The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Commentary: Immunity’s down. Infection rates are up. And what happened to everyone’s masks?

Over recent weeks, since before Thanksgiving, there has been a significant and steep rise in COVID-19-related hospitalizations for Americans 70 and older. Nationally, that rate now exceeds the peak of the BA.5 summer wave and the delta wave in the summer of 2021 — and this surge is still in…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022

Education secretary Gillian Keegan urges teachers not to strike as pupils missed ‘enough’ learning in pandemic

A Cabinet minister on Thursday urged teachers not to strike and hit children’s education which suffered so much during the Covid pandemic.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

China's looser anti-COVID measures met with relief, caution

A day after China announced the rollback of some of its most stringent COVID-19 restrictions, people across the country are greeting the news with a measure of relief but also caution, as many wait to see how the new approach will be implemented

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Yet more rail disruption as TransPennine cancels more than 30 services with even more amended

Dozens of routes heading to and from Manchester have been impacted

Manchester Evening News · Dec 8, 2022

Japan's economy shrank less in July-Sept, revised data show

Japan has reported its economy contracted less than previously thought in the last quarter, weathering the country’s latest big COVID wave with less damage than had been thought

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Congress' Lame-Duck Legislators Want To Spend Money Like We're Still in a Pandemic

It's especially outrageous when considering the billions of dollars in fraud that took place thanks to COVID-19 relief programs.

Reason · Dec 8, 2022

Consumer confidence at 20-month high in November

Thai consumer confidence rose for a sixth straight month in November, reaching a 20-month high, boosted by improved economic activity following the easing of Covid-19 curbs and higher foreign tourist arrivals, a survey showed on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Dec 8, 2022

Hotel quarantine worker feared for safety

Being told to work while fearing he was a close contact for COVID-19 prompted a hotel quarantine worker to quit out of concern for his safety, a court heard.

AAP · Dec 8, 2022

COVID spread fears grow as China unwinds zero-tolerance curbs

As many Chinese embraced new freedoms on Thursday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, there was mounting concern that a virus that had largely been kept in check could soon run wild.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Australia leader postpones Papua New Guinea visit due to COVID illness

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has deferred a visit to Papua New Guinea until early next year after testing positive for COVID-19.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022