Covid strain that has been dubbed the ‘Yorkshire variant’. The latest UK Government data reveals that 49 cases of the AV.1 strain of the virus have been discovered south of the border.

No cases have so far been detected in Scotland. Our partner title Yorkshire Live reports that most the cases have mainly been found in the Yorkshire and Humber region of England - which is around 120 miles away from the border with Scotland.

The variant has now been identified by Public Health England as a “variant under investigation” (VUI). There is so far no evidence to suggest that the variant causes more severe disease or threatens the effectiveness of the vaccines approved for use in the UK.PHE explained it had been monitoring the variant, which is.

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Indian city's death data suggests official tally of Covid fatalities is too low

SURAT: At least seven crematoriums and graveyards in India's western city of Surat saw a more than three-fold rise in the number of cremations and burials last month compared with a year ago, suggesting many more COVID-19 fatalities than an official tally.The data, gathered from site visits and logs reviewed by Reuters, shows the facilities buried or cremated more than 6,520 bodies in April 2021, up from about 1,980 in April 2020, in the early part of the first wave of coronavirus infections.Official data for the district of Surat, home to about 6 million people, indicates however that a total of only 585 Covid-19 deaths were recorded for both the city and district in April this year.The discrepancy between the number of deaths recorded by

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Perthshire OAPs finally get second COVID jags after delays lasting weeks

Perth this week finally received her second COVID jag 19 weeks after her first vaccine, after the PA highlighted her case. On May 14 the UK recommendations brought forward the dose interval from 12 weeks to eight weeks for priority groups, where supply allows.This meant Georgina Sharp waited more than twice the recommended interval between COVID vaccination doses.

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Ontario to hold update on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

COVID-19 vaccine rollout today.Task force member Dirk Huyer says the group has been carefully working on its plan for second doses.Ontario is currently administering COVID-19 shots four months apart with some exceptions for people with specific health conditions and other groups. Toronto COVID-19 vaccine pop-up calls out entitlement, inequity after 2nd-dose seekers crash clinic Huyer says the second-dose plan will consider clinical reasons for shortening the interval between doses, supply and allocations across the province.The top doctor for York Region says he’s already heard that the province plans to shorten the interval between doses for those aged 80 and older.Dr.

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Prince Harry makes new dig at Royals as he says families feel 'shame' over mental health

Prince Harry has taken a fresh swipe at the Royal family after saying he learned families can "feel shame" when they hear of mental health struggles.The 36 year old starred in the Apple TV+ series The Me You Can't See with Oprah Winfrey last week, where he accused his family of showing "total neglect" to his and his wife Meghan Markle's mental health struggles. He has now appeared in a bonus episode of the series, where he says "parents" and "siblings" can feel shame for not noticing family members' mental health struggles.

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Apollo Hospitals to offer antibody cocktail Casirivimab and Imdevimab to treat mild Covid-19 cases

₹1,195 per dose."We will be charging ₹995 for the vaccine and ₹200 would be administration charges," an official of the Apollo Group said.On Thursday, Apollo Hospitals said they will start administering Sputnik V from the second week of June.India is moving towards vaccine sufficiency as inoculations with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V began in the country earlier this month.As reported earlier, India and Russia are planning to manufacture around 35-40 million doses every month that will start from August or September.On May 24, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Panacea Biotec, one of the leading pharmaceutical producers in India, had launched the production of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.Sputnik V got approval from the

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Swanrose Inc eyes $1 billion in turnover from health, hygiene products

sanitizers under the Just Human brand is eyeing a turnover of $1 billion over the next four to five years as the company expands to other health and hygiene categories such as surface disinfectants, wipes, anti-bacterial laundry wash, and cosmeceuticals in the United States as well as India, South America and the UAE.Swanrose was started in 2019 by Roshini Sanah Jaiswal, promoter and chief restructuring officer, Jagatjit Industries, that sells domestic liquor brands such as Aristocrat Premium Whisky.The company spent months formulating a hand-sanitizer that claims to have a 24-hour efficacy and can be used just once a day.

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Delhi reports 1,100 Covid cases in last 24 hours, positivity rate down to 1.5%

Also Read | Delhi unlock: Construction activity, factories to restart from MondayOn Thursday, Delhi had recorded 107 cases and 3725 recoveries. So far, the national capital has recorded over 14.22 lakh cases and 13.82 lakh recoveries.The chief minister today said that current lockdown will last till Monday.

