COVID-19 vaccine made by Oxford-AstraZeneca, which was previously available to residents aged 55 and older, will be offered to those 40 and older starting Tuesday.

Here’s what you need to know:The government says the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot will be administered at more than 1,400 pharmacies across Ontario, as well as in certain doctors’ offices.

Pharmacies offering inoculations are listed at covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations Ontario, Alberta to lower minimum age for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from 55 to 40 People who want to get the shot are advised to contact their doctor or a pharmacy directly to book an appointment.

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Fraudsters 'founded fake church to peddle 'miracle' Covid cure that was just bleach'

coronavirus, cancer, and Aids, it has been alleged.The indictment of the family, who are based in Bradenton, Florida, US, says they received more than $1 million from selling a product named "Miracle Mineral Solution".The "solution" actually contained sodium chlorite, a toxic compound typically used for industrial-scale water treatment or for bleaching textiles, prosecutors said.Mark Grenon, 62, and his three sons Jonathan Grenon, 34, Jordan Grenon, 26, and Joseph Grenon, 32 fraudulently marketed and sold their "Miracle Mineral Solution", a toxic industrial bleach, as a cure for Covid-19, cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, autism, malaria, hepatitis, Parkinson’s, herpes, HIV/AIDS, and other serious medical conditions.The defendants are accused

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‘She’s given so much:’ Orlando city commissioner teams up with community partners to give senior resident new roof

ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando city commissioner is calling on the community to help repair a senior resident’s home after it went into disrepair during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 24

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Saturday:City officials say the Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips Square will be lit pink until Sunday morning to mark one million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the city and to acknowledge the efforts of front-line workers.Toronto passed the one-million-doses milestone on Friday.To date, 1,026,176 shots have been given in the city.More than 1 million #COVID19 vaccine doses have been administered in #Toronto. To mark this major milestone and to acknowledge the ongoing efforts of frontline workers, the Toronto sign in front of City Hall will be lit pink until 6 a.m.

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As COVID-19 cases explode in India, Canada ready to help with medical supplies: Anand

India with medical equipment as the country struggles to contain record surges in COVID-19 cases and deaths.“The answer to the question is yes, we are in touch with India and our High Commissioner in India Nadir Patel about a number of options that may be on the table for us to assist,” procurement minister Anita Anand said during a press conference Friday, when asked whether Canada would step in to help.“We will stand ready with PPE and ventilators and any items that might be useful for the government of India.” ‘It’s over’: India COVID-19 patients suffocate as cases surge during oxygen shortage In an emailed statement to Global News, Anand’s office said on April 23 they had “no further information” on what types of personal protective

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India becomes fastest country to administer 14 crore vaccinations as Covid-19 cases surge

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A Florida Mcdonald’s is offering $50 to anyone who interviews for a job

TAMPA, Fla. – Want $50? One Florida McDonald’s is offering $50 to anyone who goes in for an interview.

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With OK from experts, some states resume use of J&J vaccine

NEW YORK – With a green light from federal health officials, several states resumed use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday. Among the venues where it was being deployed: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Lockdowns ‘greatest breach’ of civil liberties since WWII internment camps: Tory MP

“no evidence” that COVID-19 lockdowns work, stating they are the “the single greatest breach” of civil liberties “since the Internment Camps during WW2.”We are experiencing the single greatest breach of our Civil Liberties since the Internment Camps during WW2. ABSOLUTELY NO evidence that lockdowns work but dozens and dozens of papers proving they don’t.

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'Heartbreaking': Greta Thunberg on India's Covid-19 crisis, asks global community to help

#CovidIndia https://t.co/OaJVTNXa6RAlong with her tweet, Thunberg shared a news report about India's prevailing health crisis as the country reports over 3 lakh cases every day.3.46 lakh new Covid cases in India in new record highIn a new record high, India recorded the highest daily surge in the world with more than 3.46 lakh Covid-19 infections, which takes the country's caseload to 1.66 crore.The country also registered the deadliest day of the pandemic with 2,624 deaths.Delhi and Maharashtra recorded the highest-ever number of deaths in a single day. Today is the third consecutive day when over three lakh cases have been reported.The total number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has surpassed the 25 lakh-mark.

