Covid-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered "of concern", while two other strains had been downgraded.The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India's explosive outbreak, has been dubbed a triple mutant variant since it is split into three lineages.The UN health agency last month declared the entire strain a "variant of concern", or VOC, but on Tuesday, it said only one of the sub-lineages deserved that label."It has become evident that greater public health risks are currently associated with B.1.617.2, while lower rates of transmission of other lineages have been observed," the World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic.The B.1.617.2 variant remains.

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Retailers reopen under provincial COVID-19 plan, customers queue up

They lined up outside retail stores that have been closed to customers for months. Consumers throughout Ontario got their first taste of in-store shopping in many locations Friday after the province entered the first stage of re-opening.

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Canada leads world in administering first doses after rocky start to COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Canada has become a world leader in administering first COVID-19 vaccine doses, with nearly two-thirds of eligible people now partially vaccinated. As Eric Sorensen reports, while the nation’s rollout got off to a slow start, now there’s no sign it’s slowing down.

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What will a major new shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine mean for B.C.’s vaccination program?

Global’s Keith Baldrey on what Friday’s announcement of a major shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will mean to B.C.’s vaccination program.

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New Jersey school district removes names of all holidays from school calendar

NEW JERSEY - After an outcry at a raucous public meeting over a previous decision to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day, the board of education at a New Jersey school district decided to strip all holiday names off of the school calendar.So holidays like Thanksgiving will not be on the calendar and will simply be called "day off".

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Sitharaman to chair 44th GST Council meeting today, more Covid exemption likely

Also Read | GST Council meeting: Tax cut on Covid drugs, sanitiser to be discussed Today, the Council is expected to take a decision on relief in respect of Covid related individual items based on the report of Group of Ministers (GoM), which was set up after last round of meeting.43rd GST Council meeting was held on May 28. In that meeting, the Council had recommended full exemption from IGST on a number of Covid related goods such as medical oxygen, oxygen concentrators, and other oxygen storage and transportation equipment, certain diagnostic markers test kits, and Covid vaccines.

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Telangana: Children who lost parents to Covid to get smartphones with emergency helpline numbers

Telangana government has decided to provide mobile phones containing all the emergency contact numbers to children who lost their parents to Covid-19, reported news agency ANI.The move, as per the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, is aimed to ensure the safety of children."When provided with these mobile phones, the orphaned children can find help in just a click and contact any of the officers whose numbers are saved in the phone. We have counselled the children on whom to contact when," said T Akkeshwar Rao, the district welfare officer (DWO) of Hyderabad.

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Vaccine effectiveness by the numbers

Nearly two dozen Manitobans who’d received their COVID-19 vaccinations have died after either the first or second shot. Health officials say that’s a low number – and a reminder of the importance of second doses, and herd immunity.

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Edmonton tourism industry eager to bounce back

With the province and rest of the world slowly moving towards the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Edmonton’s tourism industry is hopeful for a return to business as usual.

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Vaccine motivation: Moving hesitant Albertans in the right direction

You want the COVID-19 vaccine or you don’t: is it really that black and white? There’s a portion of the population who needs a bit more motivation before they roll up their sleeves. As Morgan Black reports, that’s who AHS is trying to reach.

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11 COVID-19 cases of Delta variant at Foothills Medical Centre were fully vaccinated

Eleven people who tested positive at Foothills Medical Centre were fully vaccinated according to AHS. Christa Dao reports on the outbreak and the concern from one infectious disease expert.

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Will G7’s vaccine dose donation be enough to help poorer nations fight COVID-19?

G7 nations are pledging to help poorer nations fight COVID-19 by donating vaccine doses, with Canada promising 100 million doses. But as Abigail Bimman explains, experts say this commitment has to go beyond just words.

