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Collgar continues to monitor the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation daily. The safety and wellbeing of our people, key stakeholders and broader community is our priority.

Given the escalating situation in Australia and globally, Collgar has introduced some precautionary measures to ensure business continuity, while managing the risks to staff and protecting community well-being.

The Collgar team continues to work as normal and we are taking a risk-based approach based on specific circumstances. The measures we have implemented abide with the Commonwealth and State laws and recommendations. We are operating with no interruption to our usual operations. We have encouraged staff to maintain social distancing and minimise unnecessary contact with stakeholders, by using available technology and facilities to engage in normal business interactions.

We want to reassure all Collgar stakeholders that we are committed to maintaining and delivering the same level of wind farm operations.

We continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and will update you as appropriate. Our approach is to continue to manage the situation in a balanced and measured way, and when required act swiftly and communicate clearly.

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Deaths due to Covid-19 in Indonesia exceeded 1,000 for the first time, intensifying the battle to contain a resurgence of infections that has overwhelmed its medical system.

The nation reported 1,040 more deaths in the past 24 hours, double the number just a week ago, latest ministry data show. It registered 34,379 new cases as of Wednesday, also a daily record.

Indonesia imposes a partial lockdown as it battles its worst Covid wave

Source: Indonesian Ministry of Health

Southeast Asias biggest economy is preparing a response should daily cases hit 70,000, which would be the worst-case scenario, according to Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, who is overseeing the pandemic response in the countrys most-populated islands of Java and Bali. The government said this week it plans to start importing oxygen to secure supply.

Indonesias Growth Outlook Slashed as Long Covid-19 Battle Looms

The government has begun enforcing its tightest curbs in Java and Bali as cases surged. Mobility needs to be reduced by 50% to be able to slow the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant, which now accounts for 90% of active cases, said Panjaitan.

Several sectors may be dropped from the list of those allowed to operate during the curbs to further reduce peoples mobility, Dedy Permadi, spokesman at the communications ministry, said in a Wednesday briefing.

Central Java province was hardest hit on Wednesday, with 480 people dying of the disease. While Jakarta and neighboring West Java account for the bulk of infections, their fatality rates at 1.5% and 1.3%, respectively, were lower than Central Javas 4.4% during the pandemic so far.

The capital and surrounding areas likely have more robust healthcare infrastructure than other provinces, and report higher vaccination rates. Around half of Jakartas 10 million population have received at least their first shot, compared with about 10% in Central Java.

Indonesia considers offering a third vaccination shot to healthcare workers to increase their protection against the deadly virus, and the plan is pending studies by the national vaccination board and drug agency, said Siti Nadia Tarmizi, a spokeswoman for the nations Covid-19 task force.

With assistance by Claire Jiao

(Updates with comment from Covid-19 task force)

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When the Rev. Windell Rodgers left the pulpit on December 20, 2020, he never anticipated the journey he'd have to take to return.

Rodgers spent a total of five months in the hospital, including five weeksin an induced coma and three weeks on aventilator, after contracting COVID-19.

But, with the help of prayers and "angels" in the hospitals, he was able to preach again at his church, Greater Mount Calvary Baptist, for the first time in six months on June 19, Father's Day.

The sermon, he said, in part, was a wonderful opportunity to use his sickness to encourage others.

Rodgers said he doesn't have as much right as anybody else to still be alive, but "I'm still here.

"So the rest of my life now is committed to trying to identify purpose or even more purpose as to why I'm here and influence and impact the lives of others," Rodgers said. "Ourworld still needs some help. Our communities need some help."

PatriciaRodgers never expected what happened to her husband - her high school sweetheart - to happen. Neither did he.

Their home and church lives stressed following COVID-19 safety guidelines wearing masks, social distancing, hand washing, and sanitizing the facilities.

Thered been people in the church whod gotten COVID, but the illness was short-term, Windell Rodgers said. It was nothing like news reports where a whole church got infected by somebody whod had it, he said.

