Unemployment claims drop for the first time in a month

education institutions, that were shut in late December and early January. 

DANCING On Ice star Brendan Cole has sparked controversy for ITV after liking a post from an online account – that claims Covid is a conspiracy. Former Strictly dancer Brendan, 45, backed a video on an Instagram account called Nuremberg 2.0, which he follows.

Andrea Bordeaux is speaking out about her exit from Run the World.

COVID-19 on Saturday as the number of hospitalizations and intensive care patients continues to drop.The health department says hospitalizations decreased by 94 compared with the prior day to 2,447.#COVID19 – En date du 4 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/1DyRLUi7Kg— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 5, 2022The number of people listed in intensive care fell by three to 181.Officials reported a 96-patient drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations Friday following a decrease of 93 on Thursday.The province is reporting 2,955 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.Health workers administered 46,030 doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.

booster or precautionary vaccine dose. 

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted Donald Trump‘s false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.”

Critical Infrastructure Defence Act is being applied differently to non-Indigenous protests than it is to Indigenous protests.In a statement, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation chief and council said if the Coutts protest was organized by Indigenous people, authorities would have responded quickly to remove it.“Over the past several days we have watched in dismay as the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., is allowed to continue without intervention from authorities.” Movement at Coutts border on 5th day of blockade, one lane open in each direction Demonstrators began parking their vehicles and blocked the highway between southern Alberta and the United States on Saturday in solidarity with similar events in Ottawa and countrywide — to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and broader public health measures.The tie-up stranded travellers and cross-border truckers for days, compromising millions of dollars in trade and impeding access to basic goods and medical services for area residents.Police tried to peacefully break up the demonstration Tuesday, only to see others breach a nearby police barricade and join the blockade.Chad Williamson, a lawyer representing truckers blocking access to the border crossing, said Wednesday afternoon they spoke with Mounties and agreed to open some blocked lanes.However, on Thursday, a second protest on Highway 4 about 20 kilometres north of Coutts choked off traffic, RCMP said. New blockade pops up as Coutts border protest enters 6th day The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said that at about 12 p.m.

SEVILLE, SPAIN - 2022/01/28: A couple wearing facemasks as a precaution against the spread of covid-19 in front of Triana Bridge in Seville. (Photo by Francis Gonzalez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) MADRID - Spain will end a mandate to wear masks outdoors next week, reversing a late December order against an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections fueled by a highly contagious mutation, Health Minister Carolina Darias said.After confirming that contagion levels have peaked, the Spanish Cabinet will end the mandate next Tuesday and the government expects the changes to be adopted from Thursday, Feb.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Energy Ministry says the Kelanitissa Power Plant will remain without fuel until a diesel tanker reaches the country on Monday (7).The country’s hydropower generation has already dropped to 32 percent.Data published by the Ceylon Electricity Board said there is limited fuel in thermal power plants.Power cuts were reported in many areas although the Ceylon Electricity Board had not made any announcement to that effect on Thursday (3).Although Sri Lanka’s power demand at nightstands at 2650 Megawatts, the CEB had been able to generate only about 2276 Megawatts.The CEB said that the Kelanitissa and Baththala power stations had not generated power as they had run out of fuel.The energy ministry’s secretary K.D.R. Olga said fuel had been supplied to the CEB as agreed.The secretary added that the power plants had run out of fuel before as more fuel had been used compared to the initial calculations.She added that the West Coast Power Plant had run out of fuel in 8 days despite being given fuel for 11 days.The Kelanitissa Power Plant was given fuel to run until Friday (4).The energy ministry says that the Kelanitissa Power Plant will remain without fuel until a diesel tanker reaches the country on Monday (7).It added that providing more fuel to the Kelanitissa Power Plant before that would create a shortage of diesel.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is piloting a first-of-its-kind free Narcan machine that officials hope will limit the number of overdose deaths in the city. The first Narcan Near Me touchscreen tower was placed outside the Lucien Blackwell Regional Public Library at the corner of 52nd and Chestnut streets in West Philadelphia. The machine will dispense an Overdose Recovery Kit that includes Narcan, gloves, a face shield and instructions. Philadelphia Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole said West Philadelphia was strategically picked to receive the first Narcan Near Me tower. MORE LOCAL HEADLINES"Places like West Philly don't have many resources as they need to combat this deadly problem," Bettigole said. Since 2017, officials said Philadelphia has been fighting a rise in overdose deaths due to the spread of fentanyl and heroin being sold in the city.Officials claim they have stepped up their efforts to provide resources to addicts in Kensington which has helped reduce the number of overdose deaths.  "Within the library system since October 2015 there have been over 54 reported incidents concerning overdoses and 41% of those it was the free library staff who administered Narcan to individuals in need," Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia Kelly Richards said. Jacqueline Soder, who attends a clinic every day to help beat her drug addiction, believes the machines are a good first step in helping quell the number of overdose deaths. "People that use don't like Narcan because when you get with it, it drains everything out of you," Soder said.

