Asian Games in China postponed due to spike in coronavirus cases A rise in cases of coronavirus in China has forced the Olympic Council of Asia to postpone the Asian Games and cancel the Asian Youth Games Daily Mirror · May 6, 2022
North East cancer charity fears for future amid Covid funding pressures Cramlington charity Coping With Cancer is fighting to plug funding gaps in the aftermath of Covid-19 Chronicle Live · May 6, 2022
Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; US Economy Adds 428,000 Jobs In April U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, following the release of jobs report for April. Benzinga · May 6, 2022
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Social media users shared a range of false claims this week The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Keir’s beers: How did we get to the reopening of the police inquiry into Labour leader’s alleged Covid breach? Labour insists food and drink were consumed in a break during a work event The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers The count of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is nearing 1 million, and there's a wealth of data making clear which groups have been hit the hardest The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
India COVID-19 excess deaths | Both WHO report and Rahul Gandhi are wrong, says BJP Government of India had conveyed its objections to world body, party spokesperson says The Hindu · May 6, 2022
Keir Starmer’s office beer: what we know as investigation announced Durham police are looking into claims the Labour leader may have broken lockdown rules last year The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022
Can China preserve both its economy and its zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy? TAIPEI, Taiwan — China's zero-COVID strategy is starting to derail another major item on the government's agenda: economic stability. Los Angeles Times · May 6, 2022
Dockers crush Roos for sixth straight win Fremantle have overcome the loss of six players to COVID protocols to post a huge win over North Melbourne in Perth. AAP · May 6, 2022
Latest mask wearing rules for top European destinations including Spain, Portugal, France, Greece and Italy Some destinations have scrapped face mask rules completely, but others still have mask mandates in place Chronicle Live · May 6, 2022
UK police to investigate Labour leader over possible lockdown breach British police said on Friday they would investigate opposition leader Keir Starmer over a potential breach of COVID-19 lockdown rules in 2021 after receiving significant new information, delivering an embarrassing blow to the Labour Party. Reuters · May 6, 2022
Young woman who collapsed in supermarket with suspected Covid diagnosed with cancer Jade Colburn, 28, started to feel like she could not catch her breath and thought that the Covid-19 lockdown or the weather must be responsible - however, she was later diagnosed with bowel cancer. Daily Record · May 6, 2022
One in 40 people in London had Covid last week as cases continue to fall The estimate compares with one in 30 people thought to have had the virus in the capital the previous week Evening Standard · May 6, 2022
Bangkok Post · May 6, 2022 Asian Games the latest Covid casualty The Asian Games in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou have been postponed because of Covid-19 with new dates to be announced “in the near future”, organisers said on Friday.
Reuters · May 6, 2022 UK police investigating Labour leader Starmer over lockdown rule-breach British police said on Friday they were investigating a potential breach of COVID-19 rules in a 2021 gathering attended by Labour leader Keir Starmer, in light of "significant new information" they had received.
Daily Record · May 6, 2022 Keir Starmer set to be investigated again over 'beergate' allegations Reports claim that pressure from Tory MPs and rightwing newspapers may force Durham police to investigate Labour's beer and curry dinner break again.
Benzinga · May 6, 2022 The Daily Biotech Pulse: Limited Use Of JNJ's COVID-19 Shot, Myovant-Pfizer's Relugolix Application Delayed, Gain Therapeutics' Parkinson's Data Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.
Benzinga · May 6, 2022 ChannelAdvisor Registers 8% Revenue Growth In Q1 Backed By Subscription Revenue ChannelAdvisor Corp (NYSE:ECOM) reported first-quarter FY22 revenue growth of 8% year-on-year to $42.3 million, marginally beating the consensus of $42.1 million. Subscription revenue increased 17% Y/Y. Brands' revenue climbed 32%, and Brands subscription revenue grew 36%. The non-GAAP gross margin contracted 330 bps to 75.8%. The adjusted EBITDA margin contracted 400 bps to 19%. ChannelAdvisor…
The Conversation · May 6, 2022 COVID-19 official counts can miss mild cases – here's how serosurveys that analyze blood for signs of past infection can help It’s an eye-catching statistic: 58% of the whole population and 75% of kids in the U.S. had been infected by the coronavirus by the end of February 2022. That’s a pretty big jump from the official case count that hovered around a quarter of Americans having been diagnosed with COVID-19.…
Irish Mirror · May 6, 2022 Stephen Donnelly seeks 'immediate' payment of Covid pandemic bonus to frontline healthcare workers The special payment was first promised way back in January and has not been paid to anyone yet
Wales Online · May 6, 2022 Covid cases drop across the UK by nearly a third as Wales keeps highest infection rate ONS data suggests that the recent surge of coronavirus, driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant, has peaked and is now decreasing week-on-week
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022 Healthy young people in UK may never be offered another Covid jab, says expert Prof Adam Finn suggests there is little point offering fourth jab to those less at risk of serious infection
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 Mother, 36, most likely died from Covid Pfizer vaccine 11 days after dose, inquest told Pathologist said the mother-of-two may still be alive had she not had the Covid vaccine
The Independent UK · May 6, 2022 Covid-19 infections continue to fall across UK Around one in 35 people in England were infected at the end of April, down from one in 25 the week before.