Also Read: Neeraj Chopra to miss Commonwealth Games 2022 due to injury "Things that we have got in place is there's a RT-PCR test for individual travel to Birmingham and then there is an RT-PCR test on arrival.

If there's a history of COVID, then the vaccination status of COVID would be scanned, so that we can make a good clear understanding of individuals should they have a positive test." Also Read: Play with all your strengths, without stress: PM Modi to CWG 2022 players "It's a very comprehensive measure and it's got good clinical support," he assured.

Having dealt with COVID-19 cases, he further added: "About a lot of these things, we have got fair degree of having dealt with it.

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6,232 community cases; 769 hospitalisations; 18 in ICU

Today we are reporting 6,232 community cases, 769 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 7,405 As at yesterday, Friday July 29, there were a total of 1,479 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor. The average increase in deaths each day attributable to COVID-19, over the past seven days to yesterday, is now 18.

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House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse

A Stag Arms retro AR-15 style semi-automatic 5.56mm rifle is displayed during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022.

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Quebec public health expects slow decline in number of new COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases in Quebec is expected to decline slowly, the province’s public health director said Friday.Dr. Luc Boileau told reporters in Montreal that he expects the seventh wave of the pandemic to reach a plateau in the coming days, followed by the slow decline.“It went up more slowly and it will go down more slowly,” he said.

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10 times hitting the lottery jackpot ended in disaster: 'I wish I'd torn that ticket up'

Mega Millions jackpot but more money has resulted in more problems for these ten lottery jackpot winners.Andrew "Jack" Whittaker Jr. became an instant celebrity after winning a record $315 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas night in 2002 and even flew off in a private jet with his family to appear on New York City morning television shows after hitting the jackpot. Whittaker’s life quickly took a tumultuous turn as he began struggling with drinking and gambling, his wife left him, several family members tragically died, he was twice charged with driving under the influence and also with assault by three female casino employees. Whittaker, who was already a wealthy businessman when he won the lottery, was also robbed multiple times with thieves stealing over $100,000 from him on separate occasions and he was believed to be broke in the years leading up to his death.MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY DRAWING: AMERICANS SHARE HOW THEY'D SPEND THEIR FORTUNES IF THEY WON $1 BILLION JACKPOT Andrew Jackson aka Jack Whittaker waves as he gets into his rented limousine at Sixth Ave.

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Moderna announces US contract for 66 million bivalent booster doses

Moderna today announced a deal worth $1.76 billion with the US government to supply an initial 66 million doses for a new COVID-19 vaccine booster that targets the Omicron subvariant.

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News Scan for Jul 29, 2022

COVID-19 patients who have a stroke are more than twice as likely to die than uninfected stroke patients and are often younger and healthier, finds research presented yesterday at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS's) 19th Annual Meeting in Toronto.A team led by researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia analyzed data fro

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Pop star Shakira could face more than 8 years in prison for alleged tax fraud

FILE - Shakira attends the 2022 NBCUniversal Upfront at Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Radio City Music Hall on May 16, 2022 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)MADRID - Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud.Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

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Greater Manchester's latest Covid rates as cases remain high despite fall

The percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 decreased in England, Wales, and Scotland, although rates remain high. Infections decreased in all English regions and age groups, except for in the North East, where the trend was uncertain in the latest week of figures available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), ending July 20, 2022.

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Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock for Oscars slap in new video: 'My behavior was unacceptable'

TOPSHOT - US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - Will Smith apologized directly to Chris Rock for his actions during the Oscars, adding that no part of him "thinks that was the right way to behave.""Chris, I apologize to you.

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Air purifier kills COVID in seconds: IITK-backed startup on how it works

#IITKanpur and @iitbombay, has proven to be a path-breaking innovation against both air pollutants and the coronavirus.

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COVID omicron vaccine: US reaches deal with Moderna for winter booster shots

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration said Friday it has reached an agreement with Moderna to buy 66 million doses of the company's next generation of COVID-19 vaccine that targets the highly transmissible omicron variant, enough supply this winter for all who want the upgraded booster.The order of the bivalent shot follows the announcement last month that the federal government had secured 105 million doses of a similar vaccine from rival drugmaker Pfizer. Both orders are scheduled for delivery in the fall and winter, assuming regulators sign off on their effectiveness.The omicron strain has been dominant in the U.S.