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Haryana imposes COVID curbs in 6 worst-affected districts. Details here

PTI reported. The restrictions include banning of gathering of over five people and implementation of the "work from home" arrangements.

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Bengal: State records highest single-day Covid spike with over 14,000 new cases

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COVID-19: Quebec reports 1,106 new cases, 13 more deaths as hospitalizations drop

COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 13 more coronavirus virus-related deaths.Health officials say hospitalizations decreased by 22 to 662, and 181 people are in intensive care — an increase of nine from Friday.Authorities say of the 13 deaths, three occurred in the last 24 hours. Quebec’s death toll now stands at 10,869.More than 82,080 doses of the vaccine were administered on Friday, and 1,548 doses were added to the toll from before April 23, for a total of 2,763,535 since the beginning of the vaccination rollout in the province.Quebec has reported more than 343,790 infections since the pandemic hit the province.

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Maharashtra reports over 67,000 new Covid cases, Mumbai records lowest spike in 3 weeks

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Indian Covid variant found in Switzerland, says health authority

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Tamil Nadu reports record 14,842 new Covid-19 cases and 80 deaths

Tamil Nadu on Saturday continued to witness a sharp rise on the new Covid-19 infections by adding 14,842 new cases to the caseload while 80 fatalities were reported in a day, the Health Department said.The state saw 1,00,668 active infections while 9,142 people were discharged in the last 24 hours.Meanwhile, India has administered more than 31 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, said the union health ministry on Friday.According to the health ministry data, 13,54,78,420 vaccine doses have been administered through 19,38,184 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.Also, eight states account for 59.08 per cent of the cumulative doses given so far in the country.As on Day-97 of the vaccination drive (April 22,

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Goa CM rules out lockdown, says health infra can tackle COVID surge

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Nova Scotia reports 52 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday

COVID-19 Saturday — just three cases shy of the province’s single-day record set in April of last year.The province now has 201 active cases.Nova Scotia shuts down border to 7 provinces as COVID-19 cases increaseOf the new cases, 44 are in the Central Zone, four are in the Eastern Zone and four are in the Northern Zone.More information will follow, said the province in a tweet Saturday.

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Karnataka reports nearly 30,000 new COVID cases in new high, 208 deaths

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Tamil Nadu govt issues new lockdown guidelines amid Covid-19 spike. Read here

Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced further restrictions, with some exceptions, to curb the rapid spread of Covid-19 across the state.According to the fresh curbs, cinema theatres, shopping malls, gyms, convention halls, bars, auditoriums, recreation centres and bigger stores will remain shut from 26 April. These new restrictions will come into effect from 4 am on 26 April.In a press release issued today, the government said, "Temple events and congregations have already been prohibited since 10 April.

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3816 coaches are available for use as covid care coaches: Indian Railways

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Maharashtra to float global tender for COVID vaccine, Remdesivir: Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar on Saturday announced that the state government will float a global tender for the vaccines and remdesivir injections, a PTI report said.He said, "We have decided to float a global tender for COVID-19 vaccines and remdesivir under a committee, which will be headed by chief secretary Sitaram Kunte." Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey has discussed the details of the vaccine with CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII) Adar Poonawala, he said."We will also ensure that the state receives vaccines from foreign manufacturers with the coordination and support from the Union government," he said.

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Ontario reports nearly 4,100 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 441,404.“Locally, there are 1,191 new cases in Toronto, 1,014 in Peel, 406 in York Region, 226 in Niagara and 199 in Durham,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.Twenty-four new deaths were also reported, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,887.A total of 392,044 coronavirus cases are considered resolved, which is up by 4,332.

