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West Coast coach Adam Simpson fumes over Eagles' nightclub visit during Western Australia's COVID-19 rise

Adam Simpson expresses his frustration that some Eagles players went to a local nightclub in the midst of WA's COVID-19 spike.

ABC News

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”

The Independent UK

Legal experts raise concerns about lack of civil liberty safeguards in SA's COVID-19 legislation

Legal experts are critical of proposed changes to legislation, which would see some one-off COVID powers enshrined into permanent law.

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Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for COVID deaths after damning WHO report

India's main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of COVID-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country's toll was nearly 10 times the reported figure.

Reuters

Eagles fume over players' nightclub visit

West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he's furious that some Eagles players have gone to a local nightclub in the midst of WA's COVID-19 spike.

AAP

Scott Morrison denies Solomon Islands ‘red lines’ rhetoric puts Australia more at risk

Making a defence funding announcement in WA, prime minister continues to face questions about his handling of national security issues

The Guardian - AU

Woman in her 90s dies with COVID-19 at Royal Darwin Hospital, as NT hospital admissions rise but ICU cases drop to zero

A woman in her 90s has died with COVID-19 at Royal Darwin Hospital, as NT Health reports a jump in the number of cases in hospital.

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Xi Jinping attacks ‘doubters’ as he doubles down on China’s zero-Covid policy

President defends ‘scientific and effective’ mass lockdowns despite protests, shortages and damage to economic growth

The Guardian - AU

Lockdowns, crackdowns, chew toys. Owning an illegal big dog in Beijing

In China’s strictest city for dog-owners, a growing community of big dog-lovers learns how to live on the wrong side of the law

Financial Times

Weekly Must-Read: Five Things to Know About China’s Draft Rules on Local Financial Institutions

Draft regulations to strengthen supervision may be difficult to enforce and could even put unnecessary burdens on market participants, experts say

Caixin Global

Former CSIRO executive who defrauded govt argues against jail to avoid COVID

The court heard the former executive would face "quite severe" consequences if he caught COVID in jail.

The Canberra Times

UK PM Johnson loses London strongholds as scandals bite in local elections

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered setbacks elsewhere in local elections, with voters punishing his government over a series of scandals.

Reuters

Morning Digest | India to contest WHO figures on COVID-19-linked deaths in country; CAA will be a reality, says Amit Shah, and more

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The Hindu

Number of new WA COVID-19 cases falls back below 10,000 but hospital infections still rising

Western Australia records a new peak of 282 people with COVID-19 in hospital, although the number of new cases drops to 9,328 after yesterday's record high.

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Shanghai says China's worst COVID outbreak under "effective control"

Shanghai said on Friday it has brought China's worst outbreak of COVID-19 under effective control following a month-long lockdown of nearly 25 million people, with authorities vowing to stand by their zero-COVID strategy despite mounting economic costs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Audit faults LaSalle Veterans Home staff, public health department for COVID crisis response

Illinois Republicans were anxiously awaiting the 154-page report, which they said shows ‘when it comes to protecting our state’s most vulnerable’ Gov. J.B. ‘Pritzker is a failure.’ But the governor said, ‘I did hold people accountable, and I did fire people who are in those positions,’

AAP

Breust happy with call to remain at Hawks

Luke Breust has opened up on his "hairy" trade period but is happier than ever to have stuck with Hawthorn as the Hawks continue to surprise under Sam Mitchell.

The Canberra Times

COVID pandemic toll climbs to 55 as high hospitalisation levels drop

ACT Health reported 1053 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, along with a decrease in the number of people in hospital.

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Bangkok Post

7,705 new Covid cases, 62 more deaths

There were 62 more Covid-19 fatalities and 7,705 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Friday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine over blood clot risks, agency says

The use of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, also known as Janssen, has been limited to “certain individuals” over rare blood clot risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday, May 5.

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FDA limits Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine to some people due to blood clot risk

The chances of dying following after receiving the Janssen vaccine is about 1:2,000,000. But with multiple COVID-19 vaccines available, the FDA is limiting the use of the J&J vaccine.

ABC News

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

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID-19 statistics from each state and territory.

The Independent UK

Tories braced for loss of key councils in blow to Johnson

Votes are being counted in some parts of England, with some key London boroughs looking grim for the Conservatives.

The Times of India

Maharashtra breaches 200-mark after 40 days; 60% Covid cases from Mumbai

MUMBAI: The state on Thursday breached the 200-mark after 40 days to report 233 new cases of Covid-19. Mumbai contributed to nearly 60% of the fresh cases with 130 new detections. There were no deaths or any notable rise in hospitalisations.

Reuters

'How did we catch it?': spread of COVID baffles locked-down Shanghai residents

Veronica thought she did everything right by sticking to all of the COVID-19 lockdown rules in the Chinese city of Shanghai.

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