direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are continuing to drop in every borough of Greater Manchester, the latest data shows.Bury has the highest infection rate in the region with 190.1 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 25.The lowest infection rate is in Trafford where the rate is 111.2.The latest figures show the overall infection rate for Greater Manchester now stands at 154.6 per 100,000.This is higher than the national average which stands at 96.9.The infection rate the region as a whole was down 15 per cent in the last week.This means it is currently falling more slowly than in England as a whole.A total of 4385 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week ending February.

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Minor leagues experimenting with robo umps, larger bases

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball will experiment with several rule changes in the minor leagues this season, including an automated strike zone, restrictions on defensive positioning and larger bases.

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Disney MagicMobile service will allow you to use phone to get into theme parks

ORLANDO, Fla. – Walt Disney World announced Thursday that it’s set to roll out the new MagicMobile service later this year.

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Coronavirus infection rate in Bolton falls to its lowest since September

in Bolton is now the lowest it has been since the start of September. On September 1 last year, the infection rate in the borough was 94.6 cases per 100,000 people.Now, the infection rate is 94.9 cases per 100,000 people.There were 273 positive Covid-19 tests in the borough in the week ending March 7.The figure is 163 fewer compared with the previous seven days – a 37 per cent fall in total.Overall, coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester have continued to fall, according the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE).Nine boroughs recorded double digit reduction in infection rates for the week ending March 7 compared the previous week.

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Coronavirus: Okanagan post-secondary students optimistic about returning to campus

B.C. reports 531 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death First year UBC Okanagan student Tehya Morgan-Smith is among those happy to hear students may be headed back to campus.

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Coronavirus: 29 new cases reported in London-Middlesex, 28 in Sarnia-Lambton

coronavirus on Thursday.The Middlesex-London Health Unit also declared a community outbreak after at least 22 people who attended post-secondary gatherings last week tested positive for the coronavirus.The updates come as the world marks the one year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.The region’s pandemic case tally stands at 6,369, of which 6,026 cases have resolved, an increase of 17 from the day before.At least 185 virus-related deaths have been reported during the pandemic, most recently on Monday.As of Thursday, 158 cases were considered active in the region.

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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League looks to follow the WHL back onto the ice

COVID-19, putting them back into “pause” mode. SJHL season paused until 2021 due to COVID-19 It is where they remain at this time, but SJHL president Bill Chow is hoping they can follow the Western Hockey League (WHL) and return to play to complete a shortened season.“The Western Hockey League has been very obliging and has allowed us to use their document and we’re trying to utilize as much of that as possible,” Chow said .“We have to adapt to what we can bring forward into one location or two locations and see how that will be acceptable.”Regina is acting as the WHL’s East Division hub city.

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COVID-19: 2 new cases in Peterborough area; presumed variants surpass 100

COVID-19 and another dozen variants were reported in the Peterborough area on Thursday, according to the region’s health unit.Peterborough Public Health‘s COVID-19 tracker site as of 4:23 p.m. listed 76 active cases in its jurisdiction, down from 81 reported on Wednesday.

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Public Health Scotland: NHS confirms 'a number of confirmed' Covid cases behind closure of Ayr school

Ayr's biggest primary school.We told earlier today how Heathfield Primary was closing its doors after Test & Trace teams swooped.Now officials have confirmed the school and its nursery will stay shut until "at least" March 22.Contact tracing is under way following the reported cases with links to the school.All staff and pupils have been ordered to stay away as a result.Nearby Braehead Primary is another to be placed under similar measures as authorities try to stop the spread of Covid in the area.In a joint statement to parents at Heathfield tonight, the NHS and South Ayrshire Council explained their move to close the entire school.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features,

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Novavax vaccine has 96% efficacy against original COVID-19 strain, 55.4% against South Africa variant

LONDON - Vaccine developer Novavax announced on Thursday that its vaccine offers high levels of protection against the original coronavirus strain that causes COVID-19, but the vaccine’s efficacy is diminished by some coronavirus variants, including one that originated in South Africa.Novavax announced on Twitter that its vaccine has 96% efficacy against the original strain of the coronavirus, according to a recent U.K. trial. But the company said its vaccine is only 55.4% effective against the B.1.351 strain, first detected in South Africa in December.

