COVID-19 pandemic response system for at least another week.The government uses several epidemiological factors to decide on where to place a public health unit as well as the number of outbreaks and level of community transmission.

5 COVID-19 outbreaks declared in Waterloo Region schools this week Waterloo Region’s weekly incidence rate of around 58 per 100,000 and 2.8 per cent positivity 2.8 land the area squarely in the red category while an effective reproduction number of 1.1 falls just below the 1.2 red threshold.In addition, there are still 22 active COVID-19 outbreaks in the region.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The move means at least another week in the red zone.This level features the.

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Three new coronavirus deaths in Saskatchewan, over 90K vaccines administered

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Fears of Covid spike as half of schools struggle to get parents' testing consent

Gavin Williamson’s master plan to reopen schools is set to fail its first big test as thousands of pupils return without being tested for coronavirus.

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‘The sooner the better,’ Seniors 80 and over excited to get their COVID-19 vaccine in London Saturday

COVID-19 vaccine Saturday.The Middlesex London Health Unit reported a total of 1,262 people are scheduled to get vaccinated Saturday at the Agriplex, of which 800 are 80 years of age and older. The total is an increase from the 1,100 who were vaccinated Friday.

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Adaptive lanes reopen in Calgary with several taking on a more permanent feel

Road closures planned for Calgary to give more room for pedestrians and cyclists Farrell said the plan was to reopen the adaptive lanes this year. Most of the lanes were shut down in the fall.

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'No evidence of mutant Brazil covid strain spreading in Scotland' after three oil workers tested positive for bug

coronavirus strain after three Scots oil workers tested positive.Jeane Freeman said there is currently no evidence that the mutant bug has been transmitted within the community after extensive contact tracing took place.A total of six cases of the P1 variant were discovered in the UK last month - with three occurring amongst a team of workers who flew into Aberdeen Airport.The trio, who are employed by oil services firm Bureau Veritas, fell ill with the bug after working in Brazil and immediately entered quarantine on their arrival home.Since then, approximately 300 contacts or contacts of contacts linked to the three Scottish cases have been reached, told to self-isolate and offered a Covid-19 test.Ms Freeman has now announced that there

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NBA All-Star 2021: The game no one seemed to want

ATLANTA – It's the NBA All-Star Game almost no one seemed to want.

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Woman in her 20s dies, 71 new coronavirus cases in Manitoba Saturday

COVID-19 cases and a young woman has died in connection with the virus, the province reported on Saturday.The latest death is a woman in her 20s from the Winnipeg health region, bringing the province’s total number of coronavirus-related deaths to 905.The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.1 per cent provincially and 2.2 per cent in Winnipeg.Of the 71 new cases, five have been removed due to data correction, bringing the net-new number of cases to 66 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 32,170.

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Eddie Murphy plans to return to standup after pandemic

the coronavirus pandemic changed everything. "My plan was to do Dolemite, Saturday Night Live, Coming 2 America, and then do stand up. And then the pandemic hit," Eddie said. Before COVID, the plan was working, too.

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Coronavirus: Downward trend of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okanagan continues

confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Okanagan resumed its downward trend.According to data from the B.C. Centre of Disease Control, there were 69 cases throughout the Okanagan region from Feb.

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Latest coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester - cases are falling faster regionally than nationally

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester’s coronavirus infection rate is falling faster than in England as a whole.The rate of 105.4 cases per 100,000 population in the week ending March 2 is still higher than the national average of 69.9.But here the rate is down 37 per cent in the last week, according to the latest data from Public Health England.A total of 2,989 people tested positive for coronavirus across the conurbation in the week ending March 2.That’s 1,769 less cases than in the previous week.At the start of the national lockdown on January 5, the infection rate in Greater Manchester was 427.6 cases per 100,000.The rate peaked on January 8 at 461.5.

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Cowichan Tribes reports 6th COVID-19 death, extends shelter-in-place order

COVID-19 deaths, and extended a shelter-in-place order until March 19.In a Thursday update, Cowichan Tribes said the deaths brought the number of fatalities in the hard-hit community to six.The First Nation has previously said at least two of those deaths were “young adults.” B.C. First Nation hit hard by COVID-19 begins mass vaccination of all adults The First Nation, which describes itself as British Columbia’s largest, has seen at least 255 cases of COVID-19 since Dec.

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New Brunswick reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, possible exposure at Miramichi school

coronavirus on Saturday.Two of the new cases were in the Saint John region and one was in the Fredericton region. All three of these are travel-related, the province says.One case in the Edmundston region is under investigation.

