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Keep Covid restrictions in schools until pandemic is over, says head who retired at Christmas

David Lewis said keeping measures such as contact bubbles and masks was the only way to keep children in schools and stop them being sent home to learn

Wales Online

Selection trials for rifle and pistol shooters in March and April

NEW DELHI: With COVID-19 cases starting to decline across the country, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has decided to hold the selection trials for rifle and pistol shooters in March and April this year.

The Times of India

London’s Covid hospitalisations drop to pre-Omicron levels

London’s Covid hospitalisation rate has dropped to levels not seen since before the outbreak of Omicron, new figures show.

Evening Standard

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The countries boycotting the Winter Olympics - who is involved and why?

Several countries have opted against sending diplomatic delegations to the Games

The Independent UK

Beijing Olympics Set to Open under Cloud of Covid, Rights Fears

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium. The distinctive lattice-shaped arena took center stage at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Covid, Uyghurs and viewer apathy: is Beijing 2022 in danger of a US ratings flop?

The Olympics is no longer event television and Tokyo 2020 drew the smallest US audience of any televised Games. Worse could be in store in the coming weeks

The Guardian - US

Experience: after getting Covid, everything I eat tastes like rotting flesh

I rarely feel hungry and only eat when I feel I should – food smells are physically repulsive

The Guardian - UK

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View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough

Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care to appear.

The Conversation

Portugal changes Covid entry rules in half-term boost for UK holidaymakers

Negative tests will no longer be required for "those who present the EU Covid Digital Certificate or other proof of vaccination"

Wales Online

Kirkcudbright GP warns surgical procedures created by coronavirus pandemic could take "long time" to clear

Dr John Locke says the pandemic has impacted sectors of the health service from local surgeries to hospital wards

Daily Record

Covid expert Prof Sam McConkey shares three things Ireland should do to prepare for future pandemics

He believes there are three actions that need to be taken to safeguard the country from the effects of another pandemic

Irish Mirror

Covid-era Americans are using public transit less and having more car crashes

Transport officials are alarmed by a surge in car-related deaths as public transport ridership struggles in the wake of the pandemic

The Guardian - US

Gothenburg Film Festival Puts Audience under Hypnosis

To add another dimension to the cinematic experience, Scandinavia's largest film festival introduced hypnosis ahead of the featured movies, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. "We have built this hypnotic cinema to experiment with the film experience, to challenge our ideas about how to watch a film," Jonas Holmberg, director of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Covid briefing: Six things as WHO say Europe is entering 'plausible endgame'

A director has said that the number of coronavirus deaths is starting to plateau

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Xi to Meet Putin as Tensions Rise with West

China's President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years on Friday when he hosts Russia's Vladimir Putin, with the pair drawing closer as tensions grow with the West. Xi has not left China since January 2020, when the country was…

France 24

Beijing Winter Olympics kick off amid Covid fears, diplomatic frost

A Winter Olympics overshadowed by human rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble kicked off in Beijing on Friday with a glittering opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium.

Reuters

Race to send vaccines, medical aid as COVID-19 reaches Pacific islands

Pacific island nations that are some of the last places in the world to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic are recording a growing number of COVID-19 cases, prompting a rush to provide vaccines, medical teams and food aid.

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Lil Nas X Hasn’t Tweeted Since He Got COVID & Fans Are Starting To Get A Little Worried

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The Guardian - AU

Turkey reports daily record of 111,157 new cases – as it happened

Turkish daily death toll highest in four months as cases surge; UK health agency says number of cases each day could be rising

The Independent UK

Covid news - live: Europe entering ‘plausible endgame’ for pandemic, says WHO

WHO’s Europe director says continent entering a “plausible endgame” to the pandemic, adding this does not imply the pandemic is over

Dynamite News

Saraswati Puja: Idol makers expect good sales this year after suffering losses due to COVID earlier

Ahead of Saraswati Puja, idol makers in northern Kolkata's Kumortuli are hoping for good business this year after suffering financial losses due to several waves of COVID-19.

The Guardian - AU

‘We’re all nervous’: NZ’s Covid tsar Chris Hipkins admits uncertainty over border reopening

The minister responsible for New Zealand’s pandemic response says the future is ‘still something that’s the subject of models rather than reality’

The Times of India

Pune clears Covid aid for 16,500 victims, 4,000 more to get relief

PUNE/MUMBAI: Authorities have cleared 16,500 ex gratia claims for Covid victims till January 31 as against 27,000 applications received from the three administrative units — Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation limits and the rural belt — of the district.

The Canberra Times

Canberra's 'cloaked' far-right seizes on COVID protests

A Canberra-based extremist group used a COVID-19 freedom rally to fundraise, and experts warn it's part of a trend.

The Times of India

Pune Municipal Corporation allows restaurants, bars to stay open till 1.30am

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday allowed restaurants to switch back to their pre-Covid operational deadline of 1. 30am, much to the relief to the restos and bars operating in the city.

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