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Greater Manchester Combined Authority were 'irrational' to hold bus franchising consultation during Covid, court hears

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Country singer Jimmie Allen marries nurse Alexis Gale after postponing wedding amid pandemic

Country singer Jimmie Allen has married his nurse fiancee Alexis Gale after postponing their wedding amid the pandemic.The 34-year-old crooner has been engaged to Alexis since 2019 and they were finally able to tie the knot Thursday, Peoplereported.Their platinum blonde actress friend Sabina Gadecki also posted some updates from the ceremony to her Insta Stories that day.

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Prince Harry 'learned families feel shame' when tackling mental health in Royals dig

Prince Harry shocked viewers with his openness regarding his experience as a Royal Family member and his mental health.

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Kim Kardashian DETAILS out how she and her four kids tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020

Kim Kardashian has addressed rumours regarding COVID-19 diagnosis, which happened in November 2020, on the latest episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. It all began when Kim's 5-year-old son Saint got infected with the virus that later spread to the rest of the family.

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Covid-19 origin: China under pressure after call for probe into lab theory grows

Also Read | US Intelligence have two theories on possible origin of coronavirus Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, Director of Endocrinology at Flinders Medical Centre - Australia, reportedly said that the world's scientific community had been "tricked by China".

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Liberal MP ‘stepping aside’ after urinating on camera during virtual House session

House of Commons session last month says he is “stepping aside” from some of his parliamentary duties after being exposed once again.In a statement Thursday, William Amos said he was attending a virtual, non-public House session Wednesday evening when he urinated “without realizing I was on camera.” Liberal MP ‘satisfied’ after Speaker calls leak of naked screenshot ‘deplorable’ The Pontiac, Quebec MP said he will be “stepping aside temporarily” from his committee assignments and his duties as parliamentary secretary to Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne “so that I can seek assistance.”He said he will continue to serve his constituents as MP in the Liberal caucus.“I am deeply embarrassed by my actions and the distress they may

How 'Dharavi model' helped bring down Covid-19 cases in second wave

Dharavi Model was activated again to stem the spread of the infection, he said."Door-to-door screening of people with symptoms, aggressive testing, regular screening and testing of Dharavi residents who work in different parts of Mumbai, including delivery personnel, industrial workers, helped to control the spread of the pandemic," Dighavkar said.Dharavi has a population of 6.5 lakh, which means 2,27,136 people living per sq km.

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Daily Covid cases in India fall to one-and-a-half month low, 3,660 deaths in 24 hours

coronavirus infections reported across the country saw a decline in the last 24 hours with 1,86,364 people testing positive, said the Union health ministry on Friday morning.This is the lowest number of new cases recorded in India in the last 44 days. The cumulative caseload now stands at 2,75,55,457.

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Nicola Sturgeon to hold covid briefing today as decision to be made on Glasgow

Glasgow as cases of the virus spread across parts of the city. Scotland's largest city is currently stuck in Level Three lockdown while the rest of the mainland is in Level Two and much of the island community is at Level One.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i Department of Health and community partners to expand vaccine access over Memorial Day weekend

Restaurants, malls, farmers market & beach park to serve as walk-up vaccination sites HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health is partnering with community leaders to increase vaccination access over Memorial Day weekend.Vaccination sites are planned across the state at accessible locations such as malls, restaurants, farmers markets, and a beach park. These events augment the hundreds of sites statewide offering COVID-19 vaccinations through Points of Dispensing (PODs), pharmacies, and other outreach events.

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Post covid reaction: Over 100 inflammatory syndrome cases in children in 5 days

Also Read | Global supply of COVAX hit due to coronavirus crisis in India: US officialAccording to the academy, the sudden spurt in MIS-C cases has been observed typically in post-COVID patients mostly between 4 to 18 years.

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Global supply of COVAX hit due to coronavirus crisis in India: US official

Covid-19 crisis in India, the global supply of COVAX has been badly hit, so much so that there are many parts of the world where one shot has been dispensed to health workers or frontline workers and the second shot has not been forthcoming, a top Biden administration official told lawmakers on Thursday."COVAX has suffered a big blow given the scale of the pandemic in India," Samantha Power, Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), told members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations for a hearing on the Fiscal 2022 Budget Request for the USAID."The Serum Institute of India, which had planned to supply upwards of 140 million doses by the end of June, has had to pull back that

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No new community cases; no new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation; update on Melbourne travellers

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

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Health Matters: Mothers turning to breast milk to protect children too young for COVID-19 vaccines

Health Matters May 27: COVID-19 vaccines are not yet approved for children under age 12. Now, some vaccinated mothers are turning to a natural source of immunity for their young ones: breast milk. Su-Ling Goh reports.

