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Government announces exam grades to be lower next year

‘It would not be right for grading standards caused by highly unusual circumstances to become baked into the system,’ union boss says

The Independent UK

World Cup 2022: These are the COVID requirements to enter Qatar

Organisers say visitors will have to show negative PCR or antigen test to enter country, show tracking app at games.

Al Jazeera

Covid: London hospital patients with virus rise 15% in week as ‘autumn wave’ begins

All regions are seeing an increase in patients with coronavirus

Evening Standard

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World Cup: Qatar confirms Covid test requirements for travelling fans

Visitors must be able to show a negative result from a PCR test taken in the 48 hours before arriving or from an official rapid test taken within 24 hours

Evening Standard

Girls' football club in Belfast making a difference in the community

Dungoyne FC has recorded an incredible increase in girls' participation since the end of lockdown

Belfast Live

Taiwan to end quarantine for arrivals starting Oct. 13

Taiwan says it will end mandatory COVID-19 quarantines for people arriving from overseas beginning Oct. 13

The Independent UK

Getting fit after COVID? Why you should be strength training – and how to do it

After recovering from COVID, you might be eager to get out and do some exercise, particularly if you’d previously enjoyed keeping fit. While a bit of light cardiovascular training can be a good option, strength training has some particular advantages when it comes to getting over COVID.

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Rise in Covid-19 hospital patients shows ‘autumn wave’ is under way

Hospital admissions are highest among those aged 85 and over.

The Independent UK

Harris, Yellen focus on community finance at Freedman Forum

Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will host a forum to highlight how coronavirus pandemic relief dollars have helped support Black- and minority-owned businesses

The Independent UK

Health officials issue warning after 'rapid' rise in covid cases

People are being urged to keep 'covid safe' as we head into winter

Liverpool Echo

Commentary: Now that the CDC has dropped masking, a plea to doctors and hospitals

With a one-two punch, the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have tossed tens of millions of Americans at high risk of death and disability from COVID-19 into a sea of contagion without any clear guidance for infection prevention and control.

Los Angeles Times

Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say

Researchers say diseases that spread between humans and animals will become increasingly commonplace as human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensifies.

WEKU

Faye Flam: Here’s who really needs the new COVID booster

The new U.S. COVID booster campaign needs a dose of clarity about its goals and limitations. The latest “bivalent” vaccine — retooled to protect against the currently circulating BA.5 variant — will benefit some more than others. The oldest and most vulnerable citizens are likely to benefit most. Public health…

Tribune News Service

Do COVID-19 vaccines help keep you from going bald?

The COVID-19 vaccines can help keep you from getting the nasty virus, missing many days of work or school, and ending up in the hospital or the graveyard.

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Irish Mirror

Hurricane Ian: Irish woman stranded in Florida as two million now without power

Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast, affecting all the way from the Everglades north to Tampa

The Independent UK

Why does This England let Boris Johnson off so lightly?

No Partygate, no dodgy party donors and no sex pests. If only the Covid wards had been as well sanitised as Michael Winterbottom’s dramatisation of Boris Johnson’s pandemic government, writes Sean O’Grady

Dublin Live

Dubliner stuck in Florida during Hurricane Ian 'counting down the hours' until she can leave hotel

Holidaymaker Pip Kelly described how the streets are deserted and shelves in shops are empty as Floridians stockpile supplies in scenes reminiscent of the first Covid lockdown

The Hindu

India reports 4,272 new COVID-19 cases in a day; death toll rises to 5,28,611

Active cases comprise 0.09% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.72%, the health ministry said

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Pfizer COVID vaccine approved for all children aged over six months old

The Therapeutic Goods Administration approves Pfizer's paediatric dose of its COVID vaccine for children aged between six months and five years old.

AAP

Interim tick for Pfizer infant booster

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has given provisional approval for Pfizer's COVID-19 booster to be used in children aged six months to five years.

The Guardian - UK

English district councils warn support services for poorest face axe

Services such as debt advice and hardship funds under threat amid £400m bill caused by inflation

ABC News

Medical workforce returning from COVID-19 testing not expected to fill dire staff shortages

A regional local health network says workforce shortages won't be alleviated by workers returning to their posts from PCR testing sites.

The Independent UK

Inevitable Conservatives will lose next election, says former Tory MSP

Adam Tomkins who was a Tory MSP between 2016 and 2021 said it was time for the party to be in opposition after this week’s economic turmoil.

Reuters

Ebola kills five in Uganda, 19 other deaths likely connected, president says

Five people have died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, the president said on Wednesday, but he said he would not order a lockdown because Ebola is easier to manage than COVID-19.

ABC News

Hospital funding clash to be reignited at national cabinet as states call for more resources

The states and territories will again push the federal government to abandon a funding cap and extend a 50:50 funding share of public hospital services, as demand from COVID-19 continues to strain the system.

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