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Commentary: Suppressing debate on COVID-19 policies leads to mistrust in public health

China has abandoned its "COVID-zero" campaign, and with the loosening of social restrictions, the country has shifted its focus from preventing COVID-19 infections to managing them. As part of that program, Li Guangxi, with China’s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, gave an interview last month encouraging people to…

Chicago Tribune

Killings of women rise by a quarter in wake of Covid

198 women were killed, almost all by men, in the 12 months to the end of March last year - up nearly a quarter on previous year

Evening Standard

End of vaccine boost for AstraZeneca as it looks elsewhere for growth

The firm made just shy of $4 billion from sales of its Covid-19 vaccine in 2021, but sales have since more than halved and were down 95% at the tail end of last year

Evening Standard

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Sierra Leone’s pregnant teens matched with mentors to save their lives

Around the world, 130 million girls are out of school. And following the Covid pandemic, it’s estimated that a further 11 million girls may not return to the classroom. With barriers like early marriage, pregnancy, violence and harassment and period poverty, millions of girls are fighting to learn. Let Girls…

Evening Standard

Covid fears, high prices curb Chinese group tours

China's travel agencies have resumed promotion of overseas package tours in an effort to jump start the tourism sector, but they could face a hard time finding customers ready to travel abroad.

Bangkok Post

China’s Growth Prospects After Zero-Covid

Despite the IMF upgrading its GDP projection, China is facing major downward pressures that seem likely to constrain its recovery, in both the short and medium term.

The News Lens

Faye Flam: Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. In the past, the inability to spread…

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An ancient art form got a new twist from this engineering student, 7,000 miles from his home in China

PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel University engineering student Teng Zhang took up Chinese calligraphy recently, seeking a connection with family members in China whom he has not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Conor McGregor will be forced to lose 40lb for Michael Chandler comeback fight

Despite McGregor's insistence that he will be returning at welterweight after a lengthy bulking period, UFC boss Dana White says his fight with Michael Chandler will be at lightweight

Daily Mirror

Technology can bring more tourists back to Indonesia – but first we need a map to guide us

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and has been devastating for human life. Global tourism collapsed as tourist arrivals decreased by 71% in 2021.

The Conversation

Changing demographics gave Yum China a new target audience: pet owners

“More and more young people have pets,” says Yum China CEO Joey Wat, as prosperous young Chinese delay starting families.

Fortune

Singapore relaxes COVID travel curbs, mask rules further

Singapore will drop a requirement for travellers who are not fully vaccinated to show COVID test results or purchase coronavirus travel insurance from Feb 13, the government's virus taskforce said on Thursday.

Reuters

NHS in Bristol region faced ‘horrific winter’ with almost three-hour ambulance waits

December saw high levels of infection, industrial action and long delays

Bristol Post

‘I felt true rage’: How anti-vaxxers hijacked the story of a woman who lost her legs from Covid complications

Florida woman says Covid and congenital heart issue lead to complications, not vaccine

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Bangkok Post

Kraken, Othrus subvariants 'more transmissible'

The new Covid-19 subvariants Kraken and Orthrus are considered highly transmissible and the Public Health Ministry is urging people with underlying conditions and the elderly to get vaccinated.

Tribune News Service

Gerrit Cole still has something to prove entering fourth season with Yankees

NEW YORK — It’s been two full years plus a COVID season since Gerrit Cole joined the Yankees, and his most memorable exploits were getting blasted at the 2021 wild-card game in Boston and the infamous press conference where he froze like a deer in the headlights when asked about…

Los Angeles Times

Of course Jonah Hill and Lauren London CGI-kissed in ‘You People’ — remember COVID-19?

LOS ANGELES — Notice something strange about that kiss in the Jonah Hill-Lauren London movie “You People”? And no, we’re not talking about the fact that London’s character Amira actually fell for Hill’s Ezra.

Chicago Sun-Times

New research shows CDC exaggerated the evidence for masks to fight COVID

The analysis found that wearing masks in public “probably makes little or no difference.”

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Yum China Profit Slumps 90% in Fourth Quarter on Covid Disruptions

Operator of KFC and Pizza Hut reports January rebound and sees a stronger 2023 as it plans to add more than 1,100 new outlets

Reason

Will Litigation Over Title 42 "Public Health" Migrant Expulsions Soon Become Moot When Biden Ends the Covid Emergency?

If so, Title 42 expulsions might finally end. But it's not a done deal yet.

Bangkok Post

Time to prepare for the next health emergency

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally. When the virus was at its peak, many low- and middle-income countries struggled to save lives while sustaining essential medical services such as maternal health care, routine childhood immunisation, and the treatment of non-communicable diseases.

Bangkok Post

Thai economic prospects far from rosy

Logically, one would imagine that 2023 would be a much better year than 2022. Covid is over in every corner of the earth and economic activities resume. The world oil price is below US$80 (2,677 baht) per barrel and inflation is coming down. At the first meeting of 2023, the…

Liverpool Echo

Bootle Strand losses questioned as budget plans pass first hurdle

A raft of measures are being proposed to balance the council's budget

The Conversation

Will multicultural Australians support the Voice? The success of the referendum may hinge on it

When Warren Mundine, one of the lead “no” campaigners of the Voice to parliament, suggested that migrants be recognised in the Constitution along with Indigenous Australians, it was criticised as a diversionary and potentially destabilising intervention.

The Conversation

The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and co-operation can overcome them

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, stringent public health regulations were imposed to protect vulnerable individuals, with older people seen as a particularly vulnerable group.

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