Disney+ launched in the U.K. on the first day of the country's lockdown and "made an immediate impact," according to a new report from media and communications regulator Ofcom. "The new service attracted 16 percent of online adults by early July, surpassing [Sky streaming service] Now TV (10 percent) to become the third-most-popular subscription streaming service behind Netflix (45 percent) and Amazon Prime Video (39 percent)." The Ofcom report says that 13 million U.K.

homes had a Netflix subscription as of the first quarter of 2020, with Amazon reaching 7.9 million. The report also mentioned that "at the.

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Seminole County to open CARES Act grant applications for individuals, businesses and nonprofits

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County residents, small businesses and nonprofits experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic can qualify for CARES Act funding to help pay for rent, mortgage payments, utilities and other necessities.Seminole County was awarded $82 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act fund to help address some of the economic fallout from the pandemic. The county has set aside $10 million for small businesses, $7 million for individuals and $3 million for nonprofits.

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COVID-19 may accelerate shift in global trade relations, supply chains: Moody's

NEW DELHI : Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday said the coronavirus pandemic is likely to accelerate fundamental shifts in trade relationships and global supply chains.According to Moody's the trend toward a more fragmented and protectionist global economy will likely accelerate as a result of the pandemic, with restrictions on trade, investment and technology transfers."The pandemic will likely result in some fundamental shifts in trade relationships and supply chains globally, further hardening attitudes against globalization," it said and noted that the supply chain shifts will occur in a multi-year process, particularly as China will retain a number of advantages over other economies.Some Asian markets excluding China will benefit

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Karnataka urges PM to resume medical courses to mitigate manpower shortage to battle covid- 19

BENGALURU : Karnataka government on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the state to resume classes for students of medical courses, who can be utilized for covid-19 related healthcare services. Medical education minister K.Sudhakar said that this would help make up for the shortage of manpower.Issuing guidelines making it compulsory for undergraduate & post graduate students to render their service in fighting the pandemic after the completion of course will enable us to enhance the manpower pool, Sudhakar said in a statement.The PM today held meetings with chief ministers of the 10 worst hit states by the pandemic.

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MSMEs will take at least 7-8 months to recover from covid impact: Dun & Bradstreet

NEW DELHI : The MSMEs will take at least 7-8 months to recover from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, and the recovery rate of an enterprise will depend on factors like its rate of digitisation and the sector in which it is operating, Global Chief Economist at Dun & Bradstreet Arun Singh said on Tuesday.The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) contribute 29% to the country's GDP.

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Greece enforces strict night-time curfew on holiday islands after coronavirus spike

Greece has enforced a strict night-time curfew on many popular islands, after the highest number of daily new cases was recorded since the pandemic started.

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Modi for urgent ramping up of covid-19 tests, CMs want more funds

₹9,000 crore to combat covid-19. “Tamil Nadu may be allocated 9,000 crore rupees special grant to combat COVID-19 and it’s after effects on the State’s economy.

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India could have been in top 3 economies in 8 years, if coronavirus had not hit: Rajnath Singh

coronavirus pandemic had not hit the country, Rajnath Singh, defence minister said on Tuesday. "If this pandemic would not have come ...

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Charity issues guide to safe sex for people during coronavirus pandemic

A leading sexual health and HIV charity has produced a guide for people explaining how to have safe sex during the coronavirus pandemic.The Terrence Higgins Trust blog written by its medical director Dr Michael Brady describes sex as "a very important part of life".He detailed how as the pandemic continues "we all need to find ways to balance our need for sex and intimacy with the risks of the spread of Covid-19."Dr Brady warned of the increasing concerns about a second wave of coronavirus and says the best sexual partner during the pandemic is "someone you live with."He said: "Having said that, there are ways to make your sex as safe as possible."As with returning to the workplace, going food shopping or getting a long-awaited haircut, our

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Officials: Florida man lied to get $60,000 in virus loans

MIAMI – A South Florida man has been accused of fraudulently obtaining $60,000 in federal coronavirus relief loans.Judlex Jean Louis, 32, of Lauderhill, was arrested and charged last week with bank fraud, making false statements to a financial institution and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a news release Monday.Louis received proceeds from three fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans in early June, according to a criminal complaint.

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Health officials across US are quitting or getting fired amid the COVID-19 pandemic

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Vilified, threatened with violence and in some cases suffering from burnout, dozens of state and local public health leaders around the U.S. have resigned or have been fired amid the coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.One of the latest departures came Sunday, when California's public health director, Dr.