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Covid denier fights for life in hospital and will now 'need oxygen for life'

Coronavirus victim Paul Russell was a self-confessed conspiracy theorist who thought the virus would “disappear the day after the election”. Until he caught the killer virus himself.Now, the long-distance truck driver says, he can’t work anymore.

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Covid at 'fragile moment' with no normality until 2024 warns professor

coronavirus expert has warned.The Professor of international health at the Burnet Institute says vaccines won't instantly fix the world's problems as it battles the killer virus.Prof Michael Toole feels there is a big fight in front of us, despite the successful mass rollout.Describing this as a “fragile moment in modern world history”, he warns much more time will be needed for normality to return.He said factors like when each country will finish their vaccination process and concerning new variants will mean we won't be rid of Covid for years.Letting transmission go unchecked is also a reason why it could take until 2024 to be free of the deadly bug, he predicts.But he stressed things could be different if the world works together to see

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Marion deputies trying to ID culprit in 29-year-old woman’s shooting death

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County deputies are hoping a surveillance still will help them identify a man wanted in connection with a 29-year-old woman’s shooting death.

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Americans could receive $1,400 payments as soon as this weekend, White House says

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden officially signed the latest coronavirus relief bill, dubbed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, into law on Thursday, securing another round of direct payments for those who qualify, among other plans to help restore an economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

BALTIMORE – To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest of this year. That’s $43,000 every second of every day until midnight chimes on 2022.

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B.C. easing COVID-19 restrictions to allow outdoor social gatherings up to 10 people

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The easing of restrictions comes as cases of COVID-19 continue to grow in the province. But Henry says there is very little evidence of transmission of the virus taking place outdoors.

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COVID-19 survivors may be able to skip 2nd vaccine dose

COVID-19 survivors may not need a second dose of mRNA-based vaccine to prevent subsequent symptomatic infections, which could stretch limited vaccine supplies, reports a research letter published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Sask. NDP accuses former health minister of lying about COVID-19 plan

Saskatchewan NDP is accusing then Health Minister Jim Reiter of lying about the government’s level of preparedness at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Opposition health critic Vicki Mowat spoke to reporters on Thursday and said the NDP asked Reiter about his plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic on March 10, 2020. Coronavirus: Saskatchewan NDP leader calls on premier to create task force “He said that he had a plan and accused us of fear-mongering.

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5 things we learned from the Covid-19 briefings

There was a cautious note sounded at the latest briefing by the National Public Health Emergency Team amid some concern about a recent levelling off of Covid-19 case numbers.

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Deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Kitchener retirement home declared over

COVID-19 outbreak to hit Waterloo Region during the second wave of the pandemic has come to an end.The outbreak at the Chartwell Westmount Long Term Care Residence, which saw 19 people suffer COVID-19-related deaths, was declared over on Wednesday, according to Waterloo Public Health. Several COVID-19 vaccination clinics opening in Waterloo Region over next 2 weeks The outbreak, which began on Dec.

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All Ottawa residents could receive 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose by summer: Hospital CEO

The Ottawa Hospital projects every resident of the nation’s capital could get a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the summer if current supply trends are sustained.The bold prediction came Thursday as Cameron Love reflected on a year of struggles and resilience within Ottawa’s health-care system during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began locally on March 11, 2020.While the city has seen more than 15,000 COVID-19 cases and nearly 450 deaths related to the novel coronavirus to date, Love told Global News that stabilizing vaccine supply chains could see the city hit a significant milestone in its local vaccination campaign in the next three-to-four months.Ottawa will have the capacity to vaccinate 10,000 people per day, Love estimated, once

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B.C. records 569 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths

COVID-19 on Thursday, along with three deathsThe three deaths bring the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,397.The number of people in hospital with the disease remained unchanged at 244. Of those, 68 were in intensive care, an increase of two from Wednesday.There have been a total of 86,219 cases of COVID-19 in B.C., of which 4,912 remain active.On Wednesday, Health Minister Adrian Dix announced that those born in 1936 and earlier can book a vaccination appointment starting Thursday afternoon.

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Every Living Former President, Except Donald Trump, Participates in Coronavirus Vaccine Campaign

Every living former President, except for Donald Trump, including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama teamed up for a campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine. Their respective first ladies including Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama, were also featured in the campaign.

