With increasing number of cases, the Centre has announced providing free-of-cost booster doses to those above 18 years of age at government-run vaccination centres NEW DELHI: India reported 8,813 fresh coronavirus infections and 29 related deaths in the last 24 hours, as per an update by the Union health ministry on Tuesday.

India’s active caseload stands at 1,11,252, with total reported cases, since the pandemic hit, exceeding 4.42 crore. Death told stands at 5,27,098.

Around 208.31 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive, with 6,10,863 doses given in the last 24 hours.

The Union government has directed Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana--the states reporting the highest rise in daily cases--to continue monitor the spread of the infection and advised them to increase the pace of vaccination, especially that of booster shots.

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Derek Chauvin moved to Arizona medium-security prison in George Floyd murder

Arizona, where the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing may be held under less restrictive conditions.Chauvin was taken Wednesday from a maximum-security prison in a Minneapolis suburb, where he often spent most of his day in a 10-by-10-foot cell, to the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights The Tucson facility houses 266 inmates, both male and female, as part of a larger complex that includes a high-security penitentiary and a minimum-security satellite camp.Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Randilee Giamusso declined to detail the circumstances of Chauvin’s confinement, citing privacy, safety and security concerns.Experts said earlier that Chauvin was likely to be safer in the federal system.

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Here's how monkeypox turned into global public health emergency in just 4 months

monkeypox infection started with just a handful of cases in early May, but now it has escalated into a global public health emergency, according to news agency Bloomberg. However, a report issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that the number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline.

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India logs 10,256 new Covid-19 infections, active cases near 90,000

In the last 24 hours, a total of 13,528 people recovered from covid, with total recoveries so far since the onset of covid at more than 4,37,70,913. India on Friday recorded 10,256 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country's active caseload dropped below 95,000-mark, that is, 90,707 active infections at present.

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Burlington County community comes together to help protect a deer in distress

MEDFORD, N.J. - Oh deer. A South Jersey community is doing whatever it can to help an animal that’s become a town mascot, of sorts.Cell phone video from Medford resident Ryan Horner shows him getting oh so close to helping a female deer who, somehow, got a tomato cage and planter stuck on her head, while, most likely, looking for something to eat."She must have stuck her head in too far and it’s, literally, horizontally around her neck and she’s just lugging this planter," Medford resident Lily Snow explained.When Snow saw a Facebook post Monday of the deer in distress, she jumped into action, reaching out to everyone and anyone. "Being a vet tech, I called Animal Control and they said they can’t come out.

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Multiple people hurt in roller coaster incident at Six Flags Great Adventure

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2,318 community cases; 357 hospitalisations; 7 in ICU

Today we are reporting 2,318 community cases and 357 current hospitalisations.

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Oscar Mayer starts selling 'Cold Dog' popsicle in select cities

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NYC officials claim Texas using wristbands to barcode migrants bused to city

NEW YORK - Five buses carrying a total of 223 migrants and asylum seekers from Texas arrived at the Port Authority Terminal on Thursday, just a day after 237 asylum seekers arrived, setting a record for the most migrants to make their way to New York City in a single day.City officials say that over 7,000 migrants are now in shelters across the city. New York City officials have expressed concerns that some of the migrants who have arrived were wearing bracelets with barcodes on them."Governor Abbott is now bar-coding asylum seekers," said Manuel Castro, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. "Yesterday we witnessed how they were scanning and removing barcodes from asylum seekers as they were arriving.

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Jenna Jameson reveals she has COVID-19 after battle with mystery illness that saw her lose mobility

Jenna Jameson has revealed that she has COVID-19 just weeks amid a battle with a mystery disease which saw her lose her mobility.The 48-year-old former porn star took to Instagram on Thursday to share a selfie while laying in bed.She shared it with her 544K followers and the caption: 'Well, I officially have the coronovirus. Just focusing on healing.'On her Instagram Stories, Jenna told 'everyone kindly wondering about' her that she was doing 'OKAY' and shared a snap of her feet.

