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Kolkata Municipal Corporation combs ‘high-infection’ areas to detect new Covid cases

KOLKATA: The drop in the number of Covid cases and micro-containment zones notwithstanding, civic health department officials are wary about the numbers and fear the actual numbers may be a lot more. They feel the situation may spiral out of control if corrective steps are not taken immediately.

The Times of India

91% bereaved families apply for Covid relief in Bengal, 80% paid

KOLKATA: Bengal has received as many as 18,554 Covid death compensation claims, or 91% of the total recorded deaths of 20,231, and honoured nearly 80% of those, spending nearly Rs 75 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund, even as claims from Kolkata — which has had the highest share…

The Times of India

Absenteeism, lack of resource slow down Hyderabad realty sector

HYDERABAD: The steady rise in Covid-19 cases has started slow down work in the city’s real estate sector.

The Times of India

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Most vulnerable frontline workers hit hard by Covid

HYDERABAD: While there is a significant spike in the number of Covid-19 cases across the city, a substantial number of them happened to be frontline workers from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), police and health departments.

The Times of India

Seth Jones’ return boosts Blackhawks as games against Wild, Avalanche loom

Jones and Dylan Strome will return from COVID-19 on Friday — and Kirby Dach might, too — as the increasingly healthy Hawks begin a brutal stretch of matchups.

Chicago Sun-Times

Covid-19: Which coronavirus rules are changing across the UK?

All four nations have seen a drop in case numbers.

The Independent UK

Welsh Government confirms almost all Level 2 Covid restrictions will be lifted in next eight days

From Friday, January 21, all restrictions on outdoor activities and events will be lifted in Wales

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Nightclubs on track to reopen by end of month in Wales, says First Minister

Mark Drakeford said Wales would complete the move to alert level zero on January 28 unless the coronavirus situation deteriorates.

The Independent UK

Covid-19 Ireland: Dublin pubs 'ready to open doors this weekend' after green light given for major easing of restrictions

Health chiefs have advised the Government that almost all restrictions can be lifted, including the requirement for vaccine passes and the early closure of bars

Dublin Live

List of countries fully vaccinated Scots can travel to without Covid test

Travelling has been somewhat difficult for many of us over the past two years due to the pandemic.

Daily Record

Covid Ireland: Full list of expected changes as Micheal Martin to announce end of most restrictions

The major changes come after Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan delivered a bombshell letter to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

Irish Mirror

Shutdown of Gun Stores During Early COVID Months Violated Second Amendment

So holds a Ninth Circuit panel—with the authoring judge penning a hypothetical dissent, to illustrate his view that the Ninth Circuit's Second Amendment precedents are too malleable. From McDougall v. County of Ventura, today's opinion by Judge Lawrence Vandyke joined by Judge Ryan Nelson: "[T]he right of the people to…

Reason

Belfast nurse says devastating impact of Long Covid means she may never work again

Saskia Mulder has been left suicidal after her overall health has gone downhill since coronavirus

Belfast Live

Dr Tony Holohan advises lifting of most Covid restrictions in Ireland as pubs and nightclubs return

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is set to make a significant State of the Nation address on Friday

Irish Mirror

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The Guardian - AU

Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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The pandemic upended all of our lives in ways we never expected

So here we are in 2022, feeling like the COVID edition of Groundhog Day: adjusting for work, school, child care and relationships. Anxiety is up. Workers are fed up. Even when we’re fine, we need the caveat of "COVID-fine."

Daily Mirror

Fury as courier firm forces Covid heroes to strike over low wages and high costs

Khalil Lange, 31, who has been a driver for delivery company Stuart for three years said he used to enjoy the work and made reasonable money, but that has steadily changed

Daily Mirror

'Devastated' Cillian Murphy says Covid robbed Helen McCrory of Peaky Blinders role

The upcoming series of Peaky Blinders is set to be its last - and the late Helen McCrory is said to be 'very present' in it

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Leeds Live

Worldwide Rally for Freedom Leeds will see covid protestors march through city

Demonstrators will be gathering outside Leeds Town Hall from 1pm on Saturday calling for an end to masks and vaccine passports

Daily Mirror

Australian Open face player fears as Alexander Zverev questions lack of Covid testing

Players have been left to test themselves for Covid – but with Grand Slam hopes on the line some have questioned whether others are being honest about their own results

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on dropping Covid restrictions: follow the scandal

Editorial: The scrapping of plan B is driven by the prime minister’s political panic, not scientific guidance

Bristol Post

Covid case count in Bristol as England reverts to Plan A

More than 1,400 cases have been recorded as Covid rules are relaxed

Dublin Live

Covid-19 Ireland: HSE confirms Citywest test centre relocating to Tallaght

The test centre in Citywest opened in 2020 at the height of the pandemic

The Hindu

Collector revokes order on curbs in Kasaragod

Kasaragod District Collector Bhandari Swagat Ranveer Chand has revoked the order on restrictions imposed on the district in the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases. The decision to revoke the order, whi

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson warned relaxing Covid Plan B rules is 'too much, too soon'

Masks won't be mandatory in shops and on public transport from next Thursday, with work from home guidance scrapped

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