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Emergency services rush to Irish coast following tragic incident as man, 30s, dies

He was pronounced dead at the scene

Irish Mirror

Covid tests for China arrivals ‘unlikely to be effective’, says expert

The chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said travel bans will not stop new variants.

The Independent UK

Indonesia scraps mask mandate

JAKARTA: Indonesia has scrapped indoor mask mandates and removed the requirement to show proof of vaccination when entering buildings, becoming one of the last countries to completely end Covid-19 restrictions.

Bangkok Post

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Gardai renew appeal for information 20 years after vicious murder of Sean Poland

39-year-old Sean Poland was killed in his home in Blackwater, Ardnacrusha, Co. Clare on December 31, 2002

Irish Mirror

India to require negative Covid tests from Asian visitors

Healthcare professionals across India have been taking part in anti-Covid drills, and travel rules for several Asian countries including China have been toughened in the wake of Beijing's decision to end the policy of widespread quarantine.

Radio France Internationale

Experts: Underuse of COVID-19 drug Paxlovid shortchanging patients

ATLANTA -- Ira Katz bustles at his pharmacy in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood this cough season, serving patients who need medicine for respiratory viruses like COVID-19. He dispenses occasional packages of Paxlovid, a drug designed to nip COVID in the bud. But there aren’t as many of those Paxlovid…

Tribune News Service

Few tourists, deserted streets in casino hub Macau after reopening

Three years of COVID-19 forced Becky Zhang’s specialty food business in Macau to near collapse. Founded by her grandmother more than fifty years ago, her store selling pastries and dried beef only survived thanks to residents who bought small quantities to help keep them afloat.

Reuters

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Top Stories of the Month: Covid Chaos at China’s Hospitals as Stringent Control Policy Eases

Health care centers from Guangzhou to Shijiazhuang and Beijing are slammed amid surging infections and severe shortages of medical workers

Caixin Global

Spain slaps Covid controls on arrivals from China as UK holds off for now

Travellers arriving in Spain from China will be required to either prove they are fully vaccinated from Covid or have tested negative for the virus, it has been announced by the country’s health minister.

Evening Standard

Longbenton boy, 12, who doctors first thought had long Covid is diagnosed with rare cancer

Rocco Allen, 12, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering with flu like symptoms

Chronicle Live

2023 set to be 'year of recession', expert says

The cost of living crisis wrought havoc in 2022, but 2023 is not expected to be much better

Wales Online

Indonesia lifts remaining COVID restrictions - president

Indonesia on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, since most of the country's population already has antibodies against the disease, President Joko Widodo said.

Reuters

Social welfare: All the changes coming in January as thousands more qualify for support

Some of the changes announced in the Budget for social welfare recipients, workers, carers, and more, come into effect from January 2023

Irish Mirror

Glasgow nurse quits job for road trip to help animal shelters with husband

Jen Stuchlak was a nurse during the coronavirus pandemic and her husband Joey had a vinyl wrapping business. They ditched their jobs to embark on a road trip, helping animal shelters along the way.

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The Independent UK

China faces bumpy road to normal as infections surge

China is on a bumpy road back to normal life as schools, shopping malls and restaurants fill up again following the abrupt end of some of the world’s most severe restrictions even as hospitals are swamped with feverish, wheezing COVID-19 patients

Daily Mirror

Worrying rise in Manchester 'pop-up brothels' making it harder to help exploited women

Manchester sex workers are increasingly using apartments in the city centre as "pop-up brothels" with "very few" massage parlours left, making it harder for vulnerable women to be found

Bangkok Post

Ministry prepares for Chinese arrivals

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Tourism and Sports Ministry to plan for the return of Chinese tourists as about 300,000 are expected to arrive in the first quarter of next year.

Boston Herald

‘Highly contagious’ XBB variant becomes dominant COVID strain, as Boston-area virus wastewater levels keep rising

BOSTON — A new “highly contagious” COVID variant is on the rise across the region, as the Boston-area virus wastewater levels continue to predict a jump in local cases.

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The Independent UK

Mental health issues are ‘parallel pandemic’ that NHS is not equipped to tackle, leaders warn

‘We’ve really got to address the significant, unmet need for care’

Tribune News Service

Has Florida reached an endemic stage of COVID?

While thousands of Floridians continue to be infected by coronavirus, state health officials already are treating COVID-19 as an endemic disease — with health experts clinging to hope that it has become more predictable, manageable and less deadly.

ABC News

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.

Wales Online

New Year's Eve 2022: The events in and around Swansea you can still get tickets for

You can still get tickets to celebrate the first New Year's Eve with no coronavirus restrictions since 2019

Bangkok Post

Ministry braces as curbs end

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Tourism and Sports Ministry to map out measures to handle the return of Chinese tourists as about 300,000 of them are expected to arrive in the first quarter of next year.

ABC News

State-funded COVID testing sites close in Victoria as free RATs offered instead of PCRs

State-funded PCR testing centres will stop operating in Victoria today, but free RATs will be offered at community centres.

Manchester Evening News

Inside the city centre sex trade which has taken over from massage parlours

“Pop-up brothels are the biggest thing. There are very few massage parlours now.”

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