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AMA welcomes Albanese’s decision to extend Covid-19 pandemic leave payments after national cabinet meets

Prime minister says support will continue until the end of September amid winter Covid wave set to peak in August

The Guardian - AU

M&S worker fired for going off sick after confronting maskless shopper wins unfair dismissal case

Deborah Daisy, a customer service assistant for the high street store, spent time off work after being verbally abused by a shopper who refused to put on a mask.

Daily Record

390 cases in south Tamil Nadu, 161 in central region

MADURAI/TRICHY: The ten southern districts of the state reported 390 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday. In Madurai, a total of 29 new Covid-19 cases and 44 recoveries were recorded, taking the number of active cases to 237 in the district. Meanwhile, Trichy recorded 51 fresh cases on Friday. The number…

The Times of India

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces reinstatement of emergency COVID-19 pandemic payments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government will reinstate emergency COVID-19 pandemic payments until September 30, on the back of a snap national cabinet meeting.

ABC News

Phillies’ J.T. Realmuto tries to clarify his ‘little bit of money’ comment

MIAMI — Last week before the Phillies left for Toronto, catcher J.T. Realmuto shared his reasons for why he wouldn’t get vaccinated so he could enter Canada, where vaccination against the coronavirus is a requirement. Realmuto was one of four Phillies players who were placed on the restricted list ahead…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

2,025 new Covid cases, 20 more deaths

The country registered 20 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,025 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Bangkok Post

COVID updates: PM says COVID emergency payments will be funded by state and federal governments — as it happened

The government resumes $750 payments, which had ended two weeks ago, to those forced to isolate or care for someone with COVID-19.

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3 die, 460 test positive for Covid in Bihar

PATNA: The state on Friday registered 460 new Covid-19 cases, including 202 in Patna alone. The virus claimed lives of three more people in the last 24 hours and the victims included a three-month-old toddler from Muzaffarpur. The number of active Covid cases in the state stood at 2,640 on…

The Times of India

Kenny Shiels: It would be a massive failure if England do not win Euro 2022

Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman missed the game after testing positive for Covid-19.

The Independent UK

What you need to know about COVID subvariants BA.5 and BA.2.75

NEW YORK — Although new omicron subvariants are again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, Americans are less inclined to mask up and get boosters because of pandemic burnout. Consequently, it’s a new opportunity for the mutating virus to reinfect the population with a different strain.

Tribune News Service

‘So far ahead’: Shiels warns England falling short of Euros title will be failure

The Northern Ireland manager’s message to England was simple: ‘If you have the best players, you have to win’

The Guardian - UK

‘Relentless’ roller coaster: COVID-19 subvariants put Chicago area at high risk level — again

With transmission considered medium or high in 94 Illinois counties, residents are being urged to mask up when gathering indoors in 92% of the state.

Chicago Sun-Times

LA is headed for a new COVID mask mandate. Will other counties join?

LOS ANGELES — With the coronavirus resurgent and cases and hospitalizations on the rise, Los Angeles is poised to become the first California county to reinstate mandatory public indoor masking.

Los Angeles Times

What is tier one, tier two and tier three? Queensland's COVID hospital response explained

COVID-19 has put Queensland's health system under severe pressure, with many of the state's hospitals now reaching "tier three". But what exactly does that mean?

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Queensland nears record COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths with latest peak likely weeks away

With 22 fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours and 921 people in hospital, Queensland is approaching its worst wave of the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Eilish McColgan bids to join legends on podium in heat of 10,000m battle

British runner has battled Covid and takes on two of the best 10,000m runners in history at the world championships

Bangkok Post

There's no hiding from Covid reality

Over the past several months, the government has tried to give the impression that the pandemic is under control and that the war against the coronavirus is almost over. But the reality is the opposite.

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership rivals clash over trust and ‘fairytale’ economic plans

Head-to-head sees open arguments over tax and identity politics, with no candidate willing to say Boris Johnson is honest

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Covid-19 vaccination: Day 1 of free booster drive sees 16-fold jump in pace

NEW DELHI: Friday, the first day of the Centre’s 75-day drive to provide Covid vaccine booster shots to the 18-59 age group, saw 13.2 lakh doses of the precaution dose being administered to this age group across the country, a 16-fold jump over the pace thus far.

The Guardian - AU

Balancing a budget and a pandemic, Labor must reboot public expectations

The problem for the Albanese government is the politics of pivoting away from emergency support won’t get any easier

Newcastle Herald

Nurses isolated by floodwater forced to use their own leave for time off

In the height of the COVID-19 crisis, nurses like Maitland Hospital's Jessica Coleman worked overtime without complaint to care for the sick and elderly.

Los Angeles Times

A new fast-spreading coronavirus subvariant found in LA County: BA.2.75

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is already in the grips of a coronavirus surge fueled by the omicron subvariant BA.5, but yet another worrisome strain that’s causing concern in India has also been found locally.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire patients urged to only use out-of-hours for urgent care

Almost 200,000 calls came into the service between the start of 2020 and end of May 2022, with 45 per cent handled as advice calls

Tribune News Service

Vaccine uptake slow as cases among youngest children rise

ATLANTA — Sesame Street’s Elmo, who is 3½, recently got his COVID-19 vaccine.

The Hindu

Over 13.3 lakh precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered on July 15

The “COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav” to provide free precaution doses of the vaccines to everyone aged 18 years and above at government vaccination centres commenced on Friday

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