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Burned out by COVID, Chinese professionals take up nomadic life: 'I wasted so much time'

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chu Fei thought she was doing everything right in life.

Los Angeles Times

Genetics might explain why some people have never had COVID – but we shouldn't be too focused on finding out

It’s been over three years since the first known COVID infection. Since then, we’ve seen hundreds of millions of cases around the globe.

The Conversation

Long Covid sufferers should get boosters regardless of age, says woman who's battled it for three years

Currently only people aged 50 and above automatically get a booster

Wales Online

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‘Significant increase’ in number of grown-up children living with parents

The Office for National Statistics said the coronavirus pandemic may have contributed by affecting people’s place of usual residence on Census Day.

The Independent UK

Majority of COVID deaths attributed to older people: WHO analysis

80% of the COVID deaths occurred among people aged more than 60 years, an analysis of the COVID pandemic, which was first detected in Wuhan, China has found and stressed on the importance of vaccine coverage for older people.

The Times of India

Border controls for China visitors likely to be eased

The government is looking to ease COVID-19-related border control measures for visitors from China as early as late February, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Welsh students hit by Covid and now 18 days of lecturer strikes fear for final grades

Members of the University College Union at all eight universities in Wales are joining colleagues at 150 universities across the UK in striking again today - Thursday, February 9 - in a row over pay, conditions and pensions

Wales Online

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Ayr firm behind Aldi's top 'Iron Brew' pakora reveal family secrets of recipe to success

Punjab Pakora are approaching their tenth year in business, with demand for their products seeing the firm look to expand their premises in 2024 and double their workforce.

Daily Record

'Antenna shops' forced to evolve amid pandemic, online shopping

Specialty stores that promote regional areas are increasingly shuttering due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, high rents and the popularity of online shopping.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Covid memorials could soon be placed in borough's towns

Over 1,000 people died of coronavirus in Sefton during the pandemic

Liverpool Echo

Commentary: Suppressing debate on COVID-19 policies leads to mistrust in public health

China has abandoned its "COVID-zero" campaign, and with the loosening of social restrictions, the country has shifted its focus from preventing COVID-19 infections to managing them. As part of that program, Li Guangxi, with China’s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, gave an interview last month encouraging people to…

Chicago Tribune

Killings of women rise by a quarter in wake of Covid

198 women were killed, almost all by men, in the 12 months to the end of March last year - up nearly a quarter on previous year

Evening Standard

End of vaccine boost for AstraZeneca as it looks elsewhere for growth

The firm made just shy of $4 billion from sales of its Covid-19 vaccine in 2021, but sales have since more than halved and were down 95% at the tail end of last year

Evening Standard

Sierra Leone’s pregnant teens matched with mentors to save their lives

Around the world, 130 million girls are out of school. And following the Covid pandemic, it’s estimated that a further 11 million girls may not return to the classroom. With barriers like early marriage, pregnancy, violence and harassment and period poverty, millions of girls are fighting to learn. Let Girls…

Evening Standard

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Bangkok Post

Covid fears, high prices curb Chinese group tours

China's travel agencies have resumed promotion of overseas package tours in an effort to jump start the tourism sector, but they could face a hard time finding customers ready to travel abroad.

The News Lens

China’s Growth Prospects After Zero-Covid

Despite the IMF upgrading its GDP projection, China is facing major downward pressures that seem likely to constrain its recovery, in both the short and medium term.

Tribune News Service

Faye Flam: Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. In the past, the inability to spread…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

An ancient art form got a new twist from this engineering student, 7,000 miles from his home in China

PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel University engineering student Teng Zhang took up Chinese calligraphy recently, seeking a connection with family members in China whom he has not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Daily Mirror

Conor McGregor will be forced to lose 40lb for Michael Chandler comeback fight

Despite McGregor's insistence that he will be returning at welterweight after a lengthy bulking period, UFC boss Dana White says his fight with Michael Chandler will be at lightweight

The Conversation

Technology can bring more tourists back to Indonesia – but first we need a map to guide us

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and has been devastating for human life. Global tourism collapsed as tourist arrivals decreased by 71% in 2021.

Fortune

Changing demographics gave Yum China a new target audience: pet owners

“More and more young people have pets,” says Yum China CEO Joey Wat, as prosperous young Chinese delay starting families.

Reuters

Singapore relaxes COVID travel curbs, mask rules further

Singapore will drop a requirement for travellers who are not fully vaccinated to show COVID test results or purchase coronavirus travel insurance from Feb 13, the government's virus taskforce said on Thursday.

Bristol Post

NHS in Bristol region faced ‘horrific winter’ with almost three-hour ambulance waits

December saw high levels of infection, industrial action and long delays

The Independent UK

‘I felt true rage’: How anti-vaxxers hijacked the story of a woman who lost her legs from Covid complications

Florida woman says Covid and congenital heart issue lead to complications, not vaccine

Bangkok Post

Kraken, Othrus subvariants 'more transmissible'

The new Covid-19 subvariants Kraken and Orthrus are considered highly transmissible and the Public Health Ministry is urging people with underlying conditions and the elderly to get vaccinated.

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