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Kentucky flooding: Death toll rises to 15 people, more expected, governor says

JACKSON, Ky. - Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling."We’ve still got a lot of searching to do," said Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky’s hard-hit Perry County.

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Monkeypox: Tamil Nadu health minister refutes claim of 4 confirmed cases

ANI. “Not even a single #monkeypox case in Tamil Nadu. Fake news is circulating on social media that 4 monkeypox cases confirmed in Nagercoil. Don't believe fake news.

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'Do not wait for updated Covid vaccines if..': Health experts on Covid booster dose

Reuters that people at high risk of severe disease who have yet to get a second Covid-19 booster should not wait for next-generation, Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall. This statement come in as many countries are starting to report cases of BA.5 Omicron subvariant of the virus surging.

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Vietnam visas to Indians up 24 times from pre pandemic levels

NEW DELHI: The number of visas issued by Vietnam to Indians has grown 24 times compared to pre-pandemic levels, said Pham Sanh Chau, Vietnam's envoy to India. The country issued just about 250 visas a day before the coronavirus pandemic and immigration authorities are now issuing 6,000 visas a day to Indians, making it the single largest in-bound market into Vietnam at the moment, he said. Addressing the Outbound Tourism Summit organised by FICCI, the ambassador said the reasons behind the increase was proximity and the opening up of direct flights between the two countries.

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Covid infection causes less severe illness in children than adults: Govt in Lok Sabha

Omicron and its sub-lineages have been found in 7,362 samples while Delta and its sub-lineages were detected in 118 samples analyzed by the INSACOG from January 1 2022 to July 25, 2022 in children aged 0-18 years, according to news agency PTI report. As per the report, the Union Minister was responding to a question on whether the children are getting affected by the Covid-19 infection in the country and the current status of vaccination of children in the age group of 12-18 years and 5-12 years.

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'Holy grail' Covid vaccine breakthrough could work on multiple variants

A Covid vaccine that can protect against multiple variants is being hailed as a "holy grail" jab.

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Japan looks to regions to mount Covid fight as variant spreads

Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases surging to record levels but there is no plan for any sweeping national measures.

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News Scan for Jul 28, 2022

A systematic review and meta-analysis published yesterday in BMJ estimates that 5.6% of COVID-19 survivors may face long-lasting changes to their sense of smell or taste, adding to concerns about the overall burden of long COVID.National University of Singapore researchers led the analysis of 18 obse

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Manitoba reports 3 COVID-19 deaths, jump in cases

COVID-19 deaths, cases and ICU admissions linked to the virus last week.The province’s latest epidemiology update, which covers July 17 to July 23, reports 242 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 infections and 45 new hospitalizations — eight of which required intensive care. Manitoba expands COVID vaccine eligibility to include kids four and under In the previous week 171 new cases were announced.

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Studies reveal racial disparities in early US COVID vaccine rollout

COVID-19 vaccines were less likely to be distributed to US healthcare facilities if they were in counties with a high proportion of Black residents, and racial differences in vaccine uptake may be mainly due to anti-vaccine beliefs among Black adults, according to two new studies highlighting racial disparities in vaccine availability and coverage early in the country's rollout.

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Tobacco packs to carry new health warnings from Dec 1, See display image

tobacco products will display an image with the warning written over it "tobacco users die younger", the ministry said, adding that the new amendments have been made under the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008 dated 21st July, 2022, which will be applicable from December 1, 2022. The image with health warning “Tobacco causes painful death" shall be valid for a period of twelve months following its commencement from December 1, 2022, while the image with warning “Tobacco users die younger" shall come into effect following the end of twelve months from the date of commencement of specified health warning of first one.

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Tobacco Users Die Younger - cigarette packs to display new health warnings

tobacco product packs after making amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008. All tobacco products manufactured or imported or packaged on or after 1 December, 2022 shall display image -1 with the textual warning as ‘Tobacco causes painful death’ and those manufactured or imported or packaged on or after 1 December, 2023 shall display image-2 with the warning ‘Tobacco users die younger," the health ministry said in a release. Any person engaged directly or indirectly in the manufacture, production, supply, import or distribution of cigarettes or any tobacco products shall ensure that all tobacco product packages shall have the specified health warnings exactly as prescribed, the ministry said. "Violation of these provision is a punishable offence with imprisonment or fine as prescribed in Section 20 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003," said health ministry adding that the existing specified health warning shall continue till 30 November, 2022.

