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Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, Australian swim star Ariarne Titmus says she has improved since setting a world record in the 400m freestyle.

AAP

'Good' bosses allow work from home: unions

The ACTU has called on employers to let staff stay home as COVID-19 cases rise.

AAP

COVID-19 case numbers from around Australia's states and territories

Here's a quick wrap-up of Friday's COVID-19 statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

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Biden tests positive for COVID-19: An infectious disease doctor explains the risks and treatments available for the 79-year-old president

On July 21, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden said he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms. In a letter to the public, Biden’s doctor explained that the president had a slight runny nose, some fatigue and the occasional dry cough, and that Biden had already begun…

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Germany continue impressive form with win over Austria to reach semi-finals

Sweden boss Peter Gerhardsson was tight-lipped over his selection issues ahead of their quarter-final with Belgium.

The Independent UK

LA County mask mandate likely a week away as COVID cases keep climbing

Indoor masking in public settings could return to Los Angeles County in a week as circulation of the hyper-infectious BA.5 omicron subvariant continues to push coronavirus case counts higher and sends increasing numbers of people to the hospital.

Los Angeles Times

California is clawing back some COVID-19 rent relief it gave to tenants and landlords

California is demanding that thousands of tenants and landlords who were approved for emergency rental assistance during the pandemic return the money — often months after it has been spent — sometimes for vague or unspecified reasons.

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What you need to know about Paxlovid, the COVID-19 antiviral Joe Biden is being treated with

The antiviral treatment, which has proven effective in reducing the risk of hospitalisation or death, was added to the PBS in May. Here's what you need to know.

ABC News

Worse than COVID? Medical experts weigh in on NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's 'more severe' flu claim

Hospitalisation figures for COVID-19 and the flu might be vastly different, but making an assessment on which virus is worse is complicated, experts say.

ABC News

Even if you're the president, it's hard to avoid a breakthrough COVID infection

With his positive test for COVID-19, President Biden joins the throngs of Americans who have contracted the coronavirus even though they are vaccinated and boosted.

WEKU

Tell us: how are you keeping active while it’s cold, wet and Covid numbers are surging?

Many Australians are facing barriers to exercise right now. We’d like to hear your ingenious ways to keep moving

The Guardian - AU

BA.5 variant on the rise as Massachusetts COVID cases jump 24%

Massachusetts health officials on Thursday reported more than 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past week, another virus uptick as the highly infectious BA.5 variant spreads across the region.

Boston Herald

Western Australia's fourth COVID-19 shot rate lagging behind the rest of nation

With a fourth COVID-19 shot now available to anyone aged 30 years or older, Western Australia is ranked seventh out of the eight states and territories. What's behind the hold-up?

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Transport Secretary sticks it to Andy Burnham for supporting rail strikes and the mayor is NOT happy

"The North’s economy has an eye to the future; it cannot be served by a railway, nor elected Mayors, stuck in the past."

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'I've had my monkeypox vaccine and it's really important other gay men do too'

Rossi has taken to Instagram to offer an urgent message

The Conversation

Ambulance ramping is a signal the health system is floundering. Solutions need to extend beyond EDs

Health-care systems across Australia are buckling in the wake of COVID waves and the flu season. Pictures of ambulances piling up outside hospitals have become commonplace in the media. Known as “ramping”, it’s the canary in the coalmine of a health system.

Salon

What are risks for COVID-positive Biden?

Public health experts weigh in on the risks and dangers to the president, who has just tested positive for COVID-19

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer opens up about ‘burden’ of ‘beergate’ saga

The Labour leader says he ‘hated’ being subject to a criminal investigation, and was ‘massively pleased’ when he was cleared of breaching Covid rules.

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Australia facing nursing shortage as more than two years of COVID takes its toll

More than two and a half years into the pandemic, nurses are needed more than ever — but many are burnt out and fatigued, and some are even leaving the industry.

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Queensland hospital staff say 'fatigue is immense' amid COVID-19 patient load, while late cancer diagnoses follow delayed procedures

Queensland hospitals are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, burnt-out health workers are taking leave to cope with pandemic stress, while ongoing elective surgery delays are starting to result in late cancer diagnoses, doctors warn.

Liverpool Echo

Love Island stars who went back to working at Lidl, the NHS and the West End

A lot of the islanders go back to their former jobs after appearing on the show

ABC News

NZ has mask mandates and isolation, but the Omicron daily death rate is still 'very concerning'

New Zealanders are required to wear masks in supermarkets and shopping malls as the country battles its second wave of Omicron infections, but experts want the government to go even further.

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Long COVID: with no treatment options, it's little wonder people are seeking unproven therapies like 'blood washing'

A recent investigation published by the British Medical Journal revealed that long COVID patients are travelling abroad to seek expensive “blood washing” treatment.

AAP

Child COVID-19 vaccine data under review

Immunisation advisory group ATAGI says a decision is yet to be made on whether to approve Moderna's vaccine for children as young as six months.

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