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WHO seeks $23bn to end COVID pandemic as global health emergency

Funds urgently needed for ACT-Accelerator, an initiative to provide poorer nations with tests, treatments and vaccines.

Al Jazeera

Covid news: Sweden scraps almost all restrictions and testing despite pleas from scientists; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive – as it happened

Sweden scraps almost all of its few restrictions and stops most testing; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive after displaying mild symptoms

The Guardian - AU

Global COVID response program 'running on fumes' amid budget shortfall

A global initiative to get COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines to poorer nations has only received 5% of the donations sought to deliver on its aims this year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid groups.

Reuters

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Covid live: Italy and Spain to ease mask mandate; UK records 66,183 new cases – as it happened

Italy and Spain relax rules on wearing masks in outdoor spaces; UK records 314 Covid-related deaths

The Guardian - AU

COVID disrupts health services in over 90% of countries -WHO

Disruptions in basic health services such as vaccination programmes and treatment of diseases like AIDS were reported in 92% of 129 countries, a World Health Organization survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic showed on Monday.

Reuters

How Melbourne's former infectious diseases hospital helped prepare us for COVID-19

For nearly a century, the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital responded to epidemics of influenza, polio and HIV. Those who trained inside its doors say its legacy should not be forgotten.

ABC News

WHO Chief Says Discussed Collaboration on COVID Origins with Chinese Premier

The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday he had discussed with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang the need for stronger collaboration on the origins of COVID-19, a subject of controversy that has strained Beijing's relations with the West. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has previously pressed China to be more…

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WHO chief says discussed collaboration on COVID origins with Chinese premier

Reuters

Covid news: UK reports 259 deaths; Turkish president tests positive – as it happened

New Zealand and Russia both report record number of daily coronavirus cases

The Guardian - UK

South African scientists on discovering omicron, plus how culture informs people's emotional reaction to music – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: South African scientists on the inside story of discovering omicron – and what their experience can offer the world about future variants, published on February 3, 2022.

The Conversation

Long Covid symptoms - the most common to look for

Many people who've had coronavirus have experienced symptoms that have lasted for months

Wales Online

Can smoking cause a heart attack? Doctors answer and explain how

In recent news, popular actor-comedian Sunil Grover, famously known as Gutthi, underwent a heart surgery. It was later revealed that the actor had suffered a minor heart attack and was admitted to the hospital on January 8. According to Dr Santosh Kumar Dora of Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai, who was…

The Times of India

Covid briefing: Six things as WHO say Europe is entering 'plausible endgame'

A director has said that the number of coronavirus deaths is starting to plateau

Wales Online

Turkey reports daily record of 111,157 new cases – as it happened

Turkish daily death toll highest in four months as cases surge; UK health agency says number of cases each day could be rising

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The Independent UK

Covid news - live: Europe entering ‘plausible endgame’ for pandemic, says WHO

WHO’s Europe director says continent entering a “plausible endgame” to the pandemic, adding this does not imply the pandemic is over

The Independent UK

World leaders: Who's coming, who isn't to Beijing Olympics

The U.S., Britain and a handful of others aren’t sending dignitaries to the Beijing Winter Games as part of a diplomatic boycott, but the Chinese capital is still attracting an array of world leaders for Friday’s opening ceremony

The Times of India

500 city Covid samples studied by Neeri on global platform

NAGPUR: Thanks to the rapid whole genome sequencing (WGS) done by CSIR-Neeri, the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza and Coronavirus Data (GISAID) has published the SARS-CoV-2 WGS of 500 Covid positive samples.

The Hindu

WHO site shows India without J&K, says TMC MP

Arunachal Pradesh also demarcated separately, Santanu Sen tells RS

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Wales Online

When will Covid be over? WHO director says Europe is entering 'endgame'

He said that several things were on Europe's side

The Guardian - UK

Covid: Europe set for ‘long period of tranquillity’ in pandemic, says WHO

Vaccinations, milder Omicron and arrival of spring should keep death rate low as cases rise to all time high

The Independent UK

Europe now entering ‘plausible endgame’ to pandemic, says WHO

Dr Hans Kluge said new variants are inevitable but suggested that previous lockdown measures will not be needed.

The Independent UK

COVID inequity: In Africa, at-home tests are scarce, costly

Unlike rich countries, African nations have very limited access to COVID-19 tests, especially at-home tests

The Independent UK

WHO: Europe entering 'plausible endgame' to COVID pandemic

The director of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said the continent is now entering a “plausible endgame” to the pandemic and that the number of coronavirus deaths is now starting to plateau

The Guardian - AU

Coronavirus live: Europe in virus ‘ceasefire’ with tranquil period ahead, says WHO; record UK long Covid cases — as it happened

Europe could enter ‘long period of Covid tranquility’ due to high vaccination rates, WHO says; record 1.33 million UK long Covid patients

The Independent UK

Covid news - live: 550,000 people in UK still have symptoms after a year as Israel finds more BA.2 cases

The four sub-variants of Omicron collectively account for 93 per cent of all Covid specimens collected in the past month, says WHO

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