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Odisha: Puri admin expects 12 to 15 lakh devotees for Rath Yatra this year

BHUBANESWAR: As a controlled Covid situation has ignited the hope of celebration of Rath Yatra amid devotees after two years on July 1, the district administration expects a footfall of around 12 to 15 lakh to the mega religious event. The pandemic had forced the government to ban the participation…

The Times of India

Containment zones double in Bengaluru

Bellandur ward continues to report most number of COVID-19 cases

The Hindu

WHO estimates 4.7 million COVID-19-linked deaths in India

The figure is nearly 10 times that of the government’s official count for 2020, 2021; India has countered the estimate, saying the methodology used was not correct

The Hindu

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How COVID controls hit farmers in 7 low-income countries, most in Africa

Since its emergence more than two years ago, COVID-19 has reached nearly every corner of the globe. It has infected hundreds of millions of people, and overwhelmed health systems worldwide. But its impact goes beyond its direct health consequences.

The Conversation

Governments have undercounted the COVID-19 death toll by millions, the WHO says

Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

WEKU

Organisers of popular Bridge of Allan Highland Games seeking Covid hero nominations for chieftan

Daily Record

COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise

For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic

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Extra Covid booster jabs given to almost half of over-75s in England

The spring booster jab campaign began on March 21

Wales Online

Dynavax's Adjuvant-Based Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Encouraging Preclinical Action

Clover Biopharmaceuticals Ltd announced new promising data from a preclinical study on its bivalent vaccine candidate, which combines the trimeric spike antigens from the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the omicron variant. Clover developed the SCB-2019 antigen, a stabilized trimeric form of the S-protein based on the original strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It…

Benzinga

Mid-Day Market Update: U.S. Stocks Extend Losses; Dow Dips Over 1,100 Points

U.S. stocks extended losses midway through trading, with the Dow Jones dipping more than 1,100 points on Thursday.

Benzinga

Arcturus Reports Three-Month Durability Results From ARCT-154 COVID-19 Booster Trial

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: ARCT) provided updated data from its Phase 1/2 booster clinical trial showing the durability of antibody response with ARCT-154 for at least three months after a low-dose (5 mcg) booster.

Benzinga

Novavax Seeks Approval For COVID-19 Shot Among Adolescents In Britain

Novavax Inc (NASDAQ:NVAX) filed an application with Britain's drugs regulator for the authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine among adolescents aged 12 and older. Britain had in February cleared the two-dose vaccine, Nuvaxovid, for use in adults. Novavax's submission includes data from a late-stage trial in the U.S., where the vaccine showed 80% efficacy among…

Benzinga

UK daily Covid cases plunge 25% to 12,487 but deaths rise to 438

The UK recorded another 12,487 Covid-19 infections on Thursday - a 25 per cent drop on the previous day’s figure.

Evening Standard

‘Miracle’ conjoined twins have separation operation delayed after babies catch Covid

Hannah and Nick Bateson, from Toomebridge, Co Antrim, found out their babes were conjoined twins in a 12-week scan

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Half of over-75s in England receive Covid vaccine ‘spring booster’

Around five million people will be eligible for the jab.

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Covid rates in the North East fall by a third - as many places report just handfuls of new cases

Though places like Cramlington are still seeing clusters of Covid-19 cases, across the North East the rate of infection is lower even than earlier this month.

Glasgow Live

Rutherglen Naked Attraction star told cops 'I hope you die of covid' in abusive tirade

Amira Nadeem, who rose to fame as the Channel 4 show's first transgender contestant, verbally abused police when they attended her Rutherglen home and found several people there during lockdown.

The Guardian - UK

Former police chief condemns pressure to investigate Keir Starmer’s office beer

Michael Barton says those pushing for action, such as Tory MPs and rightwing papers, are using policing as a ‘political football’

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The Conversation

How prisons are using COVID-19 containment measures as a guise for torture

Newly reported data shows that torture continues in federal prison segregation units. It’s an ongoing feature of Ontario provincial jails too.

Benzinga

Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; Nasdaq Tumbles 4%

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping around 4% on Thursday.

Edinburgh Live

Scottish OAP barred from £4,000 dream cruise after NHS Covid app 'won't open'

Furious Malcolm Walker, 75, said he missed the 11-day cruise to Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar with his wife on April 18 because of the NHS Scotland Covid Status app.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire Naked Attraction star ranted at police: 'Hope you die of Covid'

Amira Nadeem has been told to prepare for a prison sentence following her outburst.

Daily Mirror

Mel B joins The Talk panel tonight on TalkTV after being honoured with MBE

Spice Girls' Mel B joins the panel of the talk show after being honoured with an MBE for her services to charitable causes and vulnerable women

Daily Mirror

Sharon Osbourne, 69, looks frail as she is put on a drip after catching Covid from Ozzy

Sharon Osbourne contracted the virus after flying home to Los Angeles to care for rock star husband Ozzy Osbourne, who had tested positive

Evening Standard

Holiday boost as Croatia drops all Covid restrictions

Holidaymakers looking to get away from the UK after years of lockdown have received a boost as popular destination Croatia drops all Covid-19 rules.

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