Weekly coronavirus cases down 17 per cent as numbers continue to plummet across Greater Manchester

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI attends a papal mass for elderly people at St Peter's square on September 28, 2014 at the Vatican. (Photo credit TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images) Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any "grievous faults" in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.Benedict's lack of a personal apology or admission of guilt immediately riled abuse survivors, who said his response reflected the Catholic hierarchy's "permanent" refusal to accept responsibility for the rape and sodomy of children by priests.Benedict, 94, was responding to a Jan.

Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester have fallen by almost 30 percent in the last week, latest data has revealed.

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours – a decline of 329 cases as compared to the day before – said the state health department on Tuesday. 

There have been 3,780 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health.

COVID on Tuesday, with 474 in intensive care units.This is up by 99 hospitalizations but a decrease of 12 in ICUs since the previous day. Last Tuesday, there were 3,091 hospitalizations with 568 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 2,254 people in hospital with COVID-19, 56 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 474 people in ICUs with the virus, around 82 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while around 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

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The Scottish Government has confirmed 14 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours,

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Kerala in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative case tally to 63,23,378, said the state health department on Tuesday. 

COLOMBO (News 1st); Talks between the Health Minister and the Health Trade Unions to solve a series of issues failed on Tuesday (8).Trade Union leaders have vowed to continue with their strike action.Earlier in the day, heavy traffic was reported along Deans Road in Colombo opposite the Health Ministry due to a protest by health workers.Hundreds of health workers marched from the Vihara Maha Devi Park in Colombo to the Health Ministry against the government’s failure to remove salary anomalies and address their grievances, despite recent token strikes.The unions demand that the authorities eliminate existing salary disparities in the sector just as they eliminated the teacher and principal salary anomalies.Health workers across Sri Lanka including nurses, and Public Health Inspectors are on strike citing multiple demands.They resorted to the indefinite trade union action from Monday (7).As a result of the strike activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hispitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District Hospitals and 293 MOH Officers came to a complete standstill. 

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Hong Kong will limit public gatherings to two people and close sites such as churches and hair salons, leader Carrie Lam has said, as the financial hub battles a growing coronavirus outbreak that has caused record infections.

A convoy of trucks and campervans blocked streets near New Zealand's parliament in Wellington today to protest against Covid restrictions and vaccinations, inspired by a similar demonstration in Canada.

Nicola Sturgeon will make a covid statement at Holyrood today after it was claimed Scotland was now "through the worst of Omicron".

PERKIOMEN TWP., Pa. - On Monday the mask mandate debate went from a federal courtroom to a middle school auditorium, as a federal judge told the Perkiomen Valley School District to mask up a while longer.The judge sided with the plaintiffs, who argued ending the mandate would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by putting immunocompromised students at risk.Monday night, a couple dozen parents came out to voice their opinions on both sides.MORE HEADLINES:The plaintiffs in this case were an anonymous group of parents and students. Attorney Carmen De Gisi represented the plaintiffs."They are relieved that they don’t have to make the choice between having their children home and attending school virtually or sending them to school and having them risk severe infection," De Gisi said.Many of the parents and students who spoke at the scheduled school board meeting, in Montgomery County, say masks hurt their children’s ability to learn."There’s children in pain," said Alicia Taylor.

COLOMBO (News 1st): Despite ongoing discussions between Sri Lankan and Indian government officials, Indian fishing vessels continue to make incursions into Sri Lankan waters.Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. GL Peiris is currently in New Delhi for talks and the contentious fishing issue is top amongst the agenda for discussion.Despite this, late last night (7th Feb), Sri Lankan Navy took control of 3 vessels off the coast of Delft Island in the Sea of Sri Lanka.In an operation conducted off the Delft Island in the dark hours of 07th February 2022, Sri Lanka Navy took hold of 03 Indian trawlers and 11 Indian fishermen for poaching in Sri Lankan waters.Taking into account the impact of foreign fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters on the local fishing community and the sustainability of fishery resources of Sri Lanka, the Navy is conducting regular patrols and operations to curb illegal fishing activities in Sri Lankan waters.In the operation, Fast Attack Craft of the 4th Fast Attack Flotilla in the Northern Naval Command seized 03 Indian trawlers for poaching in Sri Lankan waters close to the Delft Island in Jaffna, via International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