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Trinity, 9, dies from injuries after being shot while jumping on trampoline in Minneapolis

Trinity Ottoson-Smith has passed away from her injuries nearly two weeks after she was shot while jumping on a trampoline. (Fam)MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A nine-year-old girl who was shot in the head in north Minneapolis, has passed away from her injuries, family members told FOX 9.

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Coast Guard: 2 dead, 10 missing after boat overturns near Key West

KEY WEST, Fla. - Officials say two people are dead and 10 others are missing after their boat overturned near the Florida Keys. The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a location several miles off Key West around 1 p.m.

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Edmonton wrestler beats the COVID-19 odds after being in a coma: ‘ I’m very rarely sick’

An Edmonton professional wrestler is sharing his fight with an opponent far more deadly than what he’s encountered in the ring. On the day Mark Kinghorn was scheduled to get his COVID-19 vaccine, he tested positive for the virus and was later rushed to hospital and placed in a medically induced coma in the ICU.

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Edmonton wrestler Mark Kinghorn beats the COVID-19 odds after being in medically induced coma

COVID-19 is one fight he wishes he never had to face.“I got my first symptom on a Saturday night, I think it was the eighth of May,” Kinghorn, who is a professional wrestler in Edmonton, said.He said it started with chills, then got worse.“All the symptoms came: I lost my sense of taste and I had a sore throat, a cough, headache, everything. It was the worst,” Kinghorn said.

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Toronto COVID-19 vaccine pop-up calls out entitlement, inequity after 2nd-dose seekers crash clinic

COVID-19 vaccine dose, a partner agency running a pop-up clinic was subjected to hostility and verbal abuse by people attempting to get a second dose even though they didn’t qualify for a shot.The Cecil Community Centre scrambled to get a vaccination clinic up and running in weeks for people living, working, and servicing the M5T postal code, which includes Chinatown and Kensington Market.With only 1,200 doses available for two days, the clinic was well into its second day when volunteers said they began noticing people gathering in its courtyard. The community centre’s executive director, Danny Anckle, said it soon became clear some people gathering were looking for a second dose.

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Alberta identifies 513 new cases of COVID-19 from 9K tests on Thursday

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates the COVID-19 situation in the province on Thursday.

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‘We cannot permanently rely on damaging public health restrictions’: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to criticism of the province’s “Open For Summer” plan.

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Scientists rally around misconduct consultant facing legal threat after challenging COVID-19 drug researcher

Cathleen O’GradyMore than 1000 researchers have signed an open letter in support of Elisabeth Bik, a scientific integrity consultant who is being accused of harassment and blackmail by a lawyer representing Didier Raoult, a controversial microbiologist at the Hospital Institute of Marseille (IHU) Mediterranean Infection in France. Last year, Raoult popularized the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment.

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Canada health official says he doesn’t expect 2nd dose interval to decrease further

Canada’s deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Thursday that while more shipments of COVID-19 vaccines were coming into the country, he did not expect some provinces to shrink the dosing interval for second doses further than the eight to 10 weeks they recently decreased them to.

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Manitoba COVID-19 patient who died after failed transfer mourned

A Manitoba family and a First Nation are mourning the death of a young mom with COVID-19, who passed away after a failed attempt to airlift her to a hospital in Ontario. Global’s Brittany Greenslade has more.

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4 firefighters, civilian injured after fire truck crashes into building in North Philadelphia

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Four firefighters and a civilian were injured after a fire truck crashed into a building in North Philadelphia.It happened on West Girard Avenue and North 7th Street Thursday around 4 p.m. when the Engine 29 was responding to a house fire at Front and Dauphin with the lights and sirens on.SKYFOX flew over the scene Thursday afternoon. No word on the extent of injuries at this time.FOX 29's Marcus Espinoza reports the building is for sale and was vacant at the time of the crash.

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Transportation officials, local leaders remember shooting victims as family

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Santa Clara County's Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner on Wednesday evening identified the nine victims killed in the San Jose VTA rail yard mass shooting during an early morning meeting.The ages of the victims range in age from 29 to 63. They are all men.

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Passengers barred from Ryanair flight to Dublin after confusion over Covid test rules

Ryanair confirmed that a “number” of passengers were refused entry to the plane at Stansted. Our sister title Dublin Live report how all passengers arriving in Ireland must have a negative or 'not detected' result for Covid from an RT-PCR test within 72 hours of flying.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports death of 24-year-old man, 49 new cases in London-Middlesex

Health officials in London-Middlesex reported one new death and 49 new COVID-19 cases in the region on Thursday.The death, health officials said, involved a 24-year-old man. It’s the third death to be reported in the region during the pandemic involving someone in their 20s.Health officials said the individual had yet to be vaccinated.

