New Delhi: Centre has asked states to bring in a provision of “Green Corridor" for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) Tankers within the cities, in order to ensure ample supply of oxygen which is essential in management of critical covid-19 patients.The Union Health Ministry held a virtual meeting on Sunday with State Health Secretaries and Industries Secretaries of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.The aim of the meeting was to ensure adequate Oxygen availability in all healthcare facilities in these States and unrestricted intra as well as inter State movement of oxygen.During the meeting the States were specifically advised to ensure facility wise/hospital wise oxygen inventory management.

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Durga Puja pandals to be open from all sides, hand sanitisers at entry points: Mamata issues Covid guidelines

₹50,000 to each Durga puja committee of the state, Mamata announced in a press conference.The state will provide ₹2,000 to hawkers for Durga Puja. For this, a list of 75,000 hawkers prepared, Mamata added.On Wednesday, a government official said that state has made adequate provision to meet the power demand in the metropolis and districts during the festive days."We are making a provision of five per cent excess demand for power this Durga Puja than the previous year.

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Tameside. But on Tuesday, parents were told that pupils in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 were also being sent home - with close contacts of the confirmed cases now needing to isolate for 14 days.In a letter to parents, principal Suzanne Clawley-Welton said: "I am writing to inform you that there has been another confirmed case of coronavirus within our school community.

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Global Business Forum conference in Banff goes ahead with COVID-19 adjustments

Global Business Forum in Banff on Thursday says she’s proud of the work her committee has done to present a “hybrid” event this year where half of the attendees will be in the room and the rest taking part online.But vice-chairwoman Lois Mitchell says there’s no intent to ever duplicate the format in future years, noting the reason the annual event was created was to bring influential people from around the world to meet face-to-face with Alberta business leaders among the majestic Rocky Mountains in the historic Banff Springs Hotel.The invitation-only event is expected to have the same number of attendees as in previous years, about 180, but only 90 are allowed in the conference centre ballroom under hotel restrictions designed to prevent

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Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, Richard Madden's Eternals get new release dates amid the COVID 19 pandemic

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As coronavirus resurges, ‘now is the time’ to push COVID Alert app: experts

coronavirus in Canada, experts say its time to talk more seriously about the country’s exposure notification app, COVID Alert.Since it launched in July, the app has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times. But July was a different time in the pandemic.When it first launched in Ontario, roughly 80 to 100 people were testing positive each day.

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China offers covid vaccines to testing countries to boost diplomatic ties

Emergency useThe company’s vaccine, dubbed CoronaVac, is made with the coronavirus rendered inactive so that the pathogen cannot cause infection but can train the human immune system to recognize and respond to real infections.State-owned China National Biotec Group is currently testing two coronavirus vaccines in countries across the Middle East and South America, while Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc., or CNBG, is trialling a shot co-developed with the Chinese military in Russia and Pakistan.Both Sinovac and CNBG’s shots have been approved for emergency use for doctors, nurses and other front-line workers under China’s vaccine law, while CanSino’s shot received approval for use within the Chinese military.Click here to read the Mint

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Temple University faculty demands classes remain online through spring semester

PHILADELPHIA - Faculty at Temple University have demanded that most classes remain virtual through the spring 2021 semester due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The Temple Association of University Professionals (TAPU) said Thursday that all "non-essential" classes should remain online through May 2021. The union cited a grim forecast by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation that says the U.S.

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Gardaí object to renewal of licence for bar at centre of Covid-19 controversy

Gardaí are objecting to the renewal of the annual licence to sell alcohol for the Berlin D2 bar next month, on the basis of non-compliance with Covid-19 regulations, the Dublin District Court has been told.

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NEW DELHI : The condition of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a state-run facility here, is stable, and he will be administered another coronavirus test in a couple of days, officials said on Thursday.He was admitted to the LNJP Hospital on Wednesday from being under home isolation after he had contracted the infection."He is still in ICU since yesterday, but his condition is stable.

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2,500 Swiss students quarantined for coronavirus after off-campus partying

coronavirus that are a suspected byproduct of off-campus partying.Authorities in Switzerland’s Vaud canton, or region, said all undergraduates at the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, known as the Lausanne Hospitality Management University in English, have been ordered to quarantine both on- and off-campus because the number of COVID-19 outbreaks because targeted closures were not possible.

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Revamped Barcelona starts new season with spotlight on Messi

MADRID – Lionel Messi will be there when Barcelona starts its season on Sunday, just as he has been for the last two decades.His every move, however, will be scrutinized like never before.After all, never before had Messi told the club that he wanted to leave, and never before had Messi been forced to stay.Will Messi still give his best? Will he still be motivated? Will the transfer saga affect him?Some of those questions may start being answered on Sunday when Barcelona opens its Spanish league season against Villarreal at the Camp Nou.

