Friday, 22 October: The day and date were to have far greater significance, but there is still a lot to be positive about. Today was the day flagged by the Government for a number of months to relax the majority of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions.

But the virus had other ideas. As we all know now, a sharp increase in Covid cases and hospitalisations forced the Government to rein in its plans.

February 2022, is the new date when the Cabinet will re-visit the final Covid 19 restrictions which remain in place. In the meantime, though, the week did not pass without some good news.

The cap on the number of people attending indoor events has been lifted; nightclubs can reopen from tonight; normal operating hours for bars and restaurants also

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India reports 12,830 new Covid-19 cases, 446 deaths in 24 hrs

coronavirus infection has surged to 4,58,186 to date, the data showed. Of the 12,830 new coronavirus cases and 446 death, Kerala accounted for 7,427 cases and 62 deaths.

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143 community cases of COVID-19; more than 42,000 vaccinations yesterday; 75% of eligible population now double vaccinated

There are 143 new community cases of COVID-19 to report today, 135 in Auckland, 6 in Waikato and 2 in Northland. There are no new community cases to report in Christchurch.

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COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 2 deaths, 33 new cases on Saturday

Premier Higgs examines options after CUPE strike impacts New Brunswick health care The number of hospitalizations has dropped. There are now 23 people in hospital, of whom 15 are unvaccinated, one is partially vaccinated and seven are fully vaccinated.Thirteen people are in intensive care, 10 of whom are unvaccinated, one is partially vaccinated and two are fully vaccinated.There have been 37 new recoveries, leaving an active total of 551.

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Quebec reports 591 new COVID-19 infections, two more deaths

COVID-19 on Saturday and two additional virus-related deaths.Health officials say the number of hospitalizations declined by six to 244, while the number of patients in intensive care declined by one to 67.#COVID19 – En date du 29 octobre, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/eFjS9RYZxa— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) October 30, 2021As for vaccinations, authorities say 8,120 doses were administered in the past 24 hours, including 2,764 first shots.On Friday the province’s public health institute said 90.6 per cent of Quebec residents 12 and over have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 87.8 per cent are considered adequately vaccinated with both shots.Authorities say there are currently 470

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Gas prices increase again in New Jersey, across the nation

TRENTON - Drivers in New Jersey and around the nation are still seeing prices at the pump go up amid increasing demand. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.45, up 2 cents from a week ago. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.40 up three cents from last week. Analysts say robust demand as the economy recovers from the depths of the pandemic is combining with high crude prices to move gas prices to a level not seen since the fall of 2014.___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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COVID-19: London and Middlesex adds 16 new cases, 13 recoveries Saturday

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.In total, there have been 14,481 cases to date, including 136 active cases (an increase of five), 14,100 recoveries (an increase of 13) and 245 deaths (unchanged).The most recent death was reported Oct. 21 and involved a man in his 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home and who was fully vaccinated but eligible for a third dose due to a suppressed immune system.Of the 136 active cases, 48 involve kids aged 11 or under, a cohort that is not yet eligible for vaccination.Since Sept.

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Pennsylvania, New Jersey collaborate in ghost gun case

TRENTON - A New Jersey man faces criminal charges after he purchased more than a dozen kits to make "ghost," or untraceable, guns at a Pennsylvania exhibition, the top law enforcement officers from both states said Friday.New Jersey acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said William Pillus of Lincoln Park, New Jersey, was indicted on five charges this week, including second-degree unlawful possession of an assault firearm, third-degree purchasing firearm parts to manufacture untraceable firearms, third-degree possession of firearm without a serial number, and two counts of fourth-degree possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine.MORE LOCAL CRIME HEADLINEHis girlfriend was also charged

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19 states sue to block Biden administration's COVID vaccine rule

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Eighteen states filed three separate lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri.