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More Canadians planning on getting flu vaccine amid COVID-19: survey

coronavirus pandemic than they were last year, a new survey has found.The survey conducted by Pollara for the Canadian Pharmacists Association polled 1,912 Canadian adults between May 21 and May 25 and found 57 per cent of respondents said they would receive the flu shot this year.This marks a significant increase from the 45 per cent of Canadians who claimed they received the flu shot last year.What’s more, according to the survey, 26 per cent of those who were not vaccinated last year said they would “definitely” or “probably” get a flu shot this year.Those respondents said they are more likely to receive a flu vaccine because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Shelita Dattani, director of practice development and knowledge translation at the

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80% of country's Covid-19 active cases are from 10 states: PM Modi tells CMs

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with Chief Ministers to discuss the current Covid-19 situation and plan ahead for tackling the pandemic.Modi interacted with Chief Ministers and representatives of ten states including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing to discuss the current situation and plan ahead for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Karnataka was represented by the Deputy Chief Minister.Prime Minister said that everyone has shown a great degree of cooperation and the teamwork displayed by Team India has been remarkable.

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COVID-19 media update, evening 11 August

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will be providing an update on COVID-19.

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against covid since March. They should not have to face a further struggle with violent and aggressive members of the public.” She added: “We want to provide a safe workplace for all of our people, but we need the public’s help.“All we ask is that visitors and patients and service users are respectful to our staff when you are visiting our sites.

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South Korean company gets India's approval to test anti-parasite drug for covid

SEOUL : South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Tuesday it received Indian regulatory approval to test its anti-parasitic niclosamide drug to treat COVID-19 patients in an early-stage human trial.The phase 1 trial, approved by India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), will involve around 30 healthy participants to test safety and kickstart this month, Daewoong said in a statement.The South Korean drugmaker is testing the drug in partnership with New Delhi-based Mankind Pharma Ltd, which will continue the second and third phases of trials in India on mild and severe coronavirus patients.Drugmakers worldwide are scrambling to develop treatments for the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, which has killed

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Total of 730,000 people lost their jobs in the UK during coronavirus lockdown, new figures show

A total of 730,000 UK workers have been removed from the payrolls of British companies since March when the coronavirus lockdown began.

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Covid-19 does not directly cause loss of taste: Study

COVID-19 patients have reported losses of smell or taste, prompting the researchers to add it to the growing list of symptoms for COVID-19.Recent research shows 20-25 per cent of patients now report a loss of taste, according to the team."More alarming is the rate of patients reporting loss of taste at a later date, sometime after exposure to the virus," said Hongxiang Liu, an associate professor at the University of Georgia in the US."This is something we need to keep a careful eye on," Liu said.The study also indicates that taste bud cells are not vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection, because most of them do not express ACE2, a gateway that the virus uses to enter the body."This study isn't the first to study ACE2 expression in the oral

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PM Modi holds Covid-19 review meeting with CMs of 10 states: Latest updates

PM Modi's last meeting with Chief Ministers to discuss the coronavirus crisis was in June.On Monday, the Prime Minister had held a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of six states - Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala - to review the flood situation there.Menwhile, the COVID-19 tally has risen to 22,68,676 in India. Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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PM Modi to discuss Covid-19 situation with CMs of 10 states today

pic.twitter.com/fOXxyK4tb2On Monday, the Prime Minister had held a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of six states - Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala - to review the flood situation there.PM Modi's last meeting with Chief Ministers to discuss the coronavirus crisis was in June.Meanwhile, as many as 53,601 new coronavirus cases and 871 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Gogglebox Australia: Sarah Marie opens up about her coronavirus panic

Gogglebox Australia's Sarah Marie knows this feeling all too well after discovering her son, Malik, contracted Rhinovirus. Speaking to LifeStyle, the mum and make-up artist revealed nine-month-old Malik has been feeling really unwell recently. "We've been dealing with a sick Malik.

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Smash Mouth performed for packed crowd at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally despite ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Smash Mouth has now joined the list of high-profile bands to perform for large crowds amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The group performed in Sturgis, South Dakota on Sunday as part of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

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WHO says coronavirus pandemic is the world’s worst global health emergency

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LEADING OFF: Blue Jays debut in Buffalo; Clevinger out

A look at what’s happening around the majors Tuesday:___NEW DIGSBaseball's nomads, the Toronto Blue Jays, finally move into their new home at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York, when they play the Miami Marlins. It'll be the first time this year the Blue Jays are the host team.

