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China reports big jump in COVID hospitalisations -WHO

China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through to January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according to a weekly report published by the World Health Organization on Thursday.

Reuters · Jan 19, 2023

Prince William's shock at 'terrifying' scale of homelessness affecting kids as young as 9

The Prince of Wales yesterday echoed the work of his late mother Princess Diana with a visit to Depaul UK where outreach staff described how the pandemic had been a “major contributing factor” for hundreds of people accessing vital services

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Victorians won't miss myki, but what will 'best practice' transport ticketing look like?

With fewer people using public transport and more working from home due to the COVID pandemic, public transport agencies need to do everything they can to encourage more people to use their services. An essential step is to make the ticketing and payment process as easy as possible. That means…

The Conversation · Jan 19, 2023

President Joe Biden: ‘Miraculous’ dealmaker or ‘consistently inconsistent’? What experts say two years in

As Joe Biden enters his third year in office, The Independent digs deep into how the president did on key issues like labour, climate, legislation, inflation, Covid and civil rights. Josh Marcus introduces the series

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Courage amid crisis: Battered by COVID-19 years and a staffing shortage, these nurses fight to keep quality care front and center

MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania — A crush of names clogs a computer screen in an office where sick and hurting people shuffle in one by one, bundled against the winter cold.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Back inside Dallas’ Parkland Hospital with nurses who have a lot of healing left to do

DALLAS — Nurses on Parkland Memorial Hospital’s life-saving front line against COVID-19 have turned a corner on the most grueling medical calamity of the century.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Seniors benefit from remote fitness boom

Virtual classes offer opportunities for supervised physical activity that were rare before the pandemic

Salon · Jan 19, 2023

Numbers of asylum seekers in France close to pre-Covid record

Nearly 131,000 people asked for asylum in France in 2022 – a 27 percent increase from the year before and close to the record high from before the Covid pandemic.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 19, 2023

Millions of benefits claimants to miss out on backdated £720 after landmark court case

A number of benefit claimants took legal action claiming that some pandemic-related increases were 'discriminatory'

Wales Online · Jan 19, 2023

Jacinda Ardern’s lasting legacy as a trailblazing leader

Jacinda Ardern received international recognition in the wake of terrorist attacks and the pandemic. She wants her kindness to be remembered.

The New Daily · Jan 19, 2023