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Summer holiday bookings return to pre-Covid levels despite cost of living crisis

Tui says bookings from the UK are currently 11% above the level for summer 2019, before the Covid crisis erupted. The leap comes despite recent airport chaos, which threatens to impact summer getaways

Daily Mirror

Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up

Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers, others are staying at home and some have been wearing COVID-19 face masks anyway.

Reuters

Democrats mull COVID-19 aid options as House preps new bill - Roll Call

House Democrats are looking to revive stalled pandemic relief package talks next week after measures bogged down in the Senate.

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LA school board delays student COVID-19 vaccine mandate without any discussion

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved a delay of a student vaccine mandate for COVID-19 that had been scheduled to take effect next fall, under a recommendation from Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.

Los Angeles Times

Failing firms could be barred from taxpayer-funded contracts in Tory shake-up

The Procurement Bill will make it simpler to block companies from seeking public sector work - but details are thin on the ground and Labour warned the Tories 'can't be trusted'

Daily Mirror

One unusual Covid symptom expert in ear 'we haven't heard much about'

Professor Tim Spector named two signs of the virus to take 'really seriously'.

Daily Record

Spain holiday cheer for Brits with remaining entry restrictions expected to be axed

Spanish health officials are expected to follow other EU nations and lift its strict entry rules that are in place until midnight on Sunday

Wales Online

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Golfer Matt Williams' mental health battle as he fought to help family during lockdown

EXCLUSIVE: British PGA golfer Matt Williams faced a deep and personal struggle with his mental health when the UK went into its first lockdown as he tried to support his family

Daily Mirror

Philly’s COVID cases are up since the mask mandate ended. Did the city make the right call?

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s COVID-19 case counts have steadily risen since the end of the city’s indoor mask mandate, but hospitalizations and deaths have not followed suit, a striking change to a pandemic-long pattern of infections leading to serious illness.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Covid-19: Masking requirements to be lifted on French transport, European flights

Face masks will no longer be required on trains, planes and metros in France starting on May 16, the health minister said Wednesday. Mask-wearing requirements are also set to be lifted in airports and on flights in Europe the same day, the EU Aviation Safety Agency said.

France 24

One in five first-class letters and parcels fails to arrive next working day

Just weeks after double-digit price rise, Royal Mail says services hit by continuing effects of Covid and staff absences

The Guardian - UK

Brexit: The food items British travellers can no longer take into the EU

Due to Brexit and Covid restrictions, Brits may be confused about the new rules for travelling to the European Union (EU).

Evening Standard

Areas in Liverpool City Region where covid infections have risen

West Lancs , Warrington , and Cheshire West and Chester , recorded falls in positive tests

Liverpool Echo

Airlines to see busiest day for flights on 12 August, predicts aviation body

The busiest day for aviation before the coronavirus pandemic was also the second Friday in August

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Long Covid sufferers at far greater risk of blood clots, study says

Symptoms can last months after initial infection and include fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog

Benzinga

Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Mixed; US Inflation Rate Slows To 8.3%

U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining 2% on Wednesday.

Benzinga

Why Are Inovio Shares Plummeting Today

Joseph Kim, the longtime CEO of Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INO), is stepping down to make room for Jacqueline Shea, who first joined Inovio as COO in 2019. Shea will be overseeing a change in direction as Inovio, a laggard in the COVID-19 vaccine race, has closed a Phase 3 trial in favor of a…

Benzinga

The Daily Biotech Pulse: Veru Shares Up On COVID Candidate Update, FDA Approves Lilly's COVID Treatment, Latest On Sanofi-AstraZeneca RSV Vaccine

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

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How South Africa is integrating COVID into routine care for mothers and babies

COVID-19 has had a direct impact on maternal mortality.

Belfast Live

Kesh Bridge to receive £200,000 upgrade as part of Covid Recovery scheme

The bridge in the Co Fermanagh town has suffered damage and disrepair in recent years

Benzinga

FDA Approves Lilly and Incyte's OLUMIANT (baricitinib) for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved OLUMIANT® (baricitinib) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.

Benzinga

Why Veru Shares Are Soaring Today Premarket

In a Pre-EUA meeting, FDA said Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) should submit a request for FDA emergency use authorization for sabizabulin in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The FDA agreed that the Phase 3 COVID-19 study stopped by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee for overwhelming efficacy is sufficient to support the efficacy portion of a request for…

Daily Mirror

Fuming daughter slapped with £70 fine while taking elderly mum for her Covid jab

NHS anaesthetist Peter Mowbray said his wife Louise was taking her mum for her latest Covid jab in Blackpool when she was wrongly hit with a £70 parking fine

Reuters

Tourists return to Paris post-pandemic but Asians, Americans stay away

On a sunny afternoon this week, Eli Mwenda happily snapped pictures of his sister Rebekah Mithinji by the Eiffel Tower, two of many tourists enjoying a long overdue break in Paris after freezing holiday plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK

US casinos had best month ever in March, winning $5.3B

Inflation may be soaring, supply chains are snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go away

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