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Clashes in Shanghai as protests over zero-Covid policy grip China

Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist party

The Guardian - AU

This nation was ready for COVID. Now it’s eyeing the next threat

Two weeks before China disclosed it was investigating a cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases in Wuhan in late 2019 — what the world now knows as COVID-19 — South Korea’s top health officials gathered for a quarterly table-top exercise to plan their response to a theoretical health threat.

Tribune News Service

Xi’s iron grip on his country is stopping the Covid U-turn it so desperately needs

As the rest of the world breaks free of the virus, China has doubled down on draconian measures

The Guardian - UK

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Wuhan subway passenger covers body in huge plastic bag to eat banana amid Covid wave

The woman was seen sat between other passengers as she covered her entire upper body in the bag and proceeded to enjoy her snack in a clever way to avoid breaching Covid rules.

Daily Mirror

The Lab Leak Deception

Public officials concealed their conflicts of interest and role in funding research that may have caused the pandemic, says health reporter Emily Kopp.

Reason

Michael Hiltzik: ProPublica and Vanity Fair are pushing the COVID lab-leak theory, but their exposé is a train wreck

Since its founding in 2007, the independently funded investigative organization ProPublica has exposed wrongdoing at all levels of government and shined a light on corporate misbehavior, collecting six Pulitzer Prizes in the process and securing a reputation for painstaking, accurate journalism.

Los Angeles Times

China rolls out first inhalable Covid vaccine days after Wuhan goes into third lockdown

The first people are starting to receive the Covid vaccine, which is inhaled via the mouth from a vessel that looks like a takeaway coffee cup with a short mouthpiece, in China

Daily Mirror

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Site of Covid outbreak Wuhan plunged into lockdown three years after first case

Wuhan in China - which was the site of the world's first Covid-19 outbreak in late 2019 - has reported around 20 to 25 new infections a day this week

Daily Mirror

First Thing: Climate crisis funds ‘not delivered’ to countries in grave need

With famine in Somalia almost inevitable, $100bn a year pledge criticised. Plus, China is locking down parts of Wuhan again

The Guardian - UK

Chinese cities double down on zero-COVID as outbreaks widen

Chinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the northwest are doubling down on COVID-19 curbs, sealing up buildings, locking down districts and throwing millions into distress in a scramble to halt widening outbreaks.

Reuters

China locks down parts of Wuhan as Covid cases emerge

BEIJING: Wuhan locked down one of its central districts after Covid cases were found, as China persists with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus almost three years since the pathogen first emerged in the city.

The Times of India

Lab 'playing with fire' after creating new hybrid Covid strain 'with 80% kill rate'

Boston University scientists combined Omicron with the original Wuhan Covid strain to make a hybrid which killed 80% of the mice it was tested on, as experts warn such research needs better accountability

Daily Mirror

Breathless by David Quammen review – an expert eye on Covid’s past and future

The veteran science writer brings a naturalist’s eye to the complexities of viruses and the tangle of conspiracy theories in his thoroughly readable guide

The Guardian - UK

WHO says end of COVID pandemic is in sight!

"We are not there yet. But the end is in sight," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference on Wednesday. This is the most positive affirmation from the head of the global health agency which had declared the coronavirus led COVID as a global pandemic…

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ABC News

First multi-strain COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Australia after government backs Moderna shot

Unlike other approved vaccines, which only target the original Wuhan strain, this one also targets the original Omicron BA.1 strain.

Evening Standard

Fears over mystery pneumonia after death of three people in Argentina

There are concerns the mystery virus mirrors the early stages of Covid-19 which emerged from Wuhan in China

The Conversation

The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here's how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market

My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science.

ABC News

COVID-19 lab-leak theory challenged by Australian professor who has been dubbed 'the virus hunter'

Professor Eddie Holmes can still remember the exact moment he first learned about COVID-19. The story jumped out because he had visited that very market in 2014 and thought, "that's not right".

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How to avoid lockdown in the next pandemic

Preparing for the next pandemic to avoid early national lockdowns should be a no-brainer. Philip Hill and Chris Bullen look to Taiwan for inspiration.

Daily Record

Covid scientists pinpoint 'exact location pandemic started' in bombshell studies

The origins of the virus has always been a contentious issue with various theories.

Daily Mirror

Most likely epicentre of Covid pandemic finally pinpointed by bombshell studies

There has long been controversy and debate over the epicentre of the Covid pandemic that shook the world but two new scientific papers both pointed to a wet market in Wuhan as the answer

Radio France Internationale

Studies suggest Wuhan link to Covid-19, but WHO warns against dismissing other theories

Two new studies confirm that Covid-19 first emerged at an animal market in China's Wuhan. The World Health Organization has welcomed the assessments but insists it is too early to rule out other theories.

Reason

Study: Huanan Market In Wuhan Was the 'Epicenter' of COVID-19 Outbreak

"Have we disproven the 'lab leak' theory? No, we have not."

Daily Mirror

Moment Covid 'spilled over' into humans sparking pandemic finally found in new research

Researchers have published two studies that traces the start of the coronavirus pandemic to an animal market in Wuhan, China. The Covid virus killed millions and cause mayhem

Evening Standard

Covid-19 origin studies say evidence points to Wuhan market

New research has shifted views on the source of the Covid-19 virus, including theories that it leaked from a lab

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