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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Beijing to Fully Reopen Border Between Mainland and Hong Kong, Macao

Covid test requirements and quotas will be scrapped starting Feb. 6 for travel to and from the two special administrative regions

Caixin Global

The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News

China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on Feb 6

China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said on Friday that cross border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau would fully resume from Feb. 6, dropping existing quotas and scrapping a mandatory COVID-19 test that was required before travelling.

Reuters

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Long Covid symptoms narrowed down by scientists to just 7 - what are they?

Researchers narrow down list of symptoms associated with debilitating syndrome that follows infection

Wales Online

TGA says RATs effective as cases decline

Virus cases continue to decline with NSW Chief Medical Officer Kerry Chant saying the biggest state is approaching the bottom of the current wave.

AAP

Deaths from Covid in Australian aged care pass 5,000 after monthly fatalities double in January

Department of Health says significant jump to 597 deaths from 22 December to 25 January was partially influenced by a change in reporting methodology

The Guardian - AU

Humza Yousaf: Recovery of Scotland’s NHS will take ‘years’

Scotland’s health secretary has said it would take “years” for the NHS to recover from the impact of Covid, but said progress had been made.

The Independent UK

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People over 18 start getting booster texts from HSE over Covid-19 vaccine lapse risk

Walk-in vaccination clinics are running this Bank Holiday weekend from Friday to Monday

Irish Mirror

The 'Kraken' subvariant XBB.1.5 sounds scary. But behind the headlines are clues to where COVID's heading

The XBB.1.5 subvariant, known informally as “Kraken”, is the latest in a menagerie of Omicron subvariants to dominate the headlines, following increasing detection in the United States and United Kingdom.

The Conversation

Countdown is on for this year's National Multicultural Festival

The much-loved Canberra event - which has been cancelled for the past two years due to COVID - will return to the capital for its 25th anniversary.

The Canberra Times

Council leader refuses to criticise North East Ambulance Service bosses despite damning report

Newcastle City Council chief Nick Kemp said the troubled ambulance service's problems were a result of Government under-investment and the strain caused by Covid-19

Chronicle Live

Stronger Together: artists give their perspective on the frontline health response to the pandemic in Canberra

And it's probably not something you were expecting

The Canberra Times

I’m a doctor and I don’t like wearing masks at work. Does that make me selfish?

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by George Monbiot in which he discusses mask-wearing, clean air and empathy

The Guardian - UK

Who's most likely to save us from the next pandemic? The answer may surprise you

The South African-based scientist who co-discovered the omicron variant of COVID-19 makes an intriguing argument.

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Chronicle Live

Northumberland nursery that struggled after coronavirus pandemic saved from closure

Swarland Pre-school, in Morpeth, has been bought by a company that runs two Newcastle nurseries

The Guardian - UK

British Airways and Virgin to fly daily from UK to China again

Services to Shanghai to restart after Covid quarantine restrictions lifted, with BA also resuming Beijing route

The Independent UK

Post-Christmas fall in Covid-19 hospital patients comes to a halt

Health experts warn that further increases are likely in coming weeks.

Reason

COVID Stimulus Spending Played 'Sizable Role' in Inflation

Fiscal stimulus during the pandemic contributed to an increase in inflation of about 2.6 percentage points.

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Fortune

The COVID-19 national emergency is almost over. Here's what it means for your student loan payments.

Could ending the national emergency affect the Biden administration's one-time student loan forgiveness plan?

Newsroom.co.nz

Mum's memory lives on with Steel rookie

Losing her mum at an early age, Ivari Christie found strength in netball. The explosive teen midcourter has now played her way into the Southern Steel, with help from a couple of Silver Ferns legends, Suzanne McFadden writes.

Evening Standard

‘I was pretty much dying’: Shania Twains recalls her ‘threatening’ Covid-19 battle

The Canadian singer was airlifted to hospital for urgent care

Wales Online

Covid heroes left behind and ‘invisible’ women now struggle to make ends meet

UK firms and public services are much less open to hiring older workers than their younger peers

Tribune News Service

End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals and other priorities.

The Conversation

Remote working improves the lives of female managers - but at a cost

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a question that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: do we really need to be in the office all the time?

Daily Mirror

Long Covid symptoms in full - 23 most reported signs from palpitations to vertigo

The Office for National Statistics has revealed the new list of long Covid symptoms many Brits have reported, including weakness or tiredness, memory loss or confusion, and even diarrhoea

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