The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Delhi logs 613 new Covid cases, 3 more deaths; positivity rate 2.74 pc

NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday recorded 613 new Covid cases and three more deaths, while the positivity rate was 2.74 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.

The Times of India · May 15, 2022

Marquees are tasty sugar hits but A-Leagues must also eat their greens

What better way to drum up immediate curiosity than borrowing someone else’s fame? But what then?

The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2022

COVID fatigue pushes pandemic off agenda

The pandemic has been shunted from the national spotlight despite Australia recording the world's highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate.

AAP · May 15, 2022

Bill Gates: ‘Vaccines are a miracle. It’s mind-blowing somebody could say the opposite’

The Microsoft co-founder takes questions from scientists, academics and readers on Ukraine, Covid, Jeffrey Epstein and more

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022

Friendships end for many reasons, including differences exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Friendships change over time. As people and their circumstances change, small disagreements and misunderstandings arise. Ultimately, friends who considered themselves close come to the realization that their paths have diverged. And the friendship could end with a bang or a whimper.

The Conversation · May 15, 2022

Canada's premiers are missing a real chance to fix our ailing health-care system

When Canada’s premiers doubled down earlier this year on their demand for a $28 billion unconditional increase in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), they missed an opportunity to finally achieve the kind of health-care reform our underperforming system has been told it needs over and over again.

The Conversation · May 15, 2022

Shanghai aims to reopen more businesses shut down by COVID-19 lockdown, Beijing battles on

Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China's financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks of strict coronavirus lockdown, while Beijing battles a small but stubborn outbreak.

ABC News · May 15, 2022

Beijing extends work-from-home guidance in several city districts

Beijing on Sunday extended guidance to work from home in four districts of the Chinese capital, including the largest, Chaoyang, as the city tries to stop a COVID-19 outbreak.

Reuters · May 15, 2022

South Korea to add international flights, ease quarantine for overseas arrivals

SEOUL: South Korea plans to add 230 international flights per week in June and ease mandatory quarantrine rules on overseas entrants as Covid-19 conditions have been contained while the country has returned to normalcy.

Bangkok Post · May 15, 2022

Omicron infection turbo-charges vaccinated people’s immunity: study

People who are vaccinated and then get infected with Omicron may be primed to overcome a broad range of coronavirus variants, early research suggests.

Bangkok Post · May 15, 2022