The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Hong Kong shares soar on hopes China COVID rules may ease

Shares have soared more than 7% in Hong Kong after a Communist Party newspaper reported that local officials are being urged not to impose overly burdensome controls to curb coronavirus infections

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Coronavirus: China extends lockdowns as Covid outbreak worsens

BEJING: China's daily local Covid infection rate soared to its highest level since early May, with lockdowns sweeping across the nation.

The Times of India · Nov 4, 2022

Five new Omicron sub-variants found

The Department of Medical Sciences has recently detected five emerging sub-variants of Omicron of Covid-19.

Bangkok Post · Nov 4, 2022

Adopted woman tracks down mum to Glasgow who died months after meeting

Megan Kennedy, who lives in the US, travelled across the pond to meet her biological mother, Patti Neil, who was living in Glasgow. Just months after the pair emotionally met, Patti passed away.

Glasgow Live · Nov 3, 2022

‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music making

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

It may sound paradoxical, but Britain needs to spend its way out of recession

Cutting during a recession has been long discredited, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

"Tripledemic" could worsen COVID wave

A respiratory virus and flu are swamping hospitals, raising the specter of three viruses circulating simultaneously

Salon · Nov 3, 2022

WA farewells emergency COVID-19 powers

State and territory authorities are bracing for an uptick in COVID-19 infections as new variants of the virus spread across Australia.

AAP · Nov 3, 2022

‘Nobody will do anything for us – we’ll do it ourselves!’ Newcastle’s wild DIY music scene thrives against the odds

Funding is drying up and venues are closing – but from pagan folk to deep techno to raw noise, the underground music scene in the north-east is exploding

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

Adopted woman discovered birth family via genealogy website and Facebook, finally finds 'her people'

When she saw a photo of her biological father for the first time, Megan said 'my heart dropped to my toes, I knew it was him'

Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022