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New Jersey voters deciding governor, Legislature, questions

TRENTON - New Jersey’s first ever early in-person voting wraps up Sunday in an election in which voters will elect the governor and Legislature. More than 400,000 mail-in and in-person votes have already been cast. The top of the ticket features Democratic Gov.

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Scots councils Covid infection rate data from Public Health Scotland as 3,867 new cases reported

Another 3,867 Covid cases have been diagnosed in Scotland within the last 24 hours.

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Will Smith reveals he once considered suicide in trailer for new health docuseries

Will Smith has revealed that there was once a time in his life when he considered suicide.The actor and rapper, who launches Will Smith: The Best Shape Of My Life on YouTube next month, said in a trailer for the new docuseries that he struggled so much with his mental health in the past that he once contemplated ending his own life.In the clip promoting the series that will follow Smith as he tries to lose 20lbs in 20 weeks, the actor and musician is seen discussing the sensitive topic with his family.“When I started this show, I thought I was getting into the best shape of my life, physically,” he says. “But, mentally, I was somewhere else.

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Scottish Government confirm 20 deaths and 3,867 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

A total of 20 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

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Tonga faces lockdown after first Covid case detected

Tongans flocked to vaccination centres today after the government warned the main island Tongatapu might be plunged into lockdown next week after recording its first case of Covid-19.

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Eyes turn to lost container cleanup as fire extinguished on cargo ship in B.C.

Coast guard now believes more than 100 containers fell from MV Zim Kingston cargo ship Just four of those containers have been accounted for, washed up on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, near Cape Scott.Global News visited Palmerston Beach Friday, where one of the containers had washed ashore, strewing dozens of refrigerators in the remote and pristine shoreline.Other items Global found on the beach ranged from running shoes to children’s games to pink inflatable unicorns.North Island local Jeannie McCormack was on the beach Friday to survey the debris. Shipping containers lost off B.C.

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China introduces measures to crack down on Covid outbreak

The Chinese government has introduced new Covid-19 curbs to stamp out a "serious" outbreak as the Chinese capital maintains its strict zero-tolerance policy, with less than 100 days before it hosts the Winter Olympics.

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Supreme Court rejects appeal to stop Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.Three conservative justices noted their dissents. The state is not offering a religious exemption to hospital and nursing home workers who risk losing their jobs if they are not vaccinated.Only New York and Rhode Island also have vaccine mandates for health care workers that lack religious exemptions.

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18 states sue to stop Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors

Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri. Another group of states including Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Georgia.Texas also sued individually on Friday.

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India Covid-19 updates: 14,313 new cases, 549 deaths reported in 24 hrs

Covid-19 caseload has surged to 3.42 crore, with 13,543 people recovered in a day.

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Flooding impacts drivers on Columbus Boulevard at Penn's Landing

PHILADELPHIA - Motorists are dealing with high floodwaters Friday night as rain and intense winds continue to impact the area. Flooding has closed down Delaware Avenue at Penn's Landing up to Race Street and the I-95 exit at Washington Avenue. Officials warn never drive around barricades or flooded roadways. Floodwater is murky, sometimes fast-moving, and you may not be able to tell how deep it is.The National Weather Service issued a Coastal Flood Warning for parts of southeastern Pennsylvania bordering the Delaware River and most of southern New Jersey and Delaware.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer cleared for children aged 5 to 11

Pfizer dose for teens and adults. The shipments would position the shots at pediatricians’ offices, pharmacies and other locations across the country so that inoculations can begin promptly after any CDC clearance.

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106 shipping containers floating in Pacific Ocean following bomb cyclone, cargo ship fire

NEAH BAY, Wash. - As many as 106 shipping containers from the Zim Kingston have been left drifting in the Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.The cargo ship had a rough weekend, hitting choppy waves near the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Friday that sent dozens of shipping containers overboard.

