Criticism over communication of long Covid pay scheme for healthcare workers

New Delhi: India reported 18,313 new covid cases and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours.  The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,45,026, taking the total number of cases to over 4.39 crore and 5,26,167 fatalities since the onset of the pandemic. The central government reviewed covid-19 situation in 115 districts of nine states showing an upsurge in covid cases and positivity rate and flagged concerns regarding low levels of testing and vaccination.

India was seeing a fall in cases when it had reported 14,830 new infections yesterday and 16,866 cases on Monday. The death toll in the country has gone up to 5,26,110 with 57 more fatalities, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am. The active cases account for 0.34 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 per cent, the ministry said.

headdress by Chief Wilton Littlechild was a powerful and symbolic moment — but the symbolism is not sitting well with everyone.The Pope was given the headdress on Treaty 6 territory, in the central Alberta First Nations community of Maskwacis, after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system on Monday.The apology came with cheering from the crowd, and some people were weeping. Soon after, Chief Littlechild went on stage and placed a headdress on Pope Francis’ head.The former member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission attended residential schools for 14 years as a child in Alberta.It was a stunning image: Francis briefly wearing the full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband.The Vatican and the pope clearly appreciated the gesture: Francis kissed Littlechild’s hands after receiving the headdress, something he has done in the past as a sign of respect for Holocaust survivors, and has done on this trip for residential school survivors.The Vatican obviously understood the symbolic significance of the moment, putting the photo on the front page of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano under the headline “I humbly beg forgiveness.”Headdresses historically are a symbol of respect, worn by Native American war chiefs and warriors.For many Plains tribes, for example, each feather placed on a headdress has significance and had to be earned through an act of compassion or bravery.Some modern-day First Nations leaders have been given war bonnets in ceremonies accompanied by prayers and songs.“It’s honouring a man as a chief, as a honourary chief and leader in the community and in doing that it’s actually adopted him as one

Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen’s acquittal on a sexual assault charge Tuesday shows the high bar set for women who come forward with criminal complaints, lawyers and advocates say.A jury of eight men and four women found Virtanen not guilty following a week-long trial that hinged primarily on the different accounts between the athlete and the complainant of a 2017 encounter.“Unfortunately, what this trial and this verdict does is it confirms what so many victims are afraid of when they come forward,” said Angela Marie MacDougall, executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services in Vancouver.

Pope Francis spoke in three First Nations languages at a sacred pilgrimage site hours after his public mass in Edmonton was called a missed opportunity for not including Indigenous culture or traditions.On Tuesday, Francis joined thousands of people at Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, and during a church service, wearing a red Metis sash around his neck, said hello in Nakota, Cree and Blackfoot.“Aba-wash-did! Tansi! Oki!”Many cheered.The site has been important to Indigenous people and Catholics for generations.

Wuhan’s Jiangxia district have been told to stay in their homes and not go out unless necessary. All public transport has been stopped and entertainment venues shut for three days after four asymptomatic cases were found in the district on Tuesday. While so far the restrictions are contained to just the one district, the move is likely to spark concerns about a widening of curbs.

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told The Post that the questions focused on the extent of Trump’s involvement in this effort. Until then, the DOJ has focused its investigation on Trump’s lawyers, John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani. Former Pence aid Marc Short confirmed to Fox News Special Report host Bret Baier that he had been recently interviewed by a grand jury in Washington but would not specify the details of the questioning. Former US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit in Washington, D.C., US, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

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.

DOYLES - The Central Bucks School Board voted Monday to approve a controversial new library policy that targets book content. The new policy will allow the board to control what books are allowed in their libraries based on sexual content. Critics argue that the policy goes too far and would result in classic books getting banned. Central Bucks School District's Superintendent Dr. Abram Lucabaugh said it's not a ban, and the new policy is aimed at ensuring children aren't reading inappropriate material. "What we do want is every one of our student to be seen, but we also want our students to be seen in our library book and that they are age-appropriate," Dr.

Today we are reporting 8,730 community cases, and 808 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8,111.

No officers were hurt when a suspect barricaded himself inside a Philadelphia home and fired his weapon several times, according to police. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say no officers were hurt when an armed man barricaded himself inside a Philadelphia home and fired his gun several times Tuesday afternoon. Officer from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 7500 block of Chelwynde Avenue just before 5 p.m.