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Ten states reach 70% COVID-19 vaccination goal

So far ten states have reached President Biden's Jul 4 goal of vaccinating 70% of eligible residents against COVID-19, according to White House COVID-19 response coordinator Andy Slavitt.

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Mental health advocates say need for support in N.B. doubled amid COVID-19 pandemic

New Brunswick to make changes to mental health crisis and addictions response “That jumped from 86,000 to 204,000 New Brunswickers. So those numbers speak volumes in terms of the demand,” said Baldwin.The number of people having thoughts of suicide or self-harm has also spiked from two to 10 per cent, said Baldwin.“Those are significant numbers and another reason why we need now the resources in place to meet that demand,” she said.In a plan to boost mental health supports over the next three years, the province’s Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said both regional health authorities have already been given the green light to hire additional staff to work in mental health support.

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COVID-19: 43 new cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the local total to 11,793, including 245 deaths.Local public health also reported 46 new cases of a coronavirus variant on Thursday, bringing that total to 4,493 — 420 of which are active. Ontario reports more than 1,100 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths Twenty of the new cases are in Barrie, while eight are in Innisfil and five are in Bradford.The rest of the new cases are in Adjala-Tosorontio, Huntsville, New Tecumseth, Orillia, Ramara, Springwater, Tay Township and Tiny Township.Nineteen of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while 12 are community-acquired, one is outbreak-related and one is travel-related.

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CIHI study examines waiting time for mental health services across Canada

new study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), in 2019-20, half of Canadians waited for up to a month for counselling services in their communities. For one in 10, that wait is more like four months.NEW: Find out how we measure Canadians’ access to priority health services.

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Mom with COVID-19 died after Manitoba tried to transfer her to Ontario ICU

COVID-19 and died after a failed attempt to airlift her to a hospital in Ontario.Krystal Mousseau, 31, died Monday in Brandon, following an attempted medical transfer to an intensive care unit in Ontario due to a shortage of beds in Manitoba.“My sincerest, heartfelt condolences go out to Krystal’s family on the heartbreaking loss of our relation,” Southern Chiefs Organization Grand Chief Jerry Daniels said in an email statement.“We must do all we can to care for them during this incredibly difficult time.”The province has not released any specifics surrounding Mousseau’s death.On Wednesday Shared Health said a critically ill patient destabilized while being loaded onto a plane for transfer to an Ontario Hospital.“The patient was provided

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Covid testing resumes in Bolton schools as Indian variant spreads among teenagers

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‘Manitobans must stay home:’ Pallister announces tighter COVID-19 health orders

Manitoba premier Brian Pallister announced tighter COVID-19 public health orders on Thursday that will target gatherings, retail and workplaces for the next two weeks starting on Saturday.

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Trudeau says Canada supports U.S. investigation into the origins of COVID-19

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about United States President Joe Biden calling on the U.S. Intelligence community to re-double its efforts to investigate the origins of COVID-19, with the prime minister stating that Canada has worked with the international community to find answers since the beginning and that it supports that call by the U.S.

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COVID-19: N.S. numbers continue dropping with 33 new cases, 182 recoveries

Nova Scotia Health labs completed 6,413 tests on Wednesday.Sixty-three people are in hospital — nine less than Wednesday — but the number of people in intensive care has increased slightly to 21.There is still community spread in the central health zone, the release said, and “limited” community spread in Sydney, which is in the eastern health zone. The other health zones continue to be closely monitored.

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BBC presenter died after 'suffering blood clots' following Covid vaccine, family says

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Manitoba reports 8 COVID-19 deaths, 297 new cases

Health officials say eight more Manitobans with COVID-19 have died and another 297 new infections have been identified across the province.The deaths bring Manitoba’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,042 after the province said a death reported Wednesday — a woman in her 90s from the Winnipeg Health region — has been removed from the list.A release from the province didn’t say why the death was removed.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh apologizes after video shows him breaking COVID-19 rules

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is apologizing after a video obtained by Global News shows him breaking COVID-19 restrictions and spending unmasked time in close quarters with an individual who is not from his household.The footage, which the party confirmed seems “legitimate,” shows Singh exiting a car with Taranvir Dhaliwal, who works as an executive assistant for Singh’s brother Gurratan — a provincial NDP MPP.

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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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