The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Matthew thought he had Covid but doctors found multiple inoperable brain tumours

But the dad-of-four is defying his terminal diagnosis

Wales Online · Jul 22, 2022

Trade commissioner admits Covid and Ukraine have compounded Brexit issues

On visit to Scotland, the UK's European representative explains what assistance is being offered to companies

Insider UK · Jul 22, 2022

Barcelona came back from the brink but are gambling their chances of a sustainable future

The Catalan side have again been spending without being able to register players and need a lot to fall into place for their expenditure to yield significant rewards

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Editorial: Virus threat is on the rise — and so is indifference

Given the latest surge in COVID-19 cases — thanks to omicron subvariant BA.5, deemed the most transmissible yet — and the relatively new threat posed by monkeypox, which has been spreading globally since May, one might expect the public health establishment to be asking for heightened precautions or at least…

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Editorial: Didn’t we learn anything from COVID? US needs to get a move on fighting monkeypox

In some ways, the current outbreak of monkeypox closely resembles two other public health crises of the last 40 years — COVID-19 and AIDS.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 22, 2022

South Australian COVID-19 acute commander appointed as new measures taken to free up hospital beds

South Australian health authorities will recruit student nurses and take unprecedented steps to create and free up beds, as the over-capacity system struggles with record COVID-19 numbers among staff and patients.

ABC News · Jul 22, 2022

Top bands heading to Dumfries for Doonhame Festival

The Waterboys, Alabama 3, Bad Manners, The Feeling and Kyle Falconer are among the acts appearing at the two-day event

Daily Record · Jul 22, 2022

Dumfries and Galloway politician accuses ScotRail of "sleight of hand" over restored timetable

South Scotland MSP claims the full schedule still offers less trains than were running before the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Record · Jul 22, 2022

China's Xi wishes Biden a speedy COVID recovery - state TV

Chinese President Xi Jinping wished his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden a speedy recovery from coronavirus in a message on Friday, state television said.

Reuters · Jul 22, 2022

Canberra hospitals on cusp of amber alert as COVID-19 outbreak and patient numbers grow

Patients infected with COVID-19 took up 15 per cent of the city's hospital beds earlier this week — the highest level recorded during the pandemic.

ABC News · Jul 22, 2022