The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

The New Mexico Lobos Are Back Home and Better Than Ever

The state doesn’t have any professional sports, so the community rallies behind Richard Pitino and the Lobos basketball team, which is staging a comeback.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 25, 2023

Dawn Butler: Jacinda Ardern has given hope and optimism to women like me in politics

Labour MP Dawn Butler outlines how the outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister was a welcome break from the macho, egocentric primarily male politicians that dominate the world stage, and why it's so important more follow in her footsteps

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

People urged to take up Covid vaccine offer before universal programme closes

Vaccination experts said the nation is moving away from the ’emergency response’ to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Cristiano Ronaldo among 22 players facing ban over Juventus £79m wage scandal

Serie A giants had deferred wages because of Covid-19 but investigation into off-field affairs has unearthed documents suggesting that repayments did not appear on balance sheet

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

South Africa vs England: Cricket World Cup preparations begin with places up for grabs

Ahead of the first ODI on Friday, Malik Ouzia runs the rule over a squad with something to prove despite their enviable world ranking

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023

Commentary: Students bore the brunt of COVID and are feeling its effects on their education

As COVID-19 changed our landscape, K-12 students saw their world shrink to the confines of their computers. Because so many districts in Illinois were unprepared for remote learning, students’ grades in the last quarter of the 2020 school year could not have a negative impact on their second semester grade…

Chicago Tribune · Jan 25, 2023

Anger as Covid conspiracist Marjorie Taylor Greene appointed to House coronavirus subcommittee

Panel expected to investigate Joe Biden’s handling of Covid pandemic

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

North Korea locks down capital due to ‘respiratory illness’ outbreak

North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over "respiratory illness", a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be the first citywide restrictions since the country declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022.

France 24 · Jan 25, 2023

North Korea Locks Down Capital City Over ‘Respiratory Illness'

Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based NK News reported on Wednesday, citing a government notice. The notice did not mentioned COVID-19, but said that residents in the city are required to stay in their…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2023

Bath University start-up lands £1.2m after developing tech that allows vaccines to be stored without fridges

EnsiliTech has developed a way to keep vaccines such as Covid-19 safe out of the fridge or deep freeze

Birmingham Post · Jan 25, 2023