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Today's Public Health Scotland Covid infection rate latest for every council region

0.0 Shetland Islands / Na h-Eileanan Siar 0.9 Scottish Borders3.2 Midlothian4.5 Orkney Islands4.7 Argyll & Bute6.0 Dumfries & Galloway7.5 East Lothian8.9 Highland 9.5 Angus12.7 Stirling14.1 Inverclyde 15.3 Aberdeenshire19.0 Renfrewshire20.1 Dundee City20.2 West Lothian20.6 Aberdeen City23.0 Falkirk25.2 North Ayrshire25.7 Fife25.9 West Dunbartonshire28.2 City of Edinburgh30.4 East Renfrewshire 32.9 Perth & Kinross36.8 East Dunbartonshire38.2 South Ayrshire41.2 South Lanarkshire41.5 Glasgow City 43.8 Moray51.6 East Ayrshire64.4 North Lanarkshire69.8 Clackmannanshire The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips

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‘It’s over’: India COVID-19 patients suffocate as cases surge during oxygen shortage

Indian authorities scrambled Saturday to get oxygen tanks to hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating amid the world’s worst coronavirus surge, as the government came under increasing criticism for what doctors said was its negligence in the face of a foreseeable public health disaster.For the third day in a row, India set a global daily record of new infections. The 346,786 confirmed cases over the past day brought India’s total to more than 16 million, behind only the United States.

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Scottish Government announces four deaths and 177 new covid cases in last 24 hours

coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 177 new cases had been identified overnight.

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Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

Nitin Patel, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, has been admitted to the U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre.Earlier in the day, the minister participated in a programme in Gandhinagar which was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. He was also with Shah and Rupani on Friday.He took to Twitter on Saturday evening to say, "I had my RT-PCR test done after showing mild symptoms of coronavirus, the result of which is positive.

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Nova Scotia reports 1 new COVID-19 case connected to school

COVID-19 Friday evening connected to Oyster Pond Academy in Oyster Pond, Central Zone.The person was not in school on Friday.The province said the school will remain closed to students until Thursday, April 29. A deep cleaning will take place and students will learn from home during the closure.The new school-related cases came in after the cut-off for reporting, so they are not included in Friday’s case numbers.Nova Scotia health officials also reported two cases of COVID-19 connected to schools in Nova Scotia late Friday afternoon.

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COVID-19: 22 people charged for violating N.S. Health Protection Act

Halifax Regional Police charged 22 people for violating the Nova Scotia Health Protection Act Friday as the COVID-19 crisis continues.In a release, police said they responded to a report of a large social gathering at a residence on Jubilee Road in Halifax that exceeded the gathering limits.Officers issued tickets for the violation, which carries a fine of $1,000.As of Friday, the province has announced that the gathering limit (indoors and outdoors) would be no more than five people.

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99-year-old among those awaiting Covid-19 vaccine at home

Joe Kenneally, a 99-year-old retired farmer from Kilshanny in Co Clare, has had a lifelong love of songs and local history.

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Black neighborhoods in Kansas hard hit by property tax sales

Rozetta Dotson worked two jobs to scrape together the money to pay down a delinquent tax debt on the Kansas City, Kansas, home she owns with her husband, Ricky. Then the pandemic hit, she lost her second job and Ricky got COVID-19.

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Kerala continues to see spike in COVID cases, 26,685 new infections today

Kerala on Saturday reported as many as 26,685 new COVID19 cases pushing the active tally to 1,98,576. Meanwhile, the death toll reached 5,080 as 25 people succumbed to the deadly virus in the span of 24 hours, the health bulletin said.Today's numbers are however lower than yesterday's count of 28,447 fresh cases, which was the highest one-day spike for the state.

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NHS Lanarkshire apologises for Covid vaccination delays due to 'IT issues'

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region"You should attend your appointment today but please be aware that you may have a longer wait time than normal. Additional staff are being brought in to help reduce any queues."We would also like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding as we continue to deliver the largest ever vaccination programme."It's not the first time this week lengthy queues have formed at vaccination centres.

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B&M shoplifter 'spattered' security room with own blood and claimed he had Covid

B&M stores splattered a security room with his own blood, claiming he had Covid-19 and HIV. Desmond Grainger, 39, was stopped outside the B&M store in Birmingham city centre after walking out with £141 worth of items without paying.The notorious man was detained by security guards under 'citizens arrest' but then flew into a rage.He started biting his own arm before spitting his flesh and blood all over the floor, walls and ceiling of one of the store's back rooms.

