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Pfizer, BioNTech Seeks Emergency Use Nod For COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids 5-11 Years

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) have submitted an FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application for a 10-µg booster dose of COVID-19 Vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age. The submission included data from the Phase 2/3 clinical trial in children ages 5 through 11 years who received a booster dose…

Benzinga

Matt Hancock blames Public Health England after damning High Court ruling on Covid in care homes

Former health secretary ‘frequently stated how he wished [issue of asymptomatic transmission’ had been brought to his attention earlier’, says spokesman

The Independent UK

How accurate are lateral flow tests?

Free Covid-19 testing for most people will end on 1 April

The Independent UK

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Health board urges residents to avoid A&E once more as figures show improvement

But politicians demand action, saying the upturn "isn't good enough".

Daily Record

Dutch celebrate first King's Day holiday without COVID curbs since 2019

The city streets around the Netherlands streamed with festival-goers wearing orange on Wednesday in celebration of the national holiday King's Day in traditional fashion -- with music and open-air markets -- for the first time since 2019, without COVID-19 restrictions.

Reuters

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting fully vaccinated — and two early signs you might have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of Omicron, experts say

The Independent UK

TechScape: 25 tweet-long takes on Twitter’s future under Elon Musk

Why did the richest man in the world buy a social media site? What will he do with it? Here’s our best guess, in 25 tweet-length takes

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Young mum forced on 650-mile-round trip to Glasgow to have passport renewed

Monique Shaw, 19, was forced to make the journey from North Wales after discovering her passport was not valid three months after her return date.

Daily Record

Discharging patients into care homes during Covid pandemic was 'unlawful', High Court rules

Two High Court judges have ruled the Government and NHS England acted "unlawfully" during the early stages of the pandemic when it came to discharging patients into care homes

Chronicle Live

The latest TUI, Jet2, Ryanair and Easyjet facemask rules for holidaymakers

Face mask rules differ depending on the country you're flying to and the airline you travel with

Manchester Evening News

Government broke law by failing care home residents who died of Covid, High Court rules

Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have won a High Court challenge against the Government over policies on discharging patients to care homes at the outset of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Women whose fathers died from Covid win High Court challenge against Government

Cathy Gardner, whose father Michael Gibson died, and Fay Harris, whose father Donald died, partially succeeded in their claims.

The Independent UK

Care home Covid policy ruled unlawful by High Court in landmark case by two daughters

Judges ruled against the government's policy on discharging patients from hospitals into care homes in March 2020 - which a study linked directly to 286 deaths. Tens of thousands died in care homes during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

WHO warns of another Covid surge in Ireland in matter of weeks as new variant takes hold

The WHO's special envoy on Covid-19 said hospitals will likely face “a lot of illness” as case numbers begin to increase again.

Irish Mirror

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Benzinga

Molecular Partners, Novartis Note EUA For COVID-19 Therapy May Need Additional Data

Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ:MOLN) has provided an update regarding the Emergency Use Application (EUA) for ensovibep, a DARPin antiviral therapeutic candidate to treat COVID-19. The Company says that EUA, in review with the FDA, may require additional clinical data to be authorized. Vas Narasimhan also noted that the current omicron wave of SARS-Cov-2,…

Wales Online

Discharging patients from hospitals into care homes at the start of the Covid pandemic was 'unlawful', High Court rules

In Wales, people were sent from hospitals into care homes at the start of the pandemic without being tested for Covid

Wales Online

Discharging patients to care homes during pandemic was 'unlawful', rules court

Ruling in case brought by two women whose fathers died from Covid-19

The Independent UK

Care home residents ‘failed’ by government discharging Covid patients as Hancock slammed for ‘despicable lie’

Bereaved relatives says Matt Hancock should be ‘ashamed’ of claim that care homes were protected

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Daily Record

New calls to reinstate 'vital' Lanarkshire bus service scrapped during pandemic

The X1 service between Hamilton and Glasgow was the only direct bus into the city.

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera English named Broadcaster of the Year

Channel wins premier prize at 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for sixth straight year.

Reuters

China's Beijing finds positive samples in COVID testing this week

China's capital of Beijing has detected some positive COVID-19 cases in the first round of mass testing conducted in a dozen districts this week, a municipal official said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Covid care home discharge policy was unlawful, says court

High court judgment deals blow to claim government threw ‘protective ring’ around vulnerable residents in England

Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Capital in Race to Detect COVID Cases, Avoid Shanghai’s Distress

Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiraling into a crisis like the one the locked-down city of Shanghai is enduring. Evidence that Shanghai's month-long isolation has become…

Dublin Live

Covid-19 Ireland: WHO expert predicts new infection surge in coming weeks

More than 7,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Ireland

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Philadelphia messed up the mask mandate

On April 18, Philadelphia made national news by reinstating the city’s indoor mask mandate even as COVID-19 mitigation efforts were being rescinded elsewhere. Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole told The New York Times, “The thing is, I could be wrong — people two weeks from now could be laughing at me,…

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