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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

GCSE top grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Lionsgate tells employees to wear masks amid new Covid variant

Entertainment company has reinstated a mask mandate amid rising Covid virus cases

The Independent UK

PM Modi seeks level playing field for smaller e-commerce players

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his opening address to the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial summit, said it was the collective responsibility of these 20 nations to rebuild confidence in international trade and investment processes as the world economy has been tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and geo-political tensions.

The Hindu

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Summer box office 2023: what were the big hits and misses?

It was the season of Barbenheimer but also one that saw some of the costliest flops that the industry has ever seen

The Guardian - US

Northwestern doctors say long COVID detected even after patients tested negative

Potentially millions of people across the U.S. showed so-called long-COVID symptoms in 2020 even though they initially tested negative for the virus back then, researchers find.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday

The Independent UK

With COVID now endemic, modelling suggests targeted protection will be more effective than blanket measures

Interventions designed to limit the spread of COVID have been rolled back around the world. In New Zealand, the government removed all remaining public health measures last week.

The Conversation

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GCSE pupils warned of 325,000 fewer passing grades after return to pre-Covid grading

Pass rate expected to be closer to 2019 levels after ‘great reset’ following rise during Covid lockdowns

The Independent UK

‘I was an absolute maniac’: punk legend Wreckless Eric on storming Spotify despite sounding like Mickey Mouse

The cult singer is still living off Whole Wide World, his very first song – and it wasn’t even a hit. As the riotous raconteur releases a new album, he talks bloody marys, brake failures and near death by Covid

The Guardian - UK

Australian Covid deaths lowest since December 2021 despite falling booster numbers

Department of Health says improvements thanks to vaccine coverage, hybrid immunity and ready access to treatment

The Guardian - AU

Accra's most vulnerable residents were failed during COVID - the government didn't understand their realities

Containment measures, such as the lockdowns introduced to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, had devastating consequences for vulnerable urban populations globally.

The Conversation

GCSE results 2023: how the qualification is failing disadvantaged young people

All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled classes, have had to learn from home, have dealt with the social isolation and uncertainty of spending a significant part of their…

The Conversation

The power of needlework: how embroidery is helping South African women tell unspeakable stories

In June 2020, three months after South Africa entered the first of a series of hard lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID, the country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa described men’s violence against women as a “second pandemic”.

The Conversation

Lexington council members get update on ARPA funds.

Lexington City Council members have been updated on the city’s use of American Rescue Plan Act dollars. Coronavirus recovery funding totaling $121 million came to the city.

WEKU

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The NHS plan for virtual wards to beat winter crisis

The NHS could roll out more virtual wards to treat flu and Covid patients this winter, after the treatments watchdog gave the green light to the plan.

WEKU

The painful pandemic lessons Mandy Cohen carries to the CDC

President Biden and others have lauded Mandy Cohen's pandemic leadership in North Carolina. Those in the state's most vulnerable communities tell a more nuanced story about the new CDC director.

Reason

Brickbat: Lockdowns Down Under

The government of Victoria, Australia, has agreed to pay about $5 million (about $3.2 million U.S.) to settle a lawsuit brought by residents of Melbourne public housing who were forced into a hard 14-day COVID-19 lockdown with no warning in July 2020. Some 3,000 people may be eligible for compensation.…

The Times of India

Experts concerned over new Omicron subvariant BA.2.86

PUNE: Experts have raised concerns over the emergence of a new Omicron subvariant - BA.2.86 - alongside a slight uptick in active Covid-19 cases recently in some parts in India, including Maharashtra.

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Wide verandas, picket fences or the CBD? How coastal cities near the capitals could ride post-COVID waves of growth

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered population growth in regions at the expense of capital cities. Regional migration has since stabilised, but the pandemic has left its mark. Australians reassessed where they wanted to live and work.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 announces casting for role of Boris Johnson in Partygate drama

New drama will depict the controversial gatherings that that took place at 10 Downing Street during lockdown

Salon

COVID is back. Where are the vaccines?

The latest vaccine updates can't get here soon enough — if people even decide to take them

Reason

Dozens of Colleges Still Require COVID Vaccines for Students

One Atlanta-area college has even reinstated a mask mandate and social distancing.

The Guardian - US

Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike

The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19

The Independent UK

Lionsgate tells employees to wear masks amid new Covid variant

Entertainment company has reinstated a mask mandate amid rising Covid virus cases

The Independent UK

North Korean plane takes off from Beijing in a sign Pyongyang is opening borders post-pandemic

A North Korean commercial flight has taken off from Beijing in a sign that Pyongyang is its opening its borders again after almost three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions

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