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Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week

Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative test, beginning Saturday as the country’s Golden Week holiday season begins and a large influx of foreign tourists is expected

The Independent UK

Mother who starved son, three, to death found not guilty due to insanity

Olabisi Abubakar was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and mind was ‘thrown off balance’ during Covid lockdown

The Guardian - UK

Experts urge Brits to wear face masks as Arcturus Covid variant spreads in UK

Professor Stephen Griffin, chair of Independent SAGE, said people in the UK should wear masks on public transport and go back to regular testing.

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Belfast football club hoping to sign off season with memorable double

They have already clinched their league title, and now they have a chance to win the Francis Cup

Belfast Live

People urged to start wearing masks and testing thanks to new Covid strain

Experts say it is up to individuals to help stop the spread of the disease

Wales Online

Steady drip of COVID-19 cases continues in peloton

Warren Barguil latest positive case, Giro d'Italia in doubt

Cycling News

'My mum was denied proper care before she died during Covid thanks to a lack of PPE'

Michelle Rumball, 50, last saw her mum Violet, 78, alive on April 8, 2020, when she was rushed to Northwick Hospital in an ambulance struggling to breathe. She later discovered medics ruled out a physical examination due to PPE shortages

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Brits urged to wear face masks again as new Arcturus Covid strain spreads across UK

The continuous spread of the super-infectious Covid variant Arcturus means the British public should revert to once again using face masks to protect themselves on public transport, it's been claimed

Daily Mirror

Mental health of young people in Perth and Kinross reaching 'crisis point' following Covid pandemic impact

Perth and Kinross Council has revealed that individuals still suffering from emotional harm, drug use and suicidal thoughts has led to more being taken into care

Daily Record

Laurence Fox slammed by academic LIVE on GB News over vaccine claims

AN academic told GB News host Laurence Fox “I sometimes wonder why you exist” after the broadcaster claimed “conspiracy factualists” had…

The National (Scotland)

Driver held hostage in Meath heist before thieves make off with lorry full of Covid test kits

The shocking incident happened near Slane on Tuesday night. A lorry driver delivering Covid test kits was threatened by a group of people before they made off with the vehicle.

Irish Mirror

Covid Arcturus variant spreading in Ireland as cases triple and peculiar new symptom reported

Cases of the new Arcturus Covid variant, known as Omicron XBB.1.16, have tripled in Ireland. It comes amid growing concern worldwide about the strain's rapid spread.

Irish Mirror

The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News

Arcturus: What we know about the new Covid variant and its symptoms

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

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The Hindu

India logs 7,533 new COVID-19 cases, 44 deaths

The active COVID-19 cases at 53,852 now comprise 0.12% of the total infections, the Union Health Ministry data shows.

The Conversation

With the COVID crisis easing, is the National Cabinet still fit for purpose?

Australian political leaders are good crisis managers. The establishment of the National Cabinet in March 2020, which brought together the prime minister, state premiers and territory chief ministers to coordinate the national response to the COVID pandemic, played into this strength.

Bangkok Post

PM sounds alarm on Covid's resurgence

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed health authorities in major tourism destinations to closely monitor the number of Covid-19 cases in their area as the number of new infections continues to surge after the holidays.

Daily Mirror

Teacher's Covid lie exposed after he leaves proof he went on holiday on school printer

Nikoloz Papashvili was a teaching supervisor at an Ealing school when he had a holiday request turned down by the headteacher but went away anyway while claiming he had Covid, a tribunal heard

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The Conversation

Post-pandemic work in the public sector: A new way forward or a return to the past?

Three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, many public health restrictions have been lifted and organizations are requiring workers to return to the office.

Bangkok Post

Pros, cons of Thai education

As the Covid-19 pandemic begins to ease, the number of international students looking to study in Thailand's higher education institutions is starting to rise.

Al Jazeera

US to open Latin America migration centres, expedite deportations

Group calls move to address an expected spike in border crossings a ‘Faustian bargain’ as COVID-19 expulsion rule ends.

Salon

The best foods to eat when you're ill

Under the weather? Never underestimate the healing powers of chicken soup (and lots and lots of water)!

The Independent UK

Pandemic sent high school sex to new low, survey finds

The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex

Newsroom.co.nz

Sisters first, sailors second in twins' Olympic quest

Sailing twins Courtney and Brianna Reynolds-Smith are gunning for the Paris Olympics, and although it's been an uphill battle, they're happy chasing the same dream together, Suzanne McFadden writes.

The Times of India

Delhi records seven Covid fatalities, 865 fresh cases

NEW DELHI: Delhi reported seven Covid-related fatalities for the second consecutive day on Thursday and registered 865 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 16.90 per cent, according to data shared by the city government's health department.

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