The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

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 · Dec 13, 2022

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 · Dec 13, 2022

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

Dublin Live · Dec 13, 2022

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.

Nottingham Post · Dec 13, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · Dec 13, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · Dec 13, 2022

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.

AAP · Dec 12, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · Dec 12, 2022