‘Follow 5-fold strategy’: Centre to states as India registers over 7,000 Covid cases

COVID-19 deaths and a 15-patient rise in hospitalizations today, one day after health officials formally declared the province was into a seventh wave of COVID-19.The Health Department says there are 1,549 people hospitalized with the disease after 186 patients were admitted and 171 were discharged.There are 41 people listed in intensive care, a decline of two patients. COVID-19: Quebec’s health minister says situation ‘under control’ but urges caution Authorities report 1,597 new cases through limited PCR testing, and more than 7,300 health network staff are off the job because of the virus.Quebec has had 15,663 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, the most of any province.On Thursday, Quebec public health director Dr.

PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia is offering a $20,000 reward for information on a group of suspects wanted in connection with the beating of an older adult who later died. According to police, on June 24 at 2:38 a.m. a 72-year-old man was attacked on the 2100 block of Cecil B.

KOLKATA : The West Bengal government does not immediately plan to shut down educational institutions, even as the state is seeing an exponential rise in Coivd-19 cases.  West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Friday said the decision to shut down schools, colleges, universities remain with the state health Department. However, he reiterated that the state government does not immediately plan to close schools and colleges. "We will act as per the advice of the Health Department.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are searching for a group of teenagers caught on video attacking a driver before stealing his car in Olney. According to police, the incident happened on Tuesday on the 600 block of West Fisher Avenue in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood. Authorities say the victim was sitting inside his 2007 Hyundai Elantra when he was approached by the group. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe group began to assault the man and he was able to get out of the car with minor injuries, according to investigators. Police say the group then drove off in the man's car towards 10th street. Video surveillance released by Philadelphia police appears to show several teens surrounding the victim's car and two of them appear to hit and kick the victim. Authorities have not specifically said the number of suspects they are looking for, but they did specify the group was comprised of teenagers. Police say no weapons were used during the robbery and anyone with information is urged to call police or submit an anonymous tip. 

The tree is pictured burning on July 5, 2022, in Ridgeville Township, Ohio. (Credit: Ridgeville Township Volunteer Fire Department) RIDGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Lightning from this week’s severe storms struck a large tree in Ohio, creating an eerie-looking result as the tree burned from the inside. Firefighters were called early Tuesday to the tree fire in the rural Ridgeville Township, located about 45 miles southwest of Toledo.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, the White House said, as he faces mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.The White House said Biden will speak Friday morning "on protecting access to reproductive health care services." The actions he was expected to outline are intended to try to mitigate some potential penalties women seeking abortion may face after the ruling but are limited in their ability to safeguard access to abortion nationwide.Biden is expected to formalize instructions to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to push back on efforts to limit the ability of women to access federally approved abortion medication or to travel across state lines to access clinical abortion services.President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a ceremony to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to seventeen recipients in the East Room of the White House on July 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Biden’s executive order will also direct agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or utilize abortion services.

A private hire driver with no insurance has lost his licence after using the pandemic to commit a fraud. Yasir Qudratullah has also been hit with fines and costs of more than £700.

TOWIE's Georgia Kousoulou was forced to call emergency services last night after her baby son Brody suffered the "highest temperature he's ever had". The reality TV star, 31, took to Instagram to share her nightmare with followers saying she turned to the NHS helpline 111 for advice after her one year old became ill.

Scottish hospital admissions of people testing positive for Covid-19 have risen for a second week. New data also shows that admissions to intensive care units have jumped once again. 

Rogers users across Canada are facing an outage Friday morning, with both cellular and internet services impacted.The company didn’t acknowledge the issue until just before 9:00a.m.ET, leaving users in the dark for hours about when they might be able to use their devices again.“We know how important it is for our customers to stay connected,” the RogersHelps Twitter account wrote.“We are aware of issues currently affecting our networks and our teams are fully engaged to resolve the issue as soon as possible. We will continue to keep you updated as we have more information to share.”We know how important it is for our customers to stay connected.

