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The Latest Breaking News on Should We Be Masking Up? What To Know About Australia’s New Covid Wave

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

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News

Public say politicians not taking threat of future pandemics seriously – survey

Some 59% of people feel the threat of future pandemics is not being taken seriously, the poll shows.

The Independent UK

Premature Mission Accomplished on COVID?

As the COVID public health emergency ends, experts say there's a real chance for a new variant to surge

Salon

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Who is eligible for a Covid booster as experts urge people to get a jab now

The latest vaccination round has just begun

Wales Online

Early-season flu spike prompts call to get vaccination

The Queensland premier and chief health officer are urging residents to get flu jabs after more than 6300 influenza cases have been recorded this year so far.

AAP

Another COVID winter is coming. Is this the calm before another peak?

Australia is currently experiencing the longest break between infection peaks since Omicron arrived in late 2021 and community-wide transmission took off.

The Conversation

'Contagious and deadly': Flu returns as COVID lingers

COVID vaccines can be administered on the same day as an influenza vaccine.

Newcastle Herald

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Covid 'normal' in the eye of the beholder

Covid-19 may have been the sixth leading cause of death in New Zealand last year, justifying an ongoing cautious approach to the virus through winter.

Newsroom.co.nz

Everything you need to know about getting a flu and COVID shot this year

The temperature has dropped, flu season is creeping up and COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in New South Wales. Here is what you need to know to protect yourself.

ABC News

Medics plan for seasonal cases

Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine will hold a free Covid-19 antibody checkup for 500 volunteers who contracted the disease over the past six months.

Bangkok Post

Royal Victoria Hospital Covid outbreak raises patient safety concerns

"Covid is still out there infecting people and for those who are at risk it is still very serious"

Belfast Live

AMA president warns of ‘more illness, more loss of life’ from Covid as cases rise

Gatherings over Easter long weekend expected to cause further increase in infections, with Victoria already 60% up in past fortnight

The Guardian - AU

New Covid variant spreading rapidly - here's everything you need to know

XBB.1.5 is the predominant sub-variant, with upwards of 300 in hospitals in Ireland with Covid on Wednesday

Irish Mirror

COVID-19 is still deadlier for patients than flu

COVID-19 isn’t “just a flu,” with a study of hospital patients finding that the virus was still 60% deadlier than influenza last winter.

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

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

Wales Online

Covid jab offered to some babies and children from the age of six months

The vaccine has been approved for use in children age between six months and four years old

The Independent UK

Babies and children under five to be offered Covid jab for the first time

The JCVI has advised that clinically vulnerable children aged six months to four years should be offered the vaccincation.

The Guardian - UK

Covid vaccine to be offered to vulnerable babies and children in UK

Eligible children between six months and four years old will be offered jab from June

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What does a faint line mean on a Covid test?

Routine asymptomatic testing across health and social care settings has come to an end this month and the official Covid survey has been axed.

ABC News

About 4 million Queenslanders contracted COVID-19 at least once in 2022, Chief Health Officer says

About 4 million Queenslanders contracted COVID-19 at least once last year, infecting more people in a single year than any other virus in the state's history, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said.

Bangkok Post

Flu vaccine 'a top priority' this year

Doctors are urging people to receive influenza vaccines to boost their immunity amid concerns that the flu is likely to rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Conversation

Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19

Three years into this pandemic, most Canadians have taken off their masks and many have stopped getting booster shots. However, COVID-19 is rising among the leading causes of death in Canada, reaching the No. 3 spot.

Daily Mirror

Covid booster to be rolled out to millions of UK care home residents from next week

Health officials said care home residents in England will be able to have the spring Covid booster from Monday with millions more people set to get the jab from Wednesday

The Independent UK

Covid booster jab rollout to begin for 5 million most vulnerable people

Cases are at their highest level since the start of the year, according to last ever ONS survey

The Guardian - UK

Covid booster vaccine to be offered to millions in England next week

Care home residents will be first to receive spring top-up jab as infections in England hit 2023 high

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