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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.

Bangkok Post

Gerrit Cole still has something to prove entering fourth season with Yankees

NEW YORK — It’s been two full years plus a COVID season since Gerrit Cole joined the Yankees, and his most memorable exploits were getting blasted at the 2021 wild-card game in Boston and the infamous press conference where he froze like a deer in the headlights when asked about…

Tribune News Service

Of course Jonah Hill and Lauren London CGI-kissed in ‘You People’ — remember COVID-19?

LOS ANGELES — Notice something strange about that kiss in the Jonah Hill-Lauren London movie “You People”? And no, we’re not talking about the fact that London’s character Amira actually fell for Hill’s Ezra.

Los Angeles Times

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New research shows CDC exaggerated the evidence for masks to fight COVID

The analysis found that wearing masks in public “probably makes little or no difference.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Yum China Profit Slumps 90% in Fourth Quarter on Covid Disruptions

Operator of KFC and Pizza Hut reports January rebound and sees a stronger 2023 as it plans to add more than 1,100 new outlets

Caixin Global

Will Litigation Over Title 42 "Public Health" Migrant Expulsions Soon Become Moot When Biden Ends the Covid Emergency?

If so, Title 42 expulsions might finally end. But it's not a done deal yet.

Reason

Time to prepare for the next health emergency

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally. When the virus was at its peak, many low- and middle-income countries struggled to save lives while sustaining essential medical services such as maternal health care, routine childhood immunisation, and the treatment of non-communicable diseases.

Bangkok Post

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Thai economic prospects far from rosy

Logically, one would imagine that 2023 would be a much better year than 2022. Covid is over in every corner of the earth and economic activities resume. The world oil price is below US$80 (2,677 baht) per barrel and inflation is coming down. At the first meeting of 2023, the…

Bangkok Post

Bootle Strand losses questioned as budget plans pass first hurdle

A raft of measures are being proposed to balance the council's budget

Liverpool Echo

Will multicultural Australians support the Voice? The success of the referendum may hinge on it

When Warren Mundine, one of the lead “no” campaigners of the Voice to parliament, suggested that migrants be recognised in the Constitution along with Indigenous Australians, it was criticised as a diversionary and potentially destabilising intervention.

The Conversation

The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and co-operation can overcome them

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, stringent public health regulations were imposed to protect vulnerable individuals, with older people seen as a particularly vulnerable group.

The Conversation

'Why me?' gang rape leader asks amid warning of 'serious consequences' for justice

Saimoni Vunilagi's barrister says inequality in COVID-19 emergency laws left the man in "peril".

The Canberra Times

World should 'calm down' about China COVID variants - Chinese scientist

The world should "calm down" about the possibility of new COVID-19 variants circulating in China, leading Chinese scientist George Gao said.

Reuters

As fifth COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, many at-risk Australians are still behind on boosters

All Australian adults are now eligible for a fifth COVID-19 vaccine, but data shows millions of people are yet to get their third and fourth doses, including those in high-risk groups.

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The Conversation

BCG: how a century-old vaccine is being used against everything from cancer to autoimmune diseases

In March 2020, as the UK was preparing to go into lockdown, two new trials were posted on the clinicaltrials.gov database. The researchers were proposing that BCG, an old vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), should be tested for its protective effect against COVID.

The Guardian - UK

Biden’s State of the Union speech was in stark contrast to Britain’s dearth of economic ideas

The US president’s strategy is a world away from anything the Tories have to offer, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Wales Online

Schools in Wales get tough with parents as absence rates fail to come down

Headteachers said they are taking parents to court as £60 fines aren't always working

The Guardian - UK

Dragons’ Den star’s lingerie and stationery chains warn of doubts over finances

Theo Paphitis owns Boux Avenue and Ryman, which face ‘material uncertainty’ about remaining going concerns

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Spain makes change to Covid rules which will affect British holidaymakers

Face masks will no longer be mandatory on buses, taxis, trains, and other forms of public transport

Daily Record

Charity that has supported West Lothian families for 22 years closes due to funding crisis

Signpost is shutting because of the pressures of the pandemic and cost of living crisis

StockNews.com

The Top 3 Chinese Stocks to Buy and Watch in 2023

After bottoming out at the end of the previous year, a resurgent China is prioritizing economic growth over its protracted attachment to zero covid policy. Hence, it could be the perfect opportunity to invest in growing Chinese stocks Hello Group (MOMO), Waterdrop (WDH), and Tarena International (TEDU) for outsized gains…

Wales Online

No new Covid variants found in China following ending of zero-Covid policy

China saw a surge in cases of Covid after finally lifting its strict restrictions in December

Fortune

'No one really wants to talk about COVID anymore,' the WHO's pandemic lead laments. But the 'worst case' possibility of a new coronavirus exists

“Omicron can cause severe disease” and “is not nature’s vaccine,” experts warned, raising concerns that evolution could produce a more dangerous variant—or a new coronavirus altogether.

The Guardian - UK

The spy balloon saga says far more about Biden’s political weakness than China’s strength

Surveillance balloons have appeared over US soil before – the president’s reaction is a sign of how boxed in he is by Republicans, says Dr Yu Jie of Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific Programme

Fortune

One of Biden’s top COVID advisors believes vaccine critics ‘quietly’ got jabbed on the side

The White House's former Chief Science Officer for the COVID-19 Response Team wants to work with with vaccine skeptics to solve the COVID problem.

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