When I got sick, I was the only one who got sick," Windell Rodgers said. "I got so sick, people said, Whered you get it (the virus)? I said, I wish I knew. I dont know.

He does recall feeling weak after delivering the sermon in late December. But at the conclusion of the service, he'd hung around the church, fellowshipped with youths who'd lingered. He went home, had dinner with his wife and his daughter, Wendi.

That evening, he felt a need to go to the hospital.

I just knew something wasnt right so thats what made me go to the hospital, he said. I wasnt thinking COVID.

When he arrived at Hillcrest Hospital, he said believed hed be home the next day.

Tomorrow turned into five months later.

For at least five weeks, Windell Rodgers said he didnt know he was even in the world.

He missed the Super Bowl and President Joe Bidens inauguration. Some of his friends died one from COVID and others from natural causes.

It just broke my heart, he said. Ittook me a minute to get my mind wrapped around what did happen and why my body was like it was, because this thing wiped me out.

Patricia Rodgers, whose later bout with COVID-19 led to a dry cough and quarantine, said the first thing that came to her mind when she learned of her husbands diagnosis was Lord have mercy.

The weight of the diagnosis and what followedcaused her to shut down.

It was hard to even talk about, she said, even to those who'd called to check on her and those wanting an update on his condition. When she tried to release words, tears would flow instead.

It was not a personal thing against anybody. It was me. I didnt know how to handle it," she said.

I was fearful because first of all because he was sick and hes never been sick. Hes a strong, strong, healthy man so that threw me for a loop. I was like How could this happen?, she said.

On January 7, the medical teamtold Patricia Rodgers things were not looking good for her husband.

Pat talked to me and somewhat encouraged me to be placed on a ventilator, Windell Rodgers said. They said that would be my best hope.

He was taken to North Greenville Hospital, where he was also put on dialysis.

Meanwhile, prayers were being sent by Greater Mount Calvaryparishioners, family, friends, and people in the Greenville area.

I got people praying for me from everywhere, Windell Rodgers said. Weve done a lot of mission work and there are people from Kenya, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras and those type places and certainly locals to include the continental United States. I have been blown away with their encouragement.

Patricia Rodgers prayed in the hospital parking lot and inside the hospital lobby when she wasn't allowed to enter in to see her husband.

I knew he knew I was there," she said. "I knew he knew I was praying.

Sometimes, thehospital would let her Facetime him.

I would talk to him. I would pray. I would sing, I would read scripture because I knew he could hear me, she said.

Windell Rodgers was sent to Baptist Easley, where a trach tube was inserted to help him breathe and eventually returnedback to North Greenville Hospital.A nurse there phoned to tell PatriciaRodgers that Windell Rodgershad opened his eyes.

I screamed, I ran through this house praying, Patricia Rodgers said. I was so happy.Theyd told me he wasnt going to wake up. Id said, he will. I believe he will. Praise God for that.

After testing COVID free, Windell Rodgers was sent to Greenville Memorial and then toa rehabilitation facility in Anderson before deciding to rehab at home.

He said his wife has been outstanding and he has no want for anything. Windell Rodgers also said hes grateful to have children he can call on if he needs them.

But, he's adjusting to a life he didn't have before COVID.

The 66-year-old is 30 pounds lighter, which he doesn't mind.

He has use of a walker, wheelchair and a cane when he needs them.

While he didn'thave a stroke, he did suffer stroke-like symptoms leaving him unable to use his left wrist.

Hes on dialysis three days a week because the virus has pushed his pre-existing kidney disease over the edge.

Windell Rodgers, wholl celebrate 49 years of marriage to his wife in September, is simply grateful to be alive. He admitshe gave a lot of the doctors and nursesa hard time.

I was in a situation where I couldnt do anything for myself, he said. Here I am now, my body is not 100 (percent) but Im in my right mind. I owe most importantly God, but I owe people something to be the best person that I can be, to set an example and hope theyll listen."