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Coronavirus: Feds questioned on decision to increase interval between Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses

During Question Period in the House of Commons on Thursday, Conservative Part of Canada leader Erin O’Toole asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if the decision to extend the interval between when Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses can be administered opens Canada up to any potential legal liability for going “off-label” with the shot intervals.

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Queen’s University announces COVID-19 outbreak in student residence

COVID-19 outbreak at one of its on-campus student residence buildings.In total, there are 10 cases on and off-campus as of Thursday, the school said.According to a Queen’s University news release, there are five active cases linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at Watts Hall. The residence has been locked down and all affected students have been moved to an isolation unit on campus.

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Coronavirus: Peel Region mayors call for move to red zone in province’s colour-coded framework

Mississauga mayor pushes for city to be moved into red zone of COVID-19 framework That meant non-essential retailers could reopen with capacity limits, although gyms, personal care services and indoor restaurant dining remain closed.The mayor of Mississauga is calling for her city to now be moved to the second-strictest “red” category of the framework, without or without the other communities in Peel.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Brampton’s mayor also says Peel should be placed into the “red” zone and councillors in his city voted to ask the province to make that move as soon as possible.Being in the “red” zone would allow gyms to reopen with capacity limits and indoor restaurant dining and

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Coronavirus: 2 COVID-19 vaccination clinics set to open in Guelph

COVID-19 vaccination clinics are scheduled to open in Guelph within days at the university and Linamar’s Skyjack building in the city’s north end.The latter at 201 Woodlawn Rd. W.

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Canada could see more vaccine hurdles while at mercy of other nations, experts warn

COVID-19 vaccine rollout has finally picked up pace in Canada.As of Wednesday, more than 3.8 million doses had been distributed to provinces and territories across the country. Out of these, 2.5 million doses have been administered, with more than 2 million Canadians having received at least one dose of an approved coronavirus vaccine.

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‘A gargantuan task:’ New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health on a year of fighting COVID-19

first presumptive case of the new coronavirus — COVID-19 — was reported in the province.A woman returning from France was whisked away into an isolation room at a New Brunswick ER and tested.That positive result signaled what has, so far, been a year of struggle, hardship and resiliency.“We knew this day would come,” Premier Blaine Higgs told a news conference on that day. New Brunswick reporting 29th COVID-19-related death In the year since then, New Brunswick has confirmed 1,462 cases and marked 29 deaths connected to COVID-19.In a sit-down interview with Global News, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.

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Mental health service slammed after popular young artist survived jump from car park but killed himself in hospital

Middleton, had lived a happy childhood with mum, Pauline, and dad, Karl. He was the hero to his younger brother, a trained artist, a keen Manchester City fan who loved playing football, and a talented guitarist.

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Brevard man plotted with Oath Keepers before Capitol riot, FBI says

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Brevard County man attended dozens of planning calls with other members of the Oath Keepers before they stormed the U.S. Capitol earlier this year, according to a criminal complaint from the FBI.

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Publix expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those 60 and older

ORLANDO, Fla. – When Publix opens its portal on Friday for COVID-19 vaccine appointments, more Florida residents will be eligible.

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Maitland attorney arrested in November deadly shooting, deputies say

MAITLAND, Fla. – An attorney with offices in Maitland was arrested Wednesday on drug and murder charges following a Nov. 3 deadly shooting, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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WHO whistleblower who denounced spiked Italy report resigns

ROME – A U.N. epidemiologist who publicly denounced the World Health Organization’s withdrawal of a report on Italy’s coronavirus response has resigned, citing the “unsustainable situation” he faced at the agency as a whistleblower.

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Health workers' greatest COVID-19 risk is from community, new data show

The greatest COVID-19 risk factors for healthcare personnel (HCP) aren't patient contact or clinical duties but rather community exposure and prevalence, according to a JAMA Network Open study yesterday.

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Ricky Gervais calls coronavirus a ‘c**t ‘ as he gets his first jab

RICKY Gervais called coronavirus a "c**t" today as he received his first jab. The After Life star, 59, scrunched up his face as the vaccine was injected into his arm.

