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The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

South African scientists on discovering omicron, plus how culture informs people's emotional reaction to music – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: South African scientists on the inside story of discovering omicron – and what their experience can offer the world about future variants, published on February 3, 2022.

The Conversation

US economy adds 467,000 jobs in January, calming Omicron fears

Jobs creation was better than expected despite a wave of workers calling in sick as Omicron infections peaked.

Al Jazeera

Jobs Report: Hiring Defies Omicron As Wage Growth Surges; Stock Market Shakes It Off

January job growth was much stronger than expected, while wage gains surged.

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Jobs stunner: January surge defies Omicron

Employers added 467,000 jobs last month, despite millions out sick.

Axios

US appears to shake off Omicron and adds nearly half a million January jobs

Economists had predicted dramatic slump in job growth but labor department figures much better than expected

The Guardian - US

Upper Crust owner’s sales fall as Omicron kept commuters away

SSP, which operates fast food chains at railway stations and airports, is ‘well positioned’ for summer

The Guardian - UK

Omicron infections may not protect well against future spread

It's unclear how well Omicron protects against other variants, or how long its protection lasts.

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View From The Hill: Aged care residents are paying for lessons not learned fast enough

Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d told the Senate COVID committee he was too busy working on the Omicron wave spreading through aged care to appear.

The Conversation

No 10 implicitly rebukes Bank of England chief over wage restraint call, amid unions anger – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK

More Omicron cases at WA mine site, school

Three more workers at a BHP mine site in Western Australia have tested positive to COVID-19, while the virus is also continuing to spread through schools.

AAP

Turkey reports daily record of 111,157 new cases – as it happened

Turkish daily death toll highest in four months as cases surge; UK health agency says number of cases each day could be rising

The Guardian - AU

Australia's biggest firms set to reveal the costs of COVID-19 as ASX reporting season picks up steam

Investors will be flooded with updates from the nation's largest companies in the next few weeks — about how much they're earning, along with the impact of staff shortages and higher inflation on their profit margins.

ABC News

Critically understaffed and with Omicron looming, why isn't NZ employing more of its foreign-trained doctors?

New Zealand’s critical shortage of specialist nurses made headlines again this week, but it’s not the country’s only pressing medical need.

The Conversation

This could be a messy jobs report

From Omicron effects to seasonal adjustments, it will be hard to interpret

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Los Angeles Times

Officials stress COVID safety measures at Super Bowl, including, yes, masks

LOS ANGELES — NFL and SoFi Stadium officials joined with local leaders to reiterate that masks will be required for fans at the Super Bowl in Inglewood to help protect against omicron transmission.

The Canberra Times

Spending holds out against Omicron

Latest data from Australia's major business bank has found spending has only marginally been impacted by Omicron.

The Independent UK

Jason Leitch: Latest Omicron strain should cause ‘mild’ concern

The national clinical director was discussing the new strain of the virus with Holyrood’s Covid-19 Recovery committee.

The New Daily

‘Winter is coming’: Australia faces new Omicron challenges as Europe enters ‘enduring peace’

Epidemiologists have sounded a warning against complacency after forecasts last week that the Omicron wave is starting to wane.

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The Independent UK

Service sector bounces back in January as Omicron curbs ease

The closely-watched IHS Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI survey scored 54.1 in January, recovering from a 10-month low of 53.6 in December.

Axios

COVID deaths are rising even as Omicron dies down

New cases are plunging, but the virus is killing about 2,600 Americans per day.

The Independent UK

Schools close, fairs on amid omicron surge in Bangladesh

Schools have closed again in Bangladesh as coronavirus infections surge, disappointing students and teachers alike

The Hindu

Explained | The sub-lineages of the Omicron variant

How many different lineages does Omicron have and how are they different from each other?

The Guardian - AU

Coronavirus live: Europe in virus ‘ceasefire’ with tranquil period ahead, says WHO; record UK long Covid cases — as it happened

Europe could enter ‘long period of Covid tranquility’ due to high vaccination rates, WHO says; record 1.33 million UK long Covid patients

The Independent UK

Covid news - live: 550,000 people in UK still have symptoms after a year as Israel finds more BA.2 cases

The four sub-variants of Omicron collectively account for 93 per cent of all Covid specimens collected in the past month, says WHO

AAP

Fourth school exposed as Omicron sweeps WA

Western Australia's premier is standing by his strict COVID-19 isolation rules as hundreds of school students are plunged into 14 days of quarantine.

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