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Alberta records 603 new COVID-19 cases Friday, 8 additional deaths

COVID-19 on Friday and eight additional deaths from the disease.Active cases of the virus, as well as hospitalizations and ICU admissions continue to decline.There are now 8,158 active cases in Alberta, a drop from 8,387 active cases Thursday.Of the active cases, 2,078 are in the Calgary zone, 1,847 are in the Edmonton zone, 1,635 are in the Central zone, 1,725 are in the North zone, 868 are in the South zone and five are not tied to any specific zone.There are now 765 people in hospital with COVID-19, a drop from 779 in hospital a day before.

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New Brunswick Food bank expects surge in visits into the winter

A report released by Food Banks Canada shows the number of people accessing food banks has seen a spike nationally amid the pandemic. But the same trend is not playing out in the Maritimes, but food bank operators say a spike is looming.

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New Brunswick food bank expecting surge in visits into the winter

Food Banks Canada shows the number of people accessing food banks has seen a spike nationally amid the COVID-19 pandemic.But the same trend is not playing out here in the Maritimes — at least not yet, said Mark LeBlanc, who is the executive director of the Vestiaire St-Joseph Shediac Regional Food Bank.

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COVID-19: Active cases at 10 for Peterborough area; restaurant charged under Reopening Ontario Act

Peterborough Public Health reported one new case of COVID-19 and a new hospitalized case, according to data released late Friday afternoon.In its COVID tracker update issued around 4:25 p.m., the regional health unit reported 10 active cases, up from nine reported on Thursday. Ontario to release plan for 3rd COVID-19 vaccine dose next week Other data from the health unit, which serves Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation:The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, as of 11:06 a.m.

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COVID-19: N.B. reports 48 new cases as new circuit breaker measures begin

COVID-19 and 41 new recoveries on Friday.There are now 556 active cases in the province.In a release, the province said 27, or 56 per cent, of the new cases are unvaccinated. Twelve, or 25 per cent are partially vaccinated, and nine, or 19 per cent, are fully vaccinated.There are 28 people in hospital, of whom 17 are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated, and eight are fully vaccinated.

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COVID-19: Nova Scotia reports 26 new cases, state of emergency renewed

Nova Scotia reports 31 new cases of COVID-19, active total above 170 The order will take effect at noon on Sunday, and extend to noon on Nov. 14, unless the government terminates or extends it.As of Friday, Nova Scotia has 169 active cases of COVID-19.

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COVID-19: 24 new cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 13,994, including 264 deaths.Local public health also reported 25 new COVID-19 variant cases on Friday, bringing that total to 6,443, including 118 cases that are active.

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Manitoba reports 141 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

COVID-19 and 141 new cases of the virus.The latest cases reported on the province’s online COVID-19 dashboard Wednesday bring the number of active infections in Manitoba to 1,217 and the province’s five-day test positivity rate to 3.9 per cent. Seniors, front-line health care, First Nations adults should get COVID-19 booster: NACI The site shows Manitoba’s COVID-19 death toll rose by two from Thursday to 1,242.

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2 men shot to death in Trenton, police say

TRENTON - Authorities in New Jersey's capital city are searching for a gunman after police say two men were shot and killed in broad daylight on Friday. Officers from the Trenton Police Department were called to the first block of Cleveland Avenue around 9:30 a.m.

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Guelph reports 1 new confirmed case of COVID-19, active cases down to 6

COVID-19 in Guelph, the city’s public health unit is reporting just one new positive test on Friday.Guelph’s total case count during the pandemic is now at 5,090 but active cases have now fallen to just six.Another two cases have been resolved, bringing total recoveries to 5,039. There have been 45 fatal cases during the pandemic, but that figure has not changed in several weeks.

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How should Canadians prepare for a 1-day trip to the U.S. once the border reopens?

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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Pen Powerful Open Letter About COVID-19 Vaccine Equity To World Leaders At G20 Summit

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are continuing their pursuit for COVID-19 vaccine equity.

