COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna.The federal government says the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical firm will deliver a total of 7.1 million jabs in two separate shipments this week.The first shipment of 2.9 million doses is scheduled to arrive and be sent to provinces in the middle of the week.

The remaining 4.2 million will arrive later in the week, but won’t be sent to provinces and territories until next week. Canada to get 7M Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses in June, some coming from U.S.

Another 2.4 million doses are also due to come from Pfizer and BioNTech, which have been consistently delivering large weekly shipments since mid-March.The shipments expected over the next seven days.

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Rapid COVID-19 testing available in Troon next week

Troon for people without symptoms from next week. Residents who don’t have any of the three COVID-19 symptoms – a new continuous cough, high temperature, loss or change in sense of taste or smell – are encouraged to get tested.

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School pupils could isolate for shorter periods in new term as covid cases rise on campus

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.The time children spend self isolating could be reduced as its confirmed half of all Renfrewshire schools have experienced a positive covid case.Data, collated by the Express, shows that 31 of the area’s 62 schools have had either a pupil or member of staff test positive for the virus this term so far.All but one Renfrewshire high school has been forced to ask pupils to self isolate on at least one occasion.At St Benedict’s High School, track and trace operations have been conducted on five occasions since pupils returned to school full time on April 19.A total of 19 primaries - 38 per cent - have also been impacted by the virus.In all

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Long queues seen outside liquor shops as Kerala eases Covid-19 lockdown curbs

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Covid in Scotland: Key items of PPE came within eight hours of running out at start of pandemic

Audit Scotland' s long awaited report into how the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) managed PPE arrangements showed there was a surge in prices which cost the NHS £37.4 million more than normal for the safety kit. The report, which was released earlier today, reiterated its previous finding that the Scottish Government did not fully implement recommendations from pandemic preparedness exercises.

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Australia limits AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people over 60 years old

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Quarantine Free Travel with New South Wales continues

The Ministry of Health has confirmed Quarantine Free Travel with New South Wales will continue – subject to no further significant developments in the Australian State.

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Covid-19 cases rising exponentially in England among unvaccinated age groups

Covid-19 cases are "rising exponentially" across England driven by younger and mostly unvaccinated age groups, according to scientists tracking the epidemic.

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₹113 crore grant towards India's covid relief efforts

₹113 crore grant towards covid-19 relief efforts in India, including setting up oxygen generation plants in India, and improving healthcare infrastructure in rural areas. The grant comes from Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, and will help in the procurement and installation of approximately 80 oxygen generation plants in rural healthcare locations.

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Calls to slowdown memorial events near former Kamloops residential school

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Vaccine hesitancy linked to lack of knowledge on benefits of jab, study suggests

People who are less likely to follow news coverage about Covid-19 are more likely to be vaccine hesitant, a study suggests.

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Australia limits use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60

Australia will recommend only people over 60 receive AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Thursday, following a spate of blood clots in those who have received the inoculation.Australia has administered 3.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it has been linked to 60 cases of blood clots, the government has said.

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Alberta reveals more details about lottery aimed at getting more people vaccinated against COVID-19

The Alberta government has announced more details about a lottery it hopes will help it reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Vernon has the latest on the initiative aimed at getting more people in the province vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Housing? Gas? Here are the sectors that may get more expensive amid rising inflation rate

COVID-19, while others might continue to see increased demand — and prices — for the foreseeable future.Canada saw its largest ever annual inflation rate spike in a decade, with a 3.6-per cent increase in May.The spike, reported by Statistics Canada Wednesday, outstripped the previous year-over-year record of 3.4 per cent seen just two months earlier in April.Several experts said last month’s annual inflation rate, which rose at a rate not seen since 2011, was in large part due to its comparison to that of the low prices spurred on at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, which saw several segments of the economy devastated.

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Push for Ontario government to accelerate parts of Step 2 of COVID-19 reopening plan earlier

As Ontario reopened its land borders with Manitoba and Quebec on Wednesday, there was also a push to accelerate the reopening of personal care services like hair salons. Morganne Campbell reports.

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B.C. researchers leading study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in people with HIV

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Israel issues 'severe' warning against travel to UAE due to covid outbreak

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Covid update: India reports over 67,000 new cases, active tally dips to lowest in 71 days

Tests conducted so far India has tested 38,52,38,220 samples for Covid-19 until now, according to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). Out of these, 19,31,249 samples were tested on Wednesday.

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Delta variant driven 50% rise in COVID infections in England since May: Study

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Covid origin probe should now shift to US, says Chinese expert

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Covid vaccination: Odisha to allow ration card with photos as valid ID proof

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Masks optional for kids in camps, summer school in Montgomery County June 21

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Juneteenth set to become federal holiday after House OKs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free.

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No new community cases; 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation

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

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Vacations and vaccinations: What does two-dose summer means for Canadians under age 12?

Canada is leading the world in administering the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but children under the age of 12 still aren’t eligible for the shots.

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Germany's CureVac shares drop after Covid shot falls short with 47% efficacy

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Pools, museum and other activities for families in Edmonton are reopening

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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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