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What are Queensland's COVID isolation rules?

Queensland's COVID-19 rules have been eased further as rules for asymptomatic close contacts and unvaccinated travellers are set to be scrapped. Here's what you need to know.

ABC News

Cannabis Industry Reacts To President Biden's Clemency News

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced pardons and commutations for 78 individuals with criminal records. The bulk of the clemency order focused on nonviolent drug offenders, with most already on home release during the COVID pandemic under the CARES Act.

Benzinga

More kids were hit by upper airway infections during COVID omicron surge, studies show

During the winter omicron surge, hospitalized coronavirus-positive children were more likely to be hit with COVID-related upper airway infections than at other times of the pandemic, putting them at greater risk of severe disease, new data suggest.

Los Angeles Times

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Fauci says US ‘out of pandemic phase’ as cases and hospitalisations fall

‘We’re in a transitional phase ... a more controlled phase,” the chief medical adviser to the US president said

The Independent UK

Experts who warned over Covid risk to care homes were told they were ‘too risk averse’

A promise to test hospital patients for Covid-19 before moving them into a care home was also removed from official guidance

The Independent UK

A timeline of Fauci's predictions about the COVID pandemic

The U.S. is out of a "full-blown explosive pandemic phase" Fauci said this week.

Axios

Exclusive: After pandemic drop, Canada's detention of immigrants rises again

Canada is locking up more people in immigration detention without charge after the numbers fell during the pandemic, government data obtained by Reuters shows.

Reuters

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Measles cases surge worldwide, UN agencies warn

UNICEF and WHO say COVID-19 interrupted vital vaccination campaigns for many other diseases, creating a ‘perfect storm’.

Al Jazeera

Carbon emissions dropped in 2020. Much of the decrease was due to less driving and fewer flights.

Transportation emissions have been increasing since 1990, until the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

USAFacts

South Carolina churches can remain open, even during a pandemic, under bill signed by governor

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina churches can stay open during a crisis, even amid a pandemic like COVID-19, under a bill Gov. Henry McMaster signed on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Families of care home residents who died of Covid say government ‘threw loved ones to the wolves’

Matt Hancock wrongly claimed to have thrown a ‘protective ring’ around care homes, bereaved relatives say after damning High Court ruling

The Independent UK

"Now I'll take the Government to court for my dad": Ruling on Covid deaths in care homes 'opens floodgates'

"They were trying to hide it, trying to stop it. Now I can seek justice for my dad. But it’s not just my father, it’s for the people who didn’t have a voice.”

Manchester Evening News

Fauci: 'Pandemic phase' over for US, but COVID-19 still here

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the state of the coronavirus in the U.S., saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” on new infections, hospitalizations and deaths

The Independent UK

'Catastrophic consequences' says Welsh care home boss as UK Government rapped over 'unlawful' Covid policies

England health chief under fire for failure to test all patients prior to discharge to care homes until April 15 2020 - but in Wales it was another two weeks before that became mandatory

Birmingham Post

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Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Holidaymakers’ passport backlog hell - what’s the solution?

Her Majesty’s Passport Office is suffering huge delays following Brexit and the pandemic.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trump’s ex-COVID-19 adviser, Pa. native Deborah Birx, says disinfectant episode was ‘a tragedy on many levels’

PHILADELPHIA — Deborah Birx — the Pennsylvania-born government doctor who rose to international prominence during the pandemic — is back in the news, this time promoting her account of her controversial stint as the first coronavirus response coordinator under former President Donald Trump.

Evening Standard

Passport delays: What caused the backlog and how can it be fixed?

Ministers have blamed the delays on a backlog caused by the Covid pandemic but unions say staff shortages are also an issue

The Independent UK

Vulnerable ‘badly let down’ when untested patients were discharged to care homes

Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock’s claim of a “protective ring” around care homes during the pandemic has been branded “a joke”.

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Daily Mirror

Gavin Henson desperately searches for pub chef as £45k salary offered in staff crisis

Gavin bought the Fox and Hounds in St Brides Major in 2019, but a number of factors including the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have left him very short of employees at the bar

Edinburgh Live

Crisis-hit East Lothian day centre lands £32,000 emergency funding to save it from closure

The Hollies provides services for over 60s aimed at tackling isolation and providing social activities but it has struggled to keep its doors open and was hit hard during the pandemic

Reason

How 'Cranks' Advance Science

A major lesson of the pandemic is that science is "not a priesthood," says Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, a general surgeon and senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

The Independent UK

World’s oldest living person shares secret to long life

Sister Andre is also the oldest survivor of Covid-19 and has now lived through two global pandemics

Daily Record

Scots schools with highest Covid-19 infections since start of pandemic

The Daily Record obtained the data after a Freedom of Information request to Public Health Scotland.

Manchester Evening News

Landladies nicknamed 'Kray twins' at trouble-hit pub

The Roebuck has been beset by problems

Birmingham Post

Tyneside pub amusement machine supplier Bob Rudd back in the game after £2m investment

The firm said it is bouncing back from two years of tough trading after the pandemic badly impacted the leisure sector

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