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Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t likely to become as widespread as COVID-19, but is worth watching

Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus experience flu-like symptoms and a blistery rash that lasts two to four weeks, but a small percentage of infected people develop sepsis or other severe and potentially fatal complications.

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Albanese to restore Covid leave payment as emergency national cabinet meeting called

Australia’s chief medical officer will give a briefing to state and territory leaders on Saturday as the government backflips on pandemic support

The Guardian - AU

New programmes launched to help Renfrewshire residents get back into work

Councillor Andy Steel announced that the project will be used to break down barriers and boost recovery from the pandemic

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Charity is urgently appealing for more Renfrewshire volunteers to help the elderly tackle isolation

Re-Engage needs more drivers and hosts to get older people out to socialise

Daily Record

Saudi Arabia, US Set Record Levels of Non-Oil Trade Exchange

Trade relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia recovered from the pandemic's low levels in 2020, recording high exchanges of oil and non-oil goods in 2021. A report issued by the Washington-based Saudi-US Business Council indicated that total trade volume reached $24.7 billion, a 22 percent increase over 2020…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: New COVID variants like BA.5 are dominating us — we can do more to prevent this

It takes a lot for a COVID-19 variant to become dominant throughout most of the world. It has happened only three previous times (alpha, delta, omicron) and now is occurring with the omicron family subvariant known as BA.5. How did this occur and what are the implications for the pandemic…

Los Angeles Times

Four major challenges facing Britain's education system after the pandemic

The UK goverment’s Department for Education has some new ministers in charge following the political turmoil surrounding Boris Johnson’s resignation. After resigning only two days into the job of education secretary, Michelle Donelan has been replaced by James Cleverly, MP for Braintree.

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Canberra nurses rally for culture-change as 'true impact' of pandemic takes a toll

Staff shortages are impacting Canberra Hospital staff as the ACT braces for a surge in COVID-19 cases.

The Canberra Times

Covid: Women ‘more likely than men to worry about life post-pandemic’

Researchers found a ‘stark’ worry gap, with women more likely to be extremely worried about their parents, children, education and work-life balance

The Independent UK

Scottish Music Industry Association names new chief executive

Former journalist and A&R manager joins organisation to lead post-pandemic recovery

Insider UK

South Australia joins calls to reinstate pandemic leave payments ahead of COVID peak

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas will interrupt his leave to advocate for an extension to pandemic leave payments as the state approaches a peak in the latest COVID wave.

ABC News

Ivana Trump 'was due to go to St Tropez on holiday the day after she died'

The businesswoman's best friend said the trip would have been her first since the pandemic began and claimed that she was scared of becoming infected with Covid-19

Daily Mirror

China’s economy slows sharply, fanning global recession fears

Second quarter expansion of 0.4 percent is the weakest performance since the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.

Al Jazeera

Uttar Pradesh: Couldn’t set up factory yet? Land allottees may get 3 years’ extension

NOIDA: The state government has made an amendment to the UP Industrial Act to increase the land bank as well as give benefits to entrepreneurs who could not set up industries during the pandemic.

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SA to support ongoing pandemic payments

South Australia will support the resumption of pandemic leave payments from the federal government at a national cabinet meeting next week.

Miami Herald

3 stole millions of PPE from Florida company as pandemic surged. They’re headed to prison

MIAMI — Three men who stole thousands of N-95 masks and millions of medical gloves from a Broward County supply company — one of the largest known thefts of personal protective equipment in the U.S. — will be going to prison.

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Yeah Good: Albanese Announces $750 Pandemic Leave Payment Will Be Extended Until Sept 30

“I said during the election campaign repeatedly that one of my things was no one left behind.”

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First Nations people in rural NSW lived with more anxiety and fear about COVID-19 than non-First Nations people

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government’s pandemic response struggled to include the country’s most minoritised groups, including First Nations people.

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Pandemic behind 'largest backslide in childhood vaccination in a generation', says UN

Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations last year that protect against life-threatening diseases, as the knock-on effects of the pandemic continue to disrupt health care globally.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese resists growing pressure to extend pandemic leave payments

Ministers have suggested states should pick up the cost of Covid leave payments as calls grow for support to continue

The Independent UK

Italian government in limbo as president rejects PM Draghi’s resignation

Offer to resign came after coalition parter refused to take part in confidence vote

ABC News

Opposition calls for COVID-19 leave payments to be reinstated, as pressure mounts on Albanese

The Acting Opposition Leader says rising COVID case numbers should prompt the government to reinstate pandemic leave payments ended by the former government, as pressure mounts on the Prime Minister to act.

The Conversation

6 ways governments drive innovation – and how they can help post-pandemic resilience

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the global economy, with the total cost likely to exceed US$12.5 trillion dollars according to International Monetary Fund estimates.

Miami Herald

3 stole massive amount of PPE from Florida company as pandemic surged. They’re going to prison

MIAMI — Three men who stole thousands of N95 masks and millions of medical gloves from a Broward County supply company — one of the largest known thefts of personal protective equipment in the U.S. — will be going to prison.

Daily Mirror

Commuters and shoppers wear masks in flashback to height of Covid pandemic as cases soar

An estimate 2.7million people are believed to be infected with coronavirus, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics and now public spaces are beginning to see people donning masks again

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