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Covid alert level lowered after new cases drop

The Public Health Ministry moved the Covid-19 alert down one level on Monday as the country remains on course to declare the coronavirus an endemic disease.

Bangkok Post

Long COVID mystery: Do vaccines help or hurt?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After months of struggling with long COVID, 25-year-old Ibrahim Rashid was excited to be vaccinated, seeking to prevent reinfection and perhaps ease his symptoms.

Tribune News Service

No fresh Covid-19 cases, deaths in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: The Union Territory of Puducherry did not report any new Covid-19 cases and related fatalities in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM on Monday, a top Health department official said. The overall caseload remained at 1,65,797 and the total recoveries stood at 1,63,828.

The Times of India

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1 million COVID deaths: Visualizing the scale of loss suffered in America

Remembering the lives lost to COVID-19 in America.

Axios

Wales's food and drink exports bounce back from Covid hit ahead of other UK nations

Food and Drink Federation (FDF). research shows Wales is the only country in the UK to exceed pre-pandemic export sales for food and drink

Birmingham Post

Shanghai tightens lockdown despite falling COVID cases

Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak

The Independent UK

Massive fall in Wirral’s covid cases

A clear pattern is emerging in the borough

Liverpool Echo

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23 Countries Discuss Education in Riyadh Post-Pandemic Era

Riyadh is hosting representatives of 23 countries from around the world and more than 262 international and local universities to discuss the education sector after the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Education Conference 2022, which kicked off on Sunday, tackles the global education policies and examines the most effective experiences and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Laos reopens to tourists and other visitors from abroad

The landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos has reopened to tourists and other visitors more than two years after it imposed tight restrictions to fight the coronavirus

The Independent UK

Baroness Michelle Mone faces police grilling over £200m PPE deal

MICHELLE Mone could be interviewed under caution as police investigate a £200 million Covid PPE deal, it has been reported.

The National (Scotland)

Dear Donald Trump: America is not OK

Donald Trump keeps writing to me. Yelling at the keyboard is unproductive, so I'm writing back

Salon

Boy was blinded by staph infection, not Covid-19 vaccine

PHUKET: A 12-year-old boy reported to have become blind after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine had in fact lost his sight from a bacterial infection that spread to the optic nerve and the sphenoid sinus, doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Ambulance ramping sparks unprecedented warning for Perth residents amid highest COVID figures on record

For the first time in its history, St John is warning Perth residents of extremely high demand for its services that are causing delays to ambulance dispatches amid escalating COVID numbers.

ABC News

Two Edinburgh pubs get 'cash behind the bar' from Beautiful South singer Paul Heaton

The former Beautiful South frontman celebrates his 60th birthday today, May 9, and wants fans to join him as he used his own money to fund drinks for those visiting 60 different pubs across the UK.

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Daily Record

EasyJet removes seats from planes to prevent staffing chaos

Flights have been disrupted due to a lack of cabin crew.

Daily Record

Elderly Renfrewshire couple thrown off cruise ship amid covid scare

The £4000 dream cruise holiday turned into a nightmare for the pair

Tribune News Service

Editorial: 1 million dead: COVID’s toll, once unthinkable, is now part of the American fabric

To say it is not to fully absorb it: Our nation of 330 million souls has lost 1 million lives in just over two years to a virus that landed here in January 2020. Nor is the deeply humbling total, which has touched almost every American family, the end. We…

The National (Scotland)

Writer behind Covid drama slams 'negligent' UK Government during BAFTAs

THE writer behind a Covid drama slated the UK Government's "careless" response to the pandemic after a winning an award at the BAFTAs.

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The Independent UK

How accurate are lateral flow tests?

Free Covid-19 testing for most people will end on 1 April

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices to Asia by More than 50%

Saudi Arabia cut oil prices for buyers in Asia as coronavirus lockdowns in China weigh on demand, countering uncertainty around Russia’s supplies as the Ukraine war drags on. Aramco is expected to cut the official selling price (OSP) for flagship Arab Light crude to Asia in June by more than…

WEKU

Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

FEMA has a pool of cash set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to the families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the application process.

Newslaundry

Inconvenient truth: Why the Modi govt is choosing ‘denial’ as its response to WHO’s Covid death toll

On May 5, the World Health Organisation finally bit the bullet and published its report on excess deaths associated with Covid-19.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Asian Stocks Stumble on Global Anxieties over Inflation

Asian stocks fell Monday as investors remained anxious over inflation and the ongoing impact of China's Covid lockdown policies, despite an initial Wall Street bounce thanks to a solid US jobs report. Global markets have taken a beating over a series of crises including surging inflation, rising interest rates, China's…

Reuters

Many Germans still work from home despite end of COVID requirement - Ifo

The proportion of German people working from home fell only slightly in April, according to a survey published on Monday, despite the country lifting remote-working requirements brought into force to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Times of India

'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' box office collection Day 3: Benedict Cumberbatch starrer records BIG weekend despite facing minor drop on Sunday

Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer, 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' raked in Rs 78 crore at the Indian box office over its first weekend, reaffirming the supremacy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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