Euro 2020 games at Wembley to be exempt from Covid rules with 45,000 allowed to cheer England

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the nature or extent of the challenges will not matter in fulfilling the promises made to the people.He noted that development activities continue in the country while taking necessary steps to control the COVID-19 pandemic.The President also pointed out that the economy, which had been collapsed for nearly two years, is gradually recovering.The President made these remarks participating in the first round of discussions in a series of sessions with professionals representing various fields, held at the President’s House on Friday (11).The professionals who participated in the discussion said that they are further committed to make the national programme a success by giving the necessary strength to achieve the goals desired by the President, said a statement.The professionals vehemently rejected the allegations spread by some sections with the objective of achieving narrow political agendas, the statement added.Experts in the field said that the new approach to agriculture initiated by the President is being continuously supported by the researchers and entrepreneurs who are engaged full time in these fields, further noted the statement.Representatives from a wide range of fields, including education, policy, sociology, agriculture, research, water and renewable energy, medical, engineering and innovation, were present at the discussion with the President.Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Secretary to the President, the Principal Advisor to the President and many others were also present.

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Ontario hospital on Saturday with COVID-19, as the province continues to battle the pandemic.New data released by the province on Feb. 12 suggests a drop in the number of people in hospital from the previous day.

Health Matters February 11: As the Alberta Diabetes Foundation’s 48 Hours to Stop Diabetes fundraiser continues, Su-Ling Goh explains how local researchers are aiming to find a pharmaceutical way to achieve Type 2 remission, by understanding the diabetes “dimmer switch.”

were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total to 10,31,304.

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◾New cases in State: 3,202◾New cases in B'lore: 1,293◾Positivity rate: State - 2.95%; Blore - 2.49%◾Discharges: 8,988◾Active cases: State- 38,747; B'lore- 16k◾Deaths:38 (B'lore- 10)◾Tests: 1,08,534#COVID

has moved to bravely open up about an "embarrassing" chronic health problem. The reality TV star suffers from bronchiectasis, she has revealed in a new interview.

The Windsor Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ont.

Nurses in Canada say working during the COVID-19 Omicron wave has left them burnt out, physically and mentally, and an increase in abuse directed at health-care workers has pushed them to breaking point. According to a report from the Ontario Science Table, pre-pandemic, 20 to 40 per cent of health-care workers reported severe burnout. By spring 2021, rates had climbed to more than 60 per cent.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday (12) for Indian Rs. 10.75 crores after a closely fought bidding war.The Sri Lankan pair of Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera, joined RCB for the second part of IPL 2021.Hasaranga took a hat-trick at last year’s T20 World Cup.

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Covid-19 cases are "rising exponentially" across England driven by younger and mostly unvaccinated age groups, according to scientists tracking the epidemic.

EX EastEnders star Michael Greco has risked outrage by claiming that some Covid cases are "only hay fever." The actor, 51, who played Bepe di Marco between 1998 and 2002, put out a post following Boris Johnson's announcement lockdown lift would be delayed because of the Delta strain of the virus. Michael wrote on his Instagram: "If people stop getting tested (probably false positives anyway) whenever they have a runny nose or watery eyes of a slight cough or any very basic, human, bodily symptom, then maybe, just maybe we will come out of this s**t before 2030!!!!" "It's probably hayfever anyway.

couples have been left worrying about face masks rather than what time the DJ should start. 30 people are currently allowed at ceremonies both indoors and outside since the changes in restrictions on May 17. Hugging is also permitted, as long as it is done so with "caution and restraint".

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by today’s standards) and had shamelessly planned on putting any additional costs – there are always additional costs – on the credit card. It was going to be a glorious year of constant celebration, albeit one that was going to be hard on the liver, and the purse strings.We all know what happened next.

Holyrood amid claims the route out of lockdown could be delayed as long as 10 weeks due to the rising cases of the virus. Last night Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England's 'Freedom Day' would be delayed by four weeks because of the spread of the Delta variant across the country.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced that the final reopening phase will be delayed a month, due to the expanding spread of the Delta (B1617.2) SARS-CoV-2 variant.

Latitude Festival has issued a statement in response to the government’s announcement that planned easing of coronavirus restrictions will be delayed by four weeks.Previously, all limits on social distancing and crowd capacities were due to be lifted on June 21, however Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today (June 14) that this will now not take place until July 19 due to the spread of new COVID-19 variants.With Latitude due to begin just three days later (July 22-25) the festival’s founder Melvin Benn has said the team is still weighing up whether it can take place as planned.“We don’t think it means the end of our hopes for Latitude this year,” said the statement, which you can read in full below.A @cinchuk presents Latitude 2021

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England’s reopening phase has been put on hold.

Boris Johnson delayed his plans to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions by a month on Monday, citing the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant and announcing plans to use the extra time to speed up vaccination."I think it is sensible to wait just a little longer," he told a news conference, he said.

Euro 2020 matches at Wembley. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised to announce tonight the four-week set-back to the original planned date of June 21.Wembley has been restricted to a capacity of 25 per cent thus far in the tournament.And that was poised to increase from 22,500 to a potential 45,000 for the semi-final and final due to take place in London.