ANI.  Further, 10 parents of pupils from the school also contracted the virus. As per reports, officials from the health department are ramping up efforts to control the spread of the disease.

LANSDALE, Pa. - Three people were injured in a triple shooting in Lansdale, Pennsylvania on Thursday night, according to police. Authorities say the shooting happened around 10 p.m. on Hancock Street. According to police, two victims were transported to area hospitals and the third victim was transported by an ambulance to Abington Hospital. The conditions of the victims remain unknown at this time. SKYFOX flew over the scene on Thursday night when the scene was still active and several emergency vehicles were spotted. FOX 29's Shaynah Ferreira contacted Lansdale Police, but police have not yet released more information. This is a developing story.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The family and friends of the three immigrant men who drowned while rescuing a nephew from the delta in Sacramento are hoping to send their bodies back to their native Guatemala.Wendy Rivas of Oakland started a GoFundMe for her father Edwin "Guistillo" Rivas, 57, and his friends, Edwin Perez, 22, and Danilo Gutiérrez, 40. She is hoping to raise $15,000 for each man. In observance of Guatemalan culture, Rivas' family his hosting a nightly gathering at his Oakland home for nine days to honor him and his two friends."My dad is a hero and now I see how much the people love him," Rivas said of her father. She described him as a leader many immigrant communities of Oakland, his home of the last 36 years.

Brookie, Carvel’s new limited-time flavor, "puts a twist on childhood staples by swirling together the flavors of brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough," the company said. (Credit: Provided photo via Carvel) ATLANTA - Carvel is giving ice cream fans the "best of both swirls" by adding a new "Brookie" flavor to its menu and offering a buy one, get one deal in celebration of National Ice Cream Day. The Atlanta-based chain recently debuted the new mix of fudgy brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough, a flavor which is now available as soft serve, scooped ice cream, in a shake, and even in one of Carvel’s Flying Saucer chocolate wafers. The Brookie scooped ice cream contains brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with cookie dough pieces, brownie bites, and chocolate chips.

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2022/06/25: Abortion rights advocate Cate Tershak (left) speaks with anti-abortion demonstrators Elizabeth McNulty (center) and Mary Krolicki (right), both from Students for Life of America, as they hold a ra HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republican state senators outvoted impassioned Democratic opposition late Thursday to advance a proposal to add language to the Pennsylvania Constitution stating explicitly that the document does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions.The chamber's Rules Committee teed up the package of proposed amendments that would also require voters to show ID at polling places and have gubernatorial candidates choose their own running mates. A vote of the full Senate could occur Friday.The Democratic floor leader, Sen.

Conservative organizer says Patrick Brown was personally involved in an arrangement that saw her paid by a third-party company for work she did on his leadership campaign.Debra Jodoin, through her lawyer, released a statement Thursday evening, after the party spent the past two days dealing with the fallout from Brown’s disqualification from the race.The chairman of the party’s leadership election organizing committee said Tuesday its members voted 11 to six to disqualify him from the campaign due to “serious allegations of wrongdoing.” Patrick Brown: Liberal MP seeks probe on whether CPC ‘benefitted’ from alleged wrongdoing Brown has maintained he was not provided with details by the party about the accusation against him. He said what the committee was presented with was an anonymous allegation that someone working on his campaign was being paid by a corporation.While the party hasn’t released details of the allegation, it has said it appeared to contravene financing rules under the Canada Elections Act and came from within Brown’s own campaign.A source had previously told Global News the allegation that sparked Brown’s disqualification from the party’s leadership race involved a company in Brampton paying workers for Brown’s campaign.On Thursday, Jodoin, who describes herself as an experienced organizer who has been involved with the party and its predecessor for more than 20 years, revealed herself to be the whistleblower.Jodoin said in April 2022, the month after Brown announced he would enter the contest to replace former Tory leader Erin O’Toole, she joined the campaign “at his request” to assist as a regional organizer.“Mr.

