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US president Biden tests negative for Covid, first lady Jill tests positive

NEW DELHI: Just days ahead of US President Joe Biden's India trip for the G20 Summit, first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19.

The Times of India

Only 12% of Bengaluru’s population above 50 years have received any adult vaccines, finds survey

are the seven adult vaccines recommended in India.In Bengaluru, only 12% of adults have taken adult vaccines, despite 84% being aware of them. Doctors recommend adult vaccines to only 12% of aging adults, and many patients don't receive a firm recommendation from their doctors. To improve adult vaccination uptake, measures…

The Hindu

Dr Fauci refutes study claiming that masks don’t work as Covid concerns rise

‘Many studies show there is an advantage’ to wearing masks, he said

The Independent UK

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Government reveals cost to pull down COVID-era Garran Surge Centre

It went up in a month but it will be a lot longer until the centre is taken down.

The Canberra Times

Meet Hilco, the firm behind the scenes at Wilko failure and other high street collapses

Restructuring specialist made its name through dealings with some of best-known British retailers

The Guardian - UK

Pacific Rugby World Cup teams making their mark

The Tongan, Samoan and Fijian rugby teams have made huge strides on the world stage. What can we expect from them this World Cup?

Newsroom.co.nz

What to do if you have Covid 2023: Should you test and isolate if you have symptoms?

New Covid-19 variant Pirola was identified in the UK in August

Evening Standard

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How I turned prisoners’ misery into reading pleasure: the brilliant story of Bang Up Books

When I heard Covid was keeping inmates in cells, I drove a car load of donated books to Pentonville. It became a project that now delivers thousands of books to British jails

The Guardian - UK

BA.2.86: New Covid variant ‘not causing big rise in hospitalisations in London’ but boosters brought forward

Capital seeing a ‘modest increase’ in cases but ‘nothing like the level’ seen in the past

Evening Standard

Former mayor teaching Harvard students about how to deal with a pandemic — and with reporters

Lori Lightfoot’s class will include a mock press conference and a simulated community meeting. She’ll discuss the dangers of politicizing a pandemic and how to interact with the media, drawing on lessons learned amid COVID-19.

Chicago Sun-Times

OPINION - The Standard View: Firm solution needed for concrete problem

It is back to school day across the country — or it ought to be. Instead, pupils at 104 schools and colleges, eight of them in London, face serious disruption after full and partial closures of the buildings they use over fears about a catastrophic collapse of the concrete used…

Evening Standard

What is Pirola – the new BA.2.86 coronavirus variant?

US health agency recommends keeping up to date with COVID vaccines and booster shots annually along with flu jabs.

Al Jazeera

Fauci ‘concerned’ people won’t mask up again as COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise in the U.S.

He ruled out mask mandates, but urged Americans to consider masking if COVID cases surge.

Fortune

My grandma in Wuhan is philosophical about COVID, life and her favorite topic: death

In 2020, Laura Gao hoped to visit her birthplace, Wuhan, to see her grandparents. The coronavirus caused her to cancel. They beat the virus and say they're now "walking backward" toward the sun.

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Covid testing to be ramped up for winter

The UK’s public health body will increase Covid testing and surveillance to ease pressure on the NHS this winter, amid fears of a surge in infections.

France 24

Indian government accused of rewriting history through schoolbook changes

In India, schoolteachers and pupils alike are grappling with the Hindu nationalist government's rewriting and sanitising of textbooks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has extensively revised secondary school curricula, removing all mention of the country's Mughal and Muslim history, which spanned some six centuries, as well as the identity of…

WEKU

More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why

The pilot shortage and changing economics are to blame for legacy airlines departing regional airports

The Independent UK

What is the new Covid variant dubbed as ‘Pirola’ and how many cases are there in the US?

The new Covid strain was placed under the World Health Organisation’s monitoring list

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The Guardian - UK

Swing and Sway review – creating a feminist haven amid the rise of rightwing politics

Based on footage Fernanda Pessoa and Adriana Barbosa recorded during Covid, this film celebrates female empowerment. It falls short of the pioneers it pays tribute to, but it’s an earnest snapshot of the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: School is back in session … so long as your classroom hasn’t collapsed

In today’s newsletter: Unsafe buildings and a teacher exodus are only some of the challenges facing schools this year

The Independent UK

Covid variant ‘Pirola’ spreading fast across the US as new boosters planned for this month – latest

New Covid vaccine that targets Omicron variant expected to be made available in September

The Guardian - UK

Covid: what’s the situation in England, and what should I do if I get it?

As students return from their summer break and a new variant emerges, we look at the rules and advice

The Guardian - UK

Covid testing to be scaled up in England as winter pressure on NHS draws near

A new variant and waning immunity mean surveillance that had been wound down since pandemic will be increased

The Guardian - UK

The BBC’s Marianna Spring: ‘The more violent the rhetoric, the more important it is I expose it’

The broadcaster’s disinformation and social media correspondent spends her time pursuing trolls and dismantling conspiracy theories. In return she is abused, slandered, threatened. She talks about battling cranks, extremists – and Elon Musk

The Times of India

G20 summit: Xi Jinping’s 'no-show' marks shift from statesman to China ‘emperor’

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping began his third term with a diplomatic blitz that bolstered his image as a global statesman. Now, he’s set to skip the world’s premier international forum of world leaders — and it’s not exactly clear why.

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