Follow all the latest updates on our blog below. A delay to lockdown easing may also help break the link between infections and hospital admissions, a public health professor suggested.Professor Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, told LBC that the variant first identified in India now accounted for the majority of UK cases, but the death rate among people with this infection was low."You can see amongst people who were infected with this variant, the mortality rate was 0.7%, just 12 people," she said."We think they are all the people who had underlying health conditions and died with Covid, not from Covid necessarily."So the proportion of people in hospital now is half of what it was, if we were in the previous situation in

RICHARD Madeley launched into a furious rant about the uncertainty of Covid wedding restrictions today saying his family have been "driven demented". The Good Morning Britain presenter's son Jack and his future daughter-in-law Issy are due to get married later this month.

CARBIS BAY, England - Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Sunday pledged more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer nations, vowed to help developing countries grow their economies while fighting climate change and agreed to challenge China’s "non-market economic practices" and call out Beijing for rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.Speaking at the end of a G-7 leaders’ summit in southwest England, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the "fantastic degree of harmony" among the reenergized group, which met in person for the first time in two years.The leaders wanted to show that international cooperation is back after the upheavals caused by the pandemic and the unpredictability of former U.S.

G-7 summit in the coastal Cornwall region of the U.K.But Merkel’s larger figure includes a much wider array of contributions already offered, as well future exports, according to a European official.So far, the G-7 countries have promised only as many as 700 million truly new doses, funded in part by previously announced aid. If doses already announced in recent weeks by G-7 and EU nations are included, the tally grows to 870 million doses, as the communique notes.To reach the 1 billion figure, G-7 officials included pledges made starting back in February.Big SplashThe leaders clearly wanted to make a big splash with the promise.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sat down with the Group of Seven world leaders at Cabris Bay in Cornwall, U.K.

FALMOUTH, England - World leaders will kick off the 47th G-7 Summit on Friday in the United Kingdom.Last year’s event, which was scheduled to be held in the United States, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Group of Seven, consisting of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan, will meet from Friday to Sunday in the southwest of England. Representatives from the European Union will also attend.UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will host leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit that begins on Friday, June 11, 2021.

500 million doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine to the world, as promised by President Joe Biden, was not enough and the United States should do more in the global fight against the pandemic.Before attending a G-7 summit in England, Biden on Thursday promised to donate 500 million doses of vaccine to bolster the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic across the world.Later, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the G7 nations are set to commit to providing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots to the rest of the world."While I'm glad the US will purchase 500 million doses to support global inoculation efforts with 200 million doses to be given by the end of 2021, that is not enough.

vaccinate the entire world by the end of next year. G7 leaders are expected to agree to provide one billion doses via dose sharing and financing to end the pandemic in 2022.

Today in the United Kingdom, President Joe Biden confirmed the United States would be donating 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine globally.

LONDON : The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant which was previously dominant in Britain, a prominent UK epidemiologist said on Wednesday.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that England's full reopening from COVID-19 lockdown, pencilled in for June 21, could be pushed back due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant.Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London told reporters that estimates of Delta's transmission edge over Alpha had narrowed, and "we think 60% is probably the best estimate".Ferguson said that modelling suggested any third wave of infections could rival Britain's second wave in the winter - which was fuelled by the Alpha

This Morning has been hit with fresh Ofcom complaints after guest Beverley Turner and host Dermot O'Leary had a heated row over the coronavirus vaccine.The television watchdog regulator has revealed that 255 complaints were lodged against the ITV daytime show this week, 52 complaints were made against Beverley.195 viewers objected to comments by Dermot and guest Matthew Wright as part of the discussion with Beverley, while five concerned to comments made by host Alison Hammond relating to vaccination.

Noel Gallagher has blasted Boris Johnson a “fat cunt” over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.The Prime Minister has faced intense criticism over his perceived lack of leadership throughout the pandemic, with the virus claiming the lives of 128,000 people across the UK.Speaking in an interview with The New Cue, the Oasis icon said: “Boris Johnson has proved himself not to be the fucking man in the crisis. Number one, getting it for a start – you fucking idiot.“Right at the start of it he’s out of the game for three months.

First Minister joined her Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts for a virtual discussion with Downing Street earlier today to debate such issues as extending furlough and vaccine supply. But despite "frank" discussions lasting several hours between Boris Johnson and the devolved leaders there no final agreed strategy was produced - but those present did agree to meet again soon to discuss how best for the UK to emerge from the pandemic.

LONDON: The Delta variant of concern first identified in India is now dominant in Britain and might have an increased risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant, Public Health England said on Thursday.There were 5,472 new cases of the Delta variant reported in latest weekly figures, taking the total confirmed cases of the variant to 12,431, PHE said, adding it had overtaken Alpha, the variant first identified in England's Kent, as Britain's dominant variant.The Delta variant is also thought to be more transmissible than Alpha, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that it could derail plans for lockdown restrictions in England to end on June 21."With this variant now dominant across the UK, it remains vital that we continue

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a coronavirus recovery summit with the First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales later today.

Mark Drakeford and Sturgeon wrote to Johnson stating they wanted a clearer agenda and to make sure it wasn't more than a PR exercise.Following the cancellation all sides blamed one another for the breakdown of potential talks.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was no reason to delay reopening the economy on Tuesday, as the country races to fully vaccinate all adults in an effort to quell the rapid spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant.The Delta variant, which is a more transmissible strain of COVID-19 first identified in India, is quickly becoming the more dominant strain in Britain. Officials said the variant accounts for up to three-quarters of newly reported cases as parts of the country undergo a surge in infections, leading to 3,165 confirmed cases on Wednesday.As several provinces begin reopening, some experts say Canada could stand to tweak its vaccination campaign to give high-risk Canadians their second doses faster.