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Police: Woman arrested for posing as New Jersey child protective services worker

MAPLE SHADE, N.J. - A New Jersey woman was arrested after investigators said she posed as a state worker and knocked on a family's door to inquire about their infant daughter.Love Hodge, 29, was charged with Impersonating a Public Servant, Burglary and additional offenses. Officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to a home on Sunflower Path on July 23 for reports of a suspicious person. The caller told police that a woman came to her door claiming to be an employee with the New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency. Police say the phony employee did not show identification or a business card, and inquired about the woman's 5-month-old daughter.

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$1.1 billion: Mega Millions jackpot climbs again, 2nd-highest prize in game history

CHICAGO - The Mega Millions jackpot topped $1 billion this week — and continues to grow — ahead of Friday night’s drawing. It now stands as the second-highest prize in the game’s history, as currently estimated. The lottery grand prize on Thursday reached an estimated $1.1 billion with a $648.2 million cash option after hitting $1.02 billion on Wednesday. Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is also the nation’s third-largest lottery prize ever.

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Enough HIV drugs in stock, say health ministry officials

NEW DELHI: There is adequate stock of drugs in the country for around 95% of ‘People Living with HIV’ (PLHIV) who are on first and second line of antiretroviral (ARV) regimens in the country, as per official sources. The mainstay of treatment for more than 85% people living with HIV (PLHIV) is Tablet TLD, a fixed-dose-combination of three anti-retroviral drugs - Tenofovir (300mg) +Lamivudine (300mg) + Dolutegravir (50mg) - for which there is sufficient stock nationally to last more than three months, they said.

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COVID-19: Hospital admissions increase in N.S., vaccine appointments open for kids under 5

COVID-19 deaths and 1,910 positive PCR tests in the seven-day period ending June 25.During that time, there were 60 new hospital admissions, compared to 44 admissions the previous week. Pfizer begins mid-stage trial for new vaccine targeting Omicron subvariant Also in comparison, the seven-day period ending July 18 saw 1,877 positive PCR tests and seven deaths.Since Dec.

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7,605 community cases; 799 hospitalisations; 25 in ICU

Today we are reporting 7,605 community cases, 799 current hospitalisations.

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George R.R. Martin misses ‘House Of The Dragon’ premiere after testing positive for COVID-19

George R.R. Martin missed the premiere for Game Of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon after testing positive for COVID-19.The author confirmed he wouldn’t be attending the Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday (July 27) in a short video, after testing positive for the virus following his appearance at San Diego Comic-Con.“My symptoms are minor,” Martin said.

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Forth Valley NHS says Covid now part of everyday life in health care

Covid-19 controls have become part of 'business as usual' for NHS Forth Valley as it moves to the latest phase of the pandemic.

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George R.R. Martin skips ‘House of the Dragon’ premiere due to COVID

USA Today reported.“I was going to start today by introducing George R.R. Martin and tell you how great it is to have George on the journey with us,” Bloys said to the audience at the premiere.

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Shopify’s big e-commerce bet failed. What does that signal for retail’s future?

A slower-than-expected shift to e-commerce and decades-high inflation are among the headwinds slowing Shopify’s growth, but experts say these trends also have a significant bearing on the future of retail itself.

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Call for new Covid testing plan be discussed with GPs

A Monaghan-based GP has said the proposed plan to end Covid-19 testing for the general population in the autumn should be discussed with GPs.

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JetBlue to buy Spirit for $3.8 billion, creating nation's 5th largest airline

A Spirit Airlines plane takes off from Miami International Airport on July 27, 2022, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) JetBlue has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion in a deal that would create the nation's fifth-largest airline if approved by U.S.