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Jack Osbourne says two of his daughters caught Covid-19 by taking sip of shared drink

Jack Osbourne has revealed that two of his daughters fell ill with Covid-19 after sharing a drink with a family employee.The 34-year-old son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne says that his daughter Minnie Theodora, two, and one of her sisters - either eight-year-old Pearl Clementine or five-year-old Andy Rose - had caught the virus.Jack shares the girls with his ex-wife Lisa Stelly, who he was married to from 2012 to 2018.Speaking on the pocast Pretty Messed Up, Jack spoke about how his girls likely caught the virus.He explained: "Someone who works for me went away, came back — and they didn't tell me they were going out of town, they just appeared and were like, 'Oh, yeah, we went out [of town].'"And my daughter picked up the drink that they set

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Family of man shot by police in Asbury Park pushes for charges

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Family and friends of Hasani Best rallied Wednesday and called on New Jersey authorities to bring criminal charges against one or more police officers involved in his fatal shooting last month.Best, 39, was killed in Asbury Park after police responded to a domestic dispute. He was shot after he refused to relinquish a knife he was holding.

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New coronavirus jobs scheme to pay millions for working just a third of normal hours

The Government will pay for two thirds of workers' salary for businesses who have to cut their hours because of the Covid-19 crisis.

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UK announces income support program to help workers hit by covid pandemic

LONDON : Britain’s treasury chief on Thursday announced a new income support program to help workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, responding to pressure from businesses and labor unions to step in with more direct support for people in precarious work situations.Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a package of economic measures, including a program that subsidizes the wages of workers whose hours are cut due to the pandemic, during a speech to lawmakers.The new economic plan would replace a furloughed worker program which is due to expire next month.

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Arjun Rampal gets quarantined after his co-actors test positive for COVID-19

MUMBAI : Actor Arjun Rampal on Thursday said that he's quarantining at his apartment after his co-actors Manav Kaul and Anand Tiwari tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The actor, who was shooting for his upcoming feature 'Nail Polish', is waiting for the results of his COVID-19 test.The 'Aankhein' actor shared a selfie on Instagram and wrote, "Bummer quarantined at home, as my co actors #ManavKaul and #AnandTiwari tested Covid positive yesterday on set.

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How to download NHS Covid-19 app and how it tracks spread of coronavirus

NHS Covid-19 app has finally launched in England and Wales today, September 24. NHS says it’s “the fastest way of knowing when you’re at risk from coronavirus ”.

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Bach offers pep session for Tokyo Games and talks up vaccine

TOKYO – IOC President Thomas Bach delivered a pep talk to Japanese government officials and local organizers on Thursday that included suggestions that “hundreds of millions” of doses COVID-19 vaccines would be available before the postponed Olympics open in July.Bach was speaking from Switzerland in an on-line gathering of officials in Japan during the first of two days of meetings focused on how to pull off the delayed Tokyo Games.Bach pointed out that major sports events like the Tour de France have been held with limited fans and without the vaccine.

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Coronavirus rule changes: Full list of places you must now wear a mask in England

People in England must wear masks in pubs, restaurants, bars and theatres from today or face a fine of up to £6,400.

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Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive Paul Reid has said there is an increasing number of positive Covid-19 cases and for the seven days up to 22 September there was 1,930 cases notified, 32% up on the previous week with 1,470.

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Dynacare says to expect longer hours, estimated wait times at new Manitoba coronavirus test sites

COVID-19 testing efforts, the private lab company tasked with helping to relieve some of the pressure is revealing details about its plans for more testing sites.This week, the province announced it has contracted Dynacare to open and operate several new testing sites across the province. The initial plans would see testing capacity increased by 1,400 tests a day with the ability to eventually increase to 2,600 more, the province said.

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Fate of Trudeau’s minority government hangs in the balance as Parliament set to resume

Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government hangs in the balance as Parliament resumes all normal operations Thursday for the first time in six months.Opposition parties will give their official responses to Wednesday’s speech from the throne but they’ve already signalled that Trudeau can’t count on support from any of them to survive the eventual confidence vote and avoid plunging the country into an election in the midst of a second wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

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Part 3 of Ontario’s fall COVID-19 pandemic preparedness plan to be released

pandemic preparedness plan today.Health Minister Christine Elliott’s office has confirmed the announcement will provide spending details related to testing and case and contact management.The premier has already announced the province will launch a bolstered flu shot campaign in the coming weeks in a bid to keep hospital capacity down.

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International Film Festival of India postponed to 2021 amid covid-19 pandemic

PANAJI (GOA) : International Film Festival of India, IFFI, 51st edition of IFFI, coronavirus pandemic,InternationalFilmFestival circuitThe 51st edition of the annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which was scheduled to start from November 20 in Goa has been postponed to next year amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Press Information Bureau (PIB) confirmed the news on their Twitter handle. Their tweet read, "51st Edition of the #InternationalFilmFestival of India, #Goa postponed to 16th to 24th January 2021.

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German economy rebounding, faces risk from virus resurgence

FRANKFURT – A widely watched indicator of German business confidence has risen for a fifth month in a row as Europe's largest economy rebounds from the coronavirus shutdowns - but the index remains below its long term average and uncertainty is high with virus cases rising. The Ifo institute's index released Thursday rose to 93.4 points in September from 92.5 points in August.