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PETA wants MLB to use 'arm barn' instead of 'bullpen'

NEW YORK - If the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) gets its wish, you’ll no longer hear baseball players, managers, announcers or fans refer to the area used by relief pitchers to warm up as the bullpen.PETA released a call to action Thursday, asking for Major League Baseball to "strikeout the word ‘bullpen’" and replace it with "a more modern, animal-friendly term" like "arm barn.""Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue talented players and mock the misery of sensitive animals," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said.

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Fetty Wap arrested in NYC on federal drug charges

Rapper Fetty Wap attends an event on June 15, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Remy Martin) NEW YORK - Rapper Fetty Wap has been arrested in Queens on federal drug charges, according to a law enforcement source.He was picked up by FBI agents at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon.

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Latest Public Health Scotland Covid infection rate data for every council region as 2,732 new cases reported

A further 2,732 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours – with the disease claiming another 24 lives.

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Ontario reports 419 new COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths

report, 63 cases were recorded in Toronto, 34 in Windsor, 32 in Peel Region, and 30 in York Region and 30 in Ottawa.All other local public health units reported fewer than 30 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province stayed at 9,865 as no new deaths were recorded. COVID-19 vaccinations won’t be added to list of Ontario student immunizations: Moore As of 8 p.m.

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Ed Sheeran drops new music, says Elton checks in on his COVID recovery

“=” (pronounced “equals”), on schedule Friday morning.But the English singer-songwriter — who announced he had contracted the coronavirus last weekend — had to have a solo album release party from his quarantine. Still, he kept up with his promotional commitments virtually on Thursday with an Apple Music “First Listen” livestream event.“I rarely, rarely cancel s—t, but it was quite heavy at the beginning of the week, and I’ve rested a lot, [taken] a lot of vitamin C and zinc and D and these pills, and I feel a lot better now,” Sheeran, 30, told Zane Lowe in the event, which you can still stream on Apple Music. Sheeran has been getting so many well wishes that he’s stopped looking at them.

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Scottish Government confirm 24 deaths and 2,732 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

A total of 24 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government have confirmed

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Drug ring mailed cocaine from Puerto Rico to NYC in children's lunchboxes

NEW YORK - The feds say they have busted a ring that was mailing cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City inside of children's lunchboxes in a "sophisticated scheme."An indictment charges five people in a conspiracy to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York and Massachusetts via the U.S. Postal Service.

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Witnesses pull driver from burning car after crash in Feasterville, officials say

FEASTERVILLE, Pa. - A speeding driver whose car went airborne and slammed into a gas station in Feasterville early Friday morning was pulled from the burning wreckage by two civilians, according to authorities. Emergency crew responded to a Getty gas station on Bridgetown Pike around 1:30 a.m. for reports of a single-car crash. Feasterville Fire Cheif Christopher Cummings told reporters that a speeding car on Bridgetown Pike hit a traffic sign and slammed into a car in the parking lot of a Getty gas station.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Now Required for 36% of U.S. Workers

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NYC firefighters union asks court to halt vaccine mandate

The union representing New York City firefighters has asked a state court to put on hold a mandate by Mayor Bill de Blasio for all city employees to get the Covid-19 vaccination or be placed on unpaid leave.

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Two new cases in Northland, reports of possible positive results in Tongan returnee

Northland DHB has this afternoon advised the Ministry of Health of two new community cases of COVID-19 in Southern Kaipara.

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New pictures of containers and debris washed up on Vancouver Island from stricken freighter

We’re getting a better look at the containers and debris washing up on a pristine Vancouver Island shoreline, from that freighter that lost more than hundred containers off the coast of Victoria. Ted Chernecki reports.

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Security heightened at Egg Harbor Twp. businesses after 64-year-old man attacked

HAMILTON TWP., N.J. - Security is visible outside of a Shoprite store at English Creek Shopping Center in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey three days after police say a man was assaulted and robbed in broad daylight."It’s scary, that’s scary," says Dawn Bolton, of Millville. "My mom goes to this Shoprite. She’s an older lady."Bolton says her mom is now afraid to go shopping alone. According to police, around 2:45 p.m.

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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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