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Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival in Central Asia this week in his first overseas travel in nearly three years is perhaps the most consequential irony of the coronavirus pandemic. As the place where the deadly pandemic began in early 2020, China was the first to swiftly and successfully suppress and…

Bangkok Post

Pandemic end 'in sight' as stats released

Promising figures showing the number of COVID-19 deaths continuing to drop are causing public health experts to become "optimistic" the pandemic may soon end.

AAP

Influenza spreading as people relax their guard

Seasonal influenza has been spreading rapidly as people have relaxed their guard against Covid-19 infections, according to the Department of Disease Control.

Bangkok Post

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Commentary: The key to demystifying long COVID-19 could come from studying another chronic condition

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1.5 million people in the U.S. were estimated to have myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, with an annual economic impact of $36 billion to $51 billion. Due to COVID-19, the total ME/CFS prevalence could rise to between 5 million and 9 million people. This would…

Chicago Tribune

People vaccinated against Covid share common symptom after testing positive

Around one in five vaccinated Britons with Omicron or Delta strain experienced diarrhoea as a symptom

The Independent UK

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated - and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

The Independent UK

Covid incubation period: How long are you infectious for?

UK weathered fifth wave of infections earlier this summer driven by new Omicron variants but coronavirus continues to linger this autumn

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‘Stealthy’ new Covid variant can reinfect you every month

‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

The Independent UK

Behind the 'world’s friendliest COVID protocols', Fiji's health system remains stretched and struggling

With Fiji “open for happiness” and a COVID test no longer required on arrival, the temptation to take that long awaited tropical holiday may be stronger than ever.

The Conversation

BoM forecasts wetter-than-average summer for eastern states – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

End of Covid pandemic ‘in sight’, says World Health Organization

Global weekly deaths down to 11,118 on 5 September – the lowest level since March 2020

The Guardian - UK

WHO: COVID End ‘in Sight,’ Deaths at Lowest since March 2020

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO chief says end of COVID pandemic "is in sight"

"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," he said.

Axios

End of Covid pandemic in sight: WHO

Geneva (AFP) - The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.

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Daily Record

New Zealand drops Covid restrictions in sweeping changes - updated travel rules explained

The country's Prime Minister has said it is 'time to safely turn the page' as mask and vaccine mandates are dropped.

Los Angeles Times

LA County reports nation’s first confirmed monkeypox death

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County resident has died from MPX — the nation’s first confirmed fatality linked to the disease, public health officials said Monday.

Bangkok Post

Rethink jabs for kids

Re: "Doctors urge Covid jabs for young kids", (BP, Sept 13) and "Govt to procure updated jabs", (BP, Sept 7).

The Guardian - US

Covid caused huge shortages in US labor market, study shows

At least 500,000 people have permanently disappeared from the workforce, analysis says

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Wales Online

Five reasons why young people need Covid booster vaccine

Vaccination doesn’t only provide protection to the person being vaccinated, but also indirectly protects the population as a whole

Wales Online

Wales has the lowest Covid infection rate of any UK nation by some distance

Across the UK Covid-19 infections have dropped to their lowest level for nearly 11 months

The Hindu

COVID-19 | Centre couldn’t accurately anticipate gravity of pandemic resurgence, subsequent waves: Parliamentary panel

Parliamentary panel recommends audit of ‘deaths due to oxygen shortage’

AAP

Measles case diagnosed in Sydney

NSW has its first recorded case of measles in more than two years with health authorities warning anyone at possible exposure locations to monitor for symptoms.

Bangkok Post

Doctors urge Covid jabs for young kids

The Royal College of Paediatricians of Thailand is to issue guidelines recommending an mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer be given to children aged six months to five years, with the first lot of three million doses expected to arrive next month.

Reuters

WHO sees October COVID surge in Ukraine, cites polio concerns

The World Health Organisation expects a rise in COVID-19 in Ukraine to peak in October, possibly bringing hospitals close to their capacity threshold, WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

Wales Online

Covid infection rates hit 11-month low in UK - but not all areas are dropping

The number of people testing positive dropped below a million for the first time since June

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