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Dublin pubs update coming soon as Government ponder early lifting of restrictions with PCR-confirmed Covid-19 cases tumbling

Hospitality chiefs have called for an almost immediate return to normal trading hours after NPHET meets on Thursday

Dublin Live

Nicola Sturgeon's covid statement today - when and where you can watch it

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will give a briefing to parliament today where it is expected she will update MSPs on the current restrictions in place.

Glasgow Live

Macron no longer ‘president of all the French’ after rejecting the unvaccinated

President Emmanuel Macron caused a stir when he said his Covid strategy was to "piss off the unvaccinated, to the bitter end", spurning around 10 percent of the French population in the process. It's an unusual decision for a head of state, but it could reap rewards for a presidential…

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Breakfast briefing: Government suffers Lords defeat, Covid could turn children into fussy eaters, No 10 denies Dominic Cummings' claim and energy price rise could 'devastate' poorest families

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Wales Online

London’s unvaccinated: meet the capital’s residents who still haven’t had a Covid jab

The divide between the capital’s jabbed and unjabbed is growing — but the reasons for the contrast are complicated. Katie Strick hears the divided beliefs from one of London’s least vaccinated streets

Evening Standard

School starts in two weeks – here’s what we know about Covid safety plans for Australian students

Will there be access to rapid tests? What isolation rules will apply for students and teachers? How will staff shortages be dealt with? We answer your key questions

The Guardian - AU

Four key points Nicola Sturgeon could address during her Covid update later today

The First Minister is expected to lift more restrictions in Scotland amid an 'improving' situation with Omicron.

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What time is Nicola Sturgeon's covid update? Where to watch and what to expect?

During a 20-minute statement Nicola Sturgeon will announce the latest daily figures which have been improving in the last week.

Daily Record

South Australian government rejects school term delay as state records two COVID deaths

South Australia records another 3,079 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, but the state government says it will not agree to a union push to delay the start of the school year by a fortnight.

ABC News

‘People are spooked’: Australia’s January consumer confidence sinks to three-decade low over Omicron

As Covid cases surge Australians are avoiding spending, despite 2021 ending on an economic high

The Guardian - AU

Private hospital staff diverted to public system as Omicron wave results in Australia’s deadliest Covid day

Seventy-seven deaths have been reported across the country, with 36 in NSW, 22 in Victoria and 16 in Queensland

The Guardian - AU

On Australia’s deadliest day of Covid pandemic, experts say we don’t know enough about who is dying

Doctors say Australia must coordinate Covid-19 data nationally and pick up the game on testing, tracing, isolating and quarantining

The Guardian - AU

France reports nearly half a million new cases, a record increase; Italy records 228,179 daily infections – as it happened

France registers 464,769 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours; Italy’s cases jump from 83,403 a day earlier

The Guardian - UK

COVID leads to mass VICSWIM swimming lesson cancellations

Thousands of Victorian children will miss out on vital swimming lessons this month due to instructor shortages and the rapid spread of COVID-19.

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The Times of India

West Bengal allows gyms, jatra, shoots with curbs in place

KOLKATA: In a reviewed relaxation order on Monday, gyms, which were shut for more than two weeks following the state's Covid restrictions, have been allowed to reopen with 50% of the capacity till 9pm, provided the staff and members are vaccinated and Covid negative.

ABC News

Queensland records 16 COVID-19 deaths and 15,962 new cases in deadliest single day of pandemic

Sixteen people in Queensland die from COVID-19 in the latest reporting period, the highest daily number of deaths recorded in the pandemic, with 15,962 new infections confirmed and 819 people being treated in hospital.

AAP

SA health system crushed by COVID-19: AMA

South Australia's AMA President Michelle Atchison says the COVID-19 pandemic has "steamrolled and crushed" the state's health system.

The Independent UK

Plans drawn up ‘to scrap all Covid rules in England as early as March’

The prime minister is accused of planning to scrap Covid rules to boost his ailing reputation

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COVID patient on ventilator as Tasmania records 1,310 new cases

Tasmania records 1,310 new COVID-19 cases, 273 more than yesterday. There is now a second patient in intensive care in hospital.

The Conversation

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered

With the rapid spread of Omicron, many countries are rethinking their COVID mask advice for the community.

Daily Mirror

Woman, 31, shares little-known Covid side effect which makes it hard to eat

A TikToker from California has taken to social media to share how Long Covid has a relatively unknown side effect which makes it difficult for her to swallow or consume food

The Times of India

Jabs have likely prevented millions of deaths, experts say

PUNE: Infectious diseases expert Dr Sanjay Pujari, a member of the national Covid task force, said, "Among all interventions to reduce Covid-19 deaths, full vaccination has the greatest efficacy. Modelling studies suggest that vaccines may have prevented millions of deaths globally."

The Times of India

68% Covid fatalities in Maharashtra govt hospitals since December 1 were unvaccinated

PUNE: A substantial 68% of Covid patients who died of complications at state-run medical colleges and hospitals in the last 48 days were unvaccinated, the latest report by Maharashtra's Medical Education and Drug Department has said. The remaining 32% included fully and partly vaccinated patients, both with or without underlying…

The Times of India

Out of 3,600 Covid beds in Jaipur hospitals, 333 are occupied

JAIPUR: As active cases are rising, hospitalisations in the city have also gone up marginally.

The Times of India

After 46 Covid deaths in January so far, Rajasthan govt intensifies vaccination drive

JAIPUR: The health department has appealed to people to follow Covid appropriate behaviour, wear masks and get vaccinated as cases have been increasing.

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