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Short breaks may help brain learn new skills, NIH study says

LOS ANGELES - Researchers at the National Institutes of Health recently mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano, and discovered why taking short breaks from practice may be a key to learning.In a study published Tuesday and conducted at the NIH Clinical Center, researchers found that during rest the volunteers’ brains rapidly and repeatedly replayed faster versions of the activity seen while they practiced typing a code. In fact, the more a volunteer replayed the activity, the better they performed during subsequent practice sessions, suggesting rest strengthened memories, according to NIH.The team used a highly sensitive scanning technique, called magnetoencephalography,

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Starbucks reveals ‘supply shortages’ amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

LOS ANGELES - Across the United States, customers and baristas are sounding off on the shortage of Starbucks ingredients as demand increases. This comes as more people begin to frequent businesses in a recovering economy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Starbucks confirmed the low supply of its products to FOX Television Stations."We are experiencing temporary supply shortages of some of our products. Specific items will vary by market and store, and some stores will experience outages of various items at the same time," a spokesperson for the company wrote.

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'America's Got Talent' Live Audience Rules Revealed Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

America’s Got Talent will be filming live episodes with a studio audience beginning in August and the rules for being in the audience have been revealed.

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Calls grow to change dosage interval for COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine

While some other jurisdictions in the province have cut the dosage interval for AstraZeneca, Ontario continues to stand behind 12 weeks between doses. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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Laval regional health authority taking COVID-19 vaccines to the schools

COVID-19 vaccine from the comfort of their campus.The local regional health authority, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Laval (CISSS de Laval), is bringing hundreds of doses to the high school, vaccinating up to 600 students in a single day.“We organized this today to try to have more students everyday because we’re trying to have students talk to their friends to come downstairs,” Isabelle Parent, vaccination director with CISSS de Laval, told Global News.“So, as you can see it’s very popular.” Quebec adds 180 new COVID-19 cases as Montreal bars welcome patrons back outside Fifty-three per cent of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 in Laval have now received at least one dose of the vaccine.

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Outdoor gatherings, group fitness, permitted in Step 1 of Ontario’s COVID-19 reopening plan

Outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people are now allowed in Ontario. Caryn Lieberman has a look at what other options are available.

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COVID-19: Downtown Kingston patios, streets bustling on day 1 of Ontario’s reopening plan

COVID-19 reopening plan on Friday.Residents who lined up outside stores said that they’re outside enjoying the sun.“To be back after like six months and to see — even though they’re from the same household — to see my friends and be outside and completely different, completely new,” said Alan Paul. Ontario restaurants ‘scrambling’ to find new staff as some choose not to return “It’s really nice — it’s fantastic.

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Daily COVID-19 numbers declining

With the province now allowing small outdoor gatherings, they’re easing restrictions with hopeful projections for the future. Anya Nazeravich has more on the state of our hospitals, and where we could be headed.

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Public Health Scotland: Covid cases close popular Ayr bar Smiths

Ayr's busiest bar/restaurants has tonight closed after staff members tested positive for Covid.Bosses at Smiths in the town confirmed they had taken the decision to close with "immediate effect".It followed the confirmation that two staff members had returned positive tests.Posting on their Facebook page, Smiths said: "Unfortunately we have recieved news this afternoon that two staff members have tested positive for Covid."We have decided to close our premises with immediate effect on receiving this information."We have contacted EHO and various authorities to get advice on the situation."Our main aim is to eliminate any risk to our customers & staff."Track & trace will be in contact with any customers affected."We have contacted a local

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Pride Month in Philadelphia: Why 2021 may mean more than past years

PHILADELPHIA - The COVID-19 pandemic and more than a year of isolation means that Pride month may be more this year than in years past."There’s gay seniors who faced isolation, there’s the nonprofits who lost donations, there’s so many ways the gay businesses that were forced to shutter and shut down the bars that were forced to close so we couldn’t afford to have two years with no gay pride," said Kory Aversa, Event Organizer of Aversa PR.COVID restrictions have eased in time for the start of pride month outside of the Sofitel Hotel with the raising of the Philadelphia Pride Flag."I think over the past couple years there was a lot of hate in the world it’s so important to us to just show love and pride throughout the community," said Tony

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How to report rapid Covid test results in Scotland amid surge in cases

coronavirus test once they receive it. The Scottish Government announced in April that anyone without symptoms of Covid will be able to order lateral flow home test kits.

