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on the epidemiology, virology, transmission, and clinical features of COVID-19 is available.COVID-19 can present with a range of symptoms of varying severity. It is estimated that 1 in 3 people have COVID-19 without displaying any symptoms.The main symptoms include fever, a new and continuous cough, anosmia (loss of smell) and ageusia (loss of taste).Examples of other symptoms include shortness of breath, unexplained tiredness or fatigue, loss of appetite, myalgia (muscle ache), sore throat, headache, nasal congestion (stuffy nose), runny nose, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting.

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President Joe Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 Again, Days After Recovering From Previous Case

Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again.

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President Joe Biden Tests Negative for COVID-19, Ends Isolation After

President Joe Biden ended his COVID-19 isolation Wednesday (July 27) after testing negative for the virus on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday morning.

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President Joe Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 - Read the White House's Statement

President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House just confirmed.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Tests Positive for COVID-19 - Read the Statement

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leader of the U.S. government’s COVID-19 pandemic response, has just tested positive for the virus.

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Vice President Kamala Harris Tests Positive For COVID-19

Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Increased Rapid Antigen Test use at community testing centres

Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) will be used as the primary test at Auckland community testing centres (CTCs) from today to help meet demand for testing as the Omicron outbreak grows.

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Free COVID rapid antigen tests to be made available at grocery stores

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores, pharmacies and other settings.A government source with knowledge of the plan told The Canadian Press that Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce more details on Wednesday.The source said there will be a limit of one box of five tests per household per visit, though some stores might have different processes.Ontario provided free rapid antigen test kits at malls and liquor stores in December ahead of the holidays.

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Frustrated Albertans scramble to find free COVID-19 antigen test kits following provincial rollout

A day after Alberta rolled out free COVID-19 antigen test kits, there was mounting frustration as supply ran low.

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COVID-19 rapid tests now available for all Albertans

COVID-19, free rapid tests are now available for all Albertans.Premier Jason Kenney announced a slight change to gathering restrictions for the holidays on Wednesday and also announced any Albertan with an Alberta health care card can receive a rapid testing kit. The kit includes five tests and is designed to be used every 72 hours.

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Calls to release at-home COVID-19 rapid tests widely in Ontario

Medical experts and families in Ontario are calling on the Ford government to make rapid antigen tests available to every household in the province with the number of COVID-19 cases rising.

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At-home COVID-19 rapid test kits now available for k-6 Alberta schools with outbreaks

Alberta Education Minister Arianna LaGrange announces at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits are available for kindergarten to Grade 6 students and staff at schools on outbreak status.

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Waterloo company offering ‘low-cost’ rapid COVID-19 antigen test kits to the public

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests: Everything you need to know “With the rising number of COVID-19 outbreaks in schools and workplaces across the country, we recognized the need for more accessible and widespread testing,” Jeremy Hedges, The Canadian Shield CEO, stated.“Due to regulatory issues, everyday Canadians are paying some of the highest prices in the world for rapid testing – we strongly believe that we can play a role in making that no longer the case.”The company says the kits will only be available to residents of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.The Canadian Shield says it expects wider availability “as provincial ministries issue interim orders and change the regulatory landscape.” Parent-led rapid COVID-19 testing program

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Covid-19 antigen tests to be available at this Ikea outlet

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COVID-19 rapid testing begins at 4 Regina Catholic schools

COVID-19 testing is available to students, their family members and staff at four Regina Catholic School Division high schools beginning Thursday.RCSD announced the schools on Wednesday: Dr. Martin LeBoldus Catholic High School, Archbishop M.C.

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Covid: Rapid antigen tests to be allowed at all govt, pvt hospitals, says health ministry

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COVID-19: Quinte Health Care officials update media on status of hospitals during 3rd wave

COVID-19 outbreak has been declared on the Quinte 5 inpatient unit at Belleville General Hospital, after three staff members tested positive. Contract tracing is underway and all patients and staff will be tested.Meanwhile, all visits to the unit will be paused for at least two weeks, except for end-of-life situations.This latest outbreak comes as Quinte hospitals face a rising number of pandemic patients.

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Rapid antigen tests unreliable in asymptomatic COVID-19 cases: study

COVID-19 that detect proteins on the virus are better at diagnosing the disease in patients with symptoms than in those without symptoms, according to data pooled from 64 studies.The analysis, published on Wednesday by The Cochrane Library, found that on average, “antigen tests” correctly identified 72 per cent of symptomatic COVID-19 cases but only 58 per cent of cases in people without symptoms. Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine plant approved in U.S.

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Consent forms will be issued to staff and parents for Alberta COVID-19 rapid test pilot

Alberta Education Minister Adrianna LaGrange says parents and staff will need to sign consent forms as part of the province’s pilot project to roll out COVID-19 rapid testing in two schools.

