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NHS waiting list could soar to 14m - stark warning despite government covid recovery plan

Government ministers issued the stark warning as details were laid out of how the massive backlog would be tackled

Wales Online

Everything Nicola Sturgeon said today as 103 cases of 'stealth' Omicron confirmed

In her latest Covid-19 briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Nicola Sturgeon stated that Scotland was "through the worst of this wave of Omicron" — though revealed that 'stealth' Omicron numbers are rising

Edinburgh Live

‘It’s a big joke’: Winter Olympians complain about conditions in Beijing

Athletes have hit out at freezing temperatures and Covid-19 guidelines in Beijing

The Independent UK

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Number of children off school due to Covid drops but there are record overall absences for teachers

Record numbers of teachers and headteachers were absent at the last count, while those off due to Covid dropped

Evening Standard

Boy with brain condition among four Lanarkshire kids given Covid vaccine overdoses

The mum of the local youngster told how his arm became sore almost immediately after he received his jab at the Ally McCoist Centre in East Kilbride.

Daily Record

Portugal axes Covid tests for vaccinated UK travellers in time for half term

Portugal has scrapped Covid test rules for fully vaccinated UK travellers ahead of the half term holidays including no longer requiring PCR tests

Daily Mirror

Intensive care consultant expresses hope 'we can get back to some semblance of normal life'

Dr David Hepburn said there are no Covid patients in ICU in the Aneurin Bevan health board at the moment

Wales Online

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China plunges city of four million into lockdown as Covid cases rise

China has plunged the southern city of Baise into a lockdown to contain a Covid-19 outbreak.

Evening Standard

Coronavirus infection rates, cases and deaths for all parts of Wales on Tuesday, February 8

Wales has recorded no new Covid deaths and the seven-day infection rate has fallen

Wales Online

Covid travel: Entry requirements for Spain, Portugal, Italy and Cyprus as rules update

Spain and Portugal have announced changes to their entry requirements for fully vaccinated holidaymakers. Now many Scots will be looking for some sunny holidays-here are the rules for Spain, Portugal, Italy and Cyprus.

Glasgow Live

France to drop Covid test rule for vaccinated travellers from outside of the EU

France will soon drop its requirement for vaccinated travellers from outside the European Union to produce a negative Covid test on entering the country as daily infection numbers continue to fall, Europe Minister Clement Beaune has said.

Radio France Internationale

Breakfast of champions? Beijing Winter Olympics athlete posts picture of miserable food being served up

Life in the Chinese Covid isolation hotels is tough, say athletes

Wales Online

NHS year-long waits to last until 2025 as 10 million patients stayed away due to Covid

Labour's Wes Streeting said the delayed plan 'falls seriously short of the scale of the challenge facing the NHS and the misery that is affecting millions of people'

Daily Mirror

Covid-conscious or power play? Why Putin keeps his distance from world leaders

The huge table separating Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron at talks over Ukraine has gone viral

The Independent UK

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Daily Record

Award-winning Perth nightclubs dealt COVID funding blow

John Bryden, of Loft Nightclub and The Ice Factory, saw his application for the December Nightclub Closure Fund support rejected

Daily Mirror

'I couldn't hug my brother at mum's funeral and it was the last time I ever saw him'

Cassie Garbutt, 45, could not embrace grief-stricken sibling Glen Southern as they bade farewell to mother Brenda, 72, who died from Covid without her family at her side

The Independent UK

Tube ‘low risk’ for catching Covid, study finds

‘Social distancing through reduced loading and high mask-wearing adherence’ were key to low transmission rates, say researchers

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison faces question time grilling over government response to Covid aged care crisis

Labor sharpens attack on Coalition’s handling of pandemic and again calls for aged care minister Richard Colbeck to be sacked

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Evening Standard

Donald Trump says Joe Rogan should ‘stop apologising’ after Covid and N-word scandals

Donald Trump backed Joe Rogan in the wake of Covid vaccine misinformation and N-word scandals

The Guardian - UK

I voted Tory for 30 years until my dad died alone from Covid. I’ll never forgive them

The pandemic has proved that the Conservatives have no interest in protecting vulnerable people like my father, says David Garfinkel of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

Wales Online

Covid briefing: Eight things you need to know as masks and Covid pass rules reviewed in Wales

Health Minister Eluned Morgan will be giving the latest update on coronavirus at lunchtime on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Canada trucker protest silenced with 10-day injunction to stop honking horns

Freedom Convoy started out as a movement opposing Canada’s vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers but now it has snowballed into a challenge of wider Covid curbs

Irish Mirror

Simon Coveney launches investigation into Covid Army party

Minster for Defence has acted and appointed a Senior Counsel after reports of drinking and alleged assault on June 25th 2020

Wales Online

World news snapshot: Gibraltar's homage to the Queen, Covid protests in New Zealand and a new species of dinosaur

World news includes a meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin on the issue of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Covid live: Italy and Spain to ease mask mandate; UK records 66,183 new cases – as it happened

Italy and Spain relax rules on wearing masks in outdoor spaces; UK records 314 Covid-related deaths

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