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How some international students have received five COVID-19 vaccine doses to meet Australia's TGA requirements

As Australia opens its border and urges international students to come back, some are still locked out as they have received vaccinations not recognised by Australian authorities.

ABC News

NSW has deadliest day of pandemic; widespread flooding causes damage – as it happened

NSW records 49 Covid deaths, Victoria 31, Queensland 12 and South Australia five. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

Get up to speed with all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened.

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Dancing on Ice Bez to become a whip-wielding Indiana Jones in 'epic' performance

Happy Mondays star Bez will be back on Dancing On Ice after recovering from Covid after testing positive

Daily Mirror

Bupa aged care home in Newcastle given exceptional circumstances accreditation despite non-compliance

COVID restrictions means a Newcastle nursing home has exceptional circumstances accreditation, despite a lack of fall-related care and call bells are going unanswered.

ABC News

‘Pro-choice’ Marvel star Evangeline Lilly says she rallied against vaccine mandates

Marvel star Evangeline Lilly revealed Thursday that she marched in the nation’s capital last weekend to support “bodily sovereignty” and being pro-choice during a protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Los Angeles Times

‘Will it translate?’: how a risk-taking Australian film hopes to change the industry

Western Sydney anthology Here Out West was an unlikely Sydney film festival opener. Now hitting cinemas, its creators hope it will find an audience amid Covid

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Partygate: Met police must avoid being enveloped by coils of political snakes

ANALYSIS: The Met’s intervention on the Sue Gray probe on Friday has invited criticism of the force

Evening Standard

Glasgow group tackling loneliness and isolation awarded thousands for covid safety work

Shettleston Men’s Shed, a community space for men to connect and talk with each other to try and help reduce loneliness and isolation, have been awarded more than £3000 for covid safety adaptations.

Glasgow Live

RAF sniper leads Jamaica Olympic bobsleigh team after training by pushing partner's car

Shanwayne Stephens has been pushing his fiancee’s Mini around after Covid shut gyms. Jamaica will be one of 28 teams competing in the four-man bobsleigh and also have a two-man team

Daily Mirror

Ireland's three Covid hotspots as 9,591 new cases confirmed

It comes as new data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre shows the counties that recorded the highest incidence rates of the virus per 100,000 of the population in the third week in January.

Irish Mirror

Could Ireland face Covid restrictions on pubs, gatherings and more this summer? WHO says it all hinges on one thing

WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove has warned against theories that the virus will continue to mutate into milder strains

Irish Mirror

UK Covid cases down by 7% in the last week with 277 more reported deaths in 24 hours

This comes in the same week that England has eased most of the remaining significant Plan B restrictions in the country, changing rules around mask use and Covid passes

Daily Mirror

‘People want to put Covid behind them’: UK pubs hopeful as drinkers return

Fuller’s chief thinks Monday will be ‘trigger point’ for revival as plan B eases and Dry January ends

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Comedian shares regret about not getting vaccine as he dies of Covid

‘This is absolutely the worst day of my life,’ friend and fellow comedian says on day of Christian Cabrera’s death

The Independent UK

Labour by-election candidate and nurse hits out at Government’s partygate ‘lies’

Birmingham Erdington candidate Paulette Hamilton said she was giving Covid jabs while “Mr Johnson was having parties”.

Daily Record

Public Health Scotland announce 7,258 new Covid cases as hospital rates continue to fall

In terms of the rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Aberdeen City has the highest rate in the country.

Reuters

In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation

As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and those who had not had a booster dose four or more months after their initial shots who were most likely to go to hospital or die from COVID-19, according to data and doctors.

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The Guardian - UK

ONS debunks ‘spurious’ Covid deaths claim shared by David Davis

Suggestion true number of deaths in England and Wales could be as low as 17,000 is factually incorrect, says ONS

The Guardian - UK

Keeping the Olympics Covid-free: life inside Beijing’s ‘closed loop’ bubble

The 11,000 foreign athletes, media crews and guests will be met at the airport by workers in biohazard suits

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Airport confirms return of popular winter sun flight as Covid restrictions ease

As travel bans are being lifted and testing requirements are easing, Edinburgh Airport have announced a range of new flights and the return of a popular winter sun route.

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: one week to go to an ice and snow spectacular

The scene is set for fantastic sport – but all under the threat of Covid and amid controversy over China’s human rights record

Chicago Sun-Times

Kaegi botched COVID tax relief

The Cook County assessor cut values based on jobs he thought neighborhoods would lose due to the pandemic. It was a wild miscalculation that worked out well for some, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, not so well for residents of a poor South Side neighborhood.

The Independent UK

BA.2 variant: Everything we know about the new ‘stealth Omicron’ Covid strain

It’s harder to detect than original Omicron and may be even faster at spreading but, say scientists, is probably no more dangerous

Chronicle Live

Mask wearing and the other Covid rules Sunderland people are still being asked to follow

'We know the people of Sunderland will make the right choices to hep stop the spread of the virus,' says the council leader

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