केवल 1 महीने में 15-18 आयुवर्ग के 65% बच्चों को लगी वैक्सीन की पहली डोज। प्रधानमंत्री @NarendraModi जी के नेतृत्व में विश्व का सबसे बड़ा टीकाकरण अभियान रच रहा नए कीर्तिमान।#SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine pic.twitter.com/rqxRDrzuPO

Māori across Aotearoa will today reach 90% partial vaccination (first dose). As of 11am this morning, they were just 142 doses away from reaching this important milestone.

COVID-19. Of them, 191 people were in intensive care, a drop of 13 compared with the previous day.Health officials say 193 patients were admitted to hospital while 286 left over the past 24-hour period.Quebec also recorded 3,592 new novel coronavirus cases as part of its daily tally.

The 7-day average of US COVID-19 infections is 446,400 new cases a day, a decrease of 36% from the previous week, according to Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

COVID-19 infection has a shorter incubation period than originally thought, and rapid tests performed well at tracking virus levels, a research team based at Imperial College London reported today in a preprint study that describes the results of the first human challenge trial.

COVID-19-related deaths on Wednesday, raising the death toll in the region to 365, including 52 victims already in 2022.“Today we are reporting four deaths in our community related to COVID-19,” Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, medical officer of health, stated.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - One of the defendants in the federal trial of three former MPD officers has tested positive for COVID-19.

PHOENIX - Phoenix Police are investigating an incident caught on camera stemming from a stolen car investigation showing an officer punching a girl several times on Jan. 31.Body camera footage was released less than a day later by the department, giving a view of both sides to the story.The girl's family says she's just 13 years old.

Super Bowl is around the corner which means it‘s time for super commercials. Hologic is a global medical technology company that is making its first commercial debut despite being around for 36 years.

The unemployment rate rose marginally in January to 5.3%, up from 5.2% in December, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show today.

#COVID19 Human Challenge Model now established, #ORPH should be able to contract/conduct COVID-19 human #challengestudies in 2022, subject to individual ethics and regulatory approvals.https://t.co/5KhQeTSZqp pic.twitter.com/oWUy5MFnVL

It’s an operation that has been five months in the making and it’s being called Mission Possible.

₹265 per dose, applicator offered at ₹93 per dose excluding GST.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it was urging caution after Denmark became the latest country to drop all of its COVID-19 restrictions that aimed at helping to reduce the spread of infections.

Singer-songwriter, Salome Bey was known as “Canada’s first lady of the blues.” To honour her and her legacy as a multi-disciplinary artist, Metrolinx has unveiled an art wrapped “go” bus featuring Bey. The bus is now on the move across the GTA throughout black history month.

Interns, residents, and assistant residents at Freedmen's Hospital in front of Washington annex, Washington DC, June 13, 1952. Pictured are Rose D Jenkins, Twidlyn Anderson, Charles M Cabanass, Charles Crittenden, Frederick D Drew, Henry S Ellison, G The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has named "Black Health and Wellness" as this year’s theme for Black History Month.Part of the theme highlights the legacy of medical practitioners in Western medicine.

