The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

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 · Jan 20, 2023

China’s COVID czar says pandemic cases have dropped to low level

China’s COVID-19 infections have fallen to a “relatively low” level, a top official said ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, when hundreds of millions of Chinese will be in close contact with each other on the nation’s public transport systems and at festival gatherings.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Sundance celebrates the ‘magic’ of being back in-person

The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

One of UK's oldest department stores closes after 240 YEARS in latest high street blow

Eve and Ranshaw has been operating since 1781 but the department store is closing its doors for good because of 'difficult Covid years' and 'the current cost of living crisis'

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Make or break for Macron? French president braves fury over pension reform

Is it one reform too many for Emmanuel Macron? France's president is braving the wrath of the street in what organisers promise is only Day One of the protest movement against his pension reform. A reform he put off during his first mandate because of Covid, but insisted he would…

France 24 · Jan 19, 2023

Victorians won't miss myki, but what will 'best practice' transport ticketing look like?

With fewer people using public transport and more working from home due to the COVID pandemic, public transport agencies need to do everything they can to encourage more people to use their services. An essential step is to make the ticketing and payment process as easy as possible. That means…

The Conversation · Jan 19, 2023

Fears for rural population in China as COVID-19 spreads in villages lacking health care

Experts warn of a deadly COVID-19 spread to rural areas of China, where medical resources are limited and the population is aging, as millions of people begin travelling home as part of the final Lunar New Year travel rush.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

With L.A.’s COVID-Era Tenant Protections Ending, City Leaders Consider Permanent Safeguards

Advocates warn that without immediate action rising evictions will complicate efforts to combat homelessness.

Capital & Main · Jan 19, 2023

Newcastle's Chinese New Year timetable for Sunday's lion, dragon and unicorn dances

Here's what will be happening and when this Sunday as the free Chinese New Year celebrations get under way in the heart of Newcastle to welcome in the Year of the Rabbit

Chronicle Live · Jan 19, 2023

Emails Show CDC Policed COVID Speech on Facebook. Live with Robby Soave, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion of the Facebook Files with Robby Soave.

Reason · Jan 19, 2023