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World Health Organisation declares Covid-19 pandemic 'no longer a global emergency'

The World Health Organisation held a press conference in Geneva where it declared the coronavirus pandemic is 'over as a global health emergency' after three years.

Glasgow Live

WHO downgrades Covid-19 pandemic, saying it is no longer a global emergency

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

The National (Scotland)

WHO: COVID-19 no longer global health emergency

“For more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

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Covid-19 no longer a global emergency, WHO says - as it downgrades pandemic

The World Health Organisation said Covid-19 is still a global health threat

Wales Online

Covid officially no longer a global emergency according to World Health Organisation

This seismic announcement from the UN's health body marks the symbolic end to the pandemic. Despite noting the emergency phase was over, the World Health Organisation has said the spread of Covid-19 hasn't come to an end

Daily Mirror

WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency

The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases.

Reuters

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency

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Pete Davidson mourns death of ‘happiest and sweetest’ dog Henry: ‘Not sure I’d even be around without him’

Comedian and his family got the pup at the start of the pandemic in 2020

The Independent UK

India FM: Global institutions suffer from 'trust deficit'

India’s foreign minister has criticized global institutions’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to resolve geopolitical upheaval, saying alternative forums have an opportunity to tackle such challenges

The Independent UK

BA owner raises profit forecast as travel demand rebounds

IAG expects to fly almost the same passenger numbers this year as before Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Weekly Must-Read: Top Chinese Digital Banks Report More Bad Loans but Higher Earnings

Ant-backed MYbank and Tencent-backed WeBank disclose higher nonperforming loan ratios amid the pandemic yet liquidity metrics remain healthy

Caixin Global

Too many young people leave school in Wales without being 'functionally literate', inspectors warn

This has a significant social and economic impact on the nation, said education watchdog Estyn

Wales Online

Ministers missed chances to prepare social care for a pandemic, review finds

Two-year study by Nuffield Trust and LSE says successive governments failed to make social care a priority

The Guardian - UK

Qantas can't charge these prices forever: the challenge ahead for new chief Vanessa Hudson

Vanessa Hudson, who will replace Alan Joyce as Qantas Airlines’ chief executive in November, inherits an airline still struggling to resume services after the pandemic and border closures shuttered much of the global aviation industry in 2020.

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The Independent UK

‘Momentum for social care reform risks being lost amid Government delays’

A think tank said the pandemic exposed ‘underlying fragilities’ in the social care system and ‘forced’ the issue so it is impossible to ignore.

ABC News

As tourism returns to the Pacific, there is a renewed focus on sustainable travel

Beautiful places and friendly faces have long been the selling point of Pacific tourism. But after the closure of international borders during the pandemic, environmental concerns are causing Pacific countries to resist a return to mass tourism.

Bangkok Post

Airbnb upbeat as tourism rebounds

Airbnb closed 2022 with an impressive turnaround as the pandemic-hit business reported its first annual profit on revenue growth of 40% to US$8.4 billion, with net income of $1.9 billion.

USAFacts

How did STDs change during the pandemic?

STD screening fell during the first year of the pandemic, but rates of gonorrhea and syphilis increased.

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Why are Medicaid enrollment rates going to drop, and how many people could it impact?

Nearly 15 million American are expected to lose access to Medicaid in the coming months, including over 5 million children.

Broadcasting & Cable

Total U.S. SVOD Revenue Expanded By Over 22% in Q1

That's the biggest rate of quarterly expansion since the pandemic

Fortune

Sir Richard Branson personally lost £1.5 billion in the pandemic

The British entrepreneur also admitted he suffered depression as his company faced backlash.

Fortune

Transactional thinking can only take humanity so far. It’s time to revive the ‘covenantal capitalism’ that gave us modern democracy

The principles of a covenant make democracy less vulnerable to possessive individualism and democratic despotism.

Roll Call

The White House Correspondents Dinner, explained - Roll Call

The White House Correspondents Dinner was freed from many of the physical and psychological restraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Richard Branson says he came close to losing Virgin Group empire during pandemic

Billionaire tells of personally losing £1.5bn and ‘painful’ backlash after plea for state loan for Virgin Atlantic

Wales Online

Experts warn of the risk of another pandemic within our lifetimes

"I think the threat is very real and not just from something we know about"

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