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Parents keep children home as school 'yet to be cleaned' after outbreak kills girl, 6

Parents have kept their children at home today after a six-year-old girl pupil died amid an outbreak of rare group A streptococcal infection at Ashford Church of England School, Surrey

Daily Mirror

Warning over symptoms as schoolchild dies due to bacteria outbreak

The bacteria is known to cause scarlet fever, throat infections and, in very rare cases, invasive disease

Liverpool Echo

After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worries

The omicron variant is driving U.S. COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just in time for the holiday season

The Independent UK

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Universal flu vaccine could be ready for human use in two years – expert

The US researchers have created a vaccine based on the same mRNA technology used in the Covid-19 jabs from Moderna and Pfizer.

The Independent UK

COVID risk could rise again as federal funding drains, Chicago’s top doc warns

The city will soon lose hundreds of millions of dollars in public health funding as federal pandemic aid runs out. That, combined with low booster shot participation, could spell another surge in COVID, Dr. Allison Arwady says.

Chicago Sun-Times

UK Covid-19 infections fall below one million for first time in two months

Northern Ireland is the only nation where infections are not showing a clear decline

The Independent UK

Hungary complains to EU about Ukrainian law's impact on some firms

Hungary's foreign minister said on Friday it has complained to the European Union alleging that Ukraine is making business harder for its companies such as drugmaker Richter because they have operations in Russia.

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China orders lockdowns, mass testing after record COVID surge

Record spike in COVID infections for the second day in a week forces mass testing in Nanjing amid sweeping restrictions.

Al Jazeera

In Tentatively Hopeful News, Dr Kerry Chant Has Weighed In On When NSW’s COVID Wave Will Peak

Fingers fkn crossed.

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‘Breakthrough’ new universal flu vaccine may be ready by 2024, scientists say`

The study was published in the Science journal

Evening Standard

Universal flu vaccine may be available within two years, says scientist

Vaccine against all strains of virus hailed as major step in protecting against potentially devastating flu pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Four Strep A warning signs after child, 6, dies from rare outbreak at school

Classmates and teachers at the primary school in Ashford, Surrey were given strong antibiotics by specialists from the UK Health Security Agency

Daily Mirror

Devro agrees £667 million takeover offer from Germany’s Saria

Deal comes as welcome relief for bankers in a bleak year for IPOs and floatations in London

Evening Standard

Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic’s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out.

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The Independent UK

Universal flu vaccine ‘could protect against pandemics’

Scientists design vaccine that protects against all 20 known types of flu

ABC News

Thousands of Queensland DNA crime scene samples went untested in controversial lab decision, inquiry hears

On its final day of public hearings, the Commission of Inquiry into forensic DNA testing in Queensland hears thousands of crime scene samples were not progressed for testing after a controversial 2018 change.

Reuters

China's widening COVID-19 curbs trigger public pushback

Frustration simmered on Friday among residents and business groups in China navigating stricter COVID-19 control curbs as the country reported another record high of daily infections just weeks after hopes had been raised of easing measures.

Daily Mirror

China records highest number of daily Covid cases since start of pandemic

China has recorded a new daily record of Covid cases since the start of the pandemic as the country continues to stick to its strict "zero-Covid" lockdown strategy

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Wales Online

Child aged six dies after Strep A outbreak at primary school

Another is in hospital

The Independent UK

Six-year-old child dies following Strep A bacteria outbreak at primary school

A child in hospital is understood to be recovering and antibiotics have been prescribed to other members of the school’s community.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations on the rise

There were 3137 cases recorded in the most recent reporting period.

ABC News

Free RATs to be provided and PCR testing to end as South Australia closes in on peak of COVID-19 wave

Half a million COVID-19 rapid antigen tests will be handed out in South Australia over the next five weeks, ahead of drive-through PCR testing sites closing in January.

The Canberra Times

Canberra's weekly coronavirus infections jump again

There were 34 people hospitalised with the virus as of Thursday afternoon.

ABC News

Doctors urge patients to investigate penicillin allergies as research shows 90 per cent can take it safely

Ninety per cent of people who believe they are allergic to penicillin do not, in fact, have the allergy, hospital researchers say.

Tribune News Service

Lockdowns expanded in China as COVID-19 cases hit daily record

COVID-19 cases in China have hit a daily record, prompting government officials to expand pandemic lockdowns days after authorities reported the country’s first coronavirus death in six months.

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