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Nine new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand in the community

He begged people to think twice before sharing unverified "nonsense". "The information here is verified, the information that we share during these press conf...

Heavy showers and thunderstorms warning in Wales on Saturday

Met Office chief meteorologist Frank Saunders said: "Up until Monday, thunderstorm warnings cover much of England and Wales, with parts of southern England a...

MA logs second human case of EEE this season

As a result of the most recent case, the state has raised the EEE risk level to "critical" in the town of Wilbraham. Last year, CT reported four confirmed hum...

Local MP releases mental health guide

Commenting on the launch of the guide, which is accessible on Mr Fell's website, the MP said: "We are now living through unprecedented times". "These are unpr...

Ontario reports less than 100 new cases of COVID-19

Eight employees of long-term care homes have also died. The Province of Ontario has confirmed 106 new COVID-19 cases as of Saturday morning, the highest repor...

Daniel Andrews says Victoria may never eliminate COVID-19

Victoria's Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton on Friday said he believed the state had passed the peak of the outbreak, following the introduction of h...

Trump claims common mail-in voting would be 'catastrophic'

Postal Service spokesperson Ernie Swanson said the OR removals were due to declining mail volume and that duplicate mailboxes were taken from places that had ...

81 new cases of Covid-19 in Kildare today - 200 nationally

Mr Martin made the comments in a tweet on Sunday. 67 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the Republic of Ireland today. The remaining 107 cases are st...

COVID-19 surges expected and people must be vigilant: Dr. Theresa Tam

Until then, the focus of health officials is to slowly burn off the transmission. With that scenario, the timeline goes into January 2022 but with steady numb...

Mental Health Awareness Week: Nick Carver speaks about importance of mental health

This week, the team has been promoting its "Pay It Forward" initiative - where colleagues are encouraged to do something kind for someone else without an expect...

Mark Emmert: No 2020 Fall NCAA Championships. Full Stop

Several Division I conferences , including the Big Ten and Pac-12, have postponed fall sports . Emmert made the announcement during a video posted on th...

CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reporting 62 active COVID-19 cases Featured

The Illinois Department of Public Health lists cases and tests performed by ZIP code, while the county health department lists cases by municipality. Forty-nine...

Powerlifter Breaks Both Knees After Squat Goes Horribly Wrong

A Russian power lifter has fractured both of his knees in a failed attempt to squat 400kg (880lb) and must now learn to walk again. Screaming out in pain, the...

A-level results: Ofqual 'reviewing' exam appeals guidance

In response to claims that teachers' initial predicted marks were "much too high", she said that the "algorithm that they applied to pull those [results] down l...

Coronavirus: Eight new cases and no further deaths in Northern Ireland

The PHA data identifies for the first time the number of clusters. Northern Ireland is now facing one of the most risky points of the Covid-19 pandemic, Healt...

Aus medical officer ‘insulted’ by criticism of aged care response

Australia has one of the worst aged care death rates in the world. Mr Rozen said experts and unions had offered coronavirus solutions, which weren't heeded....

New study finds 'substantial' unreported COVID-19 cases, OHA says

Over the past two weeks, Malheur County, which borders Idaho in southeast OR, has had a test positivity rate of 26%. "I know this change is hard, but immediate ...

Coronavirus: No deaths reported today, 67 new cases

To date, 430 people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus in Co Clare. From this data, it would appear that Clare has recorded 18 cases in the space of 48 hours....

Kildare,Offaly and Laois businesses to get extra supports

He said: "I know the restrictions have come as a blow just as they were getting back on their feet and we need to help out". "I was happy to facilitate meetin...

Coronavirus and 1918 flu pandemic belong in same conversation, says ER doctor

However, "excess deaths" - the number of deaths reported during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with a "normal" year - could provide a more accurate picture of t...

Odisha Reports 9 COVID Deaths In 24 Hours; Four From Sambalpur

A senior civic official said that wards would soon be given testing targets to boost detection of cases. Pune city reported 928 fresh cases along with 36 deaths...

Toronto strip club worker may have exposed hundreds to COVID-19

The City of Toronto has announced that the Brass Rail Tavern, a popular gentlemen's club, had an employee recently test positive for COVID-19. The infected em...

Page County School Board amends return learning plan

The school board said implementing the plan is a "shared responsibility" between school board staff, local public health units, family households, students an...

Women Arrested After Chili’s Hostess Allegedly Attacked for Enforcing Social Distancing

On Sunday, a group of 11 or more women came into the restaurant requesting to sit together at one table. Wallace tells WAFB that she got the manager to de...

Bowling alleys can open Monday, low-risk cultural arts venues Aug

Bowlers must stay at the lane of their group. In addition, alleys will be allowed to serve food and alcohol, but staff must deliver orders to bowlers at their...

United Kingdom strikes deals with J&J, Novavax to secure potential Covid-19 vaccines

President Trump appears to be the most optimistic person in his administration. President Donald Trump said last week it was possible the United States ...

B.C. records 84 more cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths

The problem is particularly acute in Metro Vancouver, said Dix, where new COVID-19 cases are generally centred around clusters of young people partying . -born...

Chief Medical Officer of Health recommends testing for all Alberta school staff

Just 0.1 per cent of those tests came back positive, meaning that 99.9 per cent of asymptomatic tests were negative. The province reported one more COVID-19 d...

Coronavirus: India records 65,002 cases in a day, tally crosses 25 lakh

In August, India has so far added almost 8.3 lakh cases, the highest in the world. There are 6,68,220 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, ...

Canada fears virus may swamp health system

Federal health officials say that they're preparing for all kinds of scenarios as COVID-19 cases increase across most of Canada. "We don't know the seasonalit...