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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

The Independent UK

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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.

WEKU

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.

AAP

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.09% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.66%

Caixin Global

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.

Newcastle Herald

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.

Reuters

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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.

The Conversation

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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Nottingham parents issue message after child diagnosed with rare and 'really devastating' disease

Shagufta Asghar, 35, and her husband Derek Deidrick, 46, from Nottingham, were told their seven-week-old son Raheem had the rare liver disease biliary atresia in August 2021.

The Independent UK

China students return home amid COVID travel spread fears

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

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong drops curbs on incoming travellers, scraps Covid app

HONG KONG: Arrivals in Hong Kong from Wednesday will no longer receive an 'amber' code barring them from some venues, Chief Executive John Lee said, while dropping use of a government-mandated Covid-19 mobile application.

The Conversation

The High Court and the Ombudsman have found fault with NZ’s MIQ system – should the government apologise?

Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.

Bangkok Post

Covid-19 becoming a seasonal bug

Covid-19 is becoming a seasonal virus in Thailand, primarily active during two periods of the year, experts said.

AAP

PCR test still there for those at risk: PM

Despite changes to how PCR tests can be accessed, the prime minister has assured that vulnerable groups can still get the tests for free.

Bangkok Post

Covid-19 now becoming a seasonal bug

Covid-19 is becoming a seasonal virus in Thailand, primarily active during two periods of the year, said Yong Poovorawan, director of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.

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