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Edmonton planning to bring back temporary shared streets in spring 2021 for physical distancing

City of Edmonton said Saturday that it was planning to bring back temporary shared streets in spring 2021 to support physical distancing for pedestrians amid COVID-19.The city said a “set of locations similar to 2020” will be implemented in the spring.

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25 new coronavirus cases in London and Middlesex Saturday, 21 in Sarnia-Lambton

coronavirus cases on Saturday along with 11 recoveries.The update brings the regional pandemic case tally to 6,276, of which 5,952 have resolved.At least 184 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died during the pandemic. The most recent death was reported Wednesday involving a woman in her 80s not linked to a seniors’ facility.With the update, at least 140 cases are active in London-Middlesex.The region remains in the orange-restrict level of the province’s COVID-19 response framework.Of the 25 new cases Saturday, 23 are from London, one is from Strathroy-Caradoc and one is pending.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on March 6

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Saturday.The City of Toronto posted an update on its COVID-19 vaccination program Saturday and said to date, nearly 200,000 doses have been administered in the city.In the news release, officials said a number of hospitals and community health-care centres in the city are continuing to vaccinate those identified as being a part of a current priority population in Ontario’s vaccination framework, including those aged 80 and older.Officials said to date, 197,155 doses have been administered in the city.Fifteen clinics are operating in Toronto this weekend for individuals who have confirmed appointments.“As vaccine supply for the general population becomes widely available from the

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Spring Break veers toward ‘normal’ – despite coronavirus pandemic

MIAMI - Nary a face mask was to be found this week as college students flocked to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a traditional hotspot for the annual Spring Break ritual of beer, bikinis and boisterous behavior."Florida hasn’t skipped a beat," Michigan resident Jack Gumeinny, 21, told the Sun Sentinel of South Florida as he surveyed the sunny scene along the city’s famous Strip.He last visited two years ago but returned "to see what it’s like now with COVID," he told the newspaper.The Davenport University junior wasn’t fazed by a lack of social distancing among his fellow revelers.Dr.

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Chimps and orangutans given coronavirus vaccines after outbreak among apes at zoo

A group of chimpanzees and orangutans have been given Covid vaccinations at a US zoo following an outbreak.

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Italy reports 307 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, 23,641 new cases

Italy reported 307 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 297 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 23,641 from 24,036 the day before.Some 355,024 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with a previous 378,463, the health ministry said.Italy has registered 99,578 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak began in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world.

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Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage

WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving President Joe Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools, state and local governments, and businesses.

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Asymptomatic Covid testing site available in South Ayrshire next week

South Ayrshire next week.Residents who don’t have any of the three coronavirus symptoms – a new continuous cough, high temperature, loss or change in sense of taste or smell – are encouraged to get tested.Testing will be available at Prestwick Community Centre, on the town's Caerlaverock Road, between 10am and 6pm for seven days from Monday, March 8.There is no need to book and this site is only for people without symptoms.Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms should book a test in the usual way via www.nhsinform.scot or by calling 0800 028 2816.Lynne McNiven, director of public health for NHS Ayrshire & Arran, said: “Testing will help us to identify more cases of the virus and give us all a better chance of stopping it from spreading.The Ayrshire

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Quebec reports 749 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths as province expands vaccine access

COVID-19 today along with 10 new deaths linked to the virus.The province also says it administered 19,865 doses of vaccine on Friday as its vaccination campaign ramps up.The latest vaccination figures, the highest the province has reported in a single day so far, come as Quebec opens vaccine eligibility to more people.Coronavirus: High-profile Quebec athletes ask province to reopen sports[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]To date, provincial figures show 532,012 doses of vaccine have been administered out of a total of 638,445 that the province received.Quebec reported 601 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 today, a decrease of 16 from the day before.The number of people hospitalized includes 109

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State partnering with faith-based community to bring vaccines into underserved communities

ORLANDO, Fla. – As part of an effort to get people in underserved communities access to the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced several one-day vaccination events happening this weekend across the state.

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Nova Scotia reports 6 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday

coronavirus on Saturday.One of the new cases is in the eastern zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. One other case is in the northern zone and is a close contact of a previously reported case.Four cases are in the central zone, one of which is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada.

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Pandemic forces route change, other precautions for Iditarod

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Traveling across the rugged, unforgiving and roadless Alaska terrain is already hard enough, but whatever comforts mushers previously had in the world’s most famous sled dog race will be cast aside this year due to the pandemic.

