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China urged to provide more data on COVID infections

China’s announcement that it had almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths in a month has spurred new calls for the government to provide more data about the wave of infections that is sweeping the country.

Tribune News Service

‘People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise in cases but boosters, masks and other precautions are still effective

The Guardian - US

The new Greater Manchester Covid hotspots as figures show around 500 hospital patients in region have virus

Around 11 per cent of Greater Manchester's approximately 5,000 hospital beds are currently occupied by patients with Covid

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CDC to investigate possible link between updated Pfizer Covid vaccine and increased stroke risk among over-65s

'It is very unlikely that the signal would represent a true clinical risk, we believe it is important to share this information with the public'

Wales Online

Black people dying from maltreatment

Dying at higher rates during COVID, while fearing doctors won’t listen

Salon

Deaths of two nurses from Covid ruled as industrial disease

Gareth Roberts and Dominga David worked for the University Hospital of Wales and died during in the early days of the pandemic

Evening Standard

A new Covid-19 omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is sweeping the country.

XBB.1.5 is the most highly transmissible version we've seen of the Covid-19 virus. It's also very good at evading immune defenses.

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Deaths of two nurses from Covid-19 ruled as industrial disease

Gareth Roberts and Dominga David worked for the University Hospital of Wales and died during in the early days of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

London Covid infections may have peaked after Christmas wave

ONS estimates that 3.5 per cent of Londoners had virus in week up to January 3

Evening Standard

Covid vaccine uptake in Black community ‘impacted by conspiracy theories and racial inequality’

Experts have called for better public health messaging to help drive higher vaccination rates among ethnic minority communities

Evening Standard

How anti-vaccine misinformation hampers conversation about genuine concerns

With more than 13 billion doses administered to date, we know Covid vaccines are overwhelmingly safe, effective,

Wales Online

UK Covid-19 infections may have peaked after Christmas wave

Prevalence of the virus is continuing to increase among the over-70s, however.

The Independent UK

NHS heart doctor who championed Covid vaccines now wants jabs suspended after death of his father

Dr Aseem Malhotra believes booster was a factor in his father's death at 73 but other specialists insist vaccine saves lives on a huge scale

Wales Online

Fresh Strep A warning as 'high levels' recorded in UK

Strep A has now caused 190 deaths in England

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China’s Covid Infections Could Remain High for Three Months, Expert Says

The former chief epidemiologist at the Chinese CDC, Zeng Guang, adds that high numbers of severe cases may persist even longer

ABC News

Queensland COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations fall as disease identified as a leading killer in 2022

Authorities say there were 8,635 active cases of the virus on January 11 — a fall of 19 per cent on the week before.

Wales Online

Scarlet fever symptoms as Strep A bacteria 'still circulating at high levels'

While it is usually a mild illness, treatment is still advised and you should speak to a GP if you think you or a child may have it

Tribune News Service

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New ‘kraken’ mutation of the COVID-19 virus is most contagious subvariant yet

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Details on where and when to get your flu vaccine in Northern Ireland

The Department of Health encourages getting vaccinated to help to protect the health service at a time when hospitals are under extreme pressure

Chicago Tribune

New ‘kraken’ mutation of the COVID-19 virus is most contagious subvariant yet

Medical experts say the new COVID-19 mutation dubbed “kraken” is the most contagious subvariant of the virus to emerge since the pandemic began — and it’s becoming the dominant strain in the United States.

The Independent UK

‘Encouraging’ drop in Covid-19 hospital patients since Christmas

Figures had been on an upwards trend since late November.

Chronicle Live

Covid XBB.1.5: Symptoms of the new coronavirus ‘Kraken’ sub-variant as UKHSA confirm cases in UK

A mutated version of the Omicron variant is sweeping across China, the USA, and now, cases have been identified in the UK

Los Angeles Times

Even after mild cases of COVID, long COVID symptoms can linger for a year or more

For some COVID-19 patients, the initial illness isn't nearly as bad as the persistent and sometimes disabling symptoms that linger for months or years afterward. These are the people with long COVID, a complex chronic illness that can afflict without regard for age, sex, vaccination status or medical history.

Reuters

Mainland Chinese head to Hong Kong for mRNA COVID vaccines

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections which have overwhelmed its health system.

Irish Mirror

Highly transmissible 'Kraken' subvariant likely to become the dominant strain of Covid-19 in Ireland

There's a reason the sub-variant was named after a mythological creature

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