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Indian banks to be among the last to recover from covid crisis: S&P

₹8.42 trillion as on 30 June, showed data from Capitaline.According to the report titled “Global banking: recovery will stretch to 2023 and beyond", recovery of banking jurisdictions will be slow, uncertain, and highly variable across sectors and geographies. Many prominent banking systems may not recover until 2023, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, and Russia.However, countries like China, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia, it pointed out, are among the banking systems likely to recover first--by the end of 2022.“Covid-19 and the oil price shock of 2020 are taking a heavy toll on global banks.

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UK to announce plans to help workers hit by pandemic

LONDON – Britain’s top treasury official plans to announce Thursday a new program to help workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, responding to pressure from businesses and labor unions to step in with more direct support for people in precarious work situations. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to unveil a package of economic measures, including an income support program that would subsidize the wages of workers whose hours are cut due to the pandemic, during a speech to lawmakers.

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Jack Osbourne says two of his daughters have Covid-19 as mum Sharon quarantines

Jack Osbourne has revealed that two of his daughters fell ill with Covid-19 after sharing a drink with a family employee.

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UK may inject volunteers with coronavirus for vaccine trials: Report

vaccine and around a month later exposed to Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ‘The Financial Times’ reported.The government-funded study is expected to begin in January, with the trials likely to take place in a large secure facility in Whitechapel in east London or nearby.Around 2,000 potential volunteers have signed up for challenge studies in the UK through the US-based group 1Day Sooner, campaigning for COVID-19 trials, and are expected to be paid a few thousand pounds for signing up to the upcoming trials, according to the newspaper.The project’s academic leader is Imperial College London, and it will be run by hVivo, a spinout from Queen Mary University of London that was bought earlier this year by Open Orphan, a

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Hong Kong activist Wong arrested over unauthorized assembly

HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said he was arrested again Thursday for allegedly participating in an unauthorized assembly last October. Wong tweeted that he was arrested when reporting to the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s Central Police Station.

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Dr Hilary explains how new NHS Covid-19 app works as GMB fans fuming over difficulties

coronavirus, needs 70% of people to use it to make it work. The app, which was released on Thursday, is available for those over the age of 16 who have a compatible phone, such as an iPhone or an Android device.

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Over 3 lakh challans issued by Delhi Police for violation of coronavirus norms

₹1,000 for violations of norms, including non-observance of quarantine rules, non-maintenance of social distancing, not wearing a face mask in public or work places, spitting in public places, and consumption of paan, gutka and tobacco in public places, to contain the spread of COVID-19.A total of 3,23,233 challans were issued for mask violation from June 15 till Wednesday, they said.Three challans were issued on Wednesday for spiting and 2,591 since June 15. Similarly, 116 challans were issued for social distancing violation on Wednesday and 29,108 since June 15, police added.

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Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik welcome 'healthy and beautiful' daughter

Zayn Malik has announced he and Gigi Hadid have welcomed a "healthy & beautiful" daughter.The former One Direction singer, 27, posted a black-and-white picture of the baby's tiny hand clutching his tattooed finger.He wrote alongside the sweet snap: "To try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task."The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding.

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Asian shares fall as caution sets in after Wall St retreat

began a huge final study to try to prove if a single dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the coronavirus. A handful of other vaccines are already in final-stage studies, and investors increasingly expect one to be available within the first three months of 2021.

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Kate Garraway fears people will be too sick to use new NHS test and trace app for Covid-19

Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway spoke about her concerns with the brand new NHS test and trace app on Thursday’s show.

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Thirty-seven no-shows branded 'selfish' after booking Covid tests and then not turning up

A council leader has branded thirty-seven people who failed to show up for booked coronavirus tests as "selfish" - with people across the country desperate for limited slots.

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Israel tightens coronavirus lockdown as cases continue surge toward ‘edge of abyss’

Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet decided on Thursday to tighten Israel’s coronavirus lockdown after he voiced alarm that a surge in infections was pushing the nation to “the edge of the abyss.”Israel went back into lockdown, its second during the pandemic, on Sept. 18.

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Canada is in second wave of coronavirus pandemic, says PM Trudeau

Canada has entered a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, warning that the country was on the brink of a surge if people did not follow public health guidelines.In a rare national address, Trudeau said the country "is at a crossroads" as a second wave emerges in four large provinces, adding that the government would do whatever it took to help the country recover from the pandemic."We're on the brink of a fall that could be much worse than the spring," he said.Canada's COVID-19 cases have spiked in recent days, with an average of 1,123 new cases reported daily over the past week, compared with a daily average of 380 cases in mid-August."We have the power to get this second wave under

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U.N. summit are pleading for a COVID-19 vaccine to be available and affordable to all, but their pleas are likely in vain— Huge study of a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine underway as U.S.

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Hamilton stars impacted Covid scare may not be fit for Dundee United clash says Brian Rice

Hamilton stars impacted by the Covid scare at the club could miss this weekend’s clash with Dundee United. Three first-team players who returned false positives and Lee Hodson, who came into contact with St Mirren goalkeeper Jak Alnwick who has the virus, missed the defeat to Kilmarnock last weekend.

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'Are people to be left to die?' Vaccine pleas fill UN summit

JOHANNESBURG – If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual U.N. summit hope it will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor.

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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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