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COVID-19: 26 new cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka

COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 12,131, including 246 deaths.Local public health also reported 12 new cases of a coronavirus variant on Friday, bringing that total to 4,782, 152 of which are active.

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B.C. now has fewer COVID-19 patients in hospital than were in ICU alone at peak of 3rd wave

COVID-19 and one additional death Friday as hospitalization numbers continued their steady downward trend.It left B.C.’s seven-day average for new cases unchanged at 161.Of the new cases, 11 were in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 107 were in the Fraser Health region, 13 were in the Island Health region, 39 were in the Interior Health region and 10 were in the Northern Health region B.C. could nearly wipe out COVID-19 by September with 70% contact rate and high vaccine uptake: officials There were 162 people in hospital, less than one-third the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in B.C.

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New Brunswick doctor accused of starting COVID-19 outbreak to sue province, RCMP

The doctor who was accused of being the source of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Campbellton area last spring is suing the province and the RCMP. Dr.

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COVID-19: Pressure mounts on both sides to reopen border and boost tourism

Pressure is mounting on both sides of the Canada-US border to get travel flowing freely once again. President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau are set to discuss border issues at this weekend’s G7 in England.

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Covid vaccine heroes honoured with gongs in Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Vaccine heroes who battled to find the jabs to save Brits from coronavirus were rewarded with a catalogue of gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.Nearly a quarter of the awards – 262 - went to UK champions of the fight against the virus which has claimed 3.7 million lives worldwide.Chief among its heroes were the brains behind the design and trialling of the UK's Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine which has gone into tens of millions of arms around the world.Its co-designer Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at Oxford’s Jenner Institute and Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, becomes a dame.She said the pandemic forced scientists to "accelerate everything" and "go further than we ever had before with this type of

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Novak Djokovic dethrones Rafael Nadal in historic French Open win that breaks Covid curfew

Rafael Nadal will not be adding a 14th French Open title to his collection after going down 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in an epic semi-final at Roland Garros. Nadal won the opening set of the contest but could not find an answer to Djokovic for the remainder of the match as the Serbian won three sets without reply.Defeat is the Spaniard's first on Paris clay since 2015 when Djokovic again proved too good for Nadal, winning their quarter-final tie in straight sets before advancing to the final.This match was even more epic than that, with local authorities allowing fans inside the arena to watch as play continued beyond France's 11pm Covid-19 curfew.

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Katie Price gets her second Covid jab and reveals ANOTHER new hair makeover

KATIE Price has showed off her new hairdo as she celebrated getting her second Covid-19 jab. The 43-year-old, who has five children and is trying for her sixth with boyfriend Carl Woods, shared her latest hairdo on her official Instagram Story with her 2.6million followers.

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Selena Gomez blasts Boris Johnson for 'too little too late' Covid vaccine promises

Selena Gomez has sensationally called Boris Johnson out over his recent announcement about how Great Britain will distribute surplus vaccines across the world.

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COVID-19: Momentum growing for U.S.-Canada border to reopen

Trudeau faces questions on Canada-U.S. border reopening following easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions Easter admitted it may be tough to convince Canadians it’s safe to reopen the border, after so much fear mongering by the government.“We have managed on the Canadian side to create a heck of a lot of fear,” Easter said.

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COVID-19: EU countries clear plan to ease cross-border tourism over summer

European Union (EU) countries agreed on Friday to an easing of travel restrictions over summer that will allow fully-vaccinated tourists to avoid COVID-19 tests or quarantines and broaden the list of EU regions from which it is safe to travel.

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Montreal Canadiens hoping to score Bell Centre crowd increase for Round 3

Former Canadiens captain Bob Gainey offers advice for Habs heading into semifinals The Canadiens welcomed back fans for Game 6 of the first round against Toronto, and again for Games 3 and 4 of their second round series win over Winnipeg.The series between the Canadiens and Golden Knights kicks off in Vegas on Monday night, with Game 2 to follow on Wednesday.Las Vegas will have a sell-out crowd of more than 17,000 fans for both games because of more relaxed COVID-19 restrictions.

