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China: ‘Not necessary’ to dwell on Covid deaths

BEIJING: Chinese health officials said on Wednesday it was “not necessary” to dwell on the exact number of Covid deaths in the country, days after the World Health Organization criticised authorities’ approach to tallying the surge in cases there.

Bangkok Post

NHS Crisis: How will Steve Barclay’s block-book beds initiative work?

Rising flu and Covid cases, NHS strikes over pay, and a significant lack of staff available has called for a change by government with a new block-book hospital bed scheme

Evening Standard

Watch: Andrew Bridgen stripped of Tory whip over Covid vaccine comments

A Tory MP has lost the whip for comparing the Covid vaccination rollout to the Holocaust on Wednesday. Andrew Bridgen also appeared to falsely blame the increase in excess deaths the UK has seen on the jab. The MP for North West Leicestershire, who is currently suspended from the Commons,…

Evening Standard

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UK's Conservatives ditch lawmaker for comparing COVID vaccines to Holocaust

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party expelled a lawmaker from its parliamentary bloc on Wednesday for comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust.

Reuters

Conservative MP stripped of party whip after he linked Covid vaccine to Holocaust

Andrew Bridgen suspended pending investigation

The Independent UK

Who is Andrew Bridgen? The MP who lost the Tory whip over Covid vaccine claims

MP ANDREW Bridgen has lost the Conservative Party whip after having “crossed a line” in his criticism of the Covid-19 vaccine, Chief Whip…

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen has whip removed for spreading Covid misinformation

TORY MP Andrew Bridgen has had the whip suspended by the Conservative Party for spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine, chief whip says.

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Tory MP Andrew Bridgen loses party whip for comparing Covid vaccine rollout to Holocaust and blames NHS crisis on jabs

A Tory MP has lost the whip for comparing the Covid vaccination rollout to the Holocaust on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Vaccine-Maker CanSino Bio Plans Swiss Listing

The company, which has developed multiple Covid-19 vaccines, aims to tap new international financing and boost its global brand

Caixin Global

Dublin economy stagnates with businesses 'feeling the pinch'

Dublin's economy had grown for eighteen consecutive months as the worst of Covid-19 restrictions lifted, but recorded a decline during the last three months of 2022

Dublin Live

Kerry Katona 'never been so ill' as she suffers from mystery virus

Kerry's doctors seem to think she may have caught a new strain of covid

Liverpool Echo

Congress trims funding for Pentagon 'chem-bio' programs - Roll Call

With the Pentagon about to release its biodefense posture review, Congress is cutting funding for biological and chemical defense programs.

Roll Call

Japan, S. Korea protest China visa stoppage amid COVID spat

Japan and South Korea defended public health restrictions on travelers from China on Wednesday, a day after China stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation

The Independent UK

China Imposes Transit Curbs for S.Korea, Japan in Growing COVID Spat

China introduced transit curbs for South Korean and Japanese nationals on Wednesday, in an escalating diplomatic spat over COVID-19 curbs that is marring the grand re-opening of the world's second-largest economy after three years of isolation. China removed quarantine mandates for inbound travelers on Sunday, one of the last vestiges…

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Woman reveals how healthy eating plan helped her to ‘beat long Covid’

Diane Blackmore has lost more than eight stone since following MasterChef star Gregg Wallace’s eating plan

Tribune News Service

Barton Goldsmith: COVID-19 has changed our lives forever. How to keep moving forward

I started this column right after 9/11 in my local paper, The Ventura County Star. About six months later, the column went national, I was offered a show on the local NPR station, and I was consulting for a hit television show. My career, I was told, was meteoric, but…

Evening Standard

Bumper Xmas for Sainsbury as shoppers cut loose

J Sainsbury today insisted it was fending off the competitive threat from Aldi and taking market share from more traditional rivals such as Morrisons.

The Guardian - UK

MPs and peers should declare links to firms they back for contracts, says NAO

Exclusive: After the Michelle Mone scandal and PPE questions, National Audit Office says monitoring conflicts of interest is ‘crucial’

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Australia scrapped its airline mask mandates in September, but global health officials are encouraging passengers to reconsider as the latest Omicron subvariant spreads rapidly.

Liverpool Echo

Rail strikes and end of Covid 'to blame' for Christmas car chaos, claims cabinet member

Drivers reported being marooned in traffic in the days before Christmas

Reuters

China imposes transit curbs for S.Korea, Japan; WHO voices concern over data

The World Health Organisation said a lack of data was making it challenging to help China manage the risks of a COVID-19 surge over the Lunar New Year holiday, as the world's second-largest economy reopens after three years of isolation.

AAP

Crowding adds to flood recovery concerns

Housing shortages in a flood-recovering Victorian regional hub could increase the spread of COVID-19, as families and friends pile into available lodgings.

Chicago Sun-Times

New website tracks and shares COVID-19 levels in Illinois wastewater to help residents ‘make informed decisions’

The site offers snapshots of COVID-19 transmission in communities around 75 wastewater treatment facilities in Illinois.

The Independent UK

Pentagon drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops

The Pentagon has formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated

ABC News

China suspends issuing visas in Japan, South Korea to retaliate for COVID-19 tests for travellers putting Australia at risk of similar treatment

Beijing halts visa processing in South Korea and Japan in protest at what it says are "discriminatory" entry test rules imposed on travellers from China by a range of countries, including Australia.

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