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Government eyes more power to organize pandemic response

The government is considering giving central and prefectural governments more power over medical institutions in the event of a rapid spread of the coronavirus or other infectious diseases, several sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Irish pubs and restaurants set for summer bonanza as street furniture fees to be abolished

Government to sign regulations that will open up the country for another 'Mediterranean' summer

Irish Mirror

The little-known Covid symptom affecting one in five people with Omicron variant

Professor Tim Spector has warned that ringing ears, or tinnitus, should be taken "really seriously" as a new symptom because it could indicate the virus behaving in different ways

Manchester Evening News

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Face mask rules on board flights in Europe to be dropped from next week

Both the EASA and ECDC agreed to lift the measure due to the latest developments in the pandemic.

Daily Record

EU eases mask guidance for flights as airlines drop Covid rules

The European Union is relaxing its guidance for mask wearing on flights starting next week even as many airlines have already abandoned those rules with Covid-19 concerns easing.

Bangkok Post

Woman's anger over parking fine while taking mum, 86, for covid jab

Louise Mowbray received the fine while taking her mum for her covid jab despite prominently displaying her mother's blue badge

Manchester Evening News

Tesla Analyst Contradicts Elon Musk On China Lockdown Impact: 'Giga Shanghai Ramp-Up Unlikely Until June'

The key to Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) hitting its sales target for the year is the speedy ramp of Giga Shanghai, which faced disruptions from COVID-19 lockdowns in China.

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The modern flu is a direct descendant of the virus that caused the 1918 pandemic

How the Covid-19 pandemic can help us better understand the 1918 flu pandemic and future pandemics.

Inverse

Eli Lilly's Olumiant Becomes First FDA Approved Immunomodulatory Treatment For COVID-19

The FDA approved Eli Lilly And Co's (NYSE:LLY) Olumiant (baricitinib) for COVID-19 in hospitalized adults requiring supplemental oxygen, mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Olumiant is the first immunomodulatory treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA approval. The FDA first issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Olumiant combined with remdesivir to treat…

Benzinga

Spanish locator form: Northern Ireland rules explained for travellers

If you are not fully vaccinated or recovered from Covid in the last six months, you must complete Spain's Travel Health Control form

Belfast Live

Royal Mail admits one in five first class letters no longer arrive the next day

The delivery giant aims to deliver the majority of first class letters the following day including Saturdays - and traditionally has met this target. But blaming Covid, it said the number of letters arriving within 24 hours has fallen

Daily Mirror

EU Lifts Mask Requirement for Air Travel

The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities said Wednesday. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it hoped the joint decision, made with the European Center for Disease…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study: COVID more likely to spread in small, indoor events than big, outdoor gatherings

Smaller indoor events are more likely to spread COVID than bigger, outdoor ones, per a new report by UT researchers.

Axios

Calls for Boris Johnson to quit over ‘partygate’ are ‘bonkeroony’ says Gove

The Communities Secretary said Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to stand down if he is fined makes no difference to Boris Johnson’s position.

The Independent UK

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EU lifts mask requirement for air travel as pandemic ebbs

European Union authorities say the bloc will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The US is doing too little to monitor Paxlovid use

Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral treatment for COVID-19, is turning out to be one of the most successful new drugs in pharma history. Prescriptions have increased tenfold since February, and the five-day pill pack accounts for nearly 90% of the COVID-19 oral-antiviral market.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Stay vigilant on the coronavirus

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, there's a yearning for regular times that's understandable and unstoppable. That reality, however, requires doing more to minimize COVID-19's spread than the strategies employed so far at 2022's high-profile events.

The Independent UK

‘Get the f*** out’: Patti Lupone filmed shouting at audience member for not wearing Covid mask properly

Woman in the crowd told Lupone she pays her salary – it did not go down well

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Bangkok Post

Japan government says masks not needed outdoors if distancing maintained

TOKYO: Wearing masks outdoors to protect against the coronavirus is not necessary providing social distancing is practiced, Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday, with the approach of summer increasing the risk of heatstroke.

The Guardian - UK

Tui tells holidaymakers not to expect last-minute deals amid bookings surge

Losses halve as travel bounces back from pandemic with reservations reaching 85% of summer 2019 level

The Independent UK

What is Omicron XE? Symptoms of the new Covid variant found in UK

XE combines genetic characteristic of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants, in what is known as a “recombinant”

Daily Record

Ricky Gervais slams Piers Morgan for interview with official Taliban spokesman on TalkTV show Uncensored

Ricky had previously wished Piers Morgan 'good luck' during a cameo appearance on his first show.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute's Danielle Wood on election's thin policy debate

Danielle Wood is the CEO of the Grattan Institute, an independent think tank, Its purpose is to research and advocate policies to improve Australians’ lives.

WEKU

Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable

The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Slams WHO Chief for 'Irresponsible' Remarks on its Zero-COVID Policy

China's foreign ministry called on World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to avoid making "irresponsible" remarks, after he said China's zero-COVID policy was not sustainable. Speaking at a regular news conference in Beijing on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian defended China's measures on fighting the pandemic and…

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