After being stuck on this journey with Covid-19 for so long, this week's new road map may have felt like a dramatic shift in gear - and even a sharp change of direction for some.

There are huge benefits to a fuller reopening of society, but some risks also. There could be a bumpy ride ahead, with daily case numbers expected to rise over the coming weeks, but then hopefully things will settle down.

No-one has a crystal ball on this one and even NPHET’s earlier optimistic projections on hospitalisations and deaths from Covid-19 for July to September have so far not transpired.

Thankfully, the numbers have been well below what was feared. So, now it's time to face the change, but carefully too. Dr Emer Shelley, Dean of the Faculty of Public

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SEPTA proposes name change for subway, trolley lines

PHILADELPHIA - Did you know that Center City trains and trolleys make up something called the SEPTA Rail Transit Network? If you didn’t that's probably because there is very limited signage to suggest that these public transportations lines were bundled underneath an organized title.

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US pumped in millions to back Covid-19 research at China's Wuhan Institute

Virology used in part to identify and alter bat coronaviruses likely to infect humans.

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Covid-19 impact: School lockdowns have robbed a generation of upward mobility

School Children’s Online and Offline Learning, or SCHOOL, survey, overseen by a group of economists including Jean Dreze and Reetika Khera, shines a spotlight on the biggest losers of lockouts: the poor. At the family level, there is reasonably high access to smartphones: 77% in urban areas, and 51% in villages, just what one would expect in a country witnessing a digital revolution of sorts amid crashing handset and data prices. Yet, even among households that possess internet-enabled devices, the proportion of children who’re regularly studying online dwindles to 31% in cities and 15% in villages. The wage-earner’s claim on the phone clearly outweighs its utility as an educational device.

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COVID-19: Kingston area students head back to school for the first time in months

COVID-19 pandemic. Kingston area school boards were just happy to have students back.

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Toronto working to relieve congestion as traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels

With more drivers returning to the roads, the city is launching a new plan to try to relieve the congestion. But as Matthew Bingley reports, it concedes some issue won’t be getting better.

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Delaware County students, parents react to Pa. mask mandate as kids head back to class

ASTON, Pa. - The mask mandate is now in effect for all Pennsylvania public and private schools. It also applies to day cares and after-school programs.

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SEPTA experiencing driver shortage due to COVID-19 pandemic

PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA is rushing to hire more drivers amid a significant shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Marshall Fields says he’s had it with SEPTA bus delays, which are now increasing, according to many riders. The transportation authority is rushing to hire more drivers amid a significant shortage. "Say you got to go to work, this bus is supposed to come at 5:30.

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'I don't care how many people caught Covid this week – enough with the doom and gloom'

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!You know what, I don’t actually CARE how many people were infected with Covid this week. Nor do I want to know how many people died “within 28 days” of testing positive.There, I’ve said it.Because I’m totally done with doom and gloom figures that are pretty meaningless these days.What’s the point exactly? The figures are based on so many varying factors that all they do is cause more worry and stress.

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Moore says unvaccinated people are 24-times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19

Providing an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province on Tuesday, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr.

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Kindness award for dedicated Cumbernauld worker who kept people's spirits up during pandemic

Campsie Gardens in Cumbernauld, was presented with operator Bield’s new 'One of a Kind' honour for “going out of her way to lift spirits during lockdown”. She made a special point of keeping safely in contact with residents throughout – and even brings musical highlights to the retirement housing complex.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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US surpasses 40M recorded COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

WASHINGTON - More than 40 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States since the start of the global pandemic, as the nation faces a concerning resurgence of new infections fueled by the delta variant and a barrage of misinformation. The figure from Johns Hopkins University represents the total number of reported positive infections, though health officials believe the actual number is far higher. The U.S.

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UBC student says hundreds of people contracted COVID-19 after indoor frat party

UBC student says dozens of people who attended an indoor frat party on campus last week have tested positive for COVID-19.The student, whose identify Global News has agreed to conceal because of fear of backlash, said her friends were at that party.“At least 200 people have symptoms or have gotten tested and are positive,” she said.“There are talks they’re going to keep their diagnoses a secret so they can attend their classes and they won’t have to miss out on any first-week events and they don’t want to face any repercussions from the university itself.”Vancouver Coastal Health has not confirmed any of these details. As of Monday, the health authority did not have any information about any possible superspreader event.

