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Ministers rally behind Covid inquiry after Hancock WhatsApp revelations

Government seeks to bolster confidence in public investigation amid claims process will take too long

The Guardian - UK

UK cat cull was considered early in Covid crisis, ex-minister says

James Bethell says government considered whether all pet cats might have to be put down to contain virus

The Guardian - UK

WhatsApp leak first skirmish of battle that will last all year

Political legacies at stake as Tory big-hitters give their version of pandemic response

The Independent UK

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Competing US views on origins of Covid reveal deeper splits over China policy

FBI chief’s endorsement of Covid lab leak theory highlights the tussle between hawks and doves within the administration

The Guardian - US

Daughters who lost loved ones to Covid slam Matt Hancock after claims he allegedly rejected test advice

The former Health Secretary has been accused of rejecting advice to give Covid tests to all residents going into care homes during the height of the pandemic

Chronicle Live

War of words erupts over Covid Whatsapp messages

An extraordinary war of words has erupted over events at the centre of government during the Covid pandemic after more than 100,000 of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages were leaked.

The Independent UK

Misplaced tube may have contributed to London boy’s Covid death, inquest hears

Doctor who treated Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab in March 2020 says breathing tube was in wrong position

The Guardian - UK

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Airlines still have millions of unclaimed travel vouchers issued during Covid-19 pandemic

Customers were encouraged to take vouchers rather than refunds when flights were cancelled - but many are yet to use them

Wales Online

EMS workers punished for media interviews in NYC settle suit

Four New York City ambulance workers who said they were disciplined for speaking to the media during the harrowing, early months of the COVID-19 pandemic have reached a settlement in their free speech lawsuit against the fire department and the city

The Independent UK

Government’s pandemic failures led to higher deaths among minorities

Letter: It seems we do not want to learn the lessons from Covid, says Jabeer Butt of the Race Equality Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Reports on COVID origin reignite conspiracy theories about virus

FBI director, US Department of Energy say virus originated in a lab, but other US officials say there’s no consensus.

Al Jazeera

First UK child to die with Covid may have died after 'horrendous oversight by doctors'

London teenager Ismail Mohammed died a week after lockdown at King's College Hospital - and an inquest has now heard the positioning of a tube in his throat may have contributed to his death

Daily Mirror

The staggering sums of money obese teenager's parents spent on takeaways as she died upstairs

The parents had over 90 takeaways in the month before their daughter's death

Wales Online

Hamish Coney: Nau mai ki te Kapua/Welcome to the Cloud*

Aotearoa Art Fair 2023 opens today in a city on a post Te Matatini high, but still reeling from the cyclone blues. Hamish Coney recommends a restorative trip to the Cloud on Tāmaki’s waterfront to catch the mahi toi of more than 180 artists from Aotearoa, Australia and beyond.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Matt Hancock accused of rejecting care home testing advice

Before we begin, I ought to declare an interest: I have for many years defended Matt Hancock. As health secretary, he made significant errors in his handling of the pandemic, not least the way in which Covid was allowed to spread into residential care homes in the spring of 2020.…

Evening Standard

Labour demands Covid inquiry report ‘by end of year’ after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

Sunak urges people not to focus on ‘piecemeal bits of information’ and to let the inquiry ‘get on with the job’

The Guardian - UK

Minister rejects claim Matt Hancock ignored advice on Covid testing

Helen Whately defends ex-colleague while answering urgent question in Commons after leak of messages

The Independent UK

Inquest into death of first UK child Covid victim told of breathing tube error

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, died in the early hours of March 30 2020, three days after testing positive for Covid-19.

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Fortune

China warns Elon Musk not to share reports COVID was leaked from Wuhan lab

Tesla is heavily dependent on China both as a market and a manufacturing hub.

Daily Mirror

Jane Moore clashes with Coleen Nolan as she defends Matt Hancock over Covid WhatsApp leak

Jane Moore hit out at Coleen Nolan and the rest of the Loose Women panel as she argued the leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages were in the "public interest"

Wales Online

Lying in her own filth and screaming in pain- the horrifying conditions 23 stone disabled girl died in

Kaylea Titford was willfully let down by those responsible for her care and left in conditions 'unfit for any animal'

The Guardian - UK

Failure to step up Covid testing capacity in England left care homes exposed

While tests existed, scientists could not track size of outbreak, leaving vulnerable people unprotected

Irish Mirror

'We cannot allow it to steal more years' - CMO issues welcome Covid message to older people

"You will have missed out on family moments, or precious time with friends and neighbours and doing the things you always enjoyed"

Autosport

F1 revenue boosted to $2.5 billion in 2022 amid record fan attendance

Formula 1’s revenue and profits continued to grow in 2022 as grand prix racing finally moved out of the COVID period that impacted the previous two years.

The Guardian - UK

Whatever the merits of the Hancock leaks, this much is clear: Britain needs to speed up its Covid inquiry

Did decisions made by the former health secretary lead to more care home deaths? We should already know, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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