One example he hopes others will follow is getting the COVID-19 vaccination. He and his wife have had their vaccinations.

Youve nothing to lose by getting the vaccine and you may very well help a whole lot of others, WindellRodgers said. Get the vaccine. I cant emphasize that enough because you dont want COVID. You just dont.

Patricia Rodgerscalls her husband "amiracle." She, too, is pleading with others to get the vaccine.

COVID is quite real, she said. He was deathly ill. Please get the vaccination. Trust God and be an advocate for your family members.

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People queue to enquire about Sinovac vaccine at a clinic, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Chen Lin

SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) - People who received Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O) shots are excluded from Singapore's count of total vaccinations against COVID-19, officials in the city state said, citing inadequate efficacy data for the Chinese-made vaccine, especially against the contagious Delta variant.

"We don't really have a medical or scientific basis or have the data now to establish how effective Sinovac is in terms of infection and severe illnesses on Delta," health minister Ong Ye Kung said during a media briefing on Wednesday.

The Delta variant has become the most prevalent strain of COVID-19 in Singapore since a cluster of infections was identified at the airport in May. The government subsequently moved back to stricter curbs on social gatherings and public activities, though it has begun relaxing some of those restrictions.

Only people who participated in the national immunisation programme, which currently uses the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech/Cominarty (PFE.N), shots, are counted in the tally for vaccinations.

More than 3.7 million people have received at least one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, covering about 65% of the population, and nearly 2.2 million have completed the two-dose regimen.

Singapore has set a target for two-thirds of its people to be fully vaccinated by around Aug. 9.

Following an emergency use approval by the World Health Organization (WHO), Singapore began allowing designated private clinics to offer the Sinovac shot, CoronaVac, from mid-June. Singapore had a stock of 200,000 CoronaVac doses which the clinics could draw on. read more

As of July 3, just over 17,000 people had received one dose of CoronaVac, and authorities say that demand for the vaccine appeared to taper off after an initial rush. read more

Last month, Kenneth Mak, Singapore's director of medical services, said evidence from other countries showed people who had taken CoronaVac were still getting infected, posing a significant risk.

And Singapore has said that people vaccinated with CoronaVac would still need to be tested for COVID-19 before attending certain events or entering some venues, unlike people vaccinated under the national programme.

Singapore has reported 62,652 infections since the pandemic first erupted last year, with most found in foreign worker domitories. But there were only five new locally-acquired cases reported on Wednesday. COVID-19 related deaths stood at 36, one of the lowest rates in the world.

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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of July 7, 2021, there have been 3,030,600 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 164,346 total cases and 2,901 deaths.

There were no deaths reported to DHHR over the last 24 hours.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,515), Berkeley (12,864), Boone (2,180), Braxton (1,020), Brooke (2,249), Cabell (8,894), Calhoun (396), Clay (543), Doddridge (646), Fayette (3,560), Gilmer (888), Grant (1,317), Greenbrier (2,903), Hampshire (1,928), Hancock (2,845), Hardy (1,587), Harrison (6,211), Jackson (2,265), Jefferson (4,806), Kanawha (15,507), Lewis (1,301), Lincoln (1,607), Logan (3,305), Marion (4,660), Marshall (3,540), Mason (2,064), McDowell (1,616), Mercer (5,201), Mineral (2,993), Mingo (2,774), Monongalia (9,400), Monroe (1,226), Morgan (1,231), Nicholas (1,908), Ohio (4,319), Pendleton (725), Pleasants (959), Pocahontas (683), Preston (2,965), Putnam (5,336), Raleigh (7,103), Randolph (2,863), Ritchie (762), Roane (665), Summers (865), Taylor (1,285), Tucker (547), Tyler (749), Upshur (1,975), Wayne (3,183), Webster (547), Wetzel (1,394), Wirt (457), Wood (7,954), Wyoming (2,060).

