British PM set to relax Plan B Covid measures, ending the use of vaccine certificates and work-from-home guidance; the narrative that Omicron is a mild disease is misleading, WHO says
Tell us: how have you been affected by the Covid situation in UK hospitals?
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Amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, we would like hear about what the situation in hospitals is like for patients, their relatives, and healthcare workers. You can get in touch by filling in the form below or conta...
Who’s clapping now? UK healthcare workers with long Covid have been abandoned
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UK frontline doctors, like the rest of our NHS colleagues, stepped up to provide medical care to patients with Covid-19 from the start of the pandemic, long before any available Covid vaccines. Most were not furloughe...
More Australians to be eligible for fourth dose of Covid vaccine as Omicron infections rise
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A fourth Covid vaccine will be made available to more Australians as health authorities attempt to stave off further spread of the infectious virus which continues to place the health system under enormous pressure. T...
Pfizer vaccines that target Omicron variant pass first step to approval in Australia
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Two vaccines that specifically target the Omicron variant have been granted “provisional determination” by Australia’s drugs regulator, the first step in a process for getting the vaccines approved for use. It comes a...
New Zealand principals voice alarm as students fail to return to school after Covid lockdowns
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New Zealand school principals are raising the alarm that students are falling off the rolls, as a wave of absenteeism follows the disruption of Covid-19. In 2021, schools in Auckland and parts of the North Island were...
Canada to throw out 13.6m AstraZeneca Covid vaccine doses amid lack of demand
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Canada is to throw out about 13.6m doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine because it couldn’t find any takers for it either at home or abroad. Canada signed a contract with AstraZeneca in 2020 to get 20m dos...
New Covid outbreak at St Basil’s aged care home in Melbourne
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St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Melbourne is dealing with another outbreak of Covid-19, almost two years after 45 residents died from the virus. The federal Department of Health and Aged Care on Tuesday confirmed 14...
China imposes Covid lockdown in Xi’an after handful of cases
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Businesses, schools and restaurants in Xi’an will close for one week, officials have said, after the Chinese city logged a handful of Covid-19 cases as outbreaks nationwide strain Beijing’s zero-tolerance virus approa...