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WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel

GENEVA - The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing.

Bangkok Post

Novak Djokovic set to pull out of Indian Wells as Covid vaccine exemption hopes dwindle

World No.1 Novak Djokovic, full of confidence after his Australian Open success, looks likely to miss another tournament in the US amid his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid

Daily Mirror

Kidnap survivor with PTSD during Covid livid at Matt Hancock's hotel quarantine jokes

Award winning journalist and refugee Zaina Erhaim has condemned messages sent by then health secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case about quarantine hotels

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Timeline of lockdown gatherings as committee investigates whether Johnson lied

The saga is not over, with a Commons committee investigating whether the former PM lied to MPs with his partygate denials.

The Independent UK

Norovirus cases in over-65s in England at highest in a decade

Care homes hard hit while overall cases up 24% on pre-Covid five-season average

The Guardian - UK

Covid rule breaches would have been 'obvious' to Boris Johnson, MPs say

The cross-party Privileges Committee said evidence suggest the House of Commons was misled by the former Prime Minister

Manchester Evening News

Messages show how No 10 struggled to explain Covid parties within rules

Communications director Jack Doyle wondered whether a proposed explanation blew a ‘gaping hole’ in Boris Johnson’s account.

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Did Boris Johnson ‘follow the science’ on Covid? He couldn’t even do the maths

Leaked WhatsApps reveal his ignorance needing constant correction by advisers, says Kit Yates, director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail to raise stamp prices by 'record breaking' amount in April

Royal Mail has said the decision to up the price was made after "careful consideration" and in light of the 25% drop in letter volumes since the Covid-19 pandemic

Daily Mirror

UK’s drive-throughs step up a gear as posh brands take to the road

Bakery chain Gail’s is latest high-street chain hoping to serve its food through car windows

The Guardian - UK

London expects a summer wave of US tourists but fears of cancellations rise amid craze for over-booking

Bookings from the US double but early reservations can often end in cancellations

Evening Standard

Latest rise in UK Covid-19 infections may be slowing

The Omicron variant BA.2.75 now accounts for more than three quarters of infections.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson may have misled parliament multiple times, partygate committee finds

EVIDENCE strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been “obvious” to Boris Johnson during partygate, the inquiry into whether…

The National (Scotland)

Government wanted to 'get heavy' with police over Covid lockdown rules

'The plod got their marching orders'

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Big rise in retail footfall in Wales but still to recover to pre-pandemic levels

New figures have been published by the Welsh Retail Consortium

The New Daily

‘Trench warfare’ between Monique Ryan and political staffer

MP Monique Ryan saw herself as PM and scolded aide Sally Rugg for catching a plane while infected with COVID-19, court papers allege

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Sue Gray’s new job in no way calls partygate report into question

The assignment handed to Sue Gray, to investigate gatherings on government premises during Covid restrictions, was politically radioactive. But under huge public scrutiny and political pressure, the senior civil servant performed the task admirably.

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Legislation tied to COVID vaccinations for school-aged children moves out of committee

Legislation prohibiting the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring COVID vaccinations for school attendance is before the full House. The bill got backing Thursday from the House Health Services Committee.

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The Guardian - UK

Pupil protests across England and Wales spread by social media, experts say

Disruption relating to issues such as rules on uniforms and use of toilets has taken place at a number of schools since last week

Evening Standard

The 10 most excruciating leaked Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages

The more than 100,000 leaked texts shed light on the Government’s haphazard handling of the pandemic. Ethan Croft has combed through the data and dug out the most salacious

The New Daily

Australian superannuation funds are top performers globally

Australian superannuation funds stand out globally as top performers and are diversifying their investments to provide more stability

Fortune

That raspy cough you have might not be COVID. Here’s how to determine if it’s another virus raging this winter

Unfortunately, you can't, experts tell Fortune. But testing to determine which you have is still important, in order to determine the best treatment plan, they say.

The Independent UK

Ministers’ confusion about Covid rules caused resentment among police – ex-chief

Matt Hancock and senior officials discussed the need to ‘get heavy’ with the police over enforcing lockdown measures, leaked messages show.

The Guardian - US

Covid was top line-of-duty death for US police for third year running in 2022

Report shows pace has slowed, however, with 70 law enforcement deaths recorded in the line of duty

Evening Standard

Country’s most senior civil servant Simon Case mocked holidaymakers ‘locked up’ in Covid quarantine hotels

The UK’s most senior civil servant mocked travellers who were being “locked up” in quarantine hotels during the Covid pandemic, according to leaked WhatsApp messages published by the Telegraph.

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