NEW DELHI : Smokers and vegetarians were found to have lower seropositivity indicating that they may be at a lesser risk of getting infected by coronavirus, according to a pan-India serosurvey conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in its nearly 40 institutes.The survey also found that those with blood group 'O' may be less susceptible to the infection, while people with 'B' and 'AB' blood groups were at a higher risk.For its study, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) took samples of 10,427 adult individuals working in its laboratories or institutions and their family members, based on voluntary participation, to assess the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2.The study which was piloted by.

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Carnival Cruise Line announces additional cancelations

the cruise line had said it would extend its pause in operations until March 31, 2021, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Now the cancelations have been extended even further.The cruise line made the announcement on Twitter and said that all U.S.

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More than 800 fines issued for breaches of Covid-19 regulations

Gardaí say that more than 800 people have been fined for being outside their homes without a reasonable excuse since last Monday week.

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P.E.I. lozenge plant lays off 30 workers over ‘almost non-existent’ cold and cough season

COVID-19 restrictions.Island Abbey Foods says sales of its Honibe cough and cold lozenges have declined in the first two quarters of 2021. New Brunswick long-term care homes short staffed during COVID-19 The Charlottetown company says in a statement it made the difficult decision to eliminate 30 temporary positions from its production operation.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Island Abbey Foods says 2020 was a tremendous year and it increased its headcount significantly in anticipation of ongoing higher demand.The P.E.I.

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Prince William thanks NHS heroes responsible for rollout of the Covid vaccine

Prince William has thanked NHS heroes responsible for rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine as he heard stories of care home residents crying with joy and clapping each other after having their jabs.

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Emmerdale and Coronation Street Covid crisis as soaps forced to shut down filming

Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been forced to temporarily stop filming due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Mirror reports Emmerdale paused filming all week after an outbreak on-set, leading to "intensive cleaning" to prevent the spread of Covid. Coronation Street is due to halt filming for two weeks from next Monday, though there have reportedly been no positive Covid cases on the Manchester set.A spokeswoman for the soap said: "Coronation Street will pause filming from next Monday, 25 January for two weeks to undertake some rewriting of stories and scripts as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.

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coronavirus in an effort to increase the number of people abiding by self-quarantine rules.

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Group urges climate adaptation funding in pandemic recovery

THE HAGUE – An organization that promotes efforts to adapt the environment to cope with the effects of climate change is calling on governments and financers around the globe to include funding for adaptation projects in their COVID-19 recovery spending.The appeal was published Friday in a report issued by the Netherlands-based Global Center on Adaptation before an online summit starting Monday that will launch an agenda for boosting the planet's resilience.“As governments begin spending trillions of dollars to recover from the pandemic, the world has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a more resilient, climate-smart future by integrating climate adaptation into their response and recovery plans,” the center said in its report.A

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One year ago, Quebec public health started preparing for arrival of coronavirus

coronavirus that appeared in China.Dr. Horacio Arruda assured Quebecers that the province’s health network was prepared to intervene quickly if ever a case of coronavirus was detected in Quebec.Five people were already under observation in hospital at the time.“We prefer to preach in excess (of caution) than to let a case wander in the community,” said Arruda at the time.

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Mississauga Canada Post facility finds more cases of COVID-19 after mandatory testing

COVID-19 in 48 hours.Canada Post says 149 workers at the Dixie Road site had tested positive between Jan. 1 and Thursday afternoon.Spokesman Phil Legault says the latest cases were detected among workers who were asymptomatic or didn’t believe they had symptoms.

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22,000 fans allowed in stands for Super Bowl LV, including 7,500 health care workers

TAMPA, Fla. - The NFL plans to allow 22,000 fans to attend Super Bowl LV next month, 7,500 of whom are vaccinated health care workers. That’s about one-third of what Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium normally holds.The reduced capacity is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced some teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to play home games in empty stadiums at times this season.The city of Tampa and the Bucs began allowing limited fans in the stands in early October after an empty home opener.Gov.

