The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Workers flee iPhone assembly factory in China after COVID-19 outbreak

Chinese authorities are hastily drawing up plans to isolate workers fleeing a COVID-19 outbreak at one of the largest iPhone assembly factories in China.

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

COVID-19 state of emergency in WA to end on Friday amid review into handling of pandemic

WA's COVID-19 state of emergency will end on Friday, more than two and a half years after it began, as the government prepares for an independent review into its performance during the pandemic.

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

Macau reimposes COVID curbs as China loosens visa rules for gambling hub

Macau authorities reinstated tough COVID-19 curbs including locking down a major casino over the weekend after a handful of cases were detected, even as China announced a loosening of visa rules for visitors to the world's biggest gambling hub.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

The woman who has overcome devastating loss to launch a successful new restaurant in Mumbles

Full of Graze serves delicious breakfasts, sandwiches, toasties, soups, Afternoon Tea - and gorgeous 'grazing boards'

Wales Online · Oct 30, 2022

Sydney woman killed in Seoul crowd crush ‘loved by all’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2022

California set a record for greenhouse gas reductions in 2020, but it means nothing

LOS ANGELES — First, the good news: The amount of planet-warming gases Californians released into the atmosphere in 2020 was 9% less than the previous year — a record decline mostly because of motorists driving less amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 30, 2022

NAPLAN results show no overall decline in learning, but 2 per cent drop in participation levels an 'issue of concern'

Despite some small anomalies, the latest NAPLAN results show students' results have broadly stayed the same or improved over the past 15 years.

ABC News · Oct 30, 2022

Couple forced to leave home in caravan park after living there 'illegally' for 20 years

The temporary home should be used for recreation and holiday use only and does not require council tax payment.

Daily Record · Oct 30, 2022

Workers leave iPhone factory in Zhengzhou amid COVID curbs

Workers in a manufacturing facility in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou appear to have left to avoid COVID-19 curbs

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2022

Woman told inmate husband was dead - before prison bosses admit mix-up with killer

Police told the wife of a man with the same surname as serial killer Anthony Hardy that her husband, who was also in prison, had died at HMP Frankland in County Durham

Daily Mirror · Oct 30, 2022