LANDSDALE, Pa. - Three people were injured in a triple shooting in Landsdale, Pennsylvania on Thursday night, according to police. Authorities say the shooting happened around 10 p.m. on Hancock Street. According to police, two victims were transported to area hospitals and the third victim was transported by an ambulance to Abington Hospital. The conditions of the victims remain unknown at this time. SKYFOX flew over the scene on Thursday night when the scene was still active and several emergency vehicles were spotted. FOX 29's Shaynah Ferreira contacted Landsdale Police, but police have not yet released more information. This is a developing story.

Britain's 'longest running' heatwave could start tomorrow and last for days - bringing in temperatures in the mid-30s, forecasters have warned. Temperatures could hit as high as 35C by next week, the Met Office predicts.

The sun was shining in Howwood for the annual village fete, returning for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic.

A news report on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe being shot during a political event in Nara, in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 8, 2022. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara.

PHILADELPHIA - Two men are dead after they were shot at close range in West Oak Lane, police say. According to authorities,  police received 911 calls for a report of a shooting on the 1900 block of 68th Street just before 11 p.m.

TOKYO (AP) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.Abe, 67, was shot from behind minutes after he started his speech in Nara. He was airlifted to a hospital for emergency treatment but was not breathing and his heart had stopped.

BBC shows Doctors and Casualty.The veteran actor also voiced and appeared in hundreds of documentaries, films and TV commercials.Paying tribute to Brian earlier this week, Stage Cricket Club took to Twitter to write: "Our Emeritus chairman Brian Jackson sadly passed away during the week aged 91."He was a very fine bowler of cutters & played in the Yorkshire leagues before embarking on a highly successful acting & producing career."Brian played cricket with his team, the Stage Cricket Club, for more than 50 years, playing his last winning match at the age of 88.

Kyrgios' abilities as a player cannot be denied. In singles, his career-high ATP ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016 and he has won six ATP Tour titles and has reached nine finals.

Nick Jonas says his baby daughter Malti is "all good" after recently spending 100 days in a neonatal intensive care unit. The ‘Jealous’ hitmaker and his wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas were relieved to have their little girl back home from hospital in May after a worrying time for the couple. Asked how the five-month-old tot is after her stint in hospital, the new dad simply replied: "All is good.

The HSE's Chief Clinical Officer has said just over half of people with Covid-19 in hospitals across the country are "actually in hospital because they are sick with Covid".

Made in Chelsea star Louise Thompson has shared that her fiancé Ryan Libbey suffered a “mental health crash” and is facing his own battle with post-traumatic stress disorder. Ryan, 31, is struggling with the disorder along with Louise, 32, after he saw her come close to death twice during labour with their son Leo last November. Louise remained in hospital for five weeks after the birth, and has continued to endure psychological and physical health issues following the harrowing experience.

Angela Rayner has said she will not appeal if she is found to have broken coronavirus rules by Durham Police over a so-called ‘beergate’ gathering last year. The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne is alleged to have had a beer and a takeaway with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and MP Mary Foy at Durham Miners Hall in April last year when indoor social gatherings were still banned.

Maharashtra's caseload rose to 79,01,628, and the death toll has reached 1,47,867. The number of active cases stands at 11,571 after 1,047 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours.

Covid-19. These types of viruses do not end quickly and fluctuations will keep happening. We should move toward normalcy," said Dr Sanjay Rai, senior epidemiologist at AIIMS.

ANI, “The long-term impact might not be much right now. The number of cases might increase which doesn't matter much as RNA virus keeps mutating. Increased severity & death toll matters, which is unlikely." Speaking about the current COVID situation, he said that in the view of the second and third waves, the situation in our country can be considered great right now.

Covid-19 cases reporting 4,041 new infections, the highest daily tally in nearly three months.