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Nicola Sturgeon accused by Anas Sarwar of 'pretending' all NHS problems caused by covid

The First Minister and Anas Sarwar clashed following the publication of a worrying report on the future of the NHS.

Daily Record

Do new Covid rules mean I need to self-isolate or go to work if I test positive?

The Government and NHS says you 'should' self-isolate if you test positive, but self-isolation payments for those who can't work from home have ended

Chronicle Live

'Be straight' on when Covid inquiry will begin, ministers told

No formal start date has yet been set

Wales Online

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Covid rules that will remain in place from today as legal self-isolation is scrapped

Boris Johnson’s ‘living with Covid’ plan comes into action in England today with the end of mandatory isolation. But with all remaining legal Covid restrictions set to end under the plan, which rules will still be in place?

Daily Mirror

Heavy debt, low compensation: 2 years after Delhi riots, damaged businesses struggle to move on

Two plastic bags hang from a broken door in Mohammad Irfan’s building in Delhi’s Shiv Vihar. The door once separated his living quarters from his grocery shop. Both were vandalised, burned and looted during the Delhi riots in February 2020. While he hasn’t been able to repair the door since…

Newslaundry

Celebrate good times and ancient traditions: readers’ favourite carnivals

After a two-year, Covid-enforced hiatus, this weekend marks the start of carnival around the world. Our revellers recall celebrations of singing, dancing and orange-hurling from festas past

The Guardian - UK

Queen postpones two more virtual audiences following Covid diagnosis

Buckingham Palace said the 95-year-old is continuing with ‘light duties’.

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Queen postpones engagements for second time this week following Covid diagnosis

The Queen has postponed two virtual audiences she was due to carry out today at Windsor Castle - four days after she tested positive for Covid-19. It is the second time this week she has cancelled online engagements

Daily Mirror

I wrote the book on pandemic psychology. Post-Covid will take some getting used to

The crisis may be passing, but there’s no return to the ‘normal’ of 2019 – and we’re no longer the same people we were, says Steven Taylor, author of The Psychology of Pandemics

The Guardian - UK

China steps in to steer Hong Kong's COVID crisis as risks loom

As COVID-19 rages across Hong Kong at the start of a sensitive political year for China and President Xi Jinping, Beijing is determined not to be embarrassed and undermined as it was by the often-violent protests that rocked the city in 2019.

Reuters

Virus-hit Hong Kong Invokes Emergency Powers to Allow in China Medics

Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers on Thursday to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiraling coronavirus outbreak. The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day, overwhelming hospitals and government efforts…

Asharq Al-Awsat

My life as an ER doctor during Covid: ‘People walk in, throw their garbage at you, and walk out’

As the pandemic has worn on, patients are angry, and threats to healthcare workers are on the rise. I’ve seen it first-hand

The Guardian - US

Ben Stiller reunites with wife Christine Taylor five years after devastating split

Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor - who appeared together in films such as Zoolander - separated in 2017, but rekindled their marriage during the Covid pandemic

Daily Mirror

Timeline to collapse: how it all went wrong for South West construction giant Midas

Exeter-headquartered company's demise blamed on Covid, inflation and lost contracts and sealed when bank cancelled overdraft as subcontractors went unpaid

Birmingham Post

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The Independent UK

Revealed: Top Covid hotspots in England as all restrictions lifted

Case rates falling in all of country’s 315 local authorities, official testing data suggests

The Guardian - UK

Covid: Iceland to lift all remaining curbs; coronavirus isolation rules end in England – as it happened

Latest updates: Iceland confirms no extra restrictions for unvaccinated; people in England who test positive for Covid no longer have to self-isolate

Liverpool Echo

All Covid rule changes coming in today from isolation to testing

A number of rules are changing from today

The Times of India

Women's ODI World Cup to go ahead with 9 players a side in case of COVID-19 outbreak

DUBAI: With an aim to conduct an uninterrupted tournament, the ICC on Thursday said all matches at the upcoming Women's ODI World Cup in New Zealand could be played with nine players in case of a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Nottingham Post

Self-isolation no longer a legal requirement as big Covid rule changes come into effect

Rules changed from midnight

The Times of India

Andhra Pradesh: Covid curbs in Tirumala will be lifted soon, says minister

TIRUPATI: Uravakonda legislator Payyavula Keshav on Wednesday questioned the rationale behind imposing transit restrictions between Tirupati and Tirumala when all kinds of curbs from Jammu to Kanyakumari have been lifted following dip in Covid -19 cases across country.

AAP

WA man dies with COVID-19 in the NT

A Western Australian man has been added to the Northern Territory's COVID-19 death toll as the territory records 757 new infections and three deaths.

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer leaves Gold Coast hospital after experiencing Covid-like symptoms

Mining billionaire and United Australia party founder earlier taken to private hospital by ambulance, with spokesperson saying he was ‘just being tested’

AAP

Crouch returns for COVID-19 hit Crows

Adelaide's Matt Crouch will make his AFL comeback in a trial game on Friday but a batch of his teammates have been ruled out by COVID-19 related protocols.

The Independent UK

What are the coronavirus rules in the four UK nations?

Thursday sees big changes in England with the end of the legal requirement for people who test positive to isolate.

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong domestic workers left homeless after being fired for contracting Covid-19

Dozens of live-in workers have been forced to sleep rough in the Hong Kong winter after bosses refuse to allow them back in the house

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