Covid-19 sees sales plunge.The group, which also owns chains including Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, said the redundancies were far fewer than the 6,000 initially feared.Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, said it was able to safeguard more jobs than it thought as employees accepted fewer hours.

It had previously predicted that up to 6,000 employees could be made redundant thanks to lockdown restrictions keeping its services shut.

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James Bond stuntman Rémy Julienne has died at the age of 90 after contracting Covid-19.

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Man dead, woman critically injured in Orange County shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was killed and a woman was critically wounded Thursday night in a double shooting in Orange County, according to deputies.The shooting was reported around 7:25 p.m.

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Asymptomatic test site in South Ayrshire this weekend will help tackle 'silent spread' of COVID-19

Maybole to help tackle the ‘silent spread’ of COVID-19 in areas where the virus is more prevalent. The test site, located at Carrick Academy, Kirkoswald Road, will allow a targeted programme of testing to be carried out on those who are not displaying symptoms of the virus.

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Harris Co. doctor charged with stealing COVID-19 vaccine vial says it would have 'expired'

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The laywer for a fired Harris County Doctor who is being charged with stealing a vial of COVID-19 vaccine is firing back. According to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, Dr. Hasan Gokal stole the vial while working at the county vaccination site at Lyndsay Lyons Park in Humble on Dec.

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Dave Chappelle tests positive for COVID-19; cancels shows

US comedian Dave Chappelle and recipient of the Mark Twain Award for American Humor arrives at the Kennedy Center for award ceremony on October 27, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas - Dave Chappelle tested positive for the coronavirus just before his comedy show scheduled for Thursday, forcing his upcoming appearances to be canceled, a spokeswoman said.Chappelle was expected to perform Thursday through Sunday at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas.

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Ontario boards gear up to quickly reopen some schools as Ford government issues directive

Ontario school boards that straddle public health units are gearing up to reopen only a portion of their schools to in-person learning next week, adding another layer of complexity to an academic year that’s been defined by quick pivots.The government order allowing schools in seven public health units to reopen physical classrooms as of Monday means nine boards now have to create different plans for different towns in their jurisdiction.“It’s definitely more difficult to have one board be going in two different directions,” said Diane Lloyd, chair of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, which oversees schools in Clarington, Ont., that will remain closed and ones in Northumberland and Peterborough that will reopen.

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Biden moves to jump-start Covid fight with slew of orders

Washington: President Biden signed 10 executive orders on his first full day in office to combat the coronavirus, seeking Thursday to jump-start the U.S. response to the pandemic while warning it will take “many months to get where we need to be."The new strategy is focused partly on ramping up vaccinations and curbing the spread of the virus through mask wearing, testing data and treatments, and includes the executive orders and directives signed Thursday.

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'Inspirational' teacher, 42, with no underlying health conditions dies from Covid-19

direct to your inboxAn 'inspirational' teacher with no underlying health conditions has died of coronavirus aged just 42.Donna Coleman went back to teaching at Burnley College when schools reopened, despite telling family she was 'terrified' and 'didn't feel safe.'Mourners lined the streets this week to pay their respects to the selfless tutor, who was said to love her job. Her sister Vicki told the Mirror she believes teachers need to be vaccinated as a priority, and has called on the government to do more to protect them.

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Dave Chappelle tests positive for Covid-19 days after being pictured with Elon Musk

Dave Chappelle has tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesperson for the comedian has confirmed.

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Sir Billy Connolly receives COVID-19 vaccine

Sir Billy Connolly has been vaccinated against COVID-19. The 78-year-old comedian has received the first of his two jabs against the illness, according to his wife Pamela Stephenson.

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Myanmar receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from India

COVID-19 vaccine supplied by India to inoculate 750,000 people, the first vaccine batch delivered to the Southeast Asian country as it fights one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the region.India is donating millions of doses of vaccines to a string of countries in Asia, drawing praise from neighbours and pushing back against China's dominating presence in the region.Shipments of AstraZeneca’s vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, the world's biggest producer of vaccines, have already gone to the Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal.Myanmar was among the countries next in line to get free consignments as India moved before China which has also pledged to supply vaccines to its neighbour."This is a gift from India to

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WHO says Pfizer covid vaccine safe for elderly despite Norway scare

World Health Organization said it sees no evidence that Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine contributed to the deaths of elderly people and urged that the shot still be used.Reports of deaths “are in line with the expected, all-cause mortality rates and causes of death in the sub-population of frail, elderly individuals, and the available information does not confirm a contributory role for the vaccine in the reported fatal events," the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety said in a statement on Friday.

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Self-employed workers have just one week left to claim £7,500 coronavirus grant

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Covid testing blunder left Bath fearing mass outbreak when there was only ONE positive

Premiership rugby bosses have admitted a Covid cock-up by the suppliers of their testing kits led to Bath wrongly having to close their training ground.

