The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Shop owner makes just £13 a day as people 'don't have money' since Covid lockdown

Mohammed Masi, who runs a shop in Catford, London has revealed he makes just £13 a day and is struggling to pay his rent, claiming that people tell him they "don't have money to shop"

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

NHS crisis causing continued higher-than-normal levels of death

Deaths have remained above average post-Covid lockdowns, with A&E and ambulance delays likely to ‘have had substantial impact’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023

Lowe’s wins COVID lawsuit over unmasked customer who spat repeatedly in store

A Lowe’s shopper in California lost his appeal this month of a court ruling that dismissed his claim that Lowe’s workers should have intervened when another shopper repeatedly spat in his face during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023

SNP leadership candidates 'not up to the job' of fixing the NHS in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon told

Anas Sarwar told Nicola Sturgeon the problems facing the NHS could not simply be blamed on covid.

Daily Record · Mar 9, 2023

Castleford caretaker boss Andy Last wants full-time Tigers job after Lee Radford sacking

England assistant, 42, steps up from No2 to replace sacked Lee Radford in caretake role but he wants the job permanently, especially having been overlooked in similar circumstances at Hull FC for Australian Brett Hodgson

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

New Data Suggests NSW Could Be Copping Its Fifth Wave Of That Bloody Bastard Known As ‘COVID-19’

Encore! Encore!

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 9, 2023

COVID poetry: how a new genre is helping readers to comprehend the pandemic

Research has shown that in the early months of the COVID pandemic people in the UK both reported reading more and used reading to cope with the anxieties brought on by sudden changes to their lifestyle.

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

Day 4 of our Top 15 stories to watch in 2023 – local elections

Welcome to the Thursday, March 9, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Mar 9, 2023

Cabinet Office told Hancock ‘to tone down China Covid lab leak claims’

Officials said it would ‘cause problems’ if ex-health secretary repeated allegations in memoir

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Chinese city backs return of lockdowns for flu outbreaks

A Chinese city may return to Covid-like lockdown measures as part of its plan to contain an outbreak of influenza cases.

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2023