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Covid: UK records 158 deaths and 47,685 new infections as pandemic continues to ease

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said free lateral flow tests would be ‘reviewed’ as we learn to live with Covid

Evening Standard

Families devastated after losing High Court battle for £1,500 Universal Credit U-turn

A legal fight to pay £1,500 to around two million sick and disabled people who were excluded from Covid benefit support has today been rejected by the High Court

Daily Mirror

Living with long Covid: Join our expert panel to discuss why it is the UK’s next health crisis

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Warning of 'rapid' Covid case rise if isolation and free tests end

Scientific advisors are concerned

Wales Online

Newcastle city centre Covid vaccine hub turning into 'dead zone' with 'staggeringly low' uptake

A councillor who volunteers at the Centre for Life said staff were playing quizzes to pass the time due to a lack of people coming to get their jab

Chronicle Live

SAGE warn of 'rapid' Covid rise as Boris Johnson scraps free tests and isolation

Boris Johnson is preparing to unveil Covid rule changes in his 'living with Covid' plan on Monday - but a SAGE subgroup said ending testing and isolation 'has the scope to lead to a return to rapid epidemic growth'

Daily Mirror

Coronavirus infection rates, cases and deaths for all parts of Wales on Friday, February 18

There are now only 11 patients in ventilated intensive care beds with confirmed Covid-19

Wales Online

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COVID underscores lack of whistleblower protections

FORT WORTH, Texas — Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses, welders used plasma torches while surrounded by flammable cardboard boxes, and laborers raised metal racks alongside a moving forklift, putting their feet in danger of being…

Tribune News Service

Protest leaders arrested in Ottawa in Canada police crackdown

Canadian police have arrested two protest leaders in Ottawa and threatened to break up a three-week protest against the country’s Covid restrictions.

Evening Standard

Council ordered to pay cinema’s legal costs after botched Covid prosecution

Tower Hamlets council to pay £24,000 in legal costs

Evening Standard

Five to 11-year-olds in Stirling given Covid jag green light after new advice

The latest move follows a recommendation from the JCVI group.

Daily Record

Renfrewshire MP slams plans by the UK Government to scrap free covid tests

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, condemned the proposed move as "irresponsible."

Daily Record

Employees have just weeks left to claim up to £125 tax back for working from home

The 'work from home' allowance became a widespread right in April 2020 after employees were told to stay at home to curb the spread of Covid - but time is running out to claim it

Daily Mirror

Seoul Eases Covid Restrictions with Daily Cases at Record High

South Korea said it would ease pandemic restrictions Friday, even as the country's daily caseload crossed 100,000 for the first time, with officials citing economic concerns over social distancing measures. The country reported a record 109,831 new infections for Thursday, with health experts warning this number could rise to 270,000…

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Manchester Evening News

Mum who fell ill now fighting for her life months after losing her dad to Covid

“Mary is best known for her contagious smile and laugh, her positivity and her absolute zest for life."

The Independent UK

NatWest returns to profit after heavy Covid hits

The bank said it will pay £1.3 billion back to shareholders, including the Government.

Evening Standard

Keep isolation and free Covid tests, plead NHS bosses

The survey called on the restrictions to continue amid Boris Johnson’s plan to scrap them next week

The Guardian - AU

‘No light at the end’: How Hong Kong’s Covid response went so wrong

A policy of admitting every positive case to hospital means thousands are being added to an already huge backlog every day

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Bangkok Post

Expat exodus but escape is expensive in Hong Kong

After calling Hong Kong home for 30 years, Tina, a self-employed mom, is calling it quits on the city and moving to Portugal. But with 10 of her booked flights to Europe cancelled in the past year, her travails show how Hong Kong’s Covid-Zero policy is making getting out almost…

Leeds Live

Family's heartbreak as 'life of the party' Leeds student took his own life

Desmond Weich had been struggling with his mental health during Covid

Tribune News Service

Senate rejects Ted Cruz push to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools, in deal to avert shutdown

WASHINGTON – The Senate granted Sen. Ted Cruz’s demand Thursday night for a vote to block local school boards from requiring COVID-19 vaccines but then promptly rejected his proposal.

ABC News

Net migration from capital cities to regional areas doubles during COVID-19

Regional towns are determined to capitalise on a doubling of regional migration during the pandemic, and make it a long term trend beyond COVID.

ABC News

The end of Queensland's Omicron COVID wave in sight as state records nine more deaths

Queensland records 5,795 COVID cases and nine deaths, including six in aged care homes, as the Chief Health Officer indicates when the Omicron wave will soon come to its end.

AAP

ACT begins easing of COVID-19 restrictions

The ACT is scrapping density limits and other restrictions with mask rules to be relaxed next week as the national capital unwinds COVID-19 control measures.

The Independent UK

Wales drops use of Covid passes at indoor and outdoor venues

From Friday, spaces such as cinemas, nightclubs, sportsgrounds and theatres will no longer need to check visitors’ vaccination status.

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