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The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Private hospital staff diverted to public system as Omicron wave results in Australia’s deadliest Covid day

Seventy-seven deaths have been reported across the country, with 36 in NSW, 22 in Victoria and 16 in Queensland

The Guardian - AU

France reports nearly half a million new cases, a record increase; Italy records 228,179 daily infections – as it happened

France registers 464,769 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours; Italy’s cases jump from 83,403 a day earlier

The Guardian - UK

Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron drives up hospital cases

Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly.

Reuters

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‘It’s a total disaster’: Omicron lays waste to India’s huge wedding season

Distraught couples face prospect of cutting guest lists from more than 600 people down to just 20 after coronavirus variant took hold

The Guardian - AU

Anutin backs restoring Test & Go as Omicron fears ease

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will propose restoring the Test & Go programme to win back overseas visitors and accelerate the economic recovery.

Bangkok Post

Australia PM's ratings take a hit months away from election, poll shows

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval ratings slid after his handling of the Omicron-driven coronavirus outbreak fuelled a backlash, a widely watched poll showed on Tuesday, putting opposition Labor into a leading position months away from a federal election.

Reuters

Victoria to issue emergency Code Brown alert for its health services due to Omicron wave

Code Brown will be activated at midday tomorrow for all metropolitan hospitals and six regional hospitals, allowing them to redeploy staff and ask some workers to postpone leave in order to respond to a surge in patients.

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Booster mix proves useful for Omicron

The Department of Medical Sciences has found that a combined formula between a full inactivated vaccine and an mRNA-based vaccine as a booster produces a high level of immunity against both the Delta and Omicron coronavirus variants.

Bangkok Post

ASX gives up gains, weakest January consumer confidence in 30 years

The Australian share market turned negative in afternoon trade. Wall Street closed for the Martin Luther King holiday and Omicron slams consumer confidence.

ABC News

Debunking the endgame theory

Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 adapts for survival. First identified in South Africa in November, the new variant of concern, Omicron, has now swept across the world. It carries a large number of mutations, including those on the spike protein, which are thought to increase transmissibility. However, studies have found that…

Bangkok Post

Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

COVID updates: Australia records highest daily number of reported COVID-19 deaths — as it happened

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ABC News

'Never' or just 'not yet?' How timing affects COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise across Canada, it is clear that we’re far from out of the woods with this pandemic. While much is still unknown about the Omicron variant, it seems very likely that existing vaccines will offer protection against severe cases of COVID-19, and Canada is…

The Conversation

Modelling suggests ACT may have reached peak of Omicron wave

There were 52 COVID-19 patients in Canberra hospitals on Monday, up from 27 patients last Friday.

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ACT schools prepare for possible remote learning as teacher shortages expected

The ACT teaching workforce was already under strain before the Omicron wave hit.

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Can you catch COVID twice? Or does it give you greater immunity?

Omicron forced us to confront the reality that recovering from COVID-19 doesn’t mean lifelong immunity to the disease. But there is some good news for people who have recently had the virus.

Irish Mirror

Covid Ireland: 11,139 new cases confirmed as expert says Omicron wave has likely peaked

Some 6,329 positive PCR tests were reported whole 4,810 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal

The Guardian - AU

‘Extreme stress’: Australian businesses risk going under due to impact of Omicron

Industry bodies say they face a ‘triple blow’ of staff shortages, a supply chain crunch resulting in higher costs and a sharp drop in consumer activity

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Daily Mirror

UK Covid daily cases plunge 40% in just one week with 84,429 more recorded

It comes as rules on isolation in England, and Omicron restrictions in Scotland and Wales, are all being relaxed with Covid cases going down across the UK

Daily Mirror

Unpleasant new Omicron symptom that makes you feel nauseous and causes vomiting

Among the wide range of symptoms being linked to the Omicron variant of Covid-19, some can be easier to spot than others. Nausea and vomiting are thought to be some of the easiest to separate from the common cold

Birmingham Post

Airports group 'confident of a strong recovery in 2022' after Omicron testing restrictions removed

The group is behind Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics tickets will not be sold as China seeks to contain Covid

Tickets will instead by distributed to chosen groups amid first reported locally transmitted cases of Omicron

Dublin Live

Covid-19 Ireland: The 5 'very good signs' that Omicron has peaked, according to HSE

Cases have begun to decline rapidly over the weekend and today

Daily Mirror

Three major Covid rule changes TODAY as 'encouraging signs' suggest Plan B will end

Downing Street has said some of the data is 'good to see' ahead of a decision on axing Plan B Covid rules in England. And today, some rules have already changed including on booster vaccines and isolation periods

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Theatres struggling as Omicron wreaks havoc

LONDON’S theatres are still “hanging on by a thread” following a difficult Christmas period, The Londoner hears, as the National Theatre revealed its profits dropped by £50 million last year.

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