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Florida begins to restrict COVID-19 vaccine to state residents, snowbirds

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Amid shortages of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus, Florida’s top health officer on Thursday advised counties across his state to prioritize available doses to residents, including so-called snowbirds who reside in the state part-time.Uncertainty over the vaccine supply has prompted concern over medical tourism, particularly those coming from overseas who could prevent some Florida seniors from getting their turn for vaccination first.

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Dave Chappelle tests positive for COVID-19

Dave Chappelle tested positive for coronavirus. The stand-up star, 47, broke the news just before his comedy show was scheduled to start Thursday.

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Advisory group says speeding up vaccine rollout to Ontario LTC homes would prevent deaths, cases

COVID-19 vaccine rollout to prioritize long-term care residents would prevent a projected 115 deaths and hundreds more cases, a new report says.The brief published Thursday from experts advising the government on COVID-19 predicts that administering a first dose to all long-term care residents by Jan. 31 would save lives.

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Traffic data shows more people staying home to combat COVID-19 in Toronto: City officials

coronavirus.According to the data, “vehicle traffic continues to be at its lowest observed levels since Stage 1 Reopening back in May and June 2020,” however it is still higher than when restrictions were first announced at the beginning of the Spring.The data takes into account three monitoring measures: traffic congestion, volume and downtown multimodal volumes.The City continues to urge residents to stay home as much as possible to comply with Province of Ontario's stay-at-home order and public health advice. Today, the City released traffic data to help show the impact of the ongoing lockdown.

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Police break up wedding with 400 guests at school used as Covid testing site

A wedding attended by 400 guests was broken up by police last night in a flagrant violation of lockdown rules.

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New Brunswick provincial long-term care homes short staffed during COVID-19

Visitation restrictions in B.C. long-term care homes could ease by mid-March: province The New Brunswick Special Care Home Association said it has been unsuccessful at attracting new part-time staff due to low wages and concerns about COVID.At the privately owned facility, the starting wage for a part-time personal support worker is $14 an hour.“CERB has impacted our employee situation.

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Walmart expands vaccinations in boost to US Covid-19 program

Walmart Inc is preparing to offer Covid-19 vaccinations in seven more states, as well as in Chicago and Puerto Rico, this week and next, a company spokeswoman told Reuters, expanding beyond the two states where its pharmacists are offering inoculations.The move from the world's largest retailer comes as US President Joe Biden races to accelerate a frustratingly slow vaccination campaign that has stranded about half of the 38 million shots in freezers.This week and next, Walmart will start providing inoculations in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas as well as in Chicago, and Puerto Rico, the spokeswoman said.Walmart is already vaccinating healthcare workers in New Mexico and its home state of

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Should I cancel my 2021 wedding? Latest Covid-19 rules and advice for your big day

third national lockdown, we have been advised to stay at home, except for work, exercise and exceptional circumstances.This will, of course, have implications for wedding ceremonies due to take place in the early months of this year. According to the government's latest guidelines, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies will only be allowed to take place in exceptional circumstances – a so-called 'deathbed wedding' (more below).

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Charles Barkley Apologizes After Facing Backlash Over COVID-19 Vaccine Comments: ‘It Was A Stupid Thing To Say’

Charles Barkley is apologizing after being slammed on social media over some comments he made about the coronavirus vaccine last week.

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Want to be a Hollywood player? Covid and streaming have changed all the rules

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Gemma Collins has bought her 'dream home' after being inspired by her dad’s devastating Covid battle

Gemma Collins has opened up about her dad's Coronavirus battle and confirmed that he could be out of hospital next week as she buys her dream home.The TOWIE star had previously revealed her beloved dad Alan said he'd "rather be dead" than as sick as he is. She feared the very worst and says the family were bracing themselves for a very difficult conversation.

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Remy Julienne dead - James Bond stuntman dies after contracting Covid-19

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

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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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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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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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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
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