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Mixed emotions in London, Ont., as students return to school

COVID-19 pandemic. Excitedly anxious: London, Ont.

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Some students return to many Ontario school boards amid 4th COVID wave

Excited students return to the classroom for the third school year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Brittany Rosen reports.

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America’s Fed is yet to face its greatest pandemic policy test

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Quebec premier to give update on COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 in the province.François Legault will be addressing the situation at 1 p.m. in Montreal alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé.

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Fully vaccinated people half as likely to develop long-term COVID-19, study suggests

says the conditions can range from brain fog, fatigue and persistent loss of taste or smell, to a "pins-and-needles feeling" and even the development of autoimmune conditions. The CDC and experts around the world have been working to better understand why COVID-19 infection can impact some people long-term — and who is most at risk. The new findings, published Sept. 1 in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, included self-reported data from adults in the United Kingdom between Dec.

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COVID-19 variant mu detected in 49 states

as health officials keep an eye on the strain to see if it becomes dominant.The strain, also known as B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia in January and was added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) "variants of interest" list, however 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have since detected the mu variant, with the exception of Nebraska, according to estimates compiled by Outbreak.info.

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Jill Biden returns to classroom as 1st first lady with paid job outside White House

WASHINGTON - Jill Biden is going back to her whiteboard.After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes on a computer screen, the first lady resumes teaching in person Tuesday from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has worked since 2009.She is the first first lady to leave the White House and log hours at a full-time job."There are some things you just can’t replace, and I can’t wait to get back in the classroom," she recently told Good Housekeeping magazine.The first lady has been anxious to see her students in person after more than a year of virtual teaching brought on by a pandemic that continues to challenge the Biden administration.A working first lady is a "big deal,"

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WHO's SE Asia region adopts declaration to strengthen health system resilience

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Few options for jobless Americans after pandemic unemployment benefits expire

NEW YORK - Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic support programs for those who are still being hit financially by the year-and-a-half-old coronavirus pandemic.Two critical programs expired on Monday. One provided jobless aid to self-employed and gig workers and another provided benefits to those who have been unemployed more than six months.

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3rd pandemic-altered school year gets underway for some Ontario boards

COVID-19: Unvaccinated Ontario school staff will need to get tested 2 times per week This will be the third school year in which classes are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.Ontario’s Ministry of Education has sent guidelines to schools in a bid to slow the spread of the virus, which include requirements that staff and students self-screen for COVID-19 each day and wear masks indoors.The ministry has also required that all boards offer an remote learning option for students who don’t feel comfortable in the classroom due to the pandemic.

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Extra funding to clear NHS backlog "must be followed up," warns health leaders

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Pandemic Unemployment Payment to reduce by €50 as part of wind down

Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) rates will be cut by €50 after today, as part of the Government's wind down of the scheme.

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Blow for Brits as country set to run out of fireworks on Bonfire Night due to Covid

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Britain is set to run out of fireworks on Bonfire Night.Experts have warned the UK is only getting a third of its normal supply as main manufacturer China has cut production due to Covid.That has caused prices to soar – with the cost of a large crate of fireworks jumping from £5,770 to £21,000. Shipping prices from the Far East have rocketed too.As a result, Britain’s entire stockpile is set to go up in smoke on November 5.

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Maluma Opens Up About Lessons He Learned During The Pandemic

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Conservatives remain strong in Alberta, but the NDP is the emerging ‘progressive’ choice

NDP on the move, Liberals stuck in the mud This federal election matters more for Alberta in terms of what it will mean for provincial politics going forward, and less about what it will mean for how many Conservative MPs the province will send to Ottawa this time around (hint: a lot).Most ridings will reliably vote Conservative, but that is because the main objective for Alberta voters in this election is simple: vote the Liberals (and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) out of office.There is no love lost in Alberta for the Liberals or Trudeau, despite the Liberals winning four seats in Alberta in 2015.They lost them all in 2019.

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Pandemic unemployment benefits end for 7M Americans on Labor Day

coronavirus pandemic expired on Monday.In addition to the 7.5 million workers who face the loss of all unemployment benefits on Labor Day, another 3 million stand to lose the extra $300 boost to their state jobless aid, according to a recent report published by the left-leaning Century Foundation. The lapse of the jobless aid, set up by Congress nearly 18 months ago as the virus forced an unprecedented shutdown of the nation's economy, pushing unemployment to the highest rate since the Great Depression, could precipitate a sharp pullback in spending: The Century Foundation estimated that ending the programs will drain about $5 billion a week from the economy, threatening its slow progress to pre-pandemic levels.In addition to providing

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Union workers feeling more confident amid COVID-19 labor shortage

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike.The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members: Pay raises.

