The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Fisher: This Year Will Deliver a Big Surprise — and Big Returns — for Stock Investors

After nearly two gloomy years, it isn’t easy to imagine a brighter 2023. But Chinese stocks’ recent rise shows that there are better days ahead for the market

Caixin Global · Jan 19, 2023

Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases

Hong Kong's leader says the city will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return to normalcy

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

New Zealand's Ardern leaves legacy of kindness, disappointments

Jacinda Ardern has put tiny New Zealand on the map in her five years as prime minister, becoming a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership, even as she struggled at home with the economy and COVID-19 restrictions.

Reuters · Jan 19, 2023

Defibrillators in telephone booths long preceded COVID

A movement to retrofit telephone kiosks with defibrillators across the U.K. is more than a decade old and didn’t result from the coronavirus or vaccines, according to Community Heartbeat Trust, the nonprofit that originated the idea

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Marble Arch: Covid-hit London destination introduces loyalty app to reignite shopping

One of London’s busiest shopping districts is looking to compete against online shopping by encouraging high street spending with its own loyalty app.

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2023

ATAGI is considering a fifth COVID-19 vaccine dose, but how many boosters should I already have and who is eligible?

The federal government is waiting on advice about whether Australians should have a fifth COVID-19 vaccine. So, how many people have had the current boosters and who is eligible for what?

ABC News · Jan 18, 2023

As wait times and the financial pressures of COVID-19 increase, more people across Australia are delaying seeing the dentist

Dental practitioners say they're seeing a rise in tooth decay and damage, particularly among culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2023

Poet Michael Rosen marches with nurses out of ‘gratitude’ after his Covid coma

The 76-year-old said he was in hospital for three months after being put in an induced coma after falling seriously ill with Covid in March 2020.

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Davos 2023: China recovery could be very quick - IMF's Gopinath

China could see a sharp recovery in economic growth from the second quarter onwards based on current infection trends after the dismantling of most COVID-19 restrictions, IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2023

‘Humanity hit a brick wall’: John Cale on the Velvets, Nico, Covid and a gun-ridden world gone bad

As he hits 80 and releases a softly raging album inspired by the ugliness of the pandemic years, the ever restless and eternally avant-garde musician unburdens himself

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023