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Kenneth Branagh unrecognisable as Boris Johnson in first look at new Covid drama

The upcoming drama This England sees Sir Kenneth Branagh portraying Boris Johnson in an five-part series on the PM's leadership during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

Hardships for domestic workers in India

Under the pretext of Covid-19 safety, employers have tightened restrictions on live-in domestic workers in India

Salon

Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam misses knighthood ceremony after catching Covid

Former deputy chief medical officer who was at centre of response to pandemic had been due to attend an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday

Evening Standard

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Covid supremo Jonathan Van-Tam misses his own knighthood ceremony - due to Covid

The former deputy chief medical officer, who became a cult figure after using colourful football analogies about the Covid pandemic, is still recovering from a bout of the disease

Daily Mirror

Medical scientists in Ireland strike over pay and staffing issues after negotiations fail

'You could end up doing 24-hour shifts three or four times a week if your colleagues are sick'

Irish Mirror

Five ways to manage your doomscrolling habit

Doomscrolling, according to Merriam-Webster, is “the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing”. For many it’s a habit born of the pandemic – and one that is likely to stay.

The Conversation

Editorial: As grim pandemic milestone arrives, GOP still plays politics with the crisis

Even as America topped a million coronavirus deaths on Monday, congressional Republicans continued playing games with vaccine funding, holding it up over an unrelated immigration debate. The same short-sighted politics are also preventing the U.S. from pledging funding to an international effort that would ultimately help prevent resurgences here. These…

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A million have died of Covid-19 in America. How did this happen?

One million people should never have to die from another pandemic. Not in America, a country built to do so much better

The Guardian - US

Fraudster mum locked up for selling fake Covid certificates to holidaymakers at height of pandemic

Saranjeet Trina Kandola made nearly £5k tricking people into paying for fake Covid 'fit to fly' certificates

Wales Online

Pandemic science hub will develop drugs for lung infections such as Covid-19

It will build on the success of two experimental medicine projects.

The Independent UK

Mum who flogged fake Covid certificates to tourists during pandemic is JAILED

Saranjeet Trina Kandola tricked holidaymakers into paying for fake Covid-19 'fit to fly' certificates making nearly £5,000 as customers became concerned the certificates were fake

Daily Mirror

Tube passenger numbers return to levels not seen since before Covid

Almost three million journeys a day are being made on the Tube - a level not seen since before the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Axios-Ipsos poll: 1 in 3 say the pandemic's over

Respondents are more concerned about spreading COVID-19 to others or being inconvenienced by restrictions than getting sick or dying.

Axios

For two years, this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of COVID

The virus hit Whidbey Island early in 2020, and photojournalist Lynn Johnson was there. A million deaths later, we return to see how the pandemic has subtly but indelibly altered life there forever.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor to consider new national Covid strategy to reduce deaths

Anthony Albanese says pandemic still ‘major issue’, but Scott Morrison says Australians want to ‘put that in the rear-vision mirror’

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I grew my leg hair – and found my self-confidence

Over the years I spent thousands of pounds and endured painful procedures trying to adhere to conventional beauty standards. But shielding in the pandemic allowed me to take a break

The Conversation

GPs are abandoning bulk billing. What does this mean for affordable family medical care?

GPs have been sounding the alarm over rising costs of providing care – compounded by the pandemic and more complex demands. Many have said they are abandoning bulk billing, the Medicare scheme that pays doctors a flat rate for providing consultations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF: Pandemic School Closures Could Inflict Lasting Economic Toll

School closures during the pandemic have set back children's learning in many G20 countries and could have a long-lasting negative impact on GDP in advanced economies, the IMF said Tuesday. Recent assessments of schoolchildren show that widespread virtual learning during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in lower academic levels in India,…

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Kim Slams Negligent Officials over NKorea Covid Outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million. The nuclear-armed country reported its first coronavirus cases last week, and the Omicron variant-fueled outbreak has since ballooned…

ABC News

WA records 16,253 new COVID-19 cases as staff shortages impact Federal Election 2022

The New Daily

Morrison says his ‘bulldozer’ approach has served Australia well

Scott Morrison says being a “bulldozer” has served Australia well during the pandemic – despite the country's surging pandemic death rate.

The Conversation

Prompt and accurate information is vital in a pandemic – the climate and biodiversity crises demand the same urgency

Denying the severity of a crisis neither removes nor lessens the problem. Sticking to the status quo because it doesn’t suit our work practices, or social and economic norms, not only delays the inevitable, it compounds the problem.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hospitals that opened as COVID struck face a federal Catch-22 that could spell their doom

Three new hospitals say they’re missing out on millions in CARES Act pandemic relief because they didn’t exist before the crisis hit, so it’s tough to prove how much it has cost them.

The Independent UK

Report finds reception children have fallen behind due to Covid-19 disruption

Pupils who went through lockdown in their reception year are behind expected standards.

Wales Online

The number of Welsh nurses and midwives leaving the NHS is rising

More than a third of staff in Wales said the Covid pandemic had influenced their decision to leave, while 18% cited 'too much pressure' as one of their top three reasons for de-registering

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