respiratory infection in the past 24 hours, taking the overall recovery count to 40.84 crore.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 14: The marquee at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino shows advertisements for the "Mystere by Cirque du Soleil" show as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 14, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada gambling regulators say their investigation tracked down an Arizona man who left Las Vegas after a visit last month not knowing he’d won a $229,368 slot machine jackpot.The machine being played by Robert Taylor malfunctioned due to a "communication error" and neither he nor the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino realized that he’d won a progressive jackpot the evening of Jan. 8, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Friday in a statement.The jackpot was confirmed later after a review but Taylor had returned to Arizona by then and the casino was unable to identify him, the board’s statement said.RELATED: Retired housekeeper wins $50K in scratch-off lottery for 3rd timeThe board said it then began an investigation and eventually identified Taylor after two weeks of checking surveillance video, conducting witness interviews, studying electronic purchase records and reviewing ride-sharing data.A Spanish television reporter appeared to quit her job while she was live on air while celebrating a winning lottery ticket, but later discovered her payout was about $5,500.According to the board, it was important to locate Taylor to ensure he received what was owed to him and to maintain public trust in the casino industry.Taylor, whose hometown was not released, was notified of his jackpot on Jan.

There were 18,655 booster doses administered yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,605,815. Also, 1,502 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total to 200,562.

resume non-urgent surgeries as of Monday due to ongoing pressures from the current COVID-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant.Hamilton Health Sciences president Rob MacIsaac didn’t alter the sentiment conveyed in a release last week that claimed high occupancy rates and patient transfers continue to plague the city and put strain on the system.“Hospitals in Hamilton will proceed cautiously with ramp up plans, although frankly I can’t see ramping up happening in a significant way for at least a few weeks,” MacIsaac said in city-led pandemic update on Feb. 7.“We need to be confident that we can maintain access to urgent and emergent services.” COVID-19: Acute care occupancy still ‘inordinately high’, says Hamilton hospital network The HHS boss revealed the network’s overall adult intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy rate was at 90 per cent as of Monday, which he says is “as good as it’s been for quite some time.”Over 200 COVID patients are in city hospitals with 29 in ICUs.

Some locations in Asia affected later by the Omicron variant are reporting more daily record highs, even in places like Hong Kong that have taken a more aggressive "zero COVID" approach to battling the virus.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported 105 COVID-19 cases on Monday, compared with 222 cases Friday.Over the weekend, 169 cases and one death was reported on Saturday, 93 cases and one death was reported Sunday.As noted, LHSC is caring for 119 COVID-19 inpatients, with 25 inpatients in adult critical care. This is a drop from the 138 COVID-19 inpatients on Friday, with 26 in critical care.Of the 119, there are five or fewer in Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in pediatric critical care.

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, data has revealed.

COVID restrictions.De Nacht staat op (“the night rises”) is a campaign led by venue owners who will purposefully break the nation’s current restrictions by re-opening up their establishments to show objection to continued closures.Dutch news outlet NU.nl reports that the protest will kick off from 9pm. Dozens of Dutch clubs including Amsterdam’s Melkweg, Radio Radio, Shelter, as well as Utrecht’s Ekko, are taking part.The OAC (Council of Amsterdam Clubs) and Nachtbelang are jointly spearheading the campaign.

Supreme Court Monday said that all the matters listed on Wednesdays and Thursdays would be heard in the physical presence of lawyers and litigants in courtrooms.

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours – a shark fall of 3,230 from a day ago – said the state health department on Monday. 