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Psy’s ‘Summer Swag’ concerts could be under investigation for audience transmission of COVID-19

Psy’s ongoing ‘Summer Swag 2022’ series of concerts in South Korea could be under investigation from the authorities for transmission of COVID-19 among audience members.South Korean news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily reported on July 27 that South Korea’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters shared that it has received multiple reports from people who claim to have “contracted COVID-19 after attending a music concert that ‘sprays water'”.“We have launched an investigation to see what kind of actions are taking place during the event that could be risk factors in transmitting the virus,” an unnamed representative of the department told Korea JoongAng Daily. Psy’s ‘Summer Swag’ concert series is known for drenching the audience with water during the show, which the Korea Herald reported could use around 300 metric tonnes of drinking water in one event.This year’s series began with a three-day run in Seoul at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium earlier this month. Audiences at the Seoul kickoff received disposable raincoats and waterproof face masks, the Herald reported.Psy is currently touring South Korea for the ‘Summer Swag’ concert series, which will visit seven cities in total and conclude by August 20.

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Ontario COVID-19 vaccine bookings for babies and toddlers set to open

COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their babies and preschoolers starting later this morning.The province’s booking portal will open for pediatric vaccine appointments for children aged six months to under five years at 8 a.m.Families can also make appointments through health units using their own booking systems as well as some primary care providers and pharmacies. COVID vaccine appointments to open July 28 for Ontario children under 5 years old Clinics for the youngest age group are scheduled to ramp up across the province in the coming days and some are planning to host appointments today.Toronto Public Health says it expects to start administering shots to babies and toddlers today and some pharmacies are also in position to start vaccinating.

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Sesame Place controversy: Law firm files class action lawsuit against park on claims of discrimination

PHILADELPHIA - A law firm on Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against SeaWorld, the parent company of Sesame Place, seeking millions in damages for alleged discrimination during a family's visit to the amusement park earlier this year. Lawyers from Murphy, Falcon & Murphy held a press conference Wednesday in Philadelphia alongside Quinton Burns and his daughter Kennedi. They claim the father and daughter visited the park on Father's Day and the 5-year-old was snubbed by several characters during a meet-and-greet. Attorney Malcolm Ruff said Kennedi was ignored "among a sea of white children" who the characters interacted with instead.

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Covid-19: India reports 44 deaths in last 24 hrs

NEW DELHI: India reported 20,557 new covid infections and 44 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,46,323, bring the tally to more than 4.39 crore cases since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.

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India logs 20,557 fresh Covid-19 cases, 44 fatalities in past 24 hours

India's active caseload currently stands at 1,46,323. India reported 20,557 fresh Covid-19 cases and 44 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry data. With these new infections, the country's active caseload currently stands at 1,46,323, taking the total number of cases to over 4.39 crore and death toll to 5,26,211 since the beginning of coronavirus pandemic.

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Netflix puts third season production of Henry Cavill series The Witcher on hold due to COVID-19

Production on the third season of The Witcher has been 'paused due to COVID and we will be up and running as soon as it is safe to do so,' Netflix said Wednesday.The show paused production 'amid unconfirmed online rumors that star Henry Cavill tested positive for the virus,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.The Emmy-nominated series, which is made in the U.K., previously had to shut down production of the show's second season in 2020 due to COVID-19. The latest:Production on the third season of The Witcher, starringHenry Cavill, has been 'paused due to COVID and we will be up and running as soon as it is safe to do so,' Netflix said WednesdayNo premiere date has been announced for the third season of the show, which also features Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Mimi Ndiweni and Eamon Farren.The show has been popular for Netflix since its debut in 2019, as its spawned spin-offs including the 2021 animated movie The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, as well as a prequel series in the works titled The Witcher: Blood Origin.

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7,627 community cases; 827 hospitalisations; 24 in ICU

Today we are reporting 7,627 community cases, and 827 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 7,776

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Covid-19 leaves around 5% people with sense of smell and taste disorder

Bloomberg, this problem persists in around 5% Covid patients that is disrupting their everyday lives and providing another set of symptoms to chalk up to long Covid-19. The scientitsts reached this conclusion after reviewing a total of 18 studies involving over 3,600 Covid-19 patients. In a paper paper published Thursday in the UK medical journal BMJ, around 15 million patients may got affected worldwide, out of which, women were less likely to recover than men.

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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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