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Edinburgh Airport blunder as Dublin passengers wrongly ordered to buy costly covid testing kits

Edinburgh Airport were wrongly stung with hefty fees amid travel restriction confusion in Scotland.All 36 arrivals on a flight from Dublin Airport were mistakenly asked to buy coronavirus test kits worth £210 by Border Force in a costly error with full refunds issued to each passenger.Those flying on the Ryanair service, which arrived in Edinburgh on Friday 26 February, told officials that they did not need the testing kits because they had come from Ireland - a "common travel area", Dublin Live reports.Under original Scottish Government guidance, travellers were told to take a test on the second and tenth day after arrival.However, this was corrected to reflect that it did not apply to this group of fliers who had "travelled within the

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Twelve more people die in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus

direct to your inboxAnother 12 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The latest NHS figures bring the region's coronavirus hospital death toll to 5,671.Six new deaths were recorded by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - the trust in charge of Wythenshawe Hospital and the Manchester Royal Infirmary.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereElsewhere, four new deaths were confirmed at the Royal Bolton hospital and two at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.The average number of coronavirus deaths per day is falling across the UK.Health Secretary

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Ontario reports 990 new coronavirus cases, 6 more deaths

coronavirus Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 306,997.“Locally, there are 284 new cases in Toronto, 173 in Peel and 82 in York Region,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.A total of 289,735 COVID-19 cases are considered resolved, which is up by 1,152.Six new deaths were also reported on Saturday, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,052.More than 57,800 additional tests were completed. Ontario has now completed a total of 11,351,768 tests and 27,796 remain under investigation.

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Coronavirus Scotland: Today's Public Health Scotland infection rate data update

iOS and Android.Across the UK, the figure is 124,261 as of last night.The number of positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has risen by 32 to 15,537.There are five people, within the health board's region, in intensive care with confirmed COVID-19 which is the same figure for the eighth day in a row.In addition, the number of people in hospital with confirmed coronavirus at midnight was 75 which is down three from yesterday.A total of 205,108 positive tests have been recorded since the end of February from 1.709 million tests carried out.Across Scotland, as of 8.30am this morning, a total of 1,743,869 people had received the first dose of their Covid vaccine with 114,081 having received their second dose. Don't miss the

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COVID-19 lane closures back in Calgary for second year

City of Calgary is expanding lane closures starting Saturday in an effort to give people extra space on several popular pathways.The Adaptive Roadways Program began last summer in response to the COVID-19 health crisis, and widened city pathways by closing lanes on certain roadways to allow for residents to physically distance during the pandemic.Starting Saturday morning, the eastbound lanes of Memorial Drive between 9 Street N.W. and the Centre Street Bridge, as well as the lower deck of the bridge, will be closed to vehicle traffic.

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Tennessee advisory panel deemed vaccinating inmates a 'PR nightmare'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates in the state were high-risk, but concluded that prioritizing them for inoculation could be a "public relations nightmare."The result: Prisoners are in the last group scheduled for vaccines in the state, even though the Pandemic Vaccine Planning Stakeholder group concluded that "if untreated they will be a vector of general population transmission," according to records of the panel's closed-door meetings obtained by The Associated Press.

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Pope Francis holds historic, symbolic meeting with top Iraq Shiite cleric

PLAINS OF UR, Iraq (AP) - Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said religious authorities have a role in protecting Iraq’s Christians, and that Christians should live in peace and enjoy the same rights as other Iraqis.

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Scottish Government announce 12 coronavirus deaths overnight in Scotland and 555 new cases

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

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Open spaces, no pharmacies: rural US confronts vaccine void

SURRY, Va. – When Charlome Pierce searched where her 96-year-old father could get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, she found zero options anywhere near their home in Virginia. The lone medical clinic in Surry County had none, and the last pharmacy in an area with roughly 6,500 residents and more land mass than Chicago closed years ago.

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Senators works through night with pandemic relief on path to passage

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats' showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emergency jobless benefits broke a logjam that had stalled the package.The compromise, announced by Manchin, D-W.Va., and a Democratic aide late Friday and backed by President Joe Biden, cleared the way for the Senate to begin a marathon series of votes on amendments before eventual approval of the sweeping legislation.

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Dementia sufferers the forgotten victims of Covid as they face anxiety and confusion

Few people have found the past 12months easy, but for those living with dementia the pandemic has taken a particularly heavy toll.

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U.S. Senate works through the night with coronavirus aid bill on path to passage

Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats’ showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emergency jobless benefits broke a logjam that had stalled the package.The compromise, announced by Manchin, D-W.Va., and a Democratic aide late Friday and backed by President Joe Biden, cleared the way for the Senate to begin a marathon series of votes on amendments before eventual approval of the sweeping legislation.

