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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Four tips to stop your office Christmas party turning into a superspreader event

If you’re wanting to celebrate after two years of curtailed festivities, don’t despair

Wales Online

Notts builder blames Brexit and Covid for housing estate delays

"We understand how important it is"

Nottingham Post

Parents urged to get children flu vaccine after 70% jump in hospital cases

Covid restrictions mean most young children have never encountered flu and have no natural immunity to the virus.

The Independent UK

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Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests

When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic.

Reuters

California hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn't do it

LOS ANGELES — To help patients who are financially strapped, California lawmakers decided to stiffen state requirements for hospitals to offer free or discounted care.

Los Angeles Times

'Deeply disturbing' Prison deaths in Scotland at record high as drugs and suicide fatalities on rise

Researchers from Glasgow University claim that while covid infections had an impact on numbers, it was the increase in deaths from suicide and drugs that had been the most significant.

Daily Record

Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change

From Sydney to Toronto, mainland Chinese have stepped up protests this week, with demands to end the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions evolving into calls to "free China" and for President Xi Jinping to step down.

Reuters

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Parents refuse to use ‘blood tainted by vaccination’ for baby ahead of life-saving surgery

Couple says they want blood to come from people not injected with the Covid vaccine

The Independent UK

In lockdown or preparing for lockdown: Beijing life under zero-Covid

Resident tells of days filled with health codes, constant threat of shutdowns and moments of hope

The Guardian - AU

Yes, the Chinese Protests Are About Politics and Freedom. But They Are Also About What Covid Might Do if It Is Let Loose Now

The zero-Covid policy has become an effective platform for young people to demand greater political freedom.

The News Lens

No longer fringe, small-town voters fear democracy's demise

In a picturesque corner of western Wisconsin, a growing right-wing conservative movement has rocketed to prominence

The Independent UK

China vows to crack down on ‘hostile forces’ as police deter protests

BEIJING: China’s top law enforcement body pledged to crack down on “hostile forces” and their “sabotage,” comments that appeared intended as a warning to protesters angry about Covid-19 policies and to provide justification for government efforts to suppress dissent.

The Times of India

Two Chinese cities ease COVID curbs after protests spread

The giant Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing announced an easing of COVID curbs on Wednesday, a day after demonstrators in southern Guangzhou clashed with police amid a string of protests against the world's toughest coronavirus restrictions.

Reuters

Push to scrap Victorian COVID-19 fines

Community legal centres want the re-elected Victorian government to scrap 30,000 fines handed out for breaking COVID-19 rules after they were withdrawn in NSW.

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Twitter will no longer enforce its COVID misinformation policy

Public health experts and social media researchers are concerned that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.

Newcastle Herald

Food Bites: Newly hatted Hunter chefs have their say

Yellow Billy, Flotilla and EXP chefs reflect on a year of triumph and challenges.

Chicago Sun-Times

New flu defense in the works: 1 shot to protect against all 20 influenza viruses

Taking a new approach, based on the mRNA technology that proved effective against COVID-19, University of Pennsylvania researchers are working on the experimental vaccine.

Bangkok Post

China's Economy Faces Challenges Despite Moves to Stimulate Growth

China's recent steps to adjust Covid-19 controls and revive activity in the beaten-down property market stirred hopes that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is putting fresh emphasis on measures to support the economy, potentially leading to a strong rebound in growth next year.

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Bangkok Post

No easy exit from 'zero-Covid'

Following a deadly fire in a residential building in China's Xinjiang region -- which many blame on Covid-19 lockdowns -- Chinese protesters have taken to the streets to demand an end to stringent pandemic restrictions. Even before the protests erupted, there were signs that President Xi Jinping's administration was preparing…

ABC News

ASX rises, AUSTRAC takes Star to court, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales top $7 billion

Australian shares have closed higher as the October's consumer price index (CPI) shows inflation is easing.

The Guardian - UK

‘This feels so much like Hong Kong’: territory’s solidarity with Chinese uprising

Veterans of Hong Kong’s 2019 protests see echoes in mainland’s anti-Covid anger, but fear a similar outcome

The Independent UK

Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy

Twitter is no longer enforcing its policy against misinformation about COVID-19

The Conversation

Chinese protests are about more than COVID – student discontent has fuelled the biggest movement since Tiananmen Square

Protests have erupted across China, initially in response to the deaths of ten people in a fire in an apartment block in Xinjiang in the country’s northwest. The demonstrations represent the biggest expression of public unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was savagely crushed.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Child vaping surge prompts government crackdown, ‘crazy’ Covid fines, Morrison censure motion

In today’s newsletter: children were vaping nicotine without realising it; NSW urged to cancel more lockdown fines; Morrison on track for official censure

Irish Mirror

Doctors admit Covid vaccine possibly linked to 'mystery' death of Longford woman

Ms Brady told the inquest her family had found it 'very insulting and upsetting' that her mother had been described as 'a mystery patient' at the hospital in Mullingar because nobody had any answers about what was causing her illness.

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