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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Helpline for elderly receives over 79,000 calls seeking support

The helpline was launched to address the issues of the elderly, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu

Boy, 11, shot in terrifying attack on family home after thug posed as delivery driver

Anthony Lascelles, Christopher Sargent and Ajaypal Singh have been jailed for a total of more than 50 years over the brutal raid in Upminster, east London, during the first Covid lockdown

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer ‘beergate’ event was planned, leaked memo claims

Sir Keir last week suggested the meal, the subject of a police inquiry, had been a spontaneous event

Evening Standard

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Laos to drop Covid entry curbs for vaccinated tourists

Laos will drop Covid-19 entry restrictions for fully vaccinated tourists from Monday after the country reported falling coronavirus cases and deaths, senior officials said.

Bangkok Post

Scottish couple spend £4,000 on dream cruise only to be thrown off over covid scare

Janet and Ian Anderson had booked their dream holiday to the canary islands after Ian recovered from a brain tumour, only to be told they had to leave the ship minutes before it departed.

Edinburgh Live

Preventable by Devi Sridhar review – inside the fog of war on Covid

A survey of the global response to coronavirus draws together fascinating data but fails to construct a compelling narrative about the spread of the virus

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai tightens lockdown to hit zero-COVID goal by late May - sources

Shanghai is tightening its already strict COVID-19 lockdown in a fresh push to eliminate infections outside quarantined areas of China's biggest city by late this month, people familiar with the matter said.

Reuters

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Inside My Wedding: NI couple's stunning day at Darver Castle

"I promise on the day you won't even think about that wee problem you thought was the end of the world"

Belfast Live

IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals players forced into isolation after net bowler tests positive for COVID-19

MUMBAI: Delhi Capitals players were once again forced into isolation in the ongoing IPL-15 after a net bowler of the franchise tested positive for COVID-19.

The Times of India

High Covid cases 'putting pressure on already stretched NHS services', say Greater Manchester health chiefs

At the same time, the system is trying to catch up with the huge backlog of operations which have been delayed during the peak of the pandemic

Manchester Evening News

Centuries-old passion play returns after pandemic break

After a two-year delay due to the coronavirus, Germany’s famous Oberammergau Passion Play is opening soon

The Independent UK

Sweden? Japan? UK? Debates over who had a ‘good’ Covid won’t end

The WHO has spoken but even its huge new report will not settle arguments about pandemic strategies

The Guardian - UK

Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 20,635

India logged 3,451 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,02,194, while the active cases rose to 20,635, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

Dynamite News

I went driving in France for the first time since Brexit and Covid

As Easter rolled around, we packed our bags, hopped in the car and set off

Wales Online

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Covid Curbs Push China Off Global Sporting Map

China's ambitions to be a global sporting hub took a heavy blow as the postponement of this year's Asian Games further isolated a country already cut off by its hardline zero-Covid strategy. The ruling Communist Party burnished its global image with an array of dazzling spectacles such as Beijing's 2008…

Newcastle Herald

Hunter New England remains district with highest daily COVID-19 case number

Hunter New England remained the NSW local health district with the highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases at the weekend, with 1214 fresh instances of the virus recorded in the 24 hours to 4pm on Saturday.

ABC News

SA launches advertising blitz to encourage COVID-19 vaccination as state records five deaths

The South Australian government is launching a $2 million advertising campaign to encourage people to receive a third COVID vaccine, as authorities report another five people with COVID have died.

Financial Times

Lex in depth: why the luxury market needs to hedge against China

A shift in spending habits in Asia and a crackdown on wealth by Beijing threaten a profit squeeze for high-end brands

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The National (Scotland)

Pressure on Scottish Government to move on independence builds as Covid recedes

PRESSURE is growing on the Scottish Government and ruling parties to step up the campaign for independence after two years of delay due to Covid.

Daily Record

Tory voters who ignored Partygate couldn't ignore how much money they were losing

John Niven weighs in on the election and the losses suffered by the Conservatives.

Daily Record

Elderly couple thrown off £4000 dream cruise holiday after covid scare on bus

Janet and Ian Anderson had tested negative for the virus but were ordered off the P&O cruise after someone else tested positive

Reuters

'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens COVID lockdown, Beijing keeps testing

Shanghai authorities were tightening the city-wide COVID lockdown they imposed more than a month ago, prolonging into late May an ordeal that China's capital Beijing was desperate to avoid by turning mass testing into an almost daily routine.

Wales Online

Classical pianist gave it up to become a farmer in Wales

‘Brexit meant I couldn’t afford to buy wool to knit so I bought a whole flock of sheep instead and my business is going from strength to strength’

Wales Online

The definitive verdict on how the Welsh Government and UK Government compared in their handling of the pandemic

Now that the pandemic is winding down it's time to work out what actually just happened to us all

Bangkok Post

8,081 new Covid cases, 54 deaths announced Sunday

The country registered 8,081 more Covid-19 cases - the seventh successive daily number below 10,000 - and 54 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.

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