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Rapid Covid tests sell out in Germany on first day

coronavirus tests to go on sale nationwide, with stocks selling out within hours.Rival discounter Lidl meanwhile saw its website crash after it started offering at-home testing kits for sale online."We want to assure anyone who left empty-handed that new stocks are coming in the next days," an Aldi spokesman told the Bild newspaper.The German government is relying heavily on rapid tests to steer country through the next phase of the pandemic as citizens tire of coronavirus shutdowns but the pace of vaccinations remains sluggish.From Monday, all Germans will be entitled to one free rapid test a week, carried out by a professional at pharmacies or designated testing centres.Several manufacturers have also received regulatory approval for DIY

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Piers Morgan films himself getting Covid vaccine: 'Working with Susanna Reid more painful'

He said: "So, here I am. I'm about to have my AstraZeneca jab - I'm that old."The doctor here, Tim, is going to be adminstrating.

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New Covid strains ‘very unlikely’ to stop return to normality this summer, expert says

A top scientist has said mutant strains of coronavirus are "very unlikely" to stop the UK having a normal summer.

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Statin users 50% less likely to die in hospital from severe COVID-19

40 million people living in the United States take statins to help reduce their cholesterol levels and risk of heart disease.But statins can also have a strong anti-inflammatory, anti-blood clotting, and antiviral effect, all of which may help limit complications associated with severe COVID-19. That is why researchers are trying to figure out if statin use impacts COVID-19 outcomes.In a new study, a group of researchers, including cardiologists caring for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in New York, set out to compare patient outcomes between people who had used statins before hospitalization and those who had not.

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Return to fundamentals of 'test, track and treat': Centre to states reporting surge in covid-19 cases

States were specifically asked to:Maharashtra reported 10,216 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of single-day cases in nearly five months, which took its overall tally to 21,98,399, a health department official said.This is the first time since October 17, 2020, the single-day case count in the state has gone above the 10,000- mark.On October 17, the state had reported 10,259 cases.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Russia reports over 11,000 new COVID-19 cases, 441 deaths

Russia's coronavirus tally has increased by 11,022 cases over the past 24 hours, slightly down from the 11,024 cases recorded the day before, the government's coronavirus response center said in an update on Saturday."Over the past day, 11,022 coronavirus cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 1,290 cases (11.75) without clinical symptoms," the center said.The highest local daily increases were confirmed in Moscow (1,820), St.

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Pandemic risks undoing gains for women, Merkel warns

Angela Merkel warned Saturday that the pandemic risked rolling back progress made on gender equality, as women take on the lion's share of childcare in lockdown and are more likely to work in at-risk jobs."We have to make sure that the pandemic does not lead us to fall back into old gender patterns we thought we had overcome," Merkel said in a video message ahead of International Women's Day on March 8.Women have been disproportionately affected by the health crisis, she said, while being underrepresented in decision-making positions."Once again it's more often women who have to master the balancing act between homeschooling, childcare and their own jobs," said the veteran leader.Women also outnumber men in care professions at a time when

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20 million Covid vaccine doses to 20 countries under COVAX

More than 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been provided to 20 countries under COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access), the World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday.

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Mum's terror after whole family struck down by Covid with husband still in induced coma

A mum-of-six whose husband is still in an induced coma in hospital after contracting coronavirus has thanked wonderful hospital staff for "bringing him back from the brink" of death.

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Covid drug 80 times more potent than given to Donald Trump in test

Covid-19 that its developers say will be 80 times more potent than the one given to former US President Donald Trump in his most critical days in hospital last year.The therapy is derived from the blood of people who’ve recovered from Covid, and relies on 453 different antibodies. It will also be administered as a single shot rather than a drawn-out infusion, which has been the norm for similar drugs.

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Olympian Perri Shakes-Drayton opens up on struggles of becoming a mum in the pandemic

Perri Shakes-Drayton has candidly opened up about the struggles of becoming a first time mum in the pandemic.The 32 year old former British track Olympian announced the happy news that she was expecting her first child with husband Mike Edwards in May last year. And, as a result, the former athlete spent her pregnancy in and out of lockdown.

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Democrats advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill in marathon Senate session

Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan early on Saturday, turning back Republican attempts to modify the package in a marathon session that had begun the prior day.With Republicans united in opposition, Democrats who narrowly control the chamber must keep all 50 of their members on board in order to pass the package, as they hope to do this weekend.Progress ground to a halt for more than 11 hours as Democrats negotiated a compromise on unemployment benefits to satisfy centrists, chiefly Senator Joe Manchin, who worried the massive package might overheat the economy.With that issue resolved, the chamber then voted on some of the hundreds of proposals to modify the bill.Democrats voted down a Republican proposals that would have

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