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Brielle Beirmann Unapologetically Parties In The Bahamas While Kim Zolciak Battles Covid

Brielle Biermann is unapologetically living her best life in the Caribbean, while her mother Kim Zolciak is in quarantine with the coronavirus. The reality TV star celebrated her 24th birthday in the Bahamas and hasn’t been shy about sharing bikini pics of herself partying with friends and swimming in the ocean. On March 10, she even took to her Instagram Story to share a photo while holding up a bottle of Corona beer. Meanwhile, her 42-year-old mom is at home in Georgia, fighting COVID-19 with her husband, ex football star Kroy Biermann.

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Manitoba warns of possible coronavirus variant exposures in Winnipeg

Fear, dread, helplessness: Winnipeg critical care doctor reflects on year of COVID-19 It is up to 50% more transmissible than the virus that surged last spring and again in the fall, making it more adept at thwarting measures that were previously effective, World Health Organization experts have warned. Scientists have concluded that it is also more deadly.The variant was first reported in Manitoba Feb.

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'She really needs to see family' - granddaughter welcomes resumption of nursing home visits

"She has two daughters and there's a number of grandchildren in the area so we’re all really keen to get back to see her and, I think most importantly, she really needs to see family."

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Susan Sarandon says she’ll date ANYONE who’s had the COVID vaccination; Says ‘open to all age, colour, gender’

Susan Sarandon recently made a hilarious revelation! The actress recently admitted that she will date anyone who had the coronavirus vaccination. The 74-year-old actress is looking for someone who’s been vaccinated, she said on the latest episode of Dear Media’s Divorced Not Dead podcast with host Caroline Stanbury. “Someone who’s been vaccinated for COVID,” she said of who she’s looking for.

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Ontario data shows coronavirus case declines levelled off, postponed procedures pose major concern

Ontario government‘s latest modelling data suggests progress in reducing coronavirus cases has stalled and deferred medical procedures and screening is poised to have a heavy impact on the health-care system.“Declines in community cases and test positivity have levelled off. Cases are increasing in most public health units as we see mobility rise,” Dr.

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Regina’s Milky Way officially opens for spring, summer season

ice cream shops is ready for customers.Milky Way officially opened on Thursday, welcoming many to satisfy their taste buds.Our windows are officially open for the 2021 Season #milkywayicecream #itsspringinsask #hallelujah

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New Brunswick reports 2 new COVID-19 cases; pharmacists to provide vaccinations

COVID-19 Thursday and announced that pharmacies will play a key role in the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination plan.The two new cases have been identified in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and involve individuals in their 30s and 40s.“Both cases are under investigation and are self-isolating,” the province stated.Beginning Thursday, the province said New Brunswickers who are 85 and older may contact a pharmacist to set up an appointment to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.Appointments will be scheduled at nearly every pharmacy in the province, with the first vaccinations starting Wednesday, March 17.“Right now, only those who are 85 and older, or those calling on their behalf, can contact pharmacies to book an appointment,” said

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Covid-19: 10 further deaths, 592 new cases

The Department of Health has been notified of 10 further deaths of people with Covid-19 and 592 confirmed new cases.

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The latest coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester as nine boroughs record big falls

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester have continued to fall, according the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE).Nine boroughs recorded double-digit reduction in infection rates for the week ending March 7 compared to the previous week.But the dramatic falls recorded in those boroughs weren't reflected in Salford, which registered 283 positive tests over the last week - some twelve fewer than in the previous week.It means the week-on-week trend in Salford is down by four per cent with an infection rate of 109.3 cases per 100,000 people.Salford was one of three boroughs which recorded triple-digit infection rates in Greater Manchester.Rochdale continues to have the highest coronavirus infection

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CDC director on COVID-19 pandemic 1-year mark: ‘We are tired, we are lonely, we are impatient’

LOS ANGELES - The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a statement on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, while acknowledging the heartbreaking toll of a health crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 520,000 Americans."One year ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

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COVID-19: 3 more variant cases in Northumberland County; HKPR active cases fall to 28

COVID-19 cases were reported in Haliburton and Northumberland counties on Thursday along with several additional variant cases in the region.In its daily update, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reports two new cases in Northumberland County and one in Haliburton County. The overall number of variant cases is now at 21 — up from 18 reported on Wednesday — which include 18 cases in Northumberland (up from 15) and three variant cases in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

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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

The latest coronavirus infection rates for every borough in Greater Manchester

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