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By June Gruber, Jay J. Van Bavel , Neil A. Lewis, Jr., William A. CunninghamJul. 6, 2021 , 5:05 PM

After an absolutely devastating year, academic scientists in some parts of the world are beginning to reopen their labs and see their colleagues in person. As the global vaccination campaign continues, scientists elsewhere will begin to take similar steps. Many of us are still struggling to cope with the consequences of the pandemic. But after the crisis passes, we may find that it leads to some positive change. In our labs, we have begun to look back on the past year to see whether there might be any useful lessons learned.

After the pandemic hit, we transformed our traditional lab meetings into remote meetings from our homes, worked nontraditional hours around child care, and adjusted our teaching. Jay even taught a class on his cellphone while he was trapped in an elevator with his kids. We struggled with our own mental health challenges as we tried to hold things together, and we mourned the loss of loved ones. Through it all, we had to figure out new ways to do our research, teach our classes, and support our students and colleagues. In short, we did the best we could in a bad situation. But we also learned a few things we might want to continue to do, or do differently once things get back to some semblance of normal.

Here are some of our personal reflections and goals for the future.

The team-written Letters to Young Scientists column offers training and career advice from within academia.

June: At first, I was suddenly without child care for two young children in a pandemic and scrambling to find time for anything. I was stressed about what trying to manage my job responsibilities over Zoom would be like and how I could support my trainees from afar. I was speechless as I observed some of my colleagues continuing with work as usual. But in the midst of much stress and uncertainty, I discovered an unexpected upside: Remote meetings allowed my lab to open up our weekly meetings to former trainees whod moved away but wanted to stay connected. It also provided an opportunity to invite outside guest speakers. Now, we are discussing ways to keep the virtual format going periodically to maintain accessibility for trainees who may have busy schedules, child care needs, or work off campus, and to allow us to invite outside speakers to share their ideas.

Jay: I agree that moving to virtual lab meetings had some surprising benefits. We were able to include students and postdocs from several other countries in our regular meetings, as well as guest speakers from around the world. Our lab has become truly international. Moving lab meetings to a virtual environment also made it very easy to record videos of the talks and workshops that we hosted. We set up a YouTube channel and we have already shared over 30 videos. We also opened up our lab meeting for a sneak preview for prospective Ph.D. students. Although we are all eager to see each other in person again, we plan to keep a virtual component of our lab meeting going forward.

Neil: One of my labs main challenges during the pandemic was how to keep our work going. We do a lot of research that requires in-person work, but all of that had to be put on hold. The change led us to step back and shift our focus to other kinds of projects that can be done remotely, like reviews and syntheses about what is known and what we still need to learn. I also spent more time writing for the public and serving on task forces because my social science work was relevant to thinking about how to improve equity during the pandemic. In the future I would like to do more of that because I find it rewarding to do what I can to promote the use of science to benefit society.

Wil: I really do not want to credit the pandemic with anything positive. But because much of our lab research was shut down, one silver lining was that I started new collaborations working with computer scientists. Much of our research required in-person testing, and that just wasnt possible anymoreso, we started running simulation studies. It was something I had wanted to do for decades, and the sudden change to our research gave us time to explore this new area and find new collaborations.

June: I identify with Wils ambivalence. The pandemic presented many more downsides than opportunities, and it was an incredible strain on my own and my trainees well-being. Yet as a scientist who studies emotions and mental health, I also knew we could not turn away from what was happening in front of our own eyes. Similar to Wil, my students and I decided to embark on a new line of work doing remote-based surveys to learn about college students mental health. This sparked important conversations and collaborations across the globe that we are still pursuing. With nearly 30 of my colleagues, we came together to co-author a call-to-action on the mental health crisis sparked by the pandemic. I also got more involved in writing for the public, and I created a free online course to address the stigma about mental illness. Never before did I see such unity and purpose in my field to creatively address a societal problem.

