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Thousands dying as they didn't get statins or blood pressure medicines in pandemic

Britons' reluctance to bother the NHS with routine conditions after they were begged to stay at home except for emergencies during 2020 and 2021 is thought to be contributing to a surge in excess deaths

Daily Mirror

China faces deluge of COVID deaths in first lunar new year without pandemic curbs

China could see as many as 25,000 deaths a day from COVID-19 later in January, casting a shadow over the start of the first Lunar New Year festivities without pandemic restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Xi Calls for Unity as China Enters ‘New Phase’ of COVID Policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for more effort and unity as the country enters a "new phase" in its approach to combating the pandemic, in his first public comments on COVID-19 since his government changed course three weeks ago and relaxed its rigorous policy of lockdowns and mass…

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Coronavirus 2022 review: What studies taught us about COVID this year

After another year of living with COVID-19, we have a greater understanding of the respiratory illness than we did nearly three years ago, when the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

How Ghana, Africa’s rising star, ended up in economic turmoil

The West African nation is a major cocoa and gold exporter, so why is it battling its worst economic crisis in decades?

Al Jazeera

Nottinghamshire restaurants, cafes and pubs we've loved and lost in 2022

It's been another tough year for the hospitality industry, still coming to terms with losses during the pandemic, to then be hit by spiralling energy bills, rising food prices and fewer customers

Nottingham Post

Cities in Asia ready for New Year parties after COVID hiatus

Revelers have begun gathering in major city centers across the Asia-Pacific region to celebrate the first new year without COVID-19 restrictions since the pandemic began in 2020

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Share the Data, WHO Urges China at COVID Surge Talks

The World Health Organization met Chinese officials for talks on Friday about the surge in Covid-19 cases, urging them to share real-time data so other countries can respond effectively. The rise in infections in China has triggered concern around the globe and questions about its data reporting, with low official…

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Asian eateries try ‘going local’ as recovery strategy

Hotels and restaurants across South Asia have had to adapt and reimagine dining out since the pandemic ripped through the region, forcing many out of business

The Independent UK

Crowds flock to Sydney for biggest New Year's Eve celebrations since pandemic began

Many of the city's spectacular ticketed vantage points sold out well ahead of tonight's celebrations, which will have a special focus on Indigenous art and World Pride events in 2023.

ABC News

Making peace with Covid

People should usher in the New Year free of concern about a severe new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as the public is by now largely immune to the virus and life is slowly returning to usual, according to a virus expert.

Bangkok Post

Inflation and recession

Central banks across the world have simultaneously hiked interest rates to tame runaway inflation in 2022. Yet the trajectory of interest-rate increases and other policy actions may not be sufficient to bring global inflation back down to levels seen before the pandemic.

Bangkok Post

The Pandemic Was a Disaster for Housing Affordability. 2023 Might Be a Little Better.

Rents and home prices skyrocketed almost everywhere over the past two years. There's some hope new supply will bring costs down in the new year.

Reason

Republicans prepare to reopen the House gallery to the public

WASHINGTON — After nearly three years of pandemic- and insurrection-related security restrictions, tourists next week will be allowed into the House gallery, and unescorted visitors on official business will be able to enter House office buildings.

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Ashley Bloomfield one of six new knights and dames in New Year Honours

The health boss who led the country's pandemic response is one of the recipients of the country's top honours.

Tribune News Service

These are the stocks that kept investors up at night in 2022

It’s been a year of historic selloffs for U.S. equities.

Reuters

Italy prison suicides spike as post-COVID misery lingers

Suicides in Italian jails have jumped to a 10-year high, the national ombudsman for prisoners said on Friday, noting that three years of the COVID-19 pandemic had made inmates' lives even more miserable.

Miami Herald

The Week Ahead: How did holiday hiring and pay hold up amid the tech layoffs?

November was a chilly month for jobs, relatively speaking, of course. “Only” 263,000 new jobs were created by employers. That was the slowest pace of adding payroll costs in almost two years. (Yes, it is best to put quotes around the word only in that last sentence because a month…

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Irish Mirror

How Ireland's new Chief Medical Officer is already preparing for the next pandemic

Breda Smyth, who became CMO in October after Dr Tony Holohan stepped aside, said it was an 'absolute privilege' to take on the role

The Independent UK

Atlantic City betting it can put COVID behind it in 2023

Atlantic City's casinos are betting they can finally put the COVID pandemic behind them in 2023

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh healthy life expectancy statistics 'paint a very worrying picture'

Edinburgh men are spending a smaller proportion of their life in good health, while local women remain healthier for longer, new National Records of Scotland statistics show.

Tribune News Service

Justin Fox: The pandemic drinking binge just keeps going

The arrival of COVID-19 and the societal disruptions that accompanied it understandably drove a lot of Americans to drink. But even as life has returned to more or less normal this year, the drinking binge has continued — which isn’t great news for anybody other than the makers and sellers…

Wales Online

Millions of benefit claimants set for £700 payment in landmark court case

It comes after claims that some pandemic-related increases to benefits were 'discriminatory'

Tribune News Service

Naomi Ishisaka: Proliferation of GoFundMes reveals a dirty little open secret

This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people.

Reuters

Few tourists, deserted streets in casino hub Macau after reopening

Three years of COVID-19 forced Becky Zhang’s specialty food business in Macau to near collapse. Founded by her grandmother more than fifty years ago, her store selling pastries and dried beef only survived thanks to residents who bought small quantities to help keep them afloat.

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