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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Flu deaths in Scotland hit highest weekly number in 20 years

The total number of deaths registered in Scotland last week was 2,020, which is 29% higher than the five-year average.

Daily Record

HSE worried over slow uptake of Covid-19 boosters in Ireland

The rollout of the second booster dose was accelerated at the end of 2022 but doctors are concerned at the low levels of uptake, particularly amongst healthcare professionals

Dublin Live

Covid ‘will taunt us for years’ UKHSA head warns as Orthrus variant spreads

UKHSA warns of coinciding ‘double flu and double Covid seasons’ in future

The Independent UK

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Orthrus Covid variant behind quarter of UK cases — the symptoms to spot

Health chiefs say data suggests it could represent 100 per cent of all cases of the virus in some areas

Evening Standard

Can you go to work with Covid?

Or, more importantly, should you? Here’s everything you need to know

The Independent UK

How long are you infectious with Covid?

Covid cases are rising and warnings about reducing contact are being issued

The Independent UK

Covid vaccine: When can I get my booster jab?

UK entering a new wave of the virus, experts warn

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Top five Covid symptoms after vaccination and the signs you might have it

Covid booster jabs still strongly advised for those eligible, say experts, as flu season arrives

The Independent UK

Qld lowers COVID-19 pandemic alert level

Queensland, which has emerged from a fourth wave of COVID-19, will cut its community alert level to green from amber.

AAP

Nevada county's health board to consider banning COVID, flu vaccines

LAS VEGAS — The Elko County Board of Health is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss and consider placing a moratorium on COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.

Tribune News Service

Andrew Bridgen’s Covid vaccine tweets could harm public health

Letter: We need a high booster uptake of Covid and flu vaccines, writes Dr Simon Williams; the fewer anti-vax messages the better

The Guardian - UK

Doctors answer January's five most-Googled health questions

This winter has brought a lot with it health-wise, from flu to Covid - and January is also a time when people are feeling health-conscious in other ways

Wales Online

The 5 most Googled January health questions – answered by doctors

Unsurprisingly, queries about the flu and Covid are front of mind. By Prudence Wade.

The Independent UK

Pregnant women who catch Covid are seven times more likely to die, warns new research

Covid during pregnancy also increases the risk that the baby will need to be admitted to intensive care

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The Guardian - UK

Covid increases risk of grave illness and death in pregnant women – study

Research also finds unvaccinated Covid-infected women more likely to give birth prematurely

Tribune News Service

China’s hospital COVID death data just a 10th of total toll, experts say

The nearly 60,000 COVID-related deaths China reported for the first five weeks of its current outbreak, the largest the world has ever seen, may underestimate the true toll by hundreds of thousands of fatalities, experts said.

Belfast Live

NI Covid-19 antiviral study opens as Department of Heath calls for participants

The study is open to adults over the age of 50 or those aged 18 to 49 with an underlying health condition

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Covid hotspots as experts warn people are 'not taking this seriously'

It comes after the UKHSA predicted two new dominant strains in the UK

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First Thing: US Covid surge is big risk and is ‘not being taken seriously’

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?

Irish Mirror

WHO advises of six scenarios where masks should be worn in Covid guideline update

"WHO continues to recommend the use of masks by the public in specific situations"

Tribune News Service

China urged to provide more data on COVID infections

China’s announcement that it had almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths in a month has spurred new calls for the government to provide more data about the wave of infections that is sweeping the country.

The Guardian - US

‘People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise in cases but boosters, masks and other precautions are still effective

Manchester Evening News

The new Greater Manchester Covid hotspots as figures show around 500 hospital patients in region have virus

Around 11 per cent of Greater Manchester's approximately 5,000 hospital beds are currently occupied by patients with Covid

Wales Online

CDC to investigate possible link between updated Pfizer Covid vaccine and increased stroke risk among over-65s

'It is very unlikely that the signal would represent a true clinical risk, we believe it is important to share this information with the public'

Salon

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Dying at higher rates during COVID, while fearing doctors won’t listen

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