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COVID-19 'complicated' Liberals' SA election campaign but not sole factor in loss, review finds

An internal review has found the former South Australian government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was not the sole factor that lost the Liberal Party the state election.

ABC News

Scots nurse 'sacked' after 28 years working for NHS amid fears she will never recover from long Covid

Brenda Eadie caught Covid from work at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Daily Record

Five shameless claims from Matt Hancock's explosive new book on the Covid years

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has released a book where he looks to defend his actions during the pandemic with some eye-catching claims as he points the finger of blame at others

Daily Mirror

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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations near 10-month high

Hospital admissions for COVID-19 have jumped more than 26% in the last week alone, putting them on pace to hit numbers not seen since mid-February.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ministers 'shrugged off' warnings 820,000 Brits could die before first Covid lockdown

Matt Hancock claims chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty informed him in January 2020 of the "worst case scenario", and he passed it on to fellow Cabinet ministers

Daily Mirror

China's Xi told EU less lethal Omicron opens way for fewer COVID restrictions

Chinese President Xi Jinping blamed mass protests in Chinese cities on youth frustrated by years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said the now dominant Omicron variant of the virus paved the way for fewer restrictions, European Union officials said.

Reuters

Jet fuel demand drives surge in consumption

Thai fuel consumption rose by 15.4% year-on-year during the first 10 months of 2022 as the pandemic eased, driven by an upsurge in jet fuel demand, says the Department of Energy Business.

Bangkok Post

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NYC's mayor is declaring war on rats—but it's part of a bigger obsession with New York’s economic status and it could have a lot to do with remote work

Eric Adams's search for a "highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty" rat czar may also help him return more employees to offices.

Fortune

Drop in COVID Alertness Could Create Deadly New Variant, Warns WHO

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Matt Hancock blames infected staff for bringing Covid into care homes

Former health secretary claims cabinet reaction to Covid warning ‘was somewhat shrug shrug – essentially because they didn’t really believe it’

The Independent UK

‘Twilight Zone’ and the pandemic inspired artist Kaitlyn Beiriger’s South Loop mural

The artist watched reruns of the black-and-white sci-fi TV series to pass time amid COVID shutdowns. That led to her mural ‘Time Piece’ at 1014 S. Michigan Ave.

Chicago Sun-Times

Emmanuel Macron's state visit with Joe Biden: key takeaways as relations warm up after a frosty few months

Emmanuel Macron has just completed the first major state visit to the US since the pandemic.

The Conversation

The pandemic, Karens, crypto craziness: We're over you, 2022

The rudeness pandemic, the actual pandemic and all things gray

The Independent UK

The more pandemic precautions fall away, the more COVID risk is concentrated on this one group

LOS ANGELES — For Giancarlo Santos, holiday parties are typically a free-for-all of revelry, with friends and family spilling into every corner of the house, and Christmas decorations twinkling everywhere.

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Foreign Affairs

The Problem With Zero

Xi’s pandemic policy has created a crisis for the regime.

Axios

How the pandemic aged teen brains

The trauma and stress of living through the pandemic structurally changed and aged the brains of adolescents by at least 3-to-4 years, found a Stanford University study on Thursday.

Fortune

Former employees may never be coming back–but their services are still for hire. Here’s how to know if you’re ready for the 1099 economy

The tech-enabled migration in the American workforce to the 1099 economy predates the pandemic. The latest wave of layoffs will push it even further.

Daily Record

Lewis Capaldi fans all saying same thing about new song Pointless

After taking a break from music and live performances during the pandemic to focus on his second album, the Someone You Loved singer is back and better than ever.

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How pumpkin spice, Paris, and Peloton are helping Hilton hotels' post-pandemic surge

The Hilton heiress can help the hotel chain win over younger customers, CEO Chris Nassetta says.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail brings forward last posting dates for Christmas

Service faces six days of strikes this month, as Ofcom says it should stop blaming pandemic for delays

Daily Mirror

Chris Whitty warns UK faces 'prolonged period' of excess deaths due to lockdown effects

Sir Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance have published a report of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, saying if they did not act the way they did "the outcomes would have been significantly worse"

Bangkok Post

Jet fuel demand drives surge in Thai fuel consumption

Thai fuel consumption rose by 15.4% year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2022 as the pandemic eased, driven by an upsurge in jet fuel demand, according to the Department of Energy Business.

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock says release of thousands of prisoners was considered at start of Covid pandemic

The former health secretary’s diaries are being serialised by the Daily Mail

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: American children need a higher-quality science education

One of the most devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the debt it has created, a debt that we owe our kids that will be hard ever to pay back. In the past three years, much of what has occurred — school closings, lockdowns, remote learning — whether…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: What to do now that seniors account for 9 in 10 Florida COVID deaths

Think back to the long-ago days of March 2020, when Florida was feeling the first effects of the COVID pandemic. There was so much we didn’t know, and so much we would later vehemently disagree on, but at that moment, there was no dissent from one basic point: We must…

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