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2 people plead guilty in plot to sell President Biden’s daughter’s diary

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Trump's social media app facing financial fallout

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Nick Carter Talks ‘Surprise’ Canadian Project, New Mental Health Initiative And Singing with Drake

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Covid shaping up like common cold, but be cautious: NTAGI chief

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Paxlovid, molnupiravir benefit older COVID-19 patients, 2 studies show

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COVID-19 Scan for Aug 25, 2022

At a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing today, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said COVID-19 deaths for 2022 alone passed 1 million this week, as he pressed countries to do more to vaccinate all healthcare workers, older people, and others at highest risk. Since the pandemic began in early 2020, 6,472,848 deaths have been reported, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Tedros said countries in Africa with the lowest

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Man tests positive for COVID, monkeypox and HIV all at the same time

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Ontario COVID advisory table recommends ‘permanent measures’ for classrooms ahead of school year

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Olivia Bowen sees specialist over health concerns after 'complicated' birth

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COVID-19: N.S. reporting drop in deaths, hospital admissions and new cases

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Peloton shares jump 20% after agreeing to sell bikes on Amazon

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India reports 36 covid deaths in last 24 hours

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Long COVID to be tracked with help of new coding

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Covid-19: India logs 10,725 new infections, active cases drop below 95,000

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'It's disgusting': Uptick in anti-Semitic propaganda has South Jersey communities worried

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Delhi to have 11 new hospitals by the end of next year: State Health department

healthcare infrastructure," it said. Sisodia also directed that all these construction works should be completed on time and all quality standards should be ensured by the concerned PWD engineers and officials here. The officials informed Sisodia that the construction work of all these hospitals will be completed by the end of next year.

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2,780 community cases; 336 hospitalisations; 6 in ICU

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rebound case of Covid-19 infection, her deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said in an official statement as quoted by ANI. She tested negative during a routine test on Tuesday. However, Jill Biden again tested positive with an antigen test in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on August 24, as per CNN reports quoted by ANI.

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‘No decisions’ on COVID-19 boosters for Alberta kids 5-11 ahead of school year

Children’s Tylenol, Advil shortage in Alberta attributed to summer COVID infections And the seven-day average positivity rates on PCR tests was effectively flat at 21.9 per cent. PCR tests have been restricted to individuals who live or work in clinical high-risk settings for most of 2022.On Friday, Health Canada approved booster doses for children aged five to 11, with the National Advisory Community on Immunization (NACI) recommending children in that cohort to get vaccinated with a third dose six months after their second “in the context of heightened epidemiological risk.”On Tuesday, the Alberta government told Global News the province is reviewing Health Canada’s decision and NACI’s recommendation.“No decisions have been made yet,” a health ministry spokesperson wrote in an email.

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Over 50s invited for second Covid booster

People over 50 can now book a second Covid-19 booster vaccine.

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Peloton turns to Amazon to sell bikes in effort to reverse slump

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Five Manitobans admit to breaking COVID-19 gathering restrictions

COVID-19 public health orders.Patrick Allard, Tobias Tissen, Todd McDougall, Sharon Vickner and Gerald Bohemier have admitted to breaking limits on outdoor public gatherings in 2020 and 2021.Provincial court Judge Victoria Cornick convicted the five on Wednesday based on a statement of facts agreed to by their lawyers.The Crown is seeking fines of between $18,000 and $42,000 each, depending on the number offences of each person, plus court costs and surcharges. Manitoba pastor who defied public health orders arrested on outstanding provincial warrant: RCMP The Crown says the five not only repeatedly broke health orders, but organized events at which they encouraged others to do so as well.Allard and McDougall have said they plan to appeal to a higher court, where they hope to challenge the public health orders under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Defence lawyer Alex Steigerwald, who represents four of the five, said the Crown’s proposed fines would be unduly harsh and crushing.He asked the judge to impose a reprimand, which would not involve any fines.

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New type 2 diabetes diagnoses in youth climbed 77% amid COVID-19

New diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in US youth rose 77% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic over the previous 2 years, according to a new multicenter study published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

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Trump administration pushed discredited COVID-19 treatment at FDA, House panel says

discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic.The report Wednesday by the Democratic-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis also sheds new light on the role that television personalities played in bringing hydroxychloroquine to the attention of top White House officials. Investigators highlighted an email from Fox News’ Laura Ingraham and others from Dr.

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Moderna files for emergency use of BA.4/BA.5 Omicron booster

Moderna yesterday announced that it has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use of its bivalent (two-strain) COVID booster vaccine that targets the BA.4/BA.5 Omicron subvariants, following a similar move this week from Pfizer and BioNTech.

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First lady Jill Biden tests positive again for COVID-19 in 'rebound' case

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent "rebound" case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.President Joe Biden, three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Del. vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said.

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News Scan for Aug 24, 2022

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in the United States fell by 4.5 and 3.6 years for Hispanic and Black males, respectively, while declining 1.5 years for their White counterparts, finds a study published yesterday in PNAS.University of Oxford researchers studied national data to identify tr

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Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday.Vaccinations for babies, toddlers and preschoolers opened in the U.S. in June after months of delay.

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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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