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CPS won’t make up 5 lost school days from January standoff with CTU

The decision announced Wednesday means teachers won’t automatically get paid for that missed time, a sore spot for educators who were upset to lose nearly a week of pay without gaining many additional precautions during the city’s Omicron surge.

Chicago Sun-Times

Welcome to living with Covid

Omicron is New Zealand's first real wave of Covid-19. It will not be our last. We're only now beginning to truly live with the virus.

Newsroom.co.nz

New BA.2 variant of Omicron Covid-19 now the dominant strain in NI, GP says

The BA.2 strain is even more transmissible than its connected Omicron variant of the disease according to Dr Alan Stout

Belfast Live

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NHS under pressure from new Covid wave across England, says Chris Whitty

Increasing numbers of people needing hospital treatment for coronavirus, says chief medical officer

The Guardian - UK

NHS survived Omicron but threat of new variant remains, says doctor two years on from lockdown

‘That was the only saving grace but there doesn’t seem to be a plan on how to cope with another outbreak in the future,’ says anaesthetist Ed Patrick

Evening Standard

Double masking enough, health ministry says

Wearing more than two face masks does not mean better protection from Covid-19, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Shanghai warns against 'panic' as Covid cases mount

Shanghai (AFP) - Shanghai authorities on Wednesday called for calm as worried citizens swamped online grocery platforms to stock up on food over fears of impending lockdowns in a city struggling to halt a Covid spike.

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Newcastle health boss's Covid warning to 'protect the vulnerable' two years after lockdown

Newcastle's Director of Public Health Prof Eugene reflected on the pandemic so far, and explained what the situation is in March 2022

Chronicle Live

‘A new beginning’: New Zealand to drop Covid vaccine passes and mandates

PM Jacinda Ardern, who oversaw some of the toughest restrictions in the world, says rules will relax after Omicron peak in early April

The Guardian - AU

As New Zealand relaxes restrictions, here’s what we can still do to limit COVID infections

New Zealanders are about to enjoy cautiously relaxed COVID restrictions under the country’s COVID-19 Protection Framework, starting from this weekend.

The Conversation

The Loop: Ukrainians going on offensive, China shuts down a city as Omicron surges, and how coughing into your phone could detect COVID

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ABC News

When Omicron peaked, the number of aged care residents dying without COVID-19 jumped too, new data reveals

During the Omicron wave, there was a "highly statistically significant" jump in the number of people who died in aged care without COVID-19, according to a prominent epidemiologist.

ABC News

Everything you need to know about super infectious new Covid strain BA.2 expected to hit Ireland

The new strain has been described as the “sister” of Omicron but is understood to be much more infectious than its predecessor

Irish Mirror

Covid-19 rates: Data shows BA.2 'stealth Omicron' is hitting Gosforth and North Tyneside hard

Covid-19 continues to hit our region though there are signs that the rocketing Covid-19 rates we've seen in the last week could be beginning to slow

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How do we protect our youngest against Covid-19?

Under-fives can't wear masks or get vaccinated against Covid-19 - are we doing enough to protect them from the virus?

Birmingham Post

Knights issues profit warning after Omicron hits revenues

CEO David Beech says 'recent events' have held the business back from delivering a stronger performance

The Conversation

Most COVID patients in NZ's Omicron outbreak are vaccinated, but that's no reason to doubt vaccine benefits

New Zealand’s Omicron wave may be peaking, but we’ll continue to record thousands of new cases each day and most people who test positive or are hospitalised with COVID will have been vaccinated.

AAP

NSW COVID-19 cases jump to nearly 21,000

Daily COVID-19 cases in NSW have again surged to more than 20,000 as the new Omicron sub-variant spreads rapidly and four more people with the virus have died.

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Bangkok Post

Study suggests 40% of Covid-19 survivors have long-term effects

DEAR DOCTORS: I had the Omicron variant of Covid-19, and even though it was mild, I'm not back to normal. I am tired all the time, my joints ache and my sense of smell is still gone. I've been told that this could be long Covid-19. I thought that only…

Chronicle Live

Covid-19 in hospital: BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron sees number of patients with the virus begin to rise

The latest Government data shows the new Omicron sub-variant is putting the pressure back on the North East's hospitals

The Guardian - AU

With Covid cases surging across Australia, will a fourth vaccine dose be required?

How effective would a second booster be? Who is eligible now? Why are third dose numbers lagging? Experts explain

Newsroom.co.nz

Don't scrap mask rules, experts urge

Experts unanimously back continued mask use and most say mandates should stay even after Omicron peaks.

Bangkok Post

Omicron BA.2 set to become dominant Covid variant in Malaysia

Malaysia expects the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron will soon become dominant in the country, raising concerns given its possible higher transmission rate, health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement on Monday.

The Independent UK

Fauci dismisses rumours about resignation and says there’s still a ‘way to go’ before pandemic ends

Fauci says US can expect an uptick in cases due to an Omicron sub-variant

The Independent UK

Deltacron and Stealth Omicron differences explained as Covid infections in UK surge again

Two new Covid-19 variants are surging across the globe but what exactly are they? And should we be worried?

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