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E-Coli warning to East Lothian parents after some 'send nursery kids back too soon'

Health bosses say some parents have found exclusion rules put in place to try and stem E-coli outbreak hard to accept, particularly in the wake of the Covid restrictions

Edinburgh Live

COVID-19 apathy to blame for testing slump as symptoms rise

Experts say there's a growing sense of COVID "apathy" Australia, with testing numbers taking a tumble in a new nationwide report.

The New Daily

West Lothian kids took to the stage at Showstoppers Holiday Club

Daily Record

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More sports events scrapped in zero-Covid China

Hong Kong’s top badminton tournament has been cancelled because of stringent anti-Covid policies that required players to compete in an “isolation bubble”, organisers said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

People aged 12 to 49 with health conditions and healthcare workers invited to come forward for Covid booster vaccine

Those who are aged over 50 and people who are more than 16 weeks pregnant are also invited to book their next booster

Irish Mirror

Bollywood: Amitabh Bachchan resumes work after testing negative for COVID-19

The 79-year-old actor, who had tested positive on August 24, shared the news in a post on his official blog. Read more on Dynamite News:

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‘Record-high’ 892,000 people living with long Covid for a year, figures show

Some 384,000 people with long Covid report that their ability to undertake day-to-day activities has been ‘limited a lot’

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China locks down 21 million people in Chengdu amid latest COVID-19 outbreak

Residents have been ordered to stay home and about 70 per cent of flights have been suspended to and from the city.

ABC News

BWF cancels tournaments in Hong Kong and Macau due to COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR: Two world tour badminton events -- Hong Kong Open Super 500 and Macau Open Super 300 -- have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions in the two countries, world governing body BWF said on Thursday.

The Times of India

The cost of living crisis has been many years in the making – but politicians on both sides ignore this

Fears over the cost of living have reached new highs in the UK after power regulator Ofgem confirmed that the energy price cap will nearly double from October to cost the average household £3,549 a year. There has been much discussion about what the government needs to do to help…

The Conversation

Pregnant people targeted with false vaccine claims on social media

The NHS ‘strongly recommends’ the Covid vaccine if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding

The Independent UK

Badminton: Hong Kong Open cancelled due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions

Macau Open, a Super 300 event scheduled for November 1-6, has also been called off for the third consecutive year

The Hindu

Serious Covid case numbers declining

Small waves of new Covid-19 cases are being seen locally and globally but the number of severely ill patients and fatalities is not rising, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

Bangkok Post

Five best new luxury wellness hotels in Asia, one in Chiang Mai

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the luxury hotel industry has embraced an expanded definition of wellness, integrating it into all aspects of guests' stays, from interior design to spa offerings and a roster of dedicated wellness programmes designed to promote a healthy body and mind.

Bangkok Post

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The Independent UK

China locks down 21 million in Chengdu in COVID-19 outbreak

Some 21 million people have been ordered to stay home in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu following a spike in COVID-19 cases

The Guardian - AU

Victoria lifts work from home recommendation but public transport mask mandate to stay

State government cites falling Covid case numbers and the end of winter as it announces decision

AAP

Qld to move away from public health orders

The Queensland government says it will move away from managing the COVID-19 pandemic with public health orders "unless it is absolutely necessary".

Reuters

Zambia wins IMF board approval for $1.3 billion loan program

Zambia won International Monetary Fund approval for a $1.3 billion, 38-month loan program on Wednesday, a crucial step in the southern African country's quest to restructure its debts and rebuild an economy ravaged by mismanagement and COVID-19.

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The Independent UK

White House to encourage COVID boosters, flu shot this fall

The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot

AAP

Court case challenges some COVID fines

A test case has been launched in the NSW Supreme Court challenging COVID-19 fines handed to people who gathered to protest in breach of public health orders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Jeremiah Estrada debuted one year after life-threatening battle with COVID-19

Reliever Jeremiah Estrada threw a hitless inning in his debut against the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

ABC News

Brisbane biotech firm Ellume puts Australian arm into administration

Ellume rose to prominence last year when it announced a $300 million deal to provide COVID-19 home test kits to the US Department of Defense.

ABC News

Queensland in 'new stage' of COVID-19 pandemic, changes to vaccine mandate, reliance on health directives and reporting flagged

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath announces daily reporting of COVID statistics will be wound back and a blanket COVID-19 vaccine mandate direction for private health care workers will be lifted.

The Canberra Times

Another COVID death in the ACT

The ACT recorded 199 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday.

ABC News

The latest COVID-19 case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

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