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What is an NHS Covid pass and when do I need to use it?

Requesting proof of vaccination left to discretion of venues after restrictions relaxed

The Independent UK

Moderna seeks emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccine in young children

Moderna said last month its vaccine for kids generated a strong immune response.

Axios

'My dad died alone after untested patients were sent to his care home'

Grieving daughter angry and emotional as High Court rules government acted unlawfully in discharging untested hospital patients into care homes at beginning of pandemic

Liverpool Echo

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Hospital parking row sees vital NHS cleaner hit with 7 fines during Covid-19 crisis

Domestic team worker Kathryn Wilson was slapped with fines after Newcastle Freeman Hospital changed its rules around parking in a move she hails as "horrendous" and says the upset has caused her to lose sleep

Daily Mirror

MP Liam Byrne to be suspended from Commons for bullying

Labour MP Liam Byrne should be suspended from the Commons for two days for a breach of Parliament’s bullying and harassment policy during Covid lockdown, according to an independent watchdog.

Evening Standard

Barroso to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Pandemic a Lesson for Health Systems

Jose Barroso, the chairman of the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), described Saudi Arabia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as “wonderful”, pointing that the Kingdom’s investment in health care systems has prepared it to deal better with the pandemic. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Barroso, who is also the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Africa seeing uptick in COVID cases driven by S.Africa, WHO says

Africa is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 infections, largely driven by a doubling in cases reported in South Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, urging people across the continent to continue to get vaccinated.

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Headteacher demands parents are fined because so many pupils are not in school

Fines for school non-attendance were halted during the pandemic

Wales Online

Everything that could be allowed on Elon Musk’s free-speech Twitter

There's a long list of speech now barred on Twitter that Musk's rules would allow.

Axios

The Tories have decimated children’s futures. Now, they want more nursery cuts

Years of brutalism have stunted early years care. After this latest plan to cut more staff, many children may never catch up, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Wishaw school racks up most COVID infections in Scotland since start of pandemic

St Aidan’s High School had the had the highest outbreak with 110 pupils infected in August of last year

Daily Record

Moderna asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6 - Roll Call

Moderna said Thursday that it asked the FDA for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in kids under age 6.

Roll Call

SA Liberal leader Speirs has COVID-19

South Australia's Opposition Leader David Speirs has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation.

AAP

COVID cases rise across bulk of the U.S.

COVID cases are on the rise in all but six states and Washington, D.C. as the Omicron subvariant continues to spread across the U.S.

Axios

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: Americans must learn from a fading COVID crisis

The pandemic is almost over — we think. Not as a medical fact. COVID-19 will be around forever, just like the cold and the flu, but it no longer dominates our daily lives and politics. The Democrats’ mild reaction to last week's court decision against mask mandates are among the…

Irish Mirror

Chinese city cancels flights and launches mass testing after one suspected Covid case

The city of Guangzhou has now begun mass testing of its 5.6 million residents as the country struggles to contain the virus

AAP

Key Tigers back, Petty sidelined for Dees

Harrison Petty is the fourth Demons player ruled out of facing Hawthorn through COVID-19 while Richmond regain Dylan Grimes and Kane Lambert against West Coast.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan Faces Largest COVID-19 Outbreak Yet

Taiwan, which had been living mostly free of COVID-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic with over 11,000 new cases reported Thursday. Cases have been on the upswing since late March.

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The Independent UK

Greece holiday confusion as tourism officials say entry rules ‘won’t change’ this weekend

Greek health minister announced that Covid rules would be ‘suspended’ from 1 May

The Guardian - US

US egg factory roasts alive 5.3m chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every worker

Laborers worked for a month disposing of birds killed in a gruesomely inhumane manner. Then they found they too were disposable

The Independent UK

Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang dies at 87 in quarantine hotel

Hong Kong media report that veteran actor Kenneth Tsang has died at age 86 while in a COVID-19 quarantine hotel in the southern Chinese city

Evening Standard

F1 race directors Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas ‘test positive for Covid-19’ ahead of Miami Grand Prix

Formula 1 could be without its two new race directors at the Miami Grand Prix after both tested positive for Covid-19, reports claim.

The Independent UK

Taiwan faces largest COVID-19 outbreak yet

Taiwan had been living mostly free of COVID-19 until this month

The Independent UK

What is Adenovirus and what are the symptoms as doctors investigate spike in child hepatitis cases

Infectious microbes may be linked to spike in illnesses among young people

Tribune News Service

Fears of housing bubble mount, but any correction won’t be like the last

In the first year of the pandemic, home values defied expectations by skyrocketing. During the second year of life with COVID, property prices soared even more.

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