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Billy Connolly gets Covid vaccine and has ‘come to terms with death’ as he battles Parkinson’s

SIR Billy Connolly has had his first Covid-19 vaccine jab as he continues to battle Parkinson's disease. Billy's wife Pamela Stephenson, 71, shared a photo of the Scottish comedian, 78, with a plaster on his left arm after getting his jab at a Florida medical facility.

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Billy Connolly shows off tattoo tribute to wife Pamela as he gets Covid-19 jab

Sir Billy Connolly has received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, his wife has confirmed.

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Mass covid vaccination centres revealed as thousands set to receive appointment letters

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Life-saving plans to vaccinate Renfrewshire’s elderly population by the end of next month have been unveiled, as three major jab hubs are set to open.Paisley’s Lagoon leisure centre, Renfrew Leisure Centre and Johnstone Town Hall are all being prepared to host vaccine clinics from February 1.People aged 70 to 75, and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals - around 9,000 people - will be among the first to receive the life-saving jab at these venues.Dubbed ‘Cohort 4’, this group should, it is hoped, be vaccinated by mid February.The first appointment letters inviting people to the clinics will drop in letter boxes across Renfrewshire on Monday or

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Man marries woman 5,000 miles away over Zoom after Covid tore them apart

A couple who couldn't wait to get married forged ahead with their nuptials despite a 5,000-mile distance between them.

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Remote learning working better, but still challenging

For Cavan twins Cian and Leah Murray, remote learning is working better during this lockdown but it still presents challenges.

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Covid symptom app shows R rate below 1 across UK - but flags up 3 'at-risk' hotspots

The UK's critical coronavirus R rate has fallen below 1 and infections are falling in every region of the country, a new study has found.

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Covaxin Phase 3 trials: 13,000 volunteers receive 2nd Covid vaccine dose, says Bharat Biotech

coronavirus vaccine Covaxin in the Phase-3 clinical trials across multiple sites in India.Suchitra Ella, Joint Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, said, "My heartfelt thanks to all of them for their pro-vaccine public health volunteerism."We are marching ahead !

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Chinese Covid-19 vaccine maker CanSino to offer Pakistan 20 million doses

Pakistan as it gets ready to release efficacy results “in a few days" from phase III trials that have recently been completed in the South Asian nation, according to its local partner.The Chinese maker of the single-shot vaccine will be giving Pakistan preferential access and pricing, said Hasan Abbas Zaheer, technical adviser at AJM Pharma Pvt., the local partner. It has already applied with Pakistan’s drug regulator to get approval.“We need to keep in mind that this coronavirus vaccine is a very scarce commodity, highly in demand and you know the other countries many months ago started the advance booking, we also need to do the same, we are already late on that," said Zaheer in a phone interview.

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Bharat Biotech 1st Indian covid-19 vaccine maker to publish peer-reviewed data

NEW DELHI : Bharat Biotech became the first Indian vaccine manufacturer to have peer-reviewed data for its shots, after results from the company’s phase 1 trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of Covaxin was published in The Lancet on Thursday.“BBV152 (Covaxin) led to tolerable safety outcomes and enhanced immune responses. Both Algel-IMDG formulations were selected for phase 2 immunogenicity trials.

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Modi interacts with Covid vaccine beneficiaries, calls India self-reliant

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Sri Lanka approves Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

Sri Lanka on Friday approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to stop the system from collapsing.Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation Channa Jayasumana said the British vaccine has been approved for emergency use, the first in Sri Lanka, while several other candidates are in the pipeline at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority.It is unknown when Sri Lanka will be getting the vaccine.“Hundreds of health care workers have tested positive in several hospitals. When you have one positive case, about 10 health workers will need to be sent to quarantine.

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Crown office investigating 474 care homes in Scotland over Covid deaths

Covid deaths. The BBC reports the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's dedicated Covid-19 Death Investigation Team (CDIT) is probing the circumstances of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes across the country.

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Serving police officer, 37, tragically dies of Covid leaving behind kids aged 5 and 8

A police officer has died after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week.

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VK Sasikala's treatment under standard Covid protocol, says Bengaluru hospital

VK Sasikala who tested positive for coronavirus is being treated with standard Covid-19 protocol, Victoria Hospital Bengaluru said on Friday."With the diagnosis of COVID-19 severe pneumonia with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism, the patient is being treated with standard COVID-19 protocol at the Trauma Care Centre of Victoria Hospital," read the health bulletin from the hospital.Doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said that Sasikala has been shifted to a Covid-19 intensive care unit.She was referred to another hospital for a CT Scan and other tests, Director of the Bowring Hospital Dr Manoj Kumar HV has said.Sasikala's nephew TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday said that

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EXPLAINER: Why Navalny is a thorn in the Kremlin's side

MOSCOW – The return to Russia from Germany by opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked by chaos and popular outrage, and it ended, almost predictably, with his arrest.The Jan. 17 flight from Berlin, where Navalny spent nearly five months recovering from a nerve agent poisoning, carried him and his wife, along with a group of journalists documenting the journey.