Coronation Street for over a decade, but fans would be forgiven for not knowing that she's appeared on the ITV Cobbles before.Corrie's not the only show she's starred in, either, because she's worked on rival soaps like Emmerdale and Holby City.From reality TV stints, to dramatic health battles, Lisa has plenty of telly-worthy tales, so Daily Star have taken a look at her life.Although Corrie fans will know Lisa best as Underworld machinist Beth Sutherland, it turns out Lisa has already appeared in the soap before.She's played Beth Tinker since 2011, but she played two other roles on Corrie before becoming a permanent fixture in Weatherfield.Her first time on Corrie came back in 1997, when she appeared as a young nurse working alongside Martin Platt.She later appeared as a Family Liason Officer working on the investigation into Tommy Harris's murder - appearing for five episodes between March and April 2005.Before any of that, though, she appeared in The Bill as Melissa Wilson - for one episode in 1994.She's also worked on medial drama Holby City (2004), and even Corrie's rival ITV soap Emmerdale when she played a guest role as Pauline Arkwright.Sadly, the talented star was left half-blind in her right eye after suffering a mini-stroke.Lisa, who also diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hemorrhaged behind her optic nerve over five years ago, and says it left lasting damage to her sight.She also revealed that she got hit in the eye with some rope.Lisa said: "I haemorrhaged behind my optic nerve four years ago and I’m half-blind in my right eye, they said it was like a stroke but also I got hit in the eye with a bit of rope."She told The Sun: "They think I’d had some mini-stroke but a specialist said it has to be the rope, I

A doctor as opened up about the 'horrific' symptoms of long covid she is still suffering with more than a year after testing positive for the virus.

Quebec businesses that opened during pandemic not eligible for provincial funding Meanwhile 21,699 COVID-19 tests were performed at screening facilities on Jan. 30, the latest date for which numbers are available.Health officials warn that since screening continues to be reserved for priority groups, cases numbers do not accurately reflect the situation.So far, 48,106 people have registered results of at-home rapid tests on the government website, 36,391 of which were positive for COVID-19.

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Phillip Schofield was seen for the first time since his Covid diagnosis and admitted he is worried about Dancing On Ice on Sunday.

Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was at 54.0 in January, down from 55.5 in December and signalling the weakest improvement in the health of the sector since last September.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in hot water, as initial police reports investigating the alleged lockdown parties detail “excessive consumption of alcohol” and “failures of leadership and judgement.” Redmond Shannon reports on how Boris Johnson is trying to weather the political storm, even from within his own ranks.

It’s been a grim start to 2022 as January marks the third deadliest month for COVID-19 in Manitoba since the start of the pandemic, according to provincial numbers. Marney Blunt reports.

Number of COVID-19 deaths in Manitoba continues to rise Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, says this shows just how far-reaching the Omicron variant is.“What it says is that the Omicron variant, while mild for many, is still really dreadful for some,” Furness told Global News.“Overall, across the population there’s less hospitalizations, there’s less severe outcomes. But the fact of the matter is that far more people are becoming infected.

Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month and with a storied past comes unending information about how the month came to be and how future generations can learn about and continue to contribute to Black excellence in America. While the pandemic has brought events across the country to a halt for two years in a row now, here are some ways to still take part in the month-long celebration. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will offer a virtual Black History Month Festival for the entire month of February, according to the ASALH website.A lineup of events will include seminars and book talks that outline topics such as Black figures in medicine and sports, and a conversation highlighting this year’s Black History Month theme: "Black Health and Wellness."General admission for the virtual festival starts at $65, $125 to attend additional select events and $150 for full access to all festival events, according to ASALH.The Smithsonian is also offering virtual educational events for free throughout the month of February, which includes history lessons and book discussions, according to the museum website. FILE - View of a display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Washington DC, Sept.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported three deaths and 483 COVID-19 cases between Saturday and Monday.All three deaths involved double-vaccinated men, one in his 60s and two in their 80s. There were no associations with long-term care or retirement homes.Meanwhile, the London Health Sciences Centre reported 155 COVID-19 inpatients on Monday.

COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Monday.In a press release issued Monday, the city said the vaccine clinic will be held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at 255 Front St. W.

NAACP stated on its website.Woodson originally came up with the idea of Negro History Week to encourage Black Americans to become more interested in their own history and heritage and it was established in 1926. Woodson chose February for Negro History Week because it had the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Lincoln was born on Feb.

Black History Month 2022, which this year aims to focus on the multiple facets of "Black Health and Wellness" — a theme underscoring the rich legacy of everything from Black scholars, medical practitioners and midwives, to more recent initiatives focused on mental health for people of color. The annual celebration throughout the month of February honors achievements by Black Americans and aims to serve as a time to specifically recognize and salute their central role in U.S. history.

COVID situation stabilizing, but restrictions must be eased slowly: Quebec health director Hospitalizations continued to drop in the latest numbers released Monday, with 166 new COVID-19 patients admitted and 173 discharged for a decrease of seven over the previous day. Of the 2,888 patients in hospital, 223 are being treated in intensive care units for a decrease of 10.Quebec added another 2,432 confirmed cases of COVID-19 for a total of 861,891 infections, since the start of the pandemic, while recoveries stand at 808,469.The province carried out 21,856 screening tests on Jan.

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COATESVILLE, Pa. - In Chester County, Tower Health will be closing Brandywine Hospital Monday morning.Tower Health first announced a deal back in December that would have kept both Brandywine Hospital and Jennersville Hospital open, but say the deal fell through after the buyer didn't have secure financing. Jennersville Hospital closed on December 31, 2021.Officials from Tower Health say they pursued every viable option and spent more than 16 months searching for a new owner for both the hospitals, but all of those preparations and deals fell through. Tower Health says they will work with patients for transitional care and assist staff with placements into other positions. "Our responsibility to our patients, employees, and the communities served is to ensure this transition included an effective and safe path for change. In the end, we are highly disappointed that Canyon Atlantic Partners has not been able to satisfy these essential requirements," Tower Health said.Chaz Brogran, President of the Chester Chester County EMS Council, says residents of southern and western Chester County in need of care will feel the impact of the closure. "Their ambulances now have to transport two-three times as long to further away hospitals.

COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka will launch an island-wide program to vaccinate those who are yet to obtain the respective doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.Sri Lanka’s Army Commander General Shavendra Silva told reporters that it was observed that the general public had shown a certain degree of reluctance to obtain the booster dose against COVID-19.He said there is an increase in COVID-19 cases and therefore, it is important for the people to obtain the booster dose.‘We will deploy mobile vaccination units to government offices to ensure that the people are vaccinated with the booster dose,” he told News 1st.

wedding in the metaverse to get around guest limits imposed by Covid restrictions.Dinesh Sivakumar Padmavathi and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy from Tamil Nadu, India, have splashed out 150,000 Indian rupees (£1,490) on the design and hosting of their virtual reception next month.They have also managed to invite 2,000 people - whereas current rules in the region restrict in-person weddings to 100. "Because of the pandemic, a physical, real kind of reception is not possible with the huge number of people attending," Padmavathi, a 24-year-old cryptocurrency enthusiast, told CNN.

PHILADELPIA - A powerful nor'easter that brought strong winds and more than a foot of snow to parts of the Delaware Valley region both Friday night and into Saturday morning has impacted the region by forcing some schools to change their regular schedule. The nor'easter was resolved by Sunday with sunshine returning to the area with seasonably cold temperatures. As a result nor'easter, area schools have announced late openings and even closures amid the severe weather. Snow clean-up has been happening in parts of the region, but concerns over clear roads and safety abound. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter