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'Highly infectious' Covid strain now responsible for 1 in 25 cases across the UK

The XBB 1.5 variant is a type of Omicron and is said to be more infectious as it spreads quickly and appears to evade people's vaccine protection

Daily Mirror

Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily

Coronavirus: Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily, HKU expert says while arguing risks from reopening border with mainland China are small.

Bangkok Post

Australia and China both gave up on COVID-zero just as an Omicron outbreak hit. Here's why the situation is so much worse for Beijing

Australia's experience of moving to a model of living with COVID-19 in January has some distinct similarities to China's current transition away from COVID-zero.

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How Covid will play out in 2023

Expert insists there’s room for complacency

Wales Online

More Countries Roll Out China Traveler Checks

Travelers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases. China on Sunday reported more than 5,100 new infections and one death linked to Covid out of its population of 1.4 billion. Last month, Beijing abruptly began dismantling…

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COVID test required of arrivals from China

Travellers from China will need to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19 before boarding a flight to Australia, the health minister has announced.

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Covid cases in Bristol area 'more than 90,000' as 2022 comes to an end

Despite the government stopping Covid case reporting over Christmas, the Zoe Health Study has revealed a stark reality of coronavirus infection in Bristol as we head into 2023.

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Coronavirus 2022 review: What studies taught us about COVID this year

After another year of living with COVID-19, we have a greater understanding of the respiratory illness than we did nearly three years ago, when the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

World Health Organisation urges China to strengthen its Covid response as cases surge

It comes as UK government announces travel restrictions for passengers from China

The Independent UK

Making peace with Covid

People should usher in the New Year free of concern about a severe new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as the public is by now largely immune to the virus and life is slowly returning to usual, according to a virus expert.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds of people caught Covid in Welsh hospitals over the Christmas period

The worrying data comes at a time when flu and other respiratory infections are also rife on wards

Wales Online

Covid: Travellers from China to need negative test to enter UK in government U-turn

France and Spain also imposes restrictions as cases soar in Beijing

The Independent UK

Politicians need to put their faith in businesses in 2023

It will be entrepreneurs and innovators who will step up to the mark in a recession

Birmingham Post

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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Dublin Live

Citywest and Punchestown vaccination centres confirm opening hours for Covid-19 booster jabs

The announcement comes as a second Covid-19 booster is now offered to all 18-49 year olds

Wales Online

Flu cases surge as hospital numbers soar by 79% as thousands admitted

An average of 3,746 people were in hospital with flu over the seven days leading up to Christmas. The figure is op nearly 1,700 compared to the week before.

Daily Mirror

Covid symptoms to look out for in friends and family and how China will affect us

Coronavirus cases in the country could be close to a million, but despite the figures a leading British coronavirus expert has said the risk to the UK is small

Tribune News Service

It’s extra important to test after New Year’s gatherings, doctor says. Here’s why

It’s a sniffle, a tickle in the throat and a headache. Or a fever, congestion and fatigue.

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Reuters

World Health Organization needs more information on China COVID situation - Tedros

The World Health Organization needs more information to assess the latest surge in infections in China, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Evening Standard

Spain slaps Covid controls on arrivals from China as UK holds off for now

Travellers arriving in Spain from China will be required to either prove they are fully vaccinated from Covid or have tested negative for the virus, it has been announced by the country’s health minister.

Al Jazeera

COVID vaccine hesitancy leads to child health concerns in PNG

Distrust of COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea linked to reduction in children receiving more general vaccinations.

Boston Herald

‘Highly contagious’ XBB variant becomes dominant COVID strain, as Boston-area virus wastewater levels keep rising

BOSTON — A new “highly contagious” COVID variant is on the rise across the region, as the Boston-area virus wastewater levels continue to predict a jump in local cases.

Tribune News Service

Has Florida reached an endemic stage of COVID?

While thousands of Floridians continue to be infected by coronavirus, state health officials already are treating COVID-19 as an endemic disease — with health experts clinging to hope that it has become more predictable, manageable and less deadly.

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As some experts and long-COVID sufferers call for antivirals to be more accessible, others say the science isn't proven yet

Some long COVID sufferers are paying thousands of dollars for COVID-19 antivirals, hoping they will lessen their symptoms during reinfections. While some experts say it's time to allow more Australia access to subsidised medications, others say more research is needed.

Inverse

What is invasive strep A? The potentially dangerous condition is currently on the rise

There are ways to treat the infection and protect yourself and your family from getting it in the first place. Here’s what you need to know.

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