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Nolan Finley: Giving up COVID, keeping mask, fist bumps

I gave up my fear of COVID-19 the moment the second shot of the Moderna vaccine went into my arm a year ago.

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Lockdown lifestyles: how has Covid changed lives in the UK?

Nearly two years after the first lockdown was implemented, legal restrictions related to coronavirus are finally being lifted. Here we chart what has changed in people’s lives

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Fide cancels Moscow Olympiad as Carlsen beats Covid to reach final

The global chess body will seek a new venue for the 2022 Olympiad, while the world champion and his recently defeated challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi, meet in the two-day Airthings Masters final

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Covid Rages in Iraq as Vaccinations Lag

In the stores and buses of Iraq masks are rare even as Covid-19 spreads widely, vaccines are viewed with suspicion and the sick see hospitals as a last resort. At Al-Shifaa Hospital in the capital Baghdad, the ramifications are clear, reported AFP. "More than 95 percent of those sick with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Covid rules being scrapped is a 'very high risk' gamble, warn Greater Manchester business leaders

Business and union leaders in the region raise concerns as self-isolation requirement comes to an end

Manchester Evening News

Kissing goodbye to Covid curbs will help West End roar, say business leaders

The first weekend since Thursday’s ending of the last remaining Covid rules is expected to be London’s busiest in two years

Evening Standard

‘We are broken’: The 2020 diaries of an ICU nurse on the Covid frontline

Anthea Allen is a critical care nurse at St George’s Hospital. This is what the beginning of Covid was really like

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Bangkok Post

England’s Covid vaccine drive good value for money at £8.3bn, says NAO

Spending watchdog praises everyone involved in programme but warns of ‘substantial risks’ to future success

The Guardian - UK

With city COVID mandates going away, here’s what some businesses plan to do starting Monday

"We are going to go with the city guidelines because we’ve trusted the experts and if they say it is OK, we just have to trust that," said a restaurant owner who is planning to drop all restrictions next week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kolkata: No more PPE at private hospital non-Covid wards

KOLKATA: With the number of Covid patients sliding drastically across Kolkata’s private hospitals, the latter have discontinued the compulsory use of full PPE and protective gear for their health workers in non-Covid wards that have seen a sharp rise in occupancy ever since the third wave ebbed in late-January. Several…

The Times of India

Covid: Tamil Nadu reports 575 fresh infections, 4 deaths

CHENNAI: Fresh cases of Covid-19 dropped to 575 on Thursday when a dozen districts reported a marginal increase in new cases compared to their tally on Wednesday.

The Times of India

4 Oil And Gas Stocks To Watch As Russia-Ukraine Conflict Intensifies

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send almost 200,000 troops into Ukraine as part of an invasion has sent the stock market into uncertain territory. Oil demand and prices collapsed in the spring of 2020 to as low as $9 per barrel as COVID-19 prompted governments to shut down commerce and…

Benzinga

Mum of girl, 4, with Down's syndrome slams 'terrifying' end of Covid isolation rules

From today, Brits in England are no longer required by law to self-isolate if they have Covid - but mum Rachel Curtis worries for her daughter Betsy, four, who is vulnerable

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Bangkok Post

Post-Covid and good governance

We are still in the midst of the Covid pandemic. We now know that it takes a few days for the disease to reveal any symptoms, but we may not realise that it has a profoundly negative effect in terms of our ability to trust others.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland floods prompt 1,000 calls for help as heavy rain continues – as it happened

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The Conversation

Higher education must reinvent itself to meet the needs of the world today. Enter the distributed university

Universities face many threats to their future. The traditional universities have become over-managed business enterprises, which may not reflect societal, national or global educational needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many of these issues into focus.

Manchester Evening News

CAZ, Russia and Covid rules: Everything Andy Burnham said on latest phone-in

The Greater Manchester mayor answered questions on the radio

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'Forced back into lockdown': Vulnerable people say scrapping Covid rules ends their freedom

An end to mandatory self-isolation for those with Covid and scrapping free testing and isolation payments put the vulnerable at risk, campaigners say

Daily Mirror

'I've just had Covid - ending free tests is a bad idea and hits the poorest hardest'

The cost of a box of Covid tests is the same as many household's weekly food bills, and expecting people to pay is as realistic as asking them to walk on the moon. The government says it can't afford to keep paying - but we can't afford not to

The Guardian - AU

‘Disease of disadvantage’: Melbourne’s lower socioeconomic areas suffer most Covid deaths amid Omicron

Exclusive: data shows death rates in disadvantaged areas significantly outweigh those in wealthier areas

The Guardian - AU

‘Not in good shape’: more construction industry collapses could follow Probuild

Soaring costs and Covid disruptions have hammered the sector, experts say, and governments show little sign of stepping in

Daily Mirror

Queen's 'drip-feed of negativity' will 'take a toll' on monarch, says palace insider

After enduring a tough start to the year due to the Prince Andrew saga and her Covid-19 battle, a palace insider says they've "not known such a tumultuous time as this” for the Queen

Evening Standard

London businesses and Mayor call for full train timetables to help economy

Business leaders and the Mayor of London have called for full commuter rail timetables to be restored to help speed up central London’s recovery following today’s dropping of all Covid restrictions.

The Independent UK

Sturgeon gives full backing to NHS recovery plan despite ‘unsustainable’ claim

Watchdog Audit Scotland released a report on Thursday which said the NHS in Scotland was ‘not financially sustainable’.

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