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City in New Zealand employs a Wizard who makes $10K a year — and he’s currently looking for a replacement

FILE - Ian Brackenbury Channell, known as the Wizard of New Zealand, visits Cathedral Square in 2013. (Photo by Joseph Johnson/Getty Images)CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The city of Christchurch, New Zealand currently employees a Wizard who gets paid by the city council to "provide acts of wizardry and other wizard-like-services as part of promotional work for the city of Christchurch," a council spokesperson said, and now he’s looking for a replacement. Ian Brackenbury Channell, 87, a former professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, has been a regular fixture in Christchurch since the 1970s, when he first moved there from the United Kingdom.

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Vast majority of Alberta’s masks for schoolchildren made in China and Mexico

As CBC first reported, IFR Workwear (along with Lyn Radford and company founder Reg Radford) has donated more than $10,000 to the Progressive Conservatives (the party that later merged with the Wildrose Party to form the UCP) in Alberta since 2006, according to financial disclosure documents.Reg also donated $2,000 specifically to Education Minister Adriana LeGrange’s 2019 election campaign in which she ran as a UCP candidate.Lyn said she believes IFR was chosen because of the quality of its masks, not political bias.“We did not reach out to the province to tell them that we have these masks,” she said.“It was one of our distributors that got the contract with the province.”Lyn would not name the distributor, citing privacy policies, but

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Singapore warns of slow recovery as coronavirus slams Asia's exporters

SINGAPORE : Singapore's record recession was deeper than first thought in the second quarter, data showed on Tuesday, signalling a lengthy path to recovery as the coronavirus pandemic dealt a major blow to Asia's trade-reliant economies.The city-state has been hit hard by COVID-19 with the country under a lockdown for most of the second quarter to curb the spread of the virus."The painful truth is this - we are not returning to a pre-COVID world. Recovery will be some time yet," said trade minister Chan Chun Sing.The government said it now expects full-year GDP to contract between 5% and 7% versus its previous forecast for a 4% to 7% decline.

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Coronavirus testing descends into chaos after being taken off army and made private

The switchover from army-run mobile coronavirus testing to private companies has immediately been met with two major bungles across Greater Manchester.

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Beirut explosion: Fire breaks out near Lebanese parliament amid clashes with protesters

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Former 'Bachelorette' Jillian Harris on Throwing Out Her Engagement Ring, Wedding Plans Amid Coronavirus

Bachelorette appeared on Monday's episode of, where she revealed that amid all the coronavirus craziness, she's been forced to postpone her wedding… and accidentally threw out her engagement ring. «We were supposed to get married this summer,» Harris told Chris Harrison of her wedding plans with fiance Justin Pasutto. «I had a beautiful engagement ring, but it was missing a stone, and then COVID happened, and we weren't accepting packages inside.» «So, my ring came and I signed for it, but I had all these packages, and I was going through them and it was a chaotic day,» she continued, joking she may or may not have had some wine at the time.

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Former ‘Bachelorette’ Jillian Harris On Throwing Out Her Engagement Ring, Wedding Plans Amid Coronavirus

It’s been anything but a calm quarantine for Jillian Harris. The former Bachelorette appeared on Monday’s episode of “The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever!”, where she revealed that amid all the coronavirus craziness, she’s been forced to postpone her wedding… and accidentally threw out her engagement ring.

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Laureano says Astros coach insulted mother, sparking fracas

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Oakland outfielder Ramon Laureano says Houston Astros hitting coach Álex Cintrón made a crude remark about his mother that prompted a benches-clearing incident Sunday, and Athletics manager Bob Melvin wants Cintrón punished harshly by Major League Baseball.Laureano said Monday he regrets charging toward Houston's dugout to fight Cintrón after the two exchanged words during the seventh inning of a game Sunday in Oakland. Speaking before a game against the Los Angeles Angels, Laureano said Cintrón began jawing at him when Laureano reacted angrily after being hit by a pitch from Houston rookie Humberto Castellanos.“I should have kept my cool because I wasted my time with that guy,” Laureano said.

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Homeowner and promoter accused of hosting pool party with 250 people in Gloucester Township

GLOUCESTER TWP., N.J. - A homeowner and promoter are accused of having a "for-profit" pool party with 250 people many of which not wearing masks and not practicing social distancing at a residence in Gloucester Township.Police say they received information during the previous week that the homeowner Jeffrey Davis Jr., 31, would be hosting a for-profit pool party. Officers had contacted Davis and warned him of the potential violations of both New Jersey executive orders, laws, and Gloucester Township local ordinances for having a promoted party while we were still in the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 4 and 9 p.m.

