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No-deal Brexit warnings interfered with pandemic planning, inquiry told

Gillian Russell, a senior civil servant in Scotland, has given evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Flex your social muscles – and stick to one drink: 10 ways to be much more confident at parties

Have you become more stressed about big gatherings since the pandemic? You’re certainly not alone. Here is how to leave fear behind and have a great time

The Guardian - UK

£650k of public money given out to fraudulent businesses in Wirral

The cash was given out to businesses who claimed they were struggling during the pandemic

Liverpool Echo

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easyJet puts tickets for 60,000 flights on sale starting at £24.99

The airline is also now extending the validity of any vouchers issued throughout the pandemic

Wales Online

Up First briefing: Extreme heat; pandemic fraud; Supreme Court election theory ruling

The South faces record-breaking heat. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent. The Supreme Court rejects the controversial independant state leglistatures theory.

WEKU

Millions of pilgrims converge on Saudi Arabia for Hajj

It's one of the largest religious gatherings in the world: the Hajj pilgrimage is underway this week in Saudi Arabia, with some 2 million Muslims converging in Mecca and at Mount Arafat. This year's Hajj could be the largest on record, according to officials, after several quieter years during the…

France 24

Covid inquiry: what we have heard so far

Relatives of those who died during the Covid-19 pandemic turned their backs on Matt Hancock as he arrived to give his testimony at the Covid inquiry.

The Week

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OPINION - Matt Hancock’s new party trick is how to take all the responsibility but no blame

Matt Hancock appeared before the Covid-19 inquiry yesterday to school us in one particular trick he is yet to perform in the jungle for money — the art of taking no responsibility by taking full responsibility.

Evening Standard

100 Years after the Exclusion Act, Chinese Canadians Like Me Still Question Their Belonging

Searching for the sense of identity I had lost during the pandemic, I needed my family to see where our Canadian story began

The Walrus

Families of Covid victims blast 'insincere' Matt Hancock whose apologies 'didn't wash'

Deborah Doyle, from Newcastle, who lost her mum Sylvia Griffiths, 76, to the virus said Hancock had "a look of sincerity but it didn’t wash"

Daily Mirror

The COVID vaccine mandate in English care homes led to fewer staff – and may not have reduced resident deaths

Mandatory COVID vaccination as a condition of employment has been a commonly used – though controversial – policy around the world during the pandemic.

The Conversation

Matt Hancock seeks to humiliate himself in public again

After an astonishing rise, the fall of Matt Hancock from pandemic Health Secretary to floundering reality TV entrant somehow still fails to win sympathy from the British public. Funny that, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Commentary: If a lab leak led to COVID-19, there are truths we must not ignore

Since 2019 when COVID-19 emerged in China, scientists worldwide have been trying to ascertain the origin of the virus.

Chicago Tribune

Outgoing CDC chief Rochelle Walensky: We need help to be ‘nimble agency of the future’

Dr. Rochelle Walensky is preparing for life after the pandemic. She announced her plans to step down as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 5, just six days before the federal government declared the end of the public health emergency.

Tribune News Service

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Liverpool Echo

'My dad should still be here, the government have blood on their hands'

Son of man who died weeks into pandemic hits out as Matt Hancock takes to the stand at the Covid Inquiry

The Independent UK

Hazy future for caregiver payments expanded during pandemic worries families

Families of severely disabled children across the country are worried about the future of crucial Medicaid payments they started receiving to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Audit shows Oklahoma likely misspent millions in federal relief funds

A state audit shows Oklahoma likely misspent millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds

Axios

More see U.S. as top global economy over China in post-COVID reversal

The findings underscore the U.S.' economic dominance as nations emerge from the upheaval of the pandemic.

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Daily Mirror

'Tory government blaming UK crisis on Covid and Putin isn't cutting it anymore'

As more people are facing hunger and the threat of a recession looms, the Tories cannot keep trying to blame this crisis on the pandemic and war in Ukraine

Reason

Scammers Stole $200 Billion From Two Federal COVID Aid Programs

A new audit says one out of every $6 distributed by the Small Business Administration during the pandemic was stolen.

Bangkok Post

Providing education for a brighter future

Four years have now passed since the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world, impacting almost every aspect of people's daily lives. Education is one of the sectors that have been most dramatically affected by these changes.

Daily Mirror

Heartbroken widow says 'talk is cheap' as Covid victims turn their backs on Matt Hancock

The former Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock did not take any personal blame as some victims who lost loves ones to Covid shouted "killer" as he left the Covid Inquiry

Manchester Evening News

Matt Hancock says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for every death caused by Covid-19

"I am profoundly sorry for the impact that it had, I’m profoundly sorry for each death that has occurred."

WEKU

Federal watchdog says over $200 billion in pandemic business loans look fraudulent

The Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has released a "landscape of fraud" report highlighting why 17% of PPP and other loans appear bogus

WEKU

Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, a watchdog says

The Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration has released a "landscape of fraud" report highlighting why 17% of PPP and other loans appear bogus.

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