The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying three swimmers who they say became violent when they were asked to leave a Philadelphia pool. PHILADELPHIA - Authorities shared photos of three unruly swimmers who they say became violent when they were asked to leave a Philadelphia pool last week.The Philadelphia Police Department shared the pictures Monday afternoon in hopes that the public could help identify the girls.Police were called to the McVeigh Playground Rec Center on the 400 block of East Ontario Street in Kensington last Thursday for reports of three rowdy swimmers.Investigators say staff members repeatedly asked three female swimmers to leave for "unruly behavior" but they refused and became hostile.

The Ministry will host a media briefing to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak at 12:00pm today.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 24: People cool off by playing in a fountain in Domino Park with the Manhattan skyline in the background as the sun sets during a heat wave on July 24, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The five boroughs of New WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world.Days after nearly half the country — 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering heat wave, which for the West, hasn’t quite finished, the Biden Administration Tuesday unveiled heat.gov, which includes maps, forecasts and health advice.

Saskatchewan Roughriders take on the BC Lions.But whether or not the choice is his to make remains to be seen.“I feel like it might be up to other people,” he admitted. “But, if it’s up to me, I’m playing.

coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold — further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.The research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science, shows that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was likely the early epicenter of the scourge that has now killed nearly 6.4 million people around the world. Scientists conclude that the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, likely spilled from animals into people two separate times.

Police are trying to piece together a motive in the wake of a deadly shooting rampage in Langley, B.C., on Monday.

Zodiac coin (Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority) JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel’s Antiquities Authority said Monday it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin during an underwater survey off the coastal city of Haifa.The coin bears the image of the zodiac sign Cancer behind a depiction of the moon goddess Luna.Experts say the coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, under the rule of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled between the years 138–161 A.D. It is part of a series of 13 coins depicting the 12 zodiac signs and one of the entire zodiac wheel.RELATED: Raising Cane’s founder buys Mega Millions tickets for all employeesThe antiquities authority said it was the first time such a coin has been found off the Israeli coast."These finds, which were lost at sea and disappeared from sight for hundreds and thousands of years, have been remarkably well preserved," said Jacob Sharvit, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority Maritime Archaeology Unit.

ST. LOUIS - One person was killed as hours of relentless thunderstorms dropped historic rainfall amounts across the St. Louis area early Tuesday morning, flooding homes and roads in several neighborhoods and prompting dozens of water rescues.The dire situation prompted the city's first-ever Flash Flood Emergency from the National Weather Service as the city shattered its all-time daily rainfall record.

PHILADELPHIA - Hours after family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of a Philadelphia homicide victim, the teen's uncle met with city leaders to share possible solutions to the rampant gun violence. Authorities say 18-year-old Lameer Boyd was gunned down near the intersection of 52nd and Larchwood street around 10 p.m. on July 19th. Jamahal Boyd Sr.

PHILADELPHIA - *** Watch the Mega Millions drawing live on FOX 29 ***The Mega Millions' jackpot has swelled to it's third-largest total ever and hopeful players purchased their tickets ahead of Tuesday's drawing. The $830M jackpot will be drawn Tuesday at 11 p.m. You can watch the drawing live on FOX 29 just before the 10 at 10. The cash option for the grand prize is $487.9 million before taxes.

At a White House COVID-19 vaccine summit, experts today discussed what better vaccines would look like, such as one that would block transmission, as the Omicron BA.5 subvariant gained an ever bigger foothold in the United States.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are “stronger than ever” following his health scare — but are they still trying to have a baby? Or does the medical emergency have them second-guessing everything?!

Shania Twain’s new Netflix documentary,, the 56-year old songstress gets candid about how dealing with her Lyme disease diagnosis and her husband’s infidelity affected her music.  Following the success of her third studio album, 2002's andtoward the end of her tour, Twain was horseback riding when she got bit by a tick. “I did get Lyme disease.

Semi crashes into Winnebago Co. home in Town of Vinland July 26.

Photo of puppy rescued after its head got stuck in a wheel. (Photo courtesy of the Hardin County Fire Department) SAVANNAH, Tenn. - Firefighters responded to a strange call for service— a puppy’s head is stuck in the wheel of a truck tire.

