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WHO accuses China of withholding data over possible Covid origin link to raccoon dogs

Head of World Health Organization says China ‘should have’ shared data years ago

The Independent UK

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China should share raccoon dog data in probe of COVID-19 origins, WHO says

Tribune News Service

China should share raccoon dog data in probe of COVID-19 origins, WHO says

The World Health Organization called on China to fully share genetic data that may help discern the origins of COVID-19 after it appeared briefly on an international database.

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Raccoon dogs emerge as possible COVID-19 source in new analysis

MELBOURNE, Australia — New data linking COVID-19 to raccoon dogs in a Wuhan wet market provides “important incremental evidence” supporting the hypothesis that the virus originated in wildlife, according to a scientist who has studied the genesis of the pandemic in China.

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Are raccoon dogs the missing link in the mystery of COVID-19's origins? The answer depends on whom you talk to

New molecular evidence pointing to their presence at the Wuhan wet market tied to COVID's early days is either a smoking gun or a red herring, experts say.

Fortune

World number one Novak Djokovic fails in bid to get exemption for Miami Open

World number one Djokovic is not vaccinated against Covid-19.

The Independent UK

Researchers Pressured Twitter To Treat COVID-19 Facts as 'Misinformation'

The latest Twitter Files shows a partnership between Stanford University researchers and government-funded organizations encouraged social media companies to police true information.

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How the COVID-19 pandemic transformed restaurants and stores

How, when and where we eat and shop is different than three years ago.

Axios

Brits flocking to holiday hotspots a year after Covid rules were ditched, poll shows

After after the UK scrapped its remaining travel restrictions, 65% of people said that they are planning a foreign holiday in the next 12 months

Daily Mirror

Cocaine production, smuggling on the rise after pandemic-related slowdown

Cocaine production and trafficking is surging around the world after slowing down considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

3 years, 4 million cases, more than 36,000 deaths: Numbers shape Illinois’ dismal COVID-19 story

Statewide death toll now is nearing 37,000 — roughly the equivalent of wiping out the population of Calumet City. Chicago area accounts for nearly half the deaths — about 8,000 in the city, over 7,500 in suburban Cook County.

Chicago Sun-Times

WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

WEKU

Cocaine production hits record high as post-Covid demand picks up in Europe

Global production of cocaine has jumped dramatically over the past two years following an initial slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the first report dedicated to the global cocaine market from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

France 24

These are some of the lives forever changed by COVID-19

A baby born after a partner’s death. The ‘Tamale Guy,’ left with a raspy voice but working again. A girl, 13, and a grandmother, both struggling with long COVID. A nurse, exhausted but pushing on. All share a sense of loss and a need to push on.

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Irish Mirror

66,000 court summonses currently backlogged following delays caused by pandemic and lack of space for hearings

The legal documents are sent to people informing them to attend court and are issued for offences such as road, drug, public order and assaults.

Asharq Al-Awsat

New COVID Origins Data Point to Raccoon Dogs in China Market

Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, suggesting the pandemic may have originated from animals, not a lab, international experts say. Other experts have not yet verified their analysis, which has yet…

The Independent UK

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

The mystery to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic now has some new clues

Reuters

Veterans, carpenters and vaccines: What's at stake if US COVID aid is canceled

A Republican proposal to cancel unspent COVID-19 relief money could undercut healthcare for military veterans and pensions for blue-collar workers while doing little to improve the U.S. fiscal picture, a Reuters review of federal spending figures found.

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England to end pre-departure COVID test rule for arrivals from China

The British government said it would end the requirement for people flying from mainland China to England to provide proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test from April 5.

WEKU

Clinics on wheels bring doctors and dentists to health care deserts

Health care vans that provided COVID testing and vaccines in the pandemic are now providing a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. New access to federal funds could expand the trend.

Manchester Evening News

Covid restrictions for people arriving in England from China to be scrapped

China has reportedly increased sharing of information regarding the virus' levels in the country

The Independent UK

Covid test requirement for arrivals from China to end next month

Measures were introduced in January in a bid to strengthen the UK’s ability to rapidly detect potential new coronavirus variants circulating in China.

The Guardian - UK

New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market

Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNA

Evening Standard

Remove barriers for every individual to end gender inequity, says first female head of Rotary International

The first female Rotary International president in the organisations’s 117 year history said a number of barriers remain for women in the workplace, particularly for those who could not work during the Covid pandemic.

Chronicle Live

North East visitor attraction numbers bounce back after pandemic

Beamish Museum and Durham Cathedral were the region's most visited sites - but numbers are still down on 2019

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