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U.S. health officials getting fired, quitting amid coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.One of the latest departures came Sunday, when California’s public health director, Dr. Sonia Angell, was ousted following a technical glitch that caused a delay in reporting hundreds of thousands of virus test results — information used to make decisions about reopening businesses and schools.

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Saskatchewan family riding out pandemic while bull riding in backyard

The Tonita family farm features three chutes and a pen used by son Stefan to hone his bull riding skills.

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Celebrating the Canucks playoff run outdoors and in small groups

Global BC reporter Keith Baldrey asks B.C.’s provincial health officer about how Vancouver Canucks fans can safely celebrate hockey playoffs during the pandemic. Dr.

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‘Covid shows drugmakers need to collaborate in R&D’

NEW DELHI : The covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for Indian companies and research organizations to collaborate with the government to develop new drugs in order to meet future health crises, Glenmark chairman and managing director Glenn Saldanha said in an email interview for Mint’s Pivot or Perish series.Saldanha said the company had expected competition for favipiravir, the antiviral drug to treat mild to moderate covid-19 patients, and was working to invest more in setting up active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing plants in India following covid-19 disruptions in China.

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Saskatoon travel accessory shop closing its doors after 4 decades in business

The Awl Shoppe is closing its doors for good at the end of August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Located in the City Park neighbourhood on 2nd Avenue, it’s one of a handful of shop locations to open over the years in Saskatoon and Regina.It has been around since 1977 when it first opened on 33rd Street. Summer staycation: How Saskatchewan is faring for provincial tourism Store manager Alyssa Byrns said there were three key factors in the difficult decision to pull the curtain on the shop.“We just can’t survive with so much retail being bought online,” Bryns said.

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India is on course to have max covid cases: Experts

covid-19 cases, expecting India to top the list of countries with the maximum number of infections.“India is the third most affected from covid-19 now, but with increased testing, it could emerge as the top country affected by the pandemic.

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SAIF Partners boosts investments despite coronavirus impact

pandemic presenting new opportunities, SAIF Partners said it has not changed its investment thesis and continues to back early-stage startups providing solutions for newer opportunities emerging from covid-19, in a bid to catch them early. “Our confidence is just growing, since startups are also becoming more resilient and working towards building for the new opportunity, which the pandemic has posed and improving financial efficiencies," Deepak Gaur, partner, SAIF Partners, said in an interview.“For sectors where there is structural impact, like travel, and are against the tide, we have taken a pause, and are struggling to find conviction to invest in these businesses.

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Smash Mouth SLAMMED For Playing To A Crowd Of Thousands In Unsafe Conditions: ‘F**k That COVID S**t’

Now, this is decidedly NOT All Star behavior!

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Democrats, Biden still juggling virtual convention details

the COVID-19 pandemic made that impossible. Instead, Biden’s campaign and other convention planners are continuing negotiations with various power players over how to produce a truncated virtual convention with just eight hours of programming over four nights from Aug.

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Police break up pool party with 250 people in Gloucester Township

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People should wear face masks during sex and avoid kissing, says sexual health charity

Wearing face masks, avoiding kissing and opting for non-face-to-face positions during sex are crucial in preventing the further spread of coronavirus, a sexual health charity has said.

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Countries face diverse challenges as pandemic total nears 20 million

As the global COVID-19 case number grows within striking distance of 20 million cases today and with virus levels rising in many countries that had previously curbed their outbreaks, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today urged nations to use all the tools they have to continue reopening safely.

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Safe at home? Blue Jays end nomadic journey in Buffalo

wouldn't let the Blue Jays hold games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, fearful of outside entities coming into the city amid a pandemic. Pittsburgh offered to let the Blue Jays play at PNC Park when the Pirates were on the road, but Pennsylvania Gov.

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Cheyney University faces mixed reaction on the first day back of in-person classes

CHEYNEY, Pa. - Students, staff and faculty are back-to-school at Cheyney University as in-person classes are underway.“Rembering to put the mask on every day, that’s something that nobody is used to,” remarked Nathan Pettus.It isn’t how Nathan Pettus and James Ramsey, or any of the other incoming freshman, pictured their first year of college. A quiet campus, students masked up and heading into socially distanced classrooms at Cheyney.“It’s very weird.

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Record number of Americans gave up US citizenship in 2020, report says

NEW YORK - According to new research, a record number of people gave up their U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2020, possibly due to the coronavirus pandemic, a volatile political climate and burdensome U.S.

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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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