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Covid-19 deaths in Germany top 50,000

Germany has recorded more than 50,000 deaths from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre has said.

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Govt may shut British border to all travellers to protect against Covid strains

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThe Government could close the British border entirely to prevent new strains of the coronavirus from getting into the UK.Anyone arriving into the UK must currently provide a negative coronavirus test and isolate for 10 days.

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Dutch borrow dogs, buy delivery uniforms, to dodge covid curfew

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Pichai lauds Biden's actions on Covid, immigration policy, offers Google support

We applaud @POTUS's quick action on COVID relief, the Paris Climate Accord, and immigration reform.

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Dave Chappelle has tested POSITIVE for coronavirus

Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19.A representative for the 47-year-old comedian confirmed the news to TMZ on Thursday, adding that Chappelle has 'not yet experienced any symptoms' of the virus.Although he is 'currently quarantined,' Dave appeared to flout COVID-19 protocols as he hung outbackstage with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Grimes at Stubb's Amphitheater in Texas.

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Investigators release video of 2 suspects in deadly Hunting Park home invasion

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released surveillance video of two suspects wanted in connection with a deadly home invasion that occurred in Hunting Park on New Year's Eve.Police responded to a home on the 3900 block of North Fairhill Street around 3 a.m. Dec.

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Positive signs but Covid incidence still high - NPHET

The National Public Health Emergency Team has warned that despite solid evidence that the coronavirus is being suppressed, the incidence of the disease remains exceptionally high.

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U.S. to require quarantine for all international travellers

Everyone travelling into the United States will soon be required to complete a quarantine upon arrival as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. ‘Shameful’: U.S.

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Covid vaccination: Odisha healthcare workers admitted to hospital after receiving jab

Odisha were admitted to a hospital as they reported Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) after receiving a jab of coronavirus vaccine in the state.The condition of both the healthcare workers in Jagatsinghpur and Bargarh district was stated to be stable, news agency PTI reported.A 45-year-old female ASHA worker of Jagatsinghpur district was administered a vaccine against the novel coronavirus on 19 January, following which she developed a headache and fainting attack on the very day. She was then admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital, where her condition was stated to be stable, as per the report.A 27-year-old female staff nurse of Bargarh district received a vaccine shot on 16 January.

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New drug could stop people from catching Covid-19 after proving protection in care homes

A new drug which could stop people getting Covid has reportedly been shown to protect 80 per cent of care home residents from infection during trials.

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Canada adds 5,955 new COVID-19 infections as Pfizer vaccines get delayed further

COVID-19 Thursday as delays in shipments of the coronavirus vaccine to the country appear to be worse than previously thought.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who oversees vaccine logistics for the Public Health Agency of Canada, broke the news Thursday that deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Canada in the first week of February would be 79,000 doses — only one-fifth of what was promised.

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Little Scots girl's heartwarming letter to 'amazing' NHS workers sent to all staff by health chiefs

NHS staff battling the coronavirus pandemic.Little Lily Shaw wrote the note praising the local NHS and care workers for 'risking their lives' amid the fight agains the 'horrible virus'.The 11-year-old, from Portlethen, near Aberdeen, and her teacher asked if the handwritten letter could be shared to the staff.NHS Grampian health board were so impressed they sent it along as part of their daily staff brief and also put it on their Facebook page.Lily's letter has since gathered nearly 200 likes and has been shared multiple times.It reads: "Dear NHS and Key workers, I wanted to write you a little note to say a massive thank you for all that you have done and continue to do during this horrible virus."My family and I are very grateful and

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Dave Chappelle Tests Positive for COVID-19, One Day After Performing in Texas

Dave Chappelle is currently in Texas for a series of live comedy shows and he just canceled four of them after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Lake Nona community supports family after fire damages home

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Community members spent their Thursday helping to salvage items inside a home in Lake Nona after a house fire.Orange County Fire Rescue said that it responded to the home, located on the 9000 block of Marsh Pointe Drive at about 3 p.m. Wednesday.Many McIntyre said she is a friend of the family and is taking part in the effort to help the family.[TRENDING: What to know about Biden’s COVID-19 strategy | 2021 Bike Week will happen| Florida no longer releasing overdue vaccine numbers]“I ran outside and all I saw were flames and smoke coming from this direction,” McIntyre said. “It was overwhelming.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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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