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved as safe and effective, Americans should have widespread access within a reasonable time, Dr.

WASHINGTON: Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved as safe and effective, Americans should have widespread access within a reasonable time, Dr. Anthony Fauci assured lawmakers Friday.Appearing before a House panel investigating the nation's response to the pandemic, Fauci expressed “cautious" optimism that a vaccine would be available, particularly by next year.“I believe, ultimately, over a period of time in 2021, that Americans will be able to get it," Fauci said, referring to the vaccine.There will be a priority list for who gets early vaccinations.

The top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr.

Diversification strategiesIt’s a challenge that drugmakers are trying to address as they move to later-stage trials, when diversity is most key.

WASHINGTON: A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation's leading infectious disease expert.Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed back Tuesday, saying he will keep doing his job.Numerous studies, meanwhile, have shown that the drug, hydroxychloroquine, is not an effective treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON – A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation’s leading infectious disease expert.Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed back Tuesday, saying he will keep doing his job.Numerous studies, meanwhile, have shown that the drug, hydroxychloroquine, is not an effective treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

MIAMI – The Miami Marlins' coronavirus outbreak could endanger the Major League Baseball season, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, although he doesn't believe games needs to stop now.More than a dozen Marlins players and staff members tested positive for COVID-19, stranding the team in Philadelphia and raising anew questions about MLB's attempts to conduct a season.“This could put it in danger,” said Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

NEW YORK – The Sinclair Broadcast Group says it will not air a segment on its “America This Week” program in which a conspiracy theorist speculates about Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus.Over the weekend, Sinclair said it was delaying the story for a week after it attracted media attention.But in a tweet late Monday, Sinclair said that given the nature of Judy Mikovits' claims to correspondent Eric Bolling, the segment was “not appropriate” to air.“We also reiterate our appreciation for all that Dr.

experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will really protect. The needed proof: Volunteers won’t know if they’re getting the real shot or a dummy version.