Kate Garraway is reportedly in "survival mode" after her husband, Derek Draper, took a "serious turn for the worse" this month. The TV presenter, 55, previously revealed that her husband, 54, was readmitted to hospital two months ago due to ongoing health complications after he contracted Covid back in 2020.

The risk of myocarditis and/or pericarditis was not significantly different among children ages 5 to 11 years after COVID-19 vaccination from that of unvaccinated children and much lower than that among children aged 12 to 17, finds a prospective study in Denmark published today in Pediatrics.A team led by Copenhagen University Hospital researchers estimated the risk of myopericarditis

LAWTON, Okla. - A city driver in Oklahoma got a morning surprise when a deer went flying through the windshield.City officials in Lawton said the incident happened in June and the driver was Alisha Sutton— who had only been on the job for 10 months. The city also released a video of the crash, saying the deer stood up immediately and Sutton opened the door to let it back out. "I was like, I guess I gotta slow this bus down," Sutton said in a news release. "I slowed it down and brought it to a stop right there in the road.

The momentum gained in highway development over in the past few years has hit a speed bump with the pace of construction falling by over 14% in the April-June quarter of FY23. Construction in Q1 sputtered to 1,966 km, slower than even the 2,284 km built during the peak of the second wave of the covid pandemic that resulted in large scale disruption in economic activity, the latest ministry of road transport and highways data on road construction showed.

The Covid-19 pandemic 'unmasked' food poverty and was more harmful to those living in disadvantaged areas, according to the findings of two studies by the Childhood Development Initiative.

DEWEY BEACH, Del. - The Maryland man killed in a crash after being kicked out of a Lyft ride over the weekend has been identified by police as 43-year-old Sidney Wolf. He was previously a Senior Policy Advisor for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo according to his LinkedIn page.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are looking for a man they say committed an armed robbery in East Germantown Tuesday afternoon.The suspect reportedly stole approximately $2,000 from WFSF Bank on the 5300 block of Chew Avenue around 1:20 p.m.Police say he was armed, and fled on foot into the 35th Police District.He was reportedly wearing a black baseball cap, black hooded sweatshirt, white sneakers, blue surgical mask and a purple glove on his left hand.No one was injured during the robbery.

COVID-19 update has shown a slight decrease in the number of PCR-confirmed cases, but an increase in the number of hospital admissions and active hospitalizations.According to the report, which covers July 17 to 23, there were 938 positive tests based on PCR testing — a drop from 1,004 from the week before. BA.4, BA.5 in Canada - What we know about the 2 new Omicron subvariants But hospital admissions jumped from 40 to 30, compared to last week. And active hospitalizations also increased to 34, from 22 the previous week.The majority of hospital admissions were among the elderly.

Neil Young has said he won’t perform at this year’s Farm Aid event because of his ongoing concerns over COVID-19.Young confirmed the news in response to a fan letter on his Neil Young Archives site that said: “I am not ready for that yet. I don’t think it is safe in the pandemic,” he wrote, adding, “I miss it very much.”The veteran artist co-founded the yearly benefit concert to support American farmers.

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stroke.On Monday, Wolfe, 58, told People that he hopes fans will keep Fritz, 56, in “their thoughts and prayers.”“The most important thing is that we allow him time to heal and giving [sic] him the space to do so,” he said.Fritz was hospitalized earlier this month and, last week, Wolfe spoke about the news to his fans on Instagram.“I have been very private in the past year in regards to Franks [sic] life and the journey he’s been on,” Wolfe wrote on social media at the time. “There has been lots of opinions in regards to mine and Frank’s friendship and the show but now is not the time to set the record straight. Now is the time to pray for my friend.”He continued, “Frank has suffered a stroke and is in the hospital.

HAIFA BAY, Israel - From afar, it looks like white dots scattered across the water, but up close, those are actually jellyfish— too many of them to count. The stunning video near Haifa Bay, Israel was released by the Nature and Parks Authority.Authorities said on Twitter that human activity contributed to the multiplication of jellyfish including climate change, pollution, dumping waste into the sea and harming predators of jellyfish such as sea turtles.RELATED: Birmingham Zoo: Lioness killed while meeting male lionAccording to Reuters, the jellyfish are posing a nuisance by keeping swimmers away and clogging desalination plants and industrial fishing nets."The water gets hotter and hotter and we can see more and more jellyfish," Guy Lavian, a marine ranger with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, told Reuters. "They cause real damage here.