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Rajasthan: Covid positivity rate falls, 389 deaths so far this year

JAIPUR: Covid positivity rate in the state dipped to 15.3% in the past seven days (Jan 29-Feb 4) from 20.9% a week earlier (from Jan 22-28). Health department officials said the decrease in positivity rate showed that the pace at which the virus was spreading had slowed down a bit…

The Times of India

Picture reportedly shows Boris Johnson holding can of beer at lockdown birthday party

Rishi Sunak is also understood to have attended the event as he turned up for a Covid meeting

Chronicle Live

'Cloaked' far-right seizes on Canberra anti-vaxx protests

A Canberra-based extremist group used a COVID-19 freedom rally to fundraise, and experts warn it's part of a trend.

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Police have photo of Boris Johnson with beer at lockdown party, say reports

Photograph understood to be among those submitted by Met to Sue Gray inquiry into breaches of Covid rules

The Guardian - UK

Night curfew lifted in Rajasthan, guest limit raised for social gatherings

JAIPUR: The government on Friday announced lifting the daily night curfew, currently imposed from 11pm to 5am, on weekdays from across the state from February 5. The move has come following a slight drop in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state.

The Times of India

Andhra Pradesh: Daily Covid positivity rate drops to 13.5%

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh reported 4,198 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 22,97,369. This is the lowest one-day total in the last 20 days. The toll increased to 14,646 as five more patients succumbed to the pandemic. Two patients died in Chittoor, and one each in Nellore,…

The Times of India

West Bengal: Covid pulls down January property registration, realtors bullish after SoP extension

KOLKATA: The third wave and movement restrictions that were enforced to contain the spread of the virus resulted in a 40% dip in property registration in January 2022 against the number of sales deeds registered a month ago in December 2021.

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Pandemic hits cancer reporting

CHENNAI: Oncologists have reported at least a 30% reduction in fresh cases of cancer in Tamil Nadu since 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, health experts said on Friday international day for cancer. This will limit outcomes and rate of recovery over the next few years, they said.

The Times of India

Karnataka govt okays 100% occupancy in gyms, theatres

BENGALURU: With the third wave of Covid-19 showing steady signs of abating, the Karnataka government on Friday lifted the curbs imposed on film theatres, gyms, yoga centres and swimming pools and permitted 100% occupancy in these places from Saturday.

The Times of India

Beijing Games start at Bird's Nest

Beijing: The 2022 Winter Olympics officially started off Friday night as China attempts to turn the page on a troubled build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns and Covid.

Bangkok Post

Angst all round as Beijing's moment nears

China's borders have been virtually closed off for the past two years. Now, in a way, it's opening on a massive scale for the Winter Olympics. To pull this off in the middle of a pandemic, China is holding the Games in a fortress.

Bangkok Post

Victoria reports 41 Covid deaths, Qld 21 and NSW 18; anti-vaxxers protest in Canberra – as it happened

Firefighters in Western Australia battle two emergency-level bushfires. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

‘He fought his whole life’: independence advocate who fled persecution dies from Covid-19

John Souisa steered refugees to safety and never stopped campaigning for Moluccan freedom

The Guardian - AU

Cotgrave homeowers 'immune' as wall knocked down in crash - again

'It's like having three Covid vaccines.'

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Irish Mirror

Covid-19 pandemic 'focused minds on savings' in lockdown

Our struggles have shone a harsh new light on Ireland’s financial well-being, according to new research

Daily Mirror

Girl, 5, 'on borrowed time' dies with Covid as mum shares her utter heartbreak

Ruby Boston, of Queensland, Australia, put up a fierce fight against Covid battling the virus for two weeks but her health eventually took a turn for the worst

Dublin Live

Aussie comedian Damo Clark back with a bang after Covid lockdown

Damo said goodbye to life down under when he met his partner Sandra, a Dublin lassie, and he found it extremely easy to fit into life in the capital

Daily Mirror

UK records 254 new Covid deaths - as infections thought to be at 200,000 a day

The Covid dashboard shows new infections have dropped on last week, although data from the ZOE study estimates that infections are actually on the rise but are not being picked up by the official figures

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Evening Standard

UK records 254 Covid related deaths and 84,053 new cases as R number rises

The UK has seen another 254 Covid related deaths and 84,053 new cases in the last 24 hours.

The Guardian - UK

Covid reinfections: why are they being included in UK case numbers?

As most UK countries start including reinfections in overall total, we look at why this is happening now

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin pretends to sleep as Ukraine athletes emerge at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

While attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics at Bird's Nest stadium, Russian leader Vladimir Putin appeared to fall asleep as Ukraine's athletes emerged

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson under fire for ferocious attack on Meghan and Harry: ‘Annoying fake duchess and brain-dead husband’

‘Nothing angers Tucker more than people who try to stop Covid misinformation’

The Guardian - UK

‘The case for masks became hugely stronger’: scientists admit their Covid mistakes

Being proved wrong lies at the heart of scientific progress. Here, experts reveal what they got wrong during the pandemic

Liverpool Echo

Knowsley recorded Liverpool city region's biggest weekly percentage fall in Covid infections

The other five areas of the city region also recorded falls in Covid tests

The Independent UK

Shelley Rudman unsure how many medals GB can win in China due to Covid situation

The sporting showpiece in Beijing is taking place under strict protocols.

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