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How COVID-19 Has affected the Real Estate Industry: Shamus Goss

Shamus Goss, a real estate investor, discusses the impact it has had on real estate.

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Today's Public Health Scotland Covid infection rate data for every council region as 771 people battle disease in hospital

Ayrshire than at any other time in the last five months, new figures show.Latest data published today by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland shows there are 44 people being treated for the disease in the region's hospitals – the highest figure since March 14 when there 48 Covid patients.A further 19 people have been admitted to hospitals since Friday while the number of patients in Ayrshire ICUs has risen by one to six – the highest number since February 26.The news comes as a further 535 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Ayrshire in the last 24 hours among 7,065 nationwide.There are 771 Covid patients in Scottish hospitals – up 118 since Friday – while the number of people battling the virus in ICUs is 71; up 11 over

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La Salle University switches to remote learning amid COVID-19 case surge

Remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic A spike in COVID-19 cases on campus has prompted La Salle University to switch to remote learning. The university made the announcement late Sunday night and expressed that the switch to remote learning was out of an abundance of caution. As a result, all instruction from Sept. 7 to Sept.

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Covid-19, Afghanistan situation on agenda of BRICS Summit

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Preschool pianist's Carnegie Hall debut postponed due to lack of COVID-19 vaccines for children

4-year-old who was on track for an onstage performance at Carnegie Hall won’t be able to participate in the concert hall’s winners’ recital this year because there are no coronavirus vaccines available for her age group.Brigitte Xie from Ridgefield, Connecticut, was recently pulled out from the event, according to a report from South West News Service (SWNS).Her mother, Nicole Sun, told the news agency that Brigitte isn’t all that disappointed because Carnegie Hall isn’t really on her radar."She doesn’t know much, to be honest – I tell her, 'Yeah baby you won the prize,' and she was like 'OK, can we go to Disney store now?'" Sun recalled during an interview with SWNS.RELATED: Piano prodigy practices for Carnegie Hall performanceShe went on,

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Two in five pupils ‘failed to get minimum learning time' during pandemic

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Travel giant On The Beach to create hundreds of new jobs as pandemic recovery continues

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Covid in Scotland LIVE as vaccine passport app not ready yet just weeks before launch

covid vaccine passport mobile phone app has not had final instructions just weeks before it is set to go live. Netcompany has revealed the NHS has yet to give them final specifications for the application which could be introduced later this month if MSPs vote to back Nicola Sturgeon 's plan.

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Dollar store chains are leading retail store openings in US: report

Dollar stores appear to be having a renaissance in the U.S.Three of the country’s leading dollar store retail chains – Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar – are opening up more stores than most big-box retailers in 2021, according to data from Coresight Research.The retail analysis company looked at nearly 60 big-box brands and recorded the number of store openings and closings that have been announced to the public year-to-date.As of Friday, Aug. 27, the three dollar store chains made up more than a third of all the big-box retail openings Coresight Research analyzed.Dollar General store exterior.

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Quebec reports 778 COVID-19 cases as province says 6 million people have received their second vaccine

COVID-19 cases today and one more death attributed to the virus.Health authorities say the number of patients in hospitals rose by two to 142, while the number in intensive care climbed by four to 56.The seven-day average for new cases stands at 628.The province administered 22,061 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, including more than 6,423 first shots.Health Minister Christian Dubé issued a tweet saying an unvaccinated person is 28 times more likely to be hospitalized if they were infected with COVID-19 than someone who has not been immunized.Hier, + du tiers des doses administrées étaient des 1ière doses. Chez les 18-29 ans, nous avons atteint 78% et ça continue.

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Two COVID-19 safety nets ending Labor Day, affecting millions

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mary Taboniar went 15 months without a paycheck, thanks to the COVID pandemic. A housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu, the single mother of two saw her income completely vanish as the virus devastated the hospitality industry.For more than a year, Taboniar depended entirely on boosted unemployment benefits and a network of local foodbanks to feed her family.

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Canada election: Singh unveils COVID-19 pandemic plan to combat 4th wave

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh shared his party’s plan to combat the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, which he said would help protect health care workers, and would include more awareness about vaccines for Canadians.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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