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Call for South Australians to keep COVID-safe at Christmas with case numbers lingering at peak

South Australians will enjoy a Christmas free of restrictions this year but authorities are encouraging COVID-safe behaviours, as the state lingers at the peak of its latest wave.

ABC News

Two people die with COVID-19 in ACT as cases rise slightly

The ACT reported 3184 cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Thursday.

The Canberra Times

Queenslanders reminded COVID won't be gone by Christmas despite peak of latest wave passing

With the virus still widespread throughout the community, the state's Chief Health Officer John Gerrard repeated warnings for sick Queenslanders to stay away from the elderly and vulnerable during the festive period.

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Travellers warned to arrive early as airport rush begins

Australian airports face an influx of travellers as the first end-of-year holiday period in three years without COVID measures gets underway.

The New Daily

South Coast awaits Christmas influx with January bookings down for some

Christmas countdown underway as South Coast gears up for busiest time of the year.

The Canberra Times

In China, people are learning to live with COVID

Only a few weeks ago COVID-19 positive Chinese teacher Yang Zengdong and her husband would probably have ended up in a makeshift quarantine centre with patchy heating, sparse bedding and overwhelmed toilets, but today they are isolating at home.

Reuters

Addicted to chilli? Here's how it might help us regain our sense of taste after COVID

The news of a hot chilli sauce shortages earlier this year – due to high temperatures and drought in agricultural regions – prompted warnings to stock up on supplies or forego adding this flavor to your food. But what prompts people to want to do this in the first place?

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

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

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Florida Supreme Court OKs Gov. DeSantis’ grand jury probe of COVID vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday granted Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a grand jury to investigate COVID-19 vaccines, despite overwhelming scientific consensus they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and across the world.

Orlando Sentinel

How China Botched the End of Zero-COVID

Other countries have successfully transitioned from strict lockdowns. Beijing has wasted the last three years.

Foreign Policy

Patients concerned over uncertain future for government-funded long COVID clinics

Uncertainty over whether public long COVID clinics will remain open next year has left some patients worried about their future treatment.

ABC News

Chicago mayor, top doctor urge masking in public as COVID-19 cases rise

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged residents to get vaccinated and boosted as the Christmas holiday approaches and noted that the city will issue a mask advisory if COVID-19 cases continue rising.

Chicago Tribune

Blinken cites need for all countries including China to share COVID information

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday emphasized the need for all countries, including China, to share information on their experiences with COVID-19, at a time when some experts have started raising questions about Beijing's official hospitalization and casualty figures.

Reuters

It’s Three Years Since COVID Arrived, and Some Things Haven’t Changed

California’s hospitals struggle once more to find beds for desperate patients.

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U.S. life expectancy fell again in 2021 amid pandemic, opioid crisis

COVID-19 was the fastest-growing cause of death of Americans in 2021, but was closely followed by an increase in unintentional injuries.

AAP

NSW passes virus peak ahead of Christmas

NSW passes the peak of it's latest COVID-19 wave just days before Christmas, as Sydney researchers develop a new nasal vaccine.

Irish Mirror

County-by-county Covid-19 case numbers amid big spike and new advice on masks

Covid-19 cases are rising across the countries with the CMO issuing new advice on masks

Nottingham Post

Head of 'family from hell' who tortured and murdered daughter-in-law dies in prison

Rachel, a young mum, was tortured, insulted and humiliated by the family members after she moved in with them in Stockhill, Nottingham, in November 2002.

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Reuters

Macau to drop COVID tests for arriving passengers

International arrivals to Macau, including from Hong Kong and Taiwan, will no longer need to undergo a nucleic acid test after landing and will be able to move freely, the government said on Thursday, the biggest steps yet to relax stringent COVID measures.

Daily Record

Covid, cold, flu, Strep A and RSV symptoms - how to tell winter lurgies apart

Winter is prime time for many different illnesses to spread around, so here are all the differences between symptoms.

Dublin Live

Avoid Christmas mass if you're sick says CMO amid Covid surge

Professor Breda Smyth warned that the public was facing a “respiratory storm” this winter as viral illnesses, including flu and Covid, rapidly increase

Dynamite News

Scientists Discover Primary Cause Of Smell Loss In Long Covid-19

The reason some people do not recover their sense of smell after Covid-19 is due to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decrease in the number of those cells. Read on for details:

Bangkok Post

China 'to cut quarantine for overseas travellers'

China plans to cut quarantine requirements for overseas travellers in January, according to people familiar with the matter, as the country dismantles the last vestiges of its zero-Covid policy.

Fortune

Chinese officials say it's fine to go to work sick

China could be seeing as many as one million COVID cases a day, according to predictions from analytics firm Airfinity.

Evening Standard

Chinese hospitals taking more Covid cases amid ‘concerning situation’, says WHO

Chinese intensive care units are filling up with patients amid a rise in Covid cases across the country, the World Health Organisation has said.

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