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Stormont ministers to consider relaxations to Covid restrictions

Business leaders earlier this week urged relaxations describing the impact on trade as ‘very real’.

The Independent UK

A record quarter for filming in LA obscures Hollywood's complicated recovery story

Filming in Los Angeles rose to a record in the fourth quarter of last year as Hollywood recovered from the COVID-19 doldrums.

Los Angeles Times

Tasmania records 927 COVID cases, three in ICU, as national cabinet meets to discuss return-to-school plans

Tasmania records 927 new COVID cases and one more patient in intensive care, as a major hospital in the state's north activates escalation level three amid an outbreak in a ward.

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Unvaccinated mum woke up from Covid coma without realising she'd given birth

Jo Udeze, 39, was wary of getting her Covid jab while pregnant but was struck down by the virus at 30 weeks - before being placed in an induced coma in Walsall

Daily Mirror

West Bengal: Education department to digitise notes to help UG, PG students in Covid times

KOLKATA: The higher education department has decided to digitise the study material generated by under graduate and post graduate faculty members of several colleges across the state during the pandemic when teachers shifting from the traditional offline mode to online method of teaching.

The Times of India

Kolkata: Private hospitals start planned ops on Covid patients

KOLKATA: Close on the heels of government hospitals, several private hospitals, too, have started conducting surgeries and procedures on asymptomatic Covid patients. While some have created a separate ward for mildly symptomatic patients who got admitted for other treatment, others are not even testing them for Covid before conducting procedures…

The Times of India

3rd-wave Covid contrast: Most get well at home but ICUs fill up in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Even as the Covid-19 patient count in general wards is declining gradually in most hospitals in the city, there is a rising trend in positive patient count in Covid critical care units. Some have already hiked their Covid intensive care beds.

The Times of India

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Kolkata: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation fresh Covid case count shows steady decline over a week, but deaths surge

KOLKATA: From over 1,300 fresh Covid cases daily a week ago, the number in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area has been on a decline, to only 420 new cases reported on Tuesday. However, there has been a sudden surge in Covid deaths with seven reported in the last eight…

The Times of India

Test & Go for overseas arrivals to be restored, fine-tuned

The Test & Go programme will be reintroduced soon while entry rules under the scheme will be tweaked to allow close monitoring of overseas arrivals' health, said Gen Supoj Malaniyom, head of operations at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

Bangkok Post

Covid Scotland: 10 ways life will be different in Scotland as most restrictions ease

The First Minister announced this week that a range of restrictions will be easing in Scotland as data suggests the country is over the peak of the omicron wave.

Glasgow Live

Opposition to file general debate motion

The opposition will file a general debate motion against the government in parliament over its failure to address a range of pressing issues -- including the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation and economic malaise -- by early next week.

Bangkok Post

ALL performances of 'Saturday Night Fever' musical cancelled at Manchester Opera House due to 'Covid related absences'

The hit musical was set to kick off at the theatre, on Quay Street, on January 25

Manchester Evening News

60 Covid deaths nationally as PM says rapid antigen tests not being stockpiled – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Six Greater Manchester boroughs have Covid infection rates below national average - as every borough sees rates fall by at least 50 per cent

Rates are continuing to fall across the region, with one borough seeing cases plummet by more than 60 per cent

Manchester Evening News

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Irish Mirror

Micheal Martin to announce lifting of Ireland Covid restrictions as Irish pub rules likely to ease

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan and NPHET will meet on Thursday

The Hindu

Chittoor logs 1,822 COVID cases, active caseload inching close to 10k

Officials attribute the rise to inter-State public movement

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: ‘unfair’ rapid test costs, Boris Johnson under pressure, Triple J hottest 100 favourites

Thursday: Sydney woman with muscular dystrophy forced to spend $1,300 on rapid tests for her carers. Plus: can Kamilaroi rapper The Kid Laroi fend off the Wiggles to claim Triple J’s Hottest 100?

Manchester Evening News

"We have to find a way to remove almost all restrictions and get back to normal": Everything announced at Downing Street press conference

Health Secretary Sajid Javid took to the podium this evening to address the nation on the lifting of current Plan B restrictions and how the fight against Omicron will continue

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The Independent UK

Theatre groups say end of Plan B is ‘confidence boost’ for sector

Venues will no longer require a Covid pass for entry.

Daily Mirror

Chef who ate 5,000 calories a day in lockdown sheds pounds 'to look like Chris Pratt'

Matthew Cantrill, 33, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, ate mounds of takeaways and junk food while doing no exercise during the Covid pandemic before finding inspiration in Hollywood hero Chris Pratt

Chronicle Live

All of the Covid rules that will remain in place after Plan B ends on January 26

Rules on face masks, Covid passports, and work from home guidance will be axed from next week

Evening Standard

Do we still have to wear masks and what are the rules on London transport and schools?

All remaining Covid restrictions have been lifted in England due to falling rates of Covid infections, following an announcement by Boris Johnson.

Bristol Post

Sajid Javid's covid announcement explained including new rules and key dates

Sajid Javid gave a press conference at No 10 after the Prime Minister announced the end of Plan B measures

Chronicle Live

Durham Constabulary fined six people for Covid breaches on same day Boris Johnson attended BYOB bash

Durham Constabulary fined two people for "drinking alcohol" with six others on May 20, 2020

The Independent UK

Covid self-isolation period to be reduced from seven days to five in NI

Paul Givan tweeted that the Department of Health has confirmed that the new rule will apply from January 21.

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