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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has opened up about his family's tough battle with Covid.

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For the second day in a row, California Gov. Newsom was asked on Tuesday if the state’s mask mandate is returning. At first, Newsom sidestepped, as he had Monday with, “We’ll see. At the end of the day, the epidemiology on the variants will make that determination.” Newsom also said that July numbers show the Delta variant present in over 60% of the state’s Covid tests genomically sequenced. Nationally, it’s 83%.

Covid-19 are urging people to get vaccinated to avoid more heartbreak. Glenn Barratt, 51, of Freeston Street, Grimsby, died in the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, following a three week battle with the virus.

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beauty student's face rapidly became bleeding sores which were extremely hard not to scratch.Within a couple of months bleeding sore patches had spread all over her face and the then 17-year-old felt so self conscious she couldn't bear for people to look at her.Treatments provided by specialist doctors didn't help, and she became so low she stopped going out - and even avoiding going to class.In desperation the distressed teenager took to YouTube to search for a cure for her skin condition in March 2019.There she found a video about a plant-based diet which included drinking the juice of a whole head of celery first thing every day.The YouTuber who posted it said this diet had helped him to manage his own difficult case of psoriasis.Caitlin

Perth and Kinross as the area enters level zero of restrictions – but nearly 10 per cent of the adult population remain completely unvaccinated. Back on June 18 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was expected all Scottish adults would have had their first dose of the vaccine by July 18.But the latest figures show 9.1 per cent of over 18s in Perth and Kinross have still not had any dose.The largest proportion of unvaccinated adults are those aged 18 to 29.

Tinder trouble! Emily Hampshire reflected on her most disastrous online dating mishap that resulted in a ruined shirt and lots of tears.

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One day after Los Angeles and other California counties announced they would again require masks for everyone in in door public spaces, the count of new cases statewide jumped from 3,611 on Thursday to 4,651 on Friday. The last time the state saw that kind of one-day spike was on March 2, according to state tracking. The last time the number of new daily cases topped 4,600 was on February 22. And testing is much less widespread now, which creates a greater chance of undercount.

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Dogs owners are being urged to stop sharing beds with their pets in a bid to stop an untreatable superbug. The mcr-1 gene is believed to transfer from animals to humans and is already estimated to have killed 700,000 people a year across the world.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 1,103 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. It’s the fifth consecutive day cases have been over 1,000. For perspective, one month ago the 5-day average of cases was 201. Today today the 5-day average is 1,095; this is an increase of more than 500% in just one month.

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On the mend. Lesley Murphy has brought her 4-month-old daughter, Nora, home from the hospital after a “crazy 36 hours.”