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COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise

For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Kerala Travel Mart kicks off in Kochi

Governor calls for engagement among States for post-pandemic tourism promotion

The Hindu

Disabled mum in tears after missing flight 'when airport staff failed to help her'

Sheila Cottrill, 87, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, arrived at Birmingham Airport three hours before her Ryanair flight which was to take her to see her son Jeremy who she has not seen due to the pandemic was due to leave

Daily Mirror

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How prisons are using COVID-19 containment measures as a guise for torture

Newly reported data shows that torture continues in federal prison segregation units. It’s an ongoing feature of Ontario provincial jails too.

The Conversation

Disabled mum watches Ryanair flight leave without her after staff 'abandon her at gate'

Sheila Cottrill was due to fly out to see her son in Spain for the first time since the pandemic, but missed her flight because there weren't enough 'Ambulift' drivers to help her board

Daily Mirror

Indian to receive British honour for his service during pandemic

He led the consortium that delivered 11,700 ventilators to the U.K. government in 12 weeks

The Hindu

Irish pubs: Price of pints could soon rise warns Wetherspoons boss

The firm, which currently has seven Irish pubs and hundreds more across the UK, says it was badly affected by the Covid pandemic

Irish Mirror

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Global Covid death toll has almost reached staggering 15million figure, WHO says

The WHO says many countries undercounted their figures saying only 5.4million deaths were reported - meaning the organization has tallied an additional 9.5million million deaths

Daily Mirror

Cherished Edinburgh community cafe to be reopened by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid

CafeLife was forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and is now finally opening its doors with a new interior, a brand new menu and the Scottish writer in tow to celebrate the reopening

Edinburgh Live

Leisure leader Cairn Group restarts hotel, bar and restaurant investments after pandemic pause

The owners of the Royal Station Hotel is also investing in an EV fleet of vehicles and its sales and marketing team

Birmingham Post

WHO says COVID pandemic caused nearly 15 million excess deaths

That's double the more than 6 million COVID deaths that were officially reported by countries.

Axios

COVID led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported - WHO

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

Reuters

WHO: Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double its official death toll

The Independent UK

Coronavirus: Woman pinned down for COVID test, video goes viral

We have seen numerous videos on how COVID has affected our lives. From lockdowns to COVID testing, several videos have emerged online showing how difficult it is for some people to live amidst a pandemic.

The Times of India

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Evening Standard

Boris Johnson mistaken for Simon Cowell as he votes in local elections

Voters across the UK were heading to the polls on Thursday in the first major election since all pandemic restrictions were scrapped.

Salon

Behind the mask: Racism and the pandemic

White people began believing COVID wasn't their problem, research shows — and that made the pandemic much worse

Daily Mirror

Measles 'epidemic' warning as one in 10 British kids go unvaccinated - see symptoms

Over the course of the pandemic uptake of the measles vaccine has dropped, leading to the WHO warning that the UK is vulnerable to an "epidemic" of the very infectious disease.

Birmingham Post

Petards returns to profit following restructuring of EyeTrain division and hints at acquisitions

The Gateshead-based maker of security and communications technology had cut jobs during the pandemic

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Reason

Was Censorship the Greatest COVID Threat to Freedom?

It wasn't just autocrats who were frequently tempted to address "fake news" about the pandemic through state pressure and coercion.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Buckingham Palace Parties Return, Without Queen Elizabeth

Members of the British royal family will stand in for Queen Elizabeth when the traditional garden parties return this summer at Buckingham Palace, her office said on Thursday. Mobility issues have meant that the 96-year-old monarch has been forced to cut back on public engagements, and the Palace said members…

WEKU

120k of these pennies are in circulation; do you have one in your pocket?

Artist Jill Magid inscribed pennies with "The body was already so fragile" — and now brings a film of the process to Brooklyn, giving people a chance to reflect on the pandemic.

The Guardian - US

The jobless Americans chasing the dream of ‘passive income’

Workers say they’re replacing career ambitions with low-stakes side hustles. But are many of the schemes too good to be true?

Reuters

Spain's tourist arrivals jump 8-fold in March, edge toward pre-COVID levels

Spain received 4 million tourists in March, more than eight times as many as in the same month last year, after most pandemic-related restrictions were lifted, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zalando Posts First Decline in Sales Since Founding

Zalando posted a decline in sales for the first time since the German online fashion retailer was founded, leading it to dim its outlook for 2022 on Thursday. First-quarter sales fell by 1.5%, to 2.2 billion euros ($2.33 billion), after posting a 46.8% increase in the same quarter last year…

Daily Mirror

NHS staff anger at blitz of hospital parking tickets with one given 10 fines

NHS staff at Hull's hospitals have complained at a blitz of parking tickets that they have been receiving. Many say they have been given wrongly in a bid to "claw back money lost"

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