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COVID: what we know about new omicron variant BF.7

Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a wider surge of COVID infections in China.

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Warning to anyone heading to a Christmas party this December

People are being told to take extra care over the festive period

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1 Stock That Could Easily Beat the Market Over the Next 5 Years

Pfizer (PFE) benefited substantially from the COVID-19 pandemic. It pays a more than 3% dividend, making it attractive for investors looking for stable income. The stock has picked up steady momentum, and its robust fundamentals should help the company easily outpace the market in the coming years. Let’s discuss this…

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BBL ploughs through positive COVID cases

The BBL's season-opener went off without a hitch on Tuesday night despite two players testing positive for COVID on gameday.

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Pulling women's cricket back from brink of extinction

Six years on from the report revealing the dire state of women's cricket in NZ, an update shows the game to be much healthier - but with still much work to do to achieve equity, Suzanne McFadden writes.

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GILD Stock: Is It Still a Smart Investment Ahead of 2023?

GILD gained prominence during the pandemic, but the company’s COVID-19 drug Veklury registered a decline in sales because of declining COVID-19 cases. However, it beat revenue and earnings estimates in the previous quarter. Will the company be able to record further growth in the coming year? Read more to learn…

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Wieambilla shooting: the draw of ‘the blocks’, where a wave of arrivals has landed since the pandemic

Obscured by scrub and trees, residents say it’s nearly impossible to know what neighbours are up to

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Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress

Shares of Merck and Moderna jumped early Tuesday after the drugmakers said a potential skin cancer vaccine they are developing using the same technology behind COVID-19 preventive shots did well in a mid-stage study

The Independent UK

Major flu outbreak hits Kremlin as Vladimir Putin 'moves into bunker' in Russia

Vladimir Putin may cancel his annual address to the Duma's (Parliament's) Upper House as infections continue to surge and because he has nothing to say about the war in Ukraine which continues to rob Russian families of their young men and women

Daily Mirror

China Allows Online Sales of Pfizer Covid Pill Paxlovid

Patients can buy the antiviral drug after presenting a positive test result

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Man who sold fake funerals to grieving Scots families admits pretending to be nurse during Covid

Barry Fisher admitted falsely representing himself as a registered nurse in Lanarkshire last January, and earlier this year was caged for a £130k funeral scam in Fife.

Daily Record

‘We’re going back to Victorian times - I only eat tinned sardines and cold beans’

On the Breadline: ‘Covid was nothing compared to this,’ 63-year-old on benefits tells Thomas Kingsley

The Independent UK

Pune's Sassoon hospital and BJMC Pune perform first organ and tissue donation after Covid era

PUNE: Pune’s Sassoon General Hospital and BJ Medical College undertook first organ donation following the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Times of India

‘Decade of neglect’ has left NHS unable to tackle care backlog, report finds

Health service ‘paying the price’ for austerity, warns King’s Fund think tank

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Some Chinese university students to return home to reduce Lunar New Year COVID spread

Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential of a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush.

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Burns hurt as Stars set Thunder 123 to win

Joe Burns has suffered a hamstring injury as the Melbourne Stars managed only 8-122 with the bat in the BBL opener against the Sydney Thunder in Canberra.

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Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.09% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.66%

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle Harness Racing Club back on track after COVID-hit year

Newcastle Harness Racing Club have posted a net profit of about $114,000 for the 2021-22 financial year to bounce back from a COVID-driven loss.

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Japan's Meiji Holdings says drug unit started late-stage trial for COVID vaccine

Japan's Meiji Holdings Co said on Tuesday its drug subsidiary had started a Phase III trial of an mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19.

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Pandemic Diaries by Matt Hancock review – rewriting history

Assembled after the fact, these ‘diaries’ strain the usual definition – and the patience of those wanting a fuller account of government mistakes

Dublin Live

Dublin woman who was first in Ireland to get Covid vaccine will be laid to rest this week

It is understood that Annie Lynch, 81, passed away on Saturday following a battle with cancer

The Independent UK

Rhod Gilbert ‘feeling good’ as he discloses stage four cancer diagnosis

Comedian also recalled the symptoms he had prior to being diagnosed

Reuters

Shionogi says Japan government to buy 1 million more COVID pill doses

Shionogi Co Ltd said on Tuesday the Japanese government agreed to purchase an additional 1 million doses of its oral treatment for COVID-19.

Bangkok Post

Thai Airways in talks to add 20 twin-aisle jets to fleet

Thai Airways International Plc is in talks with planemakers to add some 20 twin-aisle passenger jets, according to people familiar with the matter, as the beleaguered carrier seeks to refresh its fleet amid a travel rebound in Southeast Asia.

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We're entering a new phase of COVID, where we each have to assess and mitigate our own risk. But how?

The Australian government’s latest COVID management plan, released yesterday, maps how the nation will learn to live with COVID. This means transitioning from the emergency phase of the pandemic response, to responding to it in a similar way to other respiratory diseases.

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