The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Life expectancy dropped in Australia during COVID

The life expectancy of Australians dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but statisticians say it's nothing to worry about.

AAP · Nov 8, 2023

Ex-head of civil service who ‘clashed with Dominic Cummings’ to face inquiry

Sir Mark Sedwill was running the civil service when the pandemic struck but resigned in September 2020.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Simon Case said he'd 'never seen a group of people less well equipped to run a country', Covid inquiry hears

Mr Johnson later caught Covid organically during the course of the pandemic and was at one point in intensive care

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2023

UK happiness levels fall but Scotland records improvement

Levels of personal wellbeing among the UK population have fallen over the past year but are still higher than during the Covid pandemic, a new…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 7, 2023

Gun Injuries Doubled In American Children During Pandemic: Study

Drastic increase in firearm purchases may have led to tragic spikes in injuries and deaths among children.

Zenger · Nov 7, 2023

UK happiness and satisfaction levels fall while anxiety rises, survey suggests

Wellbeing levels had been on an upwards trend in the years before the coronavirus pandemic.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Australian government paid millions for unusable Covid face masks from obscure online retailer

Exclusive: almost 46m masks turned out to be unusable after $100m in contracts were awarded to company with little apparent pre-pandemic experience in PPE supply

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2023

Pandemic PPE: how Australia entrusted a small-time retailer with $100m and got 46m unusable masks

As the world scrambled desperately for protective equipment in 2020, Australia made a hasty deal with a virtually unknown supplier. It went disastrously wrong

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2023

Health officials was ‘not concerned’ about Covid patients in care homes months into pandemic, inquiry hears

Simon Ridley also claimed he was “blindsided” by Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Letting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research

The share of low-income U.S. families experiencing food insufficiency – sometimes or often not having enough food to eat – fell from 24.5% to 22.5% at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we found in a new study published in the November 2023 issue of Food Policy.

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2023