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Elderly make up 60% of Pune’s Covid deaths in January

PUNE: Senior citizens with one or more pre-existing ailments accounted for 60% of Pune’s total 158 Covid deaths from January 1-27, the latest report of the district administration has revealed.

The Times of India

Covid-19: Cases drop in Surat, rise in rural areas

SURAT: While the new Covid-19 cases in city areas are dropping, there is a considerable increase in the number of people getting infected in the rural areas of south Gujarat. On Friday, the cases in the city further dropped to 628 from 708 on Thursday. In contrast, in Surat district…

The Times of India

Kerala: ‘No quarantine for those who come in contact with patient’

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health minister Veena George has said there was no need for people who come into contact with Covid patients to undergo quarantine. Only caregivers of positive patients will have to go into quarantine, she said.

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Kerala logs 54,537 new Covid cases

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state has reported over half lakh cases again, taking the test positivity rate (TPR) to 47.05%. Ernakulam has been worst affected with over 10,000 cases reported in a single day. The number of active cases has also crossed above three lakh in the state.

The Times of India

Covid-19: Over 26,000 new cases, 48 deaths in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Fresh Covid-19 cases continued to dip in Tamil Nadu on Friday, with the state adding 26,533 new cases and 48 deaths to its Covid-19 registry.

The Times of India

Dissident's Wuhan tale published in Aust

Australian publisher Hardie Grant will release an account of the COVID outbreak in Wuhan, by dissident Chinese author Murong Xuecun.

AAP

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.

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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.

ABC News

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

The Guardian - AU

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

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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.

Daily Mirror

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

Irish 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

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Daily 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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

The Independent UK

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.

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

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