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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Switzerland proposes $1,000 fines for breaking ‘burqa ban’

Face coverings in public places are banned after a March 2021 referendum, but face masks against COVID-19 are allowed.

Al Jazeera

Millions more people to be invited for Covid-19 booster jab

Online and phone bookings for the jab will open for 12 million people on Friday

Manchester Evening News

GMB Kate Garraway's heartbreaking update as Derek continues to fight illness in hospital

He's been battling with his health for two years

Nottingham Post

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Plane enthusiast turns his van into mobile flight simulator

Steven Fletcher created it using an old plane he bought on eBay while "bored" during the Covid lockdown

Wales Online

ITV Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid bites back at Ben Shephard over Martin Lewis' 'plus one' dig ahead of NTA's

She was quick to hit back at Ben's suggestion about her invite to the National Television Awards on Thursday evening

Manchester Evening News

What the White House sees coming for COVID this winter

The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.

WEKU

COVID took over their high school experience. They want senior year to be different

For the class of 2023, every year of high school was disrupted by the pandemic. NPR talked to five seniors about what that's been like.

WEKU

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'I feel like a burden and a nuisance to everyone': People share their horrendous waits for operations on the NHS

One person said he'd been waiting the best part of 10 years for a hip operation

Wales Online

Covid vaccine: When can I get my booster jab?

UK entering a new wave of the virus, experts warn

The Independent UK

Easyjet plunges to fresh losses while Ryanair rockets into profit

EASYJET said today it is back on the up after two torrid Covid affected years, but it will still plunge to another loss this year.

Evening Standard

Tourists come back to Taiwan after strict Covid-19 restrictions eased

Taiwan has been among the hardest places for a tourist to get access to - but not any more

Evening Standard

Anti-CCP protest and lockdown fears fuel China tensions before congress

Images show banners emblazoned with protest messages hanging from overpass on major road in Beijing

The Guardian - UK

12million people to be asked to come in for a Covid booster from Friday

People have been urged to get the jab amid a warning of a potential “twindemic”

Wales Online

‘It felt like I was never going to get better’: patients navigating long Covid

Those affected with long Covid have to cope with an illness that is not yet well understood. Three patients discuss their journey

The Guardian - US

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: A crowning achievement: Welcome back, Lady Liberty

This week, after more than two-and-a-half years of COVID closure, visitors returned to the top of the Statue of Liberty, climbing the 146 winding steps up the double helix spiral staircase to reach inside her crown and look down on the harbor from the 25 windows, exactly as intended when…

Tribune News Service

Faye Flam: An NYU professor got fired. Then everyone missed the point

The disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is loosening society’s grip on some stubborn assumptions about different facets of life, especially work and education. The latest: that the hardest college classes are the most rigorous, as exemplified in last week’s hullabaloo over the case of an New York University professor…

The Guardian - US

‘Zero scent’: could negative reviews of smelly candles hint at a Covid surge?

There is indeed a correlation between Covid cases and the number of reviews complaining that Yankee Candles don’t have a smell, research shows

Irish Mirror

Urgent warning as 'difficult' winter approaches and one Dublin hospital reports being at breaking point

The number of people hospitalised with Covid is also increasing

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Bangkok Post

Hong Kong eyes property tax cut, visa moves to reverse Covid brain drain

Hong Kong is considering easing property taxes and visa restrictions as authorities seek to curb a pandemic brain drain that’s threatened the city’s status as an international financial hub.

The Guardian - UK

Four out of five pupils in England say progress suffered due to Covid

State school pupils twice as likely to feel they have fallen behind than peers in private schools, landmark study finds

Bangkok Post

Thais are first tourists as Taiwan ends Covid quarantine rules

TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of Covid-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black bears for the first tour group. that stepped off the plane from Bangkok shortly after midnight.

AAP

Ruby Princess's COVID-19 source disputed

Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines claim there was "a small, well-managed influenza outbreak" on the Ruby Princess before it set sail on its deadly cruise.

The Independent UK

Tourists flock to Taiwan as COVID entry restrictions eased

Taiwan has lifted all its COVID-19 entry restrictions, allowing tourists unfettered access the self-ruled island after over 2 1/2 years of closed borders

Newcastle Herald

'New normal' looms with new uncertainty over COVID

It would be refreshing if the politicians were more upfront about the reasons for their decision.

Reuters

Taiwan welcomes back visitors after ending COVID quarantine rules

Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of COVID-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black bears for the first tour group that stepped off the plane shortly after midnight.

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