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Haryana’s two food testing laboratories will be upgraded: Health Minister

October 10, 2020

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that both the ‘Food Testing Laboratories’ running in the State for testing food standards in the State will be upgraded to National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL) level. For this, an amount Rs 16.15 crore have been released by the State Government.

The Health Minister said that State Food Laboratory, Chandigarh and District Food Laboratory, Karnal are working for testing of food items in the State. An amount of Rs. 14.55 crore has been released by FSSAI for the up-gradation of these laboratories and for the purchase of equipment.

He informed that an amount of Rs.1.6 crore will be spent by the State Government on the up-gradation of the infrastructure of the Chandigarh laboratory, while an amount of Rs 9.55 crore will be spent on the purchase of modern equipment for this laboratory.

The lab is undergoing renovation, which

Wilmington Coronavirus Rates Rise, Town Upgraded To Yellow

October 8, 2020

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WILMINGTON, MA — Wilmington was newly designated a moderate risk, yellow, community in the state’s latest town-by-town coronavirus update, Wednesday. The town has 20 active positives, the Board of Health said Wednesday.

Towns were labeled yellow if they reported more than four confirmed cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks. Wilmington reported 14 new cases, bringing it to 4.1 per 100,000.

According to data released by the Board of Health, 13 of the town’s 20 current coronavirus patients are 30 or under and none are over 60. But the Boarded reported 11 cases at the Care One nursing home, Tuesday, separate from the community count.

Forty communities were labeled high-risk, Wednesday. State rules mean that high-risk communities, plus others that were high-risk in the last two updates, cannot move on to the next phase of reopening. Towns were marked high-risk, or red, if they reported more than eight

Health and safety rules upgraded for upcoming VP debate

October 3, 2020

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When Kamala Harris and Mike Pence take the debate stage, safety protocols will be more rigid

Vice President Mike Pence and vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris are scheduled to square off in a debate next Wednesday in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the two will be subjected to upgraded COVID-19 protocols in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak that has stunned the Republican Party.

After last Tuesday’s wild presidential debate and the subsequent rash of positive COVID-19 cases among President Donald Trump‘s family, staff and associates, including the positive test for the president himself, the Commission on Presidential Debates has agreed on a new safety measure to deter transmission of the disease.

The measure says that the candidates should be seated 12 feet apart, according to Politico. The rule is the result of ongoing negotiations between the Trump and Joe Biden camps, negotiations that only became more fraught after the

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