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Watchdog fears some parents have ‘lost sight’ of need for school attendance

School closures amid the pandemic broke down the structure and routine of ‘getting children up and to school every day’, Ofsted said.

The Independent UK

Pune's Sassoon hospital and BJMC Pune perform first organ and tissue donation after Covid era

PUNE: Pune’s Sassoon General Hospital and BJ Medical College undertook first organ donation following the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Times of India

Staff crisis hampering children’s pandemic recovery, says Ofsted

Children who have special education needs among those worst affected, says England watchdog’s chief inspector

The Guardian - UK

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Schools watchdog: Staff shortages exacerbating problems in pandemic recovery

Teacher recruitment continues to be a frustration for leaders in schools, colleges and independent learning providers, Ofsted said.

The Independent UK

Pandemic Diaries by Matt Hancock review – rewriting history

Assembled after the fact, these ‘diaries’ strain the usual definition – and the patience of those wanting a fuller account of government mistakes

The Guardian - UK

We're entering a new phase of COVID, where we each have to assess and mitigate our own risk. But how?

The Australian government’s latest COVID management plan, released yesterday, maps how the nation will learn to live with COVID. This means transitioning from the emergency phase of the pandemic response, to responding to it in a similar way to other respiratory diseases.

The Conversation

Full scale of pandemic's impact on luxury hotel The Edwardian Manchester revealed

The hotel's general manager has told BusinessLive how it has bounced back since the pandemic ended

Birmingham Post

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'Tis the season to be a thrifty gifter and support those in need

Lifeline has experienced a 25% rise in crisis calls since the pandemic began, and its stores fund local suicide prevention and support programs

Newcastle Herald

Indonesian capital beckons Thai visitors

Jakarta's tourism authorities are planning to organise a roadshow in Bangkok in a bid to attract more Thais to visit the Indonesian capital, saying the city is ready to welcome tourists and business visitors now that the Covid-19 pandemic has subsided.

Bangkok Post

'Hardline Conservative administration is provoking swathes of strikes across England'

Clapping nurses, carers and others delivering public services during the pandemic then financially slapping them with measly, living standard crushing pay offers is grotesque hypocrisy from a regime accused of relishing confrontation in the hope it deflects from them crashing the economy

Daily Mirror

PCR test still there for those at risk: PM

Despite changes to how PCR tests can be accessed, the prime minister has assured that vulnerable groups can still get the tests for free.

AAP

Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom

The Supreme Court is restoring another pre-pandemic tradition, announcing decisions in a public session in the courtroom

The Independent UK

Newest doctors shun infectious diseases specialty

The pandemic put infectious diseases doctors in the spotlight. The 'Fauci Effect' raised the number of fellowship applicants in 2020, but this year almost half of the training programs went unfilled.

WEKU

Cuba forecasts only slight growth rise as crisis grips island

Crisis-hit Cuba on Monday forecast economic growth of 3% for 2023 and reported 2% in 2022, half of what it had previously predicted and down 8% from the pre-pandemic level.

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Seeing a psychologist on Medicare? Soon you'll be back to 10 sessions. But we know that's not often enough

From January 1 the number of psychology sessions covered by Medicare will be reduced to ten per year, down from the 20 the government has been subsidising during the pandemic.

Daily Record

COVID recovery committee hail contributions of employees and service users of Lanarkshire employment support organisations

Representatives visited Routes to Work and Remploy in Airdrie as part of inquiry into pandemic's impact on labour market.

The Independent UK

Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage returns unrestricted

Mexico's largest religious pilgrimage for the Dec. 12 day of the Virgin of Guadalupe returned without restrictions for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic

Reuters

Goods pile up in North Korea after trains resume from Russia, think-tank says

Satellite images show goods from Russia appear to be piling up in a North Korean railyard, about a month after trains were reported crossing the border for the first time since the pandemic began, a U.S.-based think-tank said on Monday.

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Evening Standard

Joyous and emotional: inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards returned last night after a two-year pandemic-enforced break, in a night that reflected the strength of London’s theatre recovery

The Guardian - UK

EasyJet chief paid almost £3m despite airline’s £208m loss

Johan Lundgren gets rise of about 273% from 2021, when he received no bonus because of Covid pandemic

The Conversation

China's loosened COVID-19 policies – following years of aggressive lockdowns and quarantines – have left the country vulnerable

After nearly three years of aiming to eliminate COVID-19 through mass lockdowns, robust contact tracing programs and international travel bans, the Chinese government has announced it is rolling back the “zero-COVID” policies that helped suppress the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The Chinese Communist Party announced these changes…

The Independent UK

Free ride: DC unveils bold plan to boost public transit

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them

The Independent UK

Mariah Carey brings her daughter on stage for duet of ‘Away in a Manger’

The song formed part of Carey’s first Christmas show since the pandemic began

Asharq Al-Awsat

Expensive ‘Avatar’ Sequel Faces Transformed Movie Market

The sequel to movie box office champion "Avatar" arrives in theaters this week, 13 years after the first film, as cinemas try to recover from the pandemic and draw people away from streaming at home. Hollywood's big question about "Avatar: The Way of Water" is whether the follow-up to the…

The Guardian - UK

Multiple infections could make us much sicker – strep A, RSV and flu are a dangerous mix

The pandemic has changed the seasonal pattern of infectious diseases, and risky, little-understood blends are the result, says Daniela Ferreira, a professor of infection and vaccinology

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