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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

The latest COVID-19 case numbers from the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of this week's COVID statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

ABC News

Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 46,748

An increase of 359 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

The Hindu

Low COVID cases reported in weekly ACT update

This was the first time weekly infections have been reported

The Canberra Times

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837 new Covid inpatients, 12 more deaths

There were 12 more Covid-19 fatalities and 837 new patients admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Slight COVID-19 decline reported in Minnesota ahead of fall

MINNEAPOLIS — COVID-19 rates have declined slightly in Minnesota, where no new coronavirus mutations have emerged with the intensity of last fall's delta variant to present a threat to the state.

Tribune News Service

Geoeconomics of the US-China tech war

Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival in Central Asia this week in his first overseas travel in nearly three years is perhaps the most consequential irony of the coronavirus pandemic. As the place where the deadly pandemic began in early 2020, China was the first to swiftly and successfully suppress and…

Bangkok Post

Pandemic end 'in sight' as stats released

Promising figures showing the number of COVID-19 deaths continuing to drop are causing public health experts to become "optimistic" the pandemic may soon end.

AAP

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Influenza spreading as people relax their guard

Seasonal influenza has been spreading rapidly as people have relaxed their guard against Covid-19 infections, according to the Department of Disease Control.

Bangkok Post

Commentary: The key to demystifying long COVID-19 could come from studying another chronic condition

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1.5 million people in the U.S. were estimated to have myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, with an annual economic impact of $36 billion to $51 billion. Due to COVID-19, the total ME/CFS prevalence could rise to between 5 million and 9 million people. This would…

Chicago Tribune

People vaccinated against Covid share common symptom after testing positive

Around one in five vaccinated Britons with Omicron or Delta strain experienced diarrhoea as a symptom

The Independent UK

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated - and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

The Independent UK

Covid incubation period: How long are you infectious for?

UK weathered fifth wave of infections earlier this summer driven by new Omicron variants but coronavirus continues to linger this autumn

The Independent UK

‘Stealthy’ new Covid variant can reinfect you every month

‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

The Independent UK

WHO says end of COVID pandemic is in sight!

"We are not there yet. But the end is in sight," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference on Wednesday. This is the most positive affirmation from the head of the global health agency which had declared the coronavirus led COVID as a global pandemic…

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The Conversation

Behind the 'world’s friendliest COVID protocols', Fiji's health system remains stretched and struggling

With Fiji “open for happiness” and a COVID test no longer required on arrival, the temptation to take that long awaited tropical holiday may be stronger than ever.

The Guardian - AU

BoM forecasts wetter-than-average summer for eastern states – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

End of Covid pandemic ‘in sight’, says World Health Organization

Global weekly deaths down to 11,118 on 5 September – the lowest level since March 2020

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID End ‘in Sight,’ Deaths at Lowest since March 2020

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

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Axios

WHO chief says end of COVID pandemic "is in sight"

"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," he said.

Daily Record

New Zealand drops Covid restrictions in sweeping changes - updated travel rules explained

The country's Prime Minister has said it is 'time to safely turn the page' as mask and vaccine mandates are dropped.

Los Angeles Times

LA County reports nation’s first confirmed monkeypox death

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County resident has died from MPX — the nation’s first confirmed fatality linked to the disease, public health officials said Monday.

Bangkok Post

Rethink jabs for kids

Re: "Doctors urge Covid jabs for young kids", (BP, Sept 13) and "Govt to procure updated jabs", (BP, Sept 7).

The Guardian - US

Covid caused huge shortages in US labor market, study shows

At least 500,000 people have permanently disappeared from the workforce, analysis says

Wales Online

Five reasons why young people need Covid booster vaccine

Vaccination doesn’t only provide protection to the person being vaccinated, but also indirectly protects the population as a whole

Wales Online

Wales has the lowest Covid infection rate of any UK nation by some distance

Across the UK Covid-19 infections have dropped to their lowest level for nearly 11 months

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