Coronavirus pandemic stripped away “everything she loved” – including her passion for wrestling.Alex Cooper, better known to British wrestling fans as Alexxis Falcon, was having the best time of her career before the initial two-week lockdown kicked in in March, 2020.Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, she said: "Everything I had was taken away from me – not being able to wrestle really got me depressed."It was getting me so down, not being able to do what was like my escape - it felt like I was spiraling into a depression.“Every time I looked on social media I saw other people posting highlights of their career so far, and then the Speaking Out movement hit, which made it even more depressing.”The Speaking Out movement saw hundreds of wrestlers – mainly female – detailing experiences of sexual, physical and mental abuse within British wrestling - essentially, British wrestling's own Me Too movement.The Hull native was talking to us after a brutal victory over Lana Austin at Progress Wrestling's Manchester show on Sunday.It was the company's first show outside of London under the new ownership team of Tranmere Rovers bosses Lee McAteer and Martyn Best.Recalling the days prior to the pandemic, she said: “I had a match at TNT Wrestling in Liverpool just a few days before we went into lockdown, and it was weird because everyone was wearing masks and using hand sanitizer.“I was wondering if this was a scare or actually as bad as everyone was saying it is.”Just a few days later, the country was plunged into lockdown, and Alex was forced to isolate for the next two months – she was classed as high risk and clinically vulnerable due to her asthma.Her now-fiancé, wrestler JJ Webb, was doing all of her shopping, and leaving

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Mumbai – the lowest since 21 December last year – said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday. The city also saw five deaths due to the infection since Sunday. 

COVID on Monday with 486 in intensive care units.This is down by 75 hospitalizations and unchanged for ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.Last Monday, there were 2,983 hospitalizations with 583 in ICU as numbers continue to trend downward.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Those figures aren’t updated on Mondays due to incomplete data reporting from hospitals over the weekend.However, figures from last week show roughly 46 per cent of those hospitalized with COVID were admitted for other reasons. Of those in intensive care with the virus, roughly 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

The Department of Health has reported 3,975 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19. In addition, 4,478 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has said the resignation of DUP First Minister Paul Givan had removed the opportunity for the Executive to discuss the removal of further Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland.

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fare capping are subject to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country, said VK, the minister of state for civil aviation, on Monday. 

Covid-19 has caused thousands to temporarily lose their sense of smell but some might never get it back, a study suggests. Typically losing the ability to smell and subsequently taste lasts no more than a couple of weeks after catching coronavirus.

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The number of cars on Irish roads has hit pre-pandemic levels, but there are fewer people travelling on public transport.

Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from 21 February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced, ending some of the world's strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions.

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There were 24,935 booster doses administered on Waitangi Day yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,586,950. Also, 1,706 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total to 199,174.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's John Whaite has been forced to pull out of the tour after being left bedbound with coronavirus. The 32-year-old Bake Off star took to Instagram to share the devastating news.

U.S. Marine Capt. Thomas Phillips, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 weapons system officer, hugs his wife U.S.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec remain high but continue to slowly decline as the province is set to reopen its cultural sector at half capacity as of Monday.The Health Department says 2,411 people are in hospital on Sunday, a decline of 36 from the day before.#COVID19 – En date du 5 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/IuKP7er5Ek— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 6, 2022The number of people in intensive care dropped by four over the past 24 hours to 177.Authorities are reporting 22 additional deaths linked to the virus.Officials say 2,568 new cases were detected today, though they warn that number is not reflective of the actual situation because molecular testing has been limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 26,131 tests were analyzed in the previous 24 hours, with 10.4 per cent coming back positive.

John Whaite has to miss out on Strictly Come Dancing tour dates after testing positive for Covid-19 after a show in Glasgow.

RZESZOW-JASIONKA, Poland (AP) - A few dozen elite U.S troops and equipment were seen landing Sunday in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, following President Joe Biden's orders to deploy 1,700 soldiers there amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.Hundreds more infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division are still expected to arrive at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport. A U.S.

Phillip Schofield has revealed that he will miss Monday's This Morning as he continues to test positive for Covid-19. The presenter, 59, first tested positive for coronavirus on Monday evening and will also be missing Sunday's Dancing On Ice, where he will be replaced by Stephen Mulhern. Taking to Instagram on Sunday to share an update amid his Covid battle, Phillip posted a picture of his lateral flow test, which had two red lines.