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In effort to curb spread of COVID-19, rapid tests coming to 2 Montreal high schools

COVID-19.“The goal is to use them to test children with symptoms but also to do random testing in 25 per cent of the school every week to see if we’re able to catch earlier on those who could be asymptomatic carriers,” said Dr. Caroline Quach, pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Ste.

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US authorizes first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test

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Alberta expanding COVID-19 rapid testing to long-term care, remote rural communities

The province is expanding its rapid COVID-19 testing to include Alberta’s most vulnerable. The goal is to help contain outbreaks and reduce the spread among high risk populations. Nicole Stillger explains.

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Lack of testing capacity 'behind increase in Covid outbreaks at Rochdale care homes'

A lack of testing capacity was behind a ‘significant increase’ in coronavirus outbreaks within Rochdale care homes, it has been claimed.Councillor Sara Rowbotham - cabinet member for health during the first seven months of the pandemic - blames a lack of testing availability for care home workers for the rise over recent weeks.However, the government says it ring-fences 120,000 tests every day for the care sector and says 'any suggestion of a lack of available testing for staff is wrong'.The virus had been well contained in the borough’s care settings, with only one significant outbreak over the summer months.But Andrea Fallon, the council’s director of public health, told a Covid-19 engagement board that the picture had recently become

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Donald Trump Jr. Tests Positive for COVID-19

the president's diagnosis on October 2. Michelle Obama Encourages a Peaceful Transition After Joe Biden's Win Celebs React to Donald Trump Testing Positive for COVID-19 President Trump and Wife Melania Test Positive for COVID-19

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Coronavirus: Trump taken to hospital as precautionary measure after COVID-19 positive test

U.S. President Donald Trump is being transported to Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a precautionary measure, according to the White House, and the president will be working from offices at the hospital for the next few days after he tested positive for COVID-19.

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Ontario home care providers push for expanded services to fight COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19.The companies — Bayshore HealthCare, Closing the Gap Healthcare, VON Canada, and SE Health — say bolstering home care will allow long-term care homes and hospitals to operate more efficiently.The group has launched a campaign today on their call for support.The CEO of Closing the Gap Healthcare says COVID-19 transmission rates in home-care settings are much lower than in congregate care.

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Winnipeg woman waits 5 days before COVID-19 positive test results delivered

COVID-19.Global News has agreed to not identify the woman in this story, over concerns of public stigma.“On the Sunday I went to get a test,” the woman said. “I still had very mild symptoms, definitely didn’t think I had COVID, I just wanted to be careful.” Masks now mandatory in Winnipeg, surrounding areas The woman said she was experiencing a slight sore throat and sniffles, but thought it could just be a cold.She waited four days in isolation with no test results, adhering to the public health orders.

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Doug Ford calls on Health Canada to focus on reviewing rapid COVID-19 antigen tests

COVID-19 antigen tests in the hope that one will be approved and used to alleviate the surging testing demand in the province.“That should be their number one priority,” Ford said.“I know Health Canada is doing a great job. They’re extremely, extremely busy but this should be the number one priority.”Ford made the remarks during a rare Saturday press conference in which he announced that new gathering restrictions would be expanded to the entire province amid a spike in coronavirus cases.

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FDA OKs COVID-19 rapid test; CDC talks testing guidance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a rapid COVID-19 test developed by Abbott Laboratories.

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Box Office Preview: 'Tenet' Launches Overseas in Key COVID-19 Era Test

After numerous delays, Tenet begins rolling out Wednesday in a number of international markets in a historic mission to revive moviegoing in the COVID-19 era. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the $200 million espionage epic is the first Hollywood tentpole to hit the big screen since cinemas reopened after a prolonged shutdown due to the devastating pandemic.

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The Republic of Korea and WHO sign new Memorandum of Understanding, committing US$ 6 million in COVID-19 PCR test kits for 24 countries in the African region

On 14 August Korean Ambassador, Ms Ji-ah Paik and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with WHO in support of the Organization’s COVID-19 response efforts in the African region. The new MoU follows a recent call between Dr Tedros and Mr Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, during which WHO Director-General expressed the need for additional support to scale up the COVID-19 response in the African region.

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Private colleges eye COVID-19 liability, testing concerns

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As private colleges and universities set plans to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of a statewide association is raising concerns about liability protections and virus testing costs.Whether institutions can be held liable for students, faculty and staff members getting sick on campus is a top concern for school leaders as they gear up to reopen campuses for the fall term.“The way I look at it is professors and our campuses are frontline workers because we’re bringing in a lot of students from around the country and there’s going to be some positive tests,” said Bob Boyd, president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, which represents schools throughout the state.