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Weekend curfew to be imposed in Jammu and Kashmir from tonight amid covid-19 surge

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Uttarakhand: 93 students at govt nursing college test positive for COVID-19

Uttarakhand's Sursingh Dhar tested positive for coronavirus, news agency ANI reported on Saturday. The hostel of the college has been declared a containment zone.Amid the coronavirus surge, the state health department on Friday advised the government to restrict the activities or implement lockdown on the same parallel lines as of Maharashtra by adopting the "break the chain" formula.Further, the state government on Friday announced that people in the 18-45 age group will be inoculated against COVID-19 for free.

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From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines

TEGUCIGALPA – Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been inoculated.

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Memorials held on Turkey's Gallipoli to remember WWI deaths

GELIBOLU – A small group gathered Saturday on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula to remember British and Ottoman soldiers who died during World War I.

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Global study suggests pregnant women who get COVID-19 have higher risk of complications, death

published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, adds to current the understanding of the risk pregnant women who get the virus face, as well as their newborns. It echoed the results of smaller studies.The U.S.

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Moderna CEO: COVID-19 vaccine surplus possible in 2022

Moderna Inc. CEO Stephane Bancel said Friday that the company is on track to produce 1 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year, and that with manufacturers producing large quantities, there could be an oversupply in 2022.During a virtual event on vaccine manufacturing, Bancel said the Massachusetts-based biotechnology company is also on pace to produce up to 1.4 billion next year, Reuters reported."Next year there is going to be way too many vaccines for people on the planet," he said, noting that manufacturers should create as many vaccines as possible this year, according to Reuters.Moderna did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for comment. FILE - Vials of the Moderna Covid-19 disease vaccine at Recipharm plant.

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Man who spread Covid in Spain arrested on suspicion of assault

A Mallorca man who infected 22 people with Covid-19 has been arrested on suspicion of assault for going to work and the gym despite signs he had the virus.

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Canning Town stabbing: Dad of boy killed 'for scooter' is fighting for life with Covid

The dad of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death "for his electric scooter" is fighting for life with Covid-19, a family friend has said.

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SII says Covishield cheaper than most covid-19 medical treatment

Serum Institute of India chief executive officer Adar Poonawalla on Saturday said the vaccine was cheaper than most covid-19 treatments, and increasing its price was necessary to keep its production sustainable.The company will charge ₹400 per dose for Covishield from the Centre and states for fresh orders and ₹600 per dose from private hospitals from 1 May.“Only a limited portion of SII's volume will be sold to private hospitals at INR 600 per dose.

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Indian Air Force airlifts cryogenic oxygen containers from Singapore as India fights deadly Covid-19 crisis

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Maharashtra: 2 Covid-19 patients die as oxygen valve gets turned off at civil hospital

Maharashtra, their relatives claimed today.This happened on Friday night in the hospital's ward number 7, they added.While the hospital authorities claimed that only one of the patients was on oxygen support, relatives of the deceased alleged that both of them were on oxygen support."The hospital team saw that the oxygen supply valve had been closed...Somebody could have shut the valve," Dr Sukhdev Rathod, additional civil surgeon of Beed District Civil Hospital, told news agency PTI.While one of the patients was on oxygen, the other person's condition was critical, he said, adding that one patient had an HRTC score of 19 and the other had a score of 23.However, the kin of the deceased, aged 35 and 55 years, alleged that the duo died due to

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Biological E completes phase-2 covid vaccine trial, gets SEC nod for phase-3

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Covid vaccine for 18+: Prepare field hospitals, Centre directs states ahead of phase 3 vaccinations. Read here

vaccinations will be opened to all above 18 from 1 May.States can take help from agencies like the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and similar agencies in the private sector to build field hospitals, the government said.The Centre today released a strategy guide to take India's Phase 3 vaccination drive forward.Along with Rajesh Bhushan, Dr RS Sharma, chairman of the empowered group on technology and data management on Covid-19, also chaired a high-level meeting to guide the States/UTs on effective implementation of the New Vaccination Strategy (Phase-3).Dr Sharma noted that the CoWIN platform has now stabilised and is working at scale flawlessly.

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Manmohan Singh recuperating well from COVID-19: Congress

Manmohan Singh, who had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, is recuperating well, a Congress leader said on Saturday. "Singh is stable and is progressing well.

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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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