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Government plan to burn £4bn of PPE ‘costly to environment and Treasury’

The Public Accounts Committee has asked the Department of Health and Social Care to clarify its proposal, including predicted costs.

The Independent UK

Melbourne and Sydney airport crowds return to pre-pandemic levels on busy Queen's Birthday long weekend

Crowds at Sydney and Melbourne airports return to pre-pandemic levels as travellers celebrate the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

ABC News

Targeted wastewater surveillance has a history of social and ethical concerns

Wastewater surveillance involves testing sewage to obtain data about a population’s health. While the technique is decades old, it has gained recent international prominence for its ability to predict pandemic surges, detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants and provide useful data when traditional testing methods reach capacity. With its success, the field…

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‘Chaos’: Australian doctors call for renewed focus on Covid-19 as winter sets in

Labor urged to revive national pandemic strategy while medical bodies warn of ‘looming disaster’ from flu, Covid and staff burnouts

The Guardian - AU

Getting over the hassle of going out: ‘Select one or two things to start with’

From cold weather to Covid-19 to cost, there are many reasons to stay in at the moment, but letting your social life wither can have real consequences

The Guardian - AU

Crystal Palace publish 2020/21 financial records as chairman Steve Parish admits 'frustration'

The Eagles were hit with losses during the 2020/21 season after playing the majority of games behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Football London

Julie Andrews finally gets her AFI Life Achievement Award

In what may or may not be a sign that life is almost, kind of back to normal, the American Film Institute is finally giving Julie Andrews that Life Achievement Award it promised her way back in 2019.

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Here's Why JPMorgan Upgraded Rating On Take-Two Interactive Software

JPMorgan analyst David Karnovsky upgraded Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) to Overweight from Neutral with a price target of $175, down from $205, following a period of restriction. With the close of the Zynga acquisition, Take-Two now offers a scaled portfolio of mobile games, apart from leading PC/console intellectual property and a pipeline of content set…

Benzinga

Irish stars step out for opening night of Waitress starring famous Emmerdale actress

The show, which was originally due to take place in November 2021, was rescheduled due to the pandemic and it continues until Saturday June 18

Irish Mirror

Made In Dublin: How Covid Care Concerts offered a beacon of hope through the pandemic

A gala concert takes place at the National Concert Hall on June 15th

Dublin Live

Scots parents say Covid pandemic has impacted kids' behaviour and mental health

The most recent data shows around three in 10 children experienced difficulties with their emotions, behaviours and mental health.

Daily Record

'Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards

Tony Award host and theater veteran Ariana DeBose says this year’s telecast will spread its arms wider to celebrate both Broadway’s stars and the unsung heroes like understudies and swings who kept shows open during the pandemic restart

The Independent UK

As California coronavirus cases rise, Bay Area divided about imposing new mask rules

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco and the greater Bay Area were pioneers in imposing the nation's first regional stay-at-home order in early 2020 when the coronavirus first hit. And the region takes pride in the relatively low cumulative death rate throughout the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

Scotland's COVID-19 inquiry will probe impact of lockdown restrictions on public

SCOTLAND'S Covid-19 inquiry will look into the impact of lockdown restrictions on the public, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said.

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study

Experts drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic say further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began

France 24

The price of war: OECD warns of slowing growth, high inflation

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is derailing the global economy's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the latest to slash its global GDP growth forecast for 2022, from 4.5 percent projected in December to just 3 percent in its latest outlook. Driving that…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Fringe venues set to return as plans go to council for approval

Performance tents including the iconic upside-down purple cow in George Square Gardens will be returning to the capital for the biggest Fringe Festival held since before the pandemic.

Reuters

Factbox-What the WHO says on how to find COVID-19's origins, prepare for next pandemic

A panel of experts drafted by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare a framework to investigate future outbreaks has published its first report.

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Pandemic's origins obscured by lack of Chinese data - WHO panel

The World Health Organization said on Thursday its latest investigation into the origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive, largely because data from China is missing, another blow to its years-long effort to determine how the pandemic began.

Tribune News Service

1 region led a 13-state pandemic baby boomlet

New England has seen an unusual uptick in births during the coronavirus pandemic as more highly educated residents, especially those in their 30s, seized working from home as an opportunity to start a family.

The Conversation

Hybrid working post-COVID: how young professionals can optimise their time in the office (and why they should)

During the pandemic, around 100 million people in Europe switched to working from home – nearly half of them for the first time. This shift was rapid, with employees quickly noticing the benefits of remote work. These can include freedom from commuting, more time for personal wellbeing and increased productivity.

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit is making cancer treatment 'more challenging'

NICOLA Sturgeon has said Brexit is making recruitment of oncologists and radiologists "more challenging" as she was pressed on NHS waiting…

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon challenged on NHS as 10,600 Scots waiting over 2 years for treatment

During exchanges with Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross the FM said the covid pandemic had hit waiting times considerably after procedures were cancelled for long periods of time.

The Independent UK

Black and Asian frontline staff faced racial harassment during Covid-19 pandemic, watchdog finds

Poor data collection by their employers could also be masking the extent of discrimination against them, according to the inquiry report published on Thursday.

Wales Online

Rugby League World Cup announces partnership with Vodafone

The tournament, postponed due to the pandemic, is to take place from October 15 to November 19

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