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Dis Life: 'The only bells ringing out on Christmas Day were the alarms from overworked NHS'

Spending Christmas Day in A&E shows how badly the NHS needs more support and if nothing changes more people will leave the sector, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

Omicron boosters for the youngest children are here. Will they make a difference?

Updated COVID-19 booster shots are now available for the youngest children in California and other states, a welcome development for officials hoping to augment vaccine coverage and head off a viral resurgence this winter.

Los Angeles Times

Long COVID: Could mono virus or fat cells be playing roles?

A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher share a prominent pandemic bond: They’re each credited with describing, naming and helping bring long COVID into the public’s consciousness in early 2020

The Independent UK

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Rajasthan govt to conduct seroprevalence survey to check presence of Covid-19 antibodies

JAIPUR: Taking omicron BF.7’s looming threat seriously, Ajmer and Jaipur have been identified as two places where the health department will conduct seroprevalence survey to check presence of Covid-19 antibodies among people who have Covid-19 antibodies.

The Times of India

Concern grows as China stops announcing COVID cases

BEIJING -- The Chinese government announced Sunday that it will stop announcing new COVID-19 cases, which it had been doing every day thus far.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Chinese couple covers themselves innovatively with a big plastic sheet to avoid COVID; video goes viral

A video from People's Daily, China, China state-affiliated media, has gone viral on social media. In the 30 second video we can see a couple walking inside a big plastic sheet. The video has got close to 70k views so far.

The Times of India

UK to stop publishing Covid modelling data in new year

Figures were first published by the UKHSA in May 2020

The Independent UK

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China races to vaccinate elderly, but many are reluctant

Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people who are older than 60 to get vaccinated against COVID-19

The Independent UK

India says arrivals from Thailand must show negative Covid test

India will require a negative Covid-19 test result from travellers arriving from Thailand, China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, the country’s health minister said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Covid-19 modelling data will cease to be published by UK health agency

Chief data scientist says the reporting of data is 'no longer necessary' because the country is living with the disease

Wales Online

UKHSA to stop publishing Covid modelling data in January

The R range and growth rate for England had been published weekly during the height of the pandemic, and fortnightly since April this year.

The Independent UK

It was a battle to stay healthy

Many health issues occurred in 2022 ranging from the easing of Covid-19 control measures, the discovery of the first monkeypox patient and liberalising the cannabis law.

Bangkok Post

COVID dread for immigration detainees

For the roughly 30,000 people living in the country’s network of immigration facilities, COVID remains a threat

Salon

Was professor Luke O'Neill's Covid predictions right for 2022?

In recent weeks there has been an increase in Covid cases and over the Christmas people who have flu like symptoms are advised to stay home

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Chinese cities reveal COVID cases surpassing national tally

Two Chinese cities reported daily COVID-19 cases that far surpassed the official national tally, in another illustration of the unreliability of data in a country grappling with infections after abruptly ending COVID zero.

The Times of India

International arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand to present the mandatory RT-PCR test result

Keeping in mind the recent rise in the COVID-19 cases all across the world, the Indian Health Ministry has also announced that it is now mandatory for all passengers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand to produce RT-PCR test results upon arrival.

The Independent UK

Mapped: Covid cases in your area as hospitalisations rise by third before Christmas

Infection rates are highest in London, Scotland and the South West, according to the ONS

Nottingham Post

Pharmacist speaks out on Ibuprofen or paracetamol as winter bug spreads

Both of these medicines help with aches, pains and temperatures, in addition to mild cold and flu symptoms, but they won't do much for coughs or nasal congestion.

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Is California’s winter COVID-19 surge sputtering?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s early yet, but there are signs the dreaded holiday surge in COVID-19 cases may be losing steam, with cases and deaths at a fraction of the levels seen around the same time in 2020 and 2021.

Manchester Evening News

Covid infections rise in England ahead of Christmas as flu cases also on increase

In England, one in 45 – 1.2 million people – were likely to have Covid-19 earlier this month, up from one in 60 at the end of last month

Daily Mirror

Covid cancels Christmas as experts say more than 1.2 million will be infected on 25th

Experts have said infections were likely to have continued to surged as December progressed and more people were mixing indoors for festive socials during the cold weather.

Evening Standard

China estimates 37 million infected with Covid in a single day

Minutes reported to be from the country’s National Health Commission (NHC) reveal that 284 million people – almost 18 per cent of China’s population – are believed to have caught the virus in the first 20 days of December

Wales Online

Covid or cold? Expert on what to do if you have symptoms this Christmas

Return to 'normal' brings with it the return of high rates of all the other winter bugs

Wales Online

Highest number of Covid patients in hospital in Wales since July

The total number of people in private households in the UK testing positive for coronavirus is the highest it's been since the end of October

The Independent UK

Covid infections climb as hospital numbers at highest level for nearly two months

Over half of English regions saw an increase, while there is a mixed picture for age groups

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