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Covid-19: More variant hotspots to get surge tests and jabs  BBC News Covid variant from India: How contagious is the new variant?  NBC News Pfizer, Moderna vaccines could protect against India COVID variant: Fauci  New York Post No decision on final stage of easing Covid rules until 14 June, Hancock says  The Guardian Coronavirus variant from India could quickly …

In news that comes as no shock to anyone watching local real estate, the Houston market is scorching, with a shortage of available homes priced at $250,000 and below and the area again seeing record sales. Sales of single-family homes leaped 24.4 percent in March, with 9,347 units sold versus 7,511 a year …

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said it’s too soon to say if suburbs will be put into lockdown. But he said the “clearly big numbers today” were “absolutely concerning”. He said any possible lockdowns on certain suburbs – something the premier has indicated could happen – are a “balancing act”. “It would be a …

Another tragic milestone has been passed in the coronavirus pandemic: 500,000 deaths worldwide. The reported tally comes from Johns Hopkins University researchers. About 1 in 4 of those deaths – more than 125,000 – have been reported in the US. The country with the next highest death toll is Brazil, with more than 57,000, or …

A crowded market is seen during a government nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the C…Read More ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday said it will use technology to identify coronavirus hotspots to enforce a “smart lockdown” as the country reported a record number of 2,870 coronavirus cases in a single day, taking the total …

Umar says techno­logy being used to trace Covid-19 patien­ts for smart lockdo­wn PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on Sunday said the government would use technology to trace Covid-19 patients and identify virus hotspots in the country as part of it ‘smart lockdown’ strategy. “We need to ensure that the …

SANDUSKY, Ohio — A Northeast Ohio health department is using technology to find COVID-19 hotspots and help get testing to those neighborhoods. Symptom Collector, a tool designed by a company called Chrysalis Partners, allows people in a specific county or city to check off their symptoms and underlying conditions, as well as record and upload …

The coronavirus death toll in America doubled in the span of just two days as new potential hotspots emerge in urban centers around the country.  The US currently leads the world in coronavirus infections with 123,778 reported as of Sunday morning. The death toll surpassed 2,100 on Saturday, doubling figures reported two days earlier.   New …

Twenty-nine-year-old Angolan Adjany Costa wins the prestigious Young Champions of the Earth Prize for Africa for her efforts in conserving the world’s last wild places. Seven young entrepreneurs under the age of 30 with big ideas for environmental change have been recognized from across the globe. Young Champions from every region receive seed funding, mentoring …