Wil: Highlighting mental health is important. One thing I learned during the pandemic is how quickly people can lose the basic support that allows us to functionin academia and in the rest of life.

Neil: I wholeheartedly agree. One of the most important things we did in my lab this past year was more frequent check-ins and open discussions about how were doing and how we can support each other.

Jay: In my lab, we started to have more explicit conversations about mental health before the pandemic, but struggling through the pandemic made these conversations more urgent. We regularly discussed our stress and struggles together and blocked off a number of weeks where we effectively shut down the lab to help people get a mental health break. I have also made a much greater point of urging people to take vacations, and I plan to keep these changes in place long after the pandemic. It benefits everyone in the lab, from the newest students to the principal investigator, to have a culture where people feel supported and refreshed. We need to make these topics part of the conversation in every department and constantly revise how we work to maximize our physical and mental health. I think I took these issues for granted in the past, but certainly wont in the future.

June: The pandemic highlighted what we already knewthat the mental health of students (and faculty) is suffering and that academia does not provide enough support. Yet this reality check also sparked more open conversations around mental health. Moving forward, we must not forget that the pandemic showed us that change is needed in how scientists talk about and support mental wellness.

Wil: I also hope that the openness that we have found with each other continues and we will be there for each other for future challenges.

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The COVID-19 testing schedule for sites operated by the Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG) for the week of July 6-11 is listed below.

REGION 1

Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and Plaquemines

Harold McDonald Sr. Park

900 Drake Ave., Westwego

8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday

Mahalia Jackson Theater

1419 Basin St., New Orleans

8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday

REGION 2

East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana and East Feliciana

LSU Campus: Student Union Building

254 S. Stadium Drive, Baton Rouge

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday

Southern University: FG Clark Activity Center

801 Harding Blvd., Baton Rouge

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday

REGION 5

Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Allen and Beauregard

Lake Charles Civic Center

900 N. Lakeshore Drive, Lake Charles

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday and Friday

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European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters building is seen in Frankfurt, Germany, March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Inflation has emerged as one of the top concerns for central bank reserve managers, alongside a failure to end the COVID-19 crisis and soaring debt levels, showed the results of a UBS survey released on Wednesday.

Fears about inflation and uncontrolled rises in long-term yields, a risk not flagged by participants at all in last year's Annual Reserve Manager Survey, were raised by 57% of respondents this year as a main risk to the global economy.

Failure to end the pandemic was cited as a worry by 79% of respondents, with 71% flagging government debt levels.

Reflecting angst about the gravity of COVID-19, half of participants in the survey believe the virus will be over only after 2022.

Reserve managers from close to 30 global central banks responded to the survey, conducted during April and June.

"Inflation is back at the top of concerns for central bankers," Massimiliano Castelli, UBS's head of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets, told Reuters.

"The majority is saying they expect a rise, but not sort of moving to very high levels of inflation. So it seems there is a sort of view among the central banking community that the current rising inflation that we are experiencing is transitory."

In terms of risks specifically related to the investment of FX reserves, the top concern, cited by 86% of respondents, remained lower and negative yields within fixed income.

More than two-thirds of participants expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in 2023, while 30% expect the Fed to do so in 2022.

In contrast, participants expect a later hiking cycle for the European Central Bank, with 33% expecting the first interest rate increase in 2023, 41% in 2024 and only 26% later than 2024.

Asked how far leading central banks might go to support markets and the economy if needed, 58% of respondents think the Fed could turn to yield curve control.

The trend towards more diversification of reserves across asset classes continued, the survey showed. Equities is an eligible asset class for over 40% of central banks and emerging market debt for 54% of respondents, while there was a shift towards more assets protecting against inflation.

Nearly 40% of respondents expect wholesale central bank digital currencies to be launched within the next three years.

Reporting by Tom Arnold in LondonEditing by Matthew Lewis

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