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South Australia records surge in COVID cases and hospitalisations, as authorities warn of flu risk

South Australia records eight deaths of people with COVID-19 along with 4,299 new cases, while health data shows influenza notification rates are highest in young people.

ABC News

Bill Gates tests positive for Covid-19

Bill Gates tweeted Tuesday afternoon that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.

Bangkok Post

Orioles beat Cardinals in St. Louis for first time in 19 years, 5-3

ST. LOUIS — Left-handed reliever Packy Naughton, replacing COVID-affected Adam Wainwright, made his first Cardinals start Tuesday night against a Baltimore Orioles team which hadn’t been to St. Louis, almost since its forbearers, the Browns, were here.

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£3.5 million Sherwood care home rated inadequate as 'staffing crisis' hits service

'There's still a lot more to do to get it back up to scratch'

Nottingham Post

Dockers wary of nightclub COVID risks

Fremantle players are being backed to make good decisions and put the team first when deciding on which places to visit during WA's COVID-19 peak.

AAP

China risks 1.6 million deaths in virus ‘tsunami’ if Covid Zero is abandoned: Study

BEIJING: China risks a “tsunami” of coronavirus infections resulting in 1.6 million deaths if the government abandons its long-held Covid Zero policy and allows the highly-infectious Omicron variant to spread unchecked, according to researchers at Shanghai’s Fudan University.

The Times of India

Western Australia records fresh COVID peak with 17,033 new infections

Western Australia sets a fresh record with daily COVID case numbers, which represent almost a 40 per cent jump on Tuesday's figure, with about one in 40 now infected with the virus.

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As Amy Shark begins her biggest tour since COVID hit, the singer is calling for more safeguards for artists

ARIA Award-winning singer Amy Shark is about to embark on an ambitious 60-date national tour. After being forced to pare back her touring plans over the past two years due to the pandemic, she is calling on the government to learn from what has happened and put safeguards in place…

ABC News

Two more people die with COVID as ACT equals record cases

ACT Health reported 1242 new cases of the coronavirus as of 8pm Tuesday.

The Canberra Times

'Significant uptick' in California coronavirus outbreaks brings new warnings

SAN FRANCISCO — Coronavirus conditions are likely to worsen, with case rates continuing to rise and hospitalizations starting to increase, according to the top health official in the San Francisco Bay Area's most populous county.

Los Angeles Times

7,650 new Covid cases, 56 more deaths

There were 56 more Covid-19 fatalities and 7,650 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Natasha Cloud Calls Out WNBA for Commercial Flights

The Mystics guard blames the league’s commercial flying for her recent positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

Sports Illustrated

Schumer's Title 42 dilemma

The GOP wall forced Democrats to decouple the COVID-19 relief package from a nearly $40 billion Ukraine aid bill.

Axios

Ricky Gervais jokes he's 'lost all respect' for Taliban after Piers Morgan interview

Comedian Ricky Gervais has weighed in on Piers Morgan's Tuesday interview with the official Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen on his TalkTV show Uncensored

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AAP

Hopes for 'variant-proof' COVID-19 vaccine

Sydney University is hoping to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that will protect against all known variants of concern, as well as future strains of the virus.

ABC News

COVID-19 case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

The Independent UK

Bill Gates say he has COVID, experiencing mild symptoms

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms

The Independent UK

Exam stress for pupils greater than before pandemic, headteachers tell survey

A lack of invigilators is putting pressure on schools, say heads.

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Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19, says he's experiencing mild symptoms

The 66-year-old wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is "following the experts' advice" by isolating himself until he's healthy.

Tribune News Service

Democrats demand US Treasury probe on Texas shifting COVID funds to border security

WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats in Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury to investigate whether Gov. Greg Abbott has misused up to $1 billion in pandemic relief funds to pay for the state’s controversial border security effort.

Tribune News Service

2020 saw most firearm deaths since 1994, CDC reports

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the highest firearm homicide rates since 1994, with substantial increases among Black and American Indian/Alaska Native males and young adults, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Independent UK

Amazon fires two union organisers and several managers at Staten Island facility

Tristan Dutchin and Mat Cusick say they were fired last week over job performance issues and Covid-19 sick leave, respectively

Bangkok Post

Pride at stake as Hanoi lights up for show

HANOI: The SEA Games open in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday after a six-month Covid delay with Southeast Asian pride at stake in everything from football to bodybuilding and eSports.

Manchester Evening News

'This will do nothing to help us': Manchester's hospitality venues react to pavement licensing being made permanent

"Business like ours would really only benefit from full road closures to make the most of outside dining"

Manchester Evening News

One Greater Manchester borough sees coronavirus infection rate rise as remaining nine plummet

The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 600 cases compared to the previous week

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