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COVID-19: Guelph surpasses 75% vaccination mark

COVID-19 vaccine.The latest update on Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health’s vaccination portal shows 76.2 per cent of Guelphites over the age of 12 are vaccinated as of Friday morning.

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan residents 12 and older eligible for second vaccine dose June 24

Saskatchewan government has updated its second COVID-19 vaccine dose schedule, making all residents ages 12 and up eligible by June 24.This is dependent on the length of time that has passed since the first dose was administered.A minimum interval of 21 days for Pfizer between first and second doses is required, and 28 days for individuals who received Moderna.

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COVID-19 vaccine clinic co-hosted by ArcelorMittal Dofasco to open in east Hamilton

COVID-19 vaccination clinic hosted by ArcelorMittal Dofasco and Hamilton public health is opening up in the city’s east end.Starting June 21, a community clinic will open at the Centre on Barton that will be open to both ArcelorMittal Dofasco employees and Hamilton residents who are eligible for their first and second shots.In terms of distribution, a spokesperson for public health says there will be a “subset” of appointments allocated for Dofasco employees, with 85 per cent of available appointments open to the general public.

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Trouble for some US COVID-19 vaccines

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today said 60 million doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine cannot be used because of possible contamination, according to the New York Times.

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Global COVID deaths in 2021 have topped all of last year's

COVID-19 deaths in 2021 worldwide have surpassed the total number of COVID-19 deaths in all of 2020, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Johns Hopkins data yesterday. As of Jun 10, 1,884,146 people have died of COVID-19 in 2021, compared with the 1,880,510 in 2020.

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Covid rates rise in Bury as some areas border UK hotspots

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Active COVID-19 infections below 900 as Saskatchewan adds 1 new death

COVID-19 cases have decreased and now sit at 899. It is the lowest number reported since Nov.

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Ontario restaurants ‘scrambling’ to find new staff as some choose not to return

freshly-opened restaurants across Ontario, some of the regular staff they once looked forward to seeing won’t be there to greet them.This is largely due to the COVID-19 restrictions that temporarily shut restaurant doors forced a lot of people out of work — and some of them aren’t coming back.“Some people, when they started calling staff back, are finding 50 to 60 per cent of their staff has left the industry… they’ve taken jobs elsewhere,” said James Rilett, vice president for the Ontario region at Restaurants Canada.“That’s been a big hit to a lot of people, because it’s really valuable employees that have made the tough decision to move on.

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COVID-19: N.S. announces 1 death, lowest number of new cases since April

Nova Scotia reported eight new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as well as the death of a man in his 50s in the central health zone.

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Barrie city council extends patio hours as Ontario enters 1st stage of reopening

Ontarians celebrate reopening with patio visits, shopping trips The extended hours also allow patrons to stay at city patios longer — people can now remain there until 12:15 a.m. on Mondays through Thursdays, and until 2:30 a.m.

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Some Manitoba provincial parks to recycle disposable masks

Some Manitoba provincial parks will now have a special box to collect disposable masks to recycle them.“Mask use is critical for protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, but once a disposable mask is used, it becomes waste that should be treated differently than standard garbage or recyclables,” said Conservation Minister Sarah Guillemard.Now that more people are attending provincial parks, the number of discarded masks are going up as well, she added.The province, in partnership with recyclers TerraCycle, will distribute “Zero Waste Boxes” at 15 different parks including:After the boxes are collected, they will be shipped to a sorting facility in Ontario and broken down into components to be recycled.“The COVID-19 pandemic has posed many

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COVID-19: N.B. inches closer to vaccine goal and Phase 1 of reopening plan

There have been 44 deaths, and the number of active cases is 97.Four patients are hospitalized, including two in intensive care.

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COVID-19: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph declared Delta variant hot spot

COVID-19 vaccine next week after being declared a Delta variant hot spot.It comes after the Ontario government announced on Thursday it would be accelerating second COVID-19 doses for people living in certain areas of the province.

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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

Only one strain of Covid delta variant first detected in India is now 'of concern': WHO

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