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Covid-19 Antigen Test must for passengers travelling to Jammu and Kashmir by air, rail or road

COVID-19 antigen using the RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen Test or prescribed method," an official release said.The release said all in case of air or rail passengers who have a valid contactable phone number with the Aarogya Setu app downloaded on their phones, they will be sent to home quarantine for 14 days or till their test results are reported negative.It said that in case of air or rail passengers without a valid contactable phone number with the Aarogya Setu app downloaded on their phones, they will be sent to administrative/institutional quarantine or paid quarantine for 14 days or till their test results are reported negative "in which case they are released for home quarantine".The release said that in the event of any such air or rail

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Vishat Diagnostics gets ICMR nod to supply COVID-19 antigen testing kit

₹425, gets ICMR approval MUMBAI : Mumbai-based firm Vishat Diagnostics on Friday said it has received approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for supplying COVID-19 rapid testing antigen kit manufactured by Coris BioConcept.The company plans to launch the testing kit named, 'COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip' at a price of ₹425, Vishat Diagnostics said in a statement.The kit tests for antibodies in users to determine whether they have had coronavirus infection in the past."With COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip, we are bringing CE certified (allowed to sell in European Economic Area) and ICMR approved kits at affordable prices, which is also our company's driving force for all other product lines," Vishat Diagnostics MD Pratik Chaitala

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3M, MIT partner to make rapid COVID-19 antigen test

COVID-19, the company said on Tuesday.The test would produce results within minutes and could be administered on a low-cost, paper-based device, similar to a home pregnancy test, that could be delivered at the point of care."We are seeking to improve the speed, accessibility and affordability of testing for the virus, a major step in helping to prevent its spread," said John Banovetz, the chief technology officer at 3M.The research effort is being aided by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, which is running a project called Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) that funds the development of new testing technologies in academia and business.The program aims to have the new tests available for use by late summer or early

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Interim Guidance on Testing Healthcare Personnel for SARS-CoV-2

Viral tests (authorized nucleic acid or antigen detection assays) are recommended to diagnose acute infection. Testing practices should aim for rapid turnaround times (i.e., less than 24 hours) in order to facilitate effective interventions.

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Avalon GloboCare to develop intranasal and oral Covid-19 vaccine

As part of the collaboration, Avalon’s expertise and bio-manufacturing infrastructure and clinical study implementation resources will be leveraged along with BOKU professors scientific capabilities and laboratory expertise. BOKU professors have already created the approaches required to synthesise conjugate vaccines with an S-layer artificial viral envelope linked to a viral antigen.

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Scottish Government should appoint dedicated minister to tackle Covid-19 crisis in care homes, say Tories

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said Nicola Sturgeon should have appointed a minister to lead the care sector's response to Covid-19.

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Alberta working to procure COVID-19 antibody test, to decide on Phase 2 date this week

There’s been a spike in Edmonton zone COVID-19 cases that Dr. Deena Hinshaw said are linked to private family gatherings.

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What can a COVID-19 antibody test tell me?

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COVID-19 antigen test could give quick results, but is not foolproof

The cheap, simple-to-use test could miss as many as 4 in 10 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, its developers argue that as part of triage for suspected cases, the test could help conserve scarce resources for more sensitive laboratory testing.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Former FDA commissioner calls new antigen test to discover COVID-19 ‘game changer’

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U.S. FDA approves emergency authorization for coronavirus antigen test with fast results

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Cuomo reveals preliminary ‘Phase I’ results of New York COVID-19 antibody test

On Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed the preliminary “Phase I” results of a COVID-19 antibody test that was conducted in the state, reporting that out of a sample size of 3,000 people, 13.9 per cent of individuals tested positive for having antibodies.

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Covid-19 detection test method developed by IIT-Delhi gets ICMR nod: Officials

IIT Delhi is the first academic institute to have obtained ICMR approval for a real-time PCR-based diagnostic assay

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COVID-19 update: Max Healthcare will test all patients, doctors, nurses for coronavirus

Amid coronavirus outbreak in the country, a leading private hospital network has decided to test all its patients for COVID-19 infection, reported news agency PTI. Along with the patients, all healthcare workers will also be examined. This initiative is a part of a precautionary measure to fight against the deadly virus, said the authorities.

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Stigma, lack of kits hamper virus testing at private labs

Despite the surge in covid-19 cases, the 47 private laboratories approved by the government have been operating at a fraction of their capacity due to an acute shortage of testing kits and symptomatic people staying away due to the fear of being ostracized, said top executives of three of India’s largest private chains.

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Ontario DriveTest instructor questions safety amid coronavirus pandemic

A DriveTest employee in Peterborough, Ont. says she’s concerned about the safety of employees and clients amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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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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