When Covid shutdowns kept people at home, wild mammals roamed more freely across the landscape, scientists reported in a new global study. The data comes from tracking tags affixed to 2,300 animals, from lions in Kenya to giant anteaters in Brazil. nyti.ms
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LVMH reported record annual earnings, as it rides a surge in demand for luxury goods that China’s recently loosened Covid restrictions could extend into this year on.wsj.com
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Pharmacies across China reported shortages of ibuprofen, paracetamol and other fever medication as the country struggles to cope with a surge in Covid-19 cases on.wsj.com
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In January 2020, when the U.S. public was largely unaware of Covid-19, health officials were girding for a crisis. That same month, officials at the Health and Human Services Department reported 60% more sales of stocks and funds than the 12-month average. on.wsj.com
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‘We’re playing with fire’: US Covid cases may be 30 times higher than reported theguardian.com
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North Korea on Thursday reported its first outbreak of the coronavirus. The country has repeatedly rebuffed global offers for millions of doses of vaccines, making it one of the last places in the world completely unprotected from the threat of the virus. nyti.ms
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China reported a record number of Covid-19 cases, as authorities extended a lockdown in Shanghai in an effort to curb the country’s worst outbreak in more than two years on.wsj.com
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China, which is facing its worst Covid-19 surge since the coronavirus first emerged in the city of Wuhan, reported its first deaths from the virus in more than a year. nyti.ms
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China is facing its biggest coronavirus outbreak since the early days of the pandemic, with more than 800 new cases reported over the weekend. The Omicron variant has been identified in nearly a dozen major cities. nyti.ms
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UK Covid live: Johnson announces daily priority testing for 100,000 key workers; 218,724 daily cases reported theguardian.com
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New federal figures show a deeper than previously reported decline in U.S. life expectancy last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold on.wsj.com
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The U.K. reported its first death of a patient with Omicron, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the country faces a tidal wave of cases of the new Covid-19 variant on.wsj.com
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The Chinese health authorities have reported a rise in Covid cases since April, especially from newer subvariants that are spreading across the world. nyti.ms
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This week marks three years since the U.S. reported its first known Covid-19 case. Fewer people are dying from it but there’s room for improvement, public-health officials say. on.wsj.com
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China has reported just a handful of Covid-19 deaths as a wave of Omicron infections has swept the country, stoking suspicion that the government isn’t accurately accounting for the impact of the virus on.wsj.com
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Long Covid has been called a “mass disabling event,” and research backs this assertion. A meta-analysis found that, worldwide, 49% of Covid survivors reported persistent symptoms four months after diagnosis. theguardian.com
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The missile launches were a strong signal from North Korea that it was embarking on a new cycle of tensions in the Korean Peninsula despite the country’s first reported outbreak of the coronavirus nyti.ms
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China reported its lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in three weeks, as authorities in Beijing rolled out citywide testing in the race to stamp out the virus before it forces the kind of stringent lockdowns that have closed manufacturers in Shanghai on.wsj.com
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China reported a record number of Covid-19 cases, as authorities extended a lockdown in Shanghai in an effort to curb the country’s worst outbreak in more than two years on.wsj.com
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China reported its first deaths from Covid-19 in the mainland in more than a year as the country battles a surge of Omicron infections across the country on.wsj.com
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Camilla, the wife of Prince Charles, is isolating after she tested positive for Covid, four days after her husband was reported to be reinfected, officials said. The announcement is likely to fan further concerns about the health of Queen Elizabeth II. nyti.ms
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UK Covid live: Boris Johnson holds press conference as nearly 220,000 daily cases reported theguardian.com
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Omicron cases in parts of the U.K. were estimated to be doubling every 1½ days as health officials in South Africa reported significantly lower Covid-19 hospital admission rates than earlier in the pandemic despite a surge of infections on.wsj.com
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Users reported issues with NHS Covid Pass after new coronavirus measures announced for England bbc.in
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China reported numbers that showed consumer spending was playing a stronger-than-expected role in driving its recovery after the country lifted its stringent zero-Covid measures. The big question is whether it will last. on.wsj.com
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This week marks three years since the U.S. reported its first known Covid-19 case. Fewer people are dying from it but there’s room for improvement, public-health officials say. on.wsj.com
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Xi Jinping told a visiting EU delegation that recent protests in China reflected frustration about Covid controls and suggested the pandemic has entered a less deadly stage. Xi’s reported remarks are his first known responses to the demonstrations. on.wsj.com
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The BA.5 Omicron subvariant is now driving a wave of Covid-19 cases that some virus experts think could be six times higher than the reported figures on.wsj.com
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North Korea reported “a positive trend” in tackling the country’s Covid outbreak, according to state-run news media. The claim is a shift in tone from the government after it ordered “maximum emergency” controls last week to fight the virus. nyti.ms
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With 25 million people in a Covid lockdown, Shanghai has reported no deaths and says currently only one case is severe on.wsj.com
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A year ago, while many countries were still reeling from Covid-19, China seemed to be one of the few places prospering through the pandemic. It was also the only major economy that reported growth in 2020. nyti.ms
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South Korea reported 621,328 new daily Covid cases on Thursday, its peak infection number of the entire pandemic. But during this surge, the government is pushing ahead with plans to relax restrictions and learn to live with the virus. nyti.ms
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On Friday, Russia reported a daily record of 200,000 new coronavirus cases, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant sweeps across the remote parts of the vast country. nyti.ms
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UK Covid live: more than 200,000 daily cases reported for first time theguardian.com
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UK Covid live: record-breaking 88,376 new cases reported as pregnant women made priority for jabs theguardian.com
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Covid news: Boris Johnson reported to police over No 10 parties, South Korea cases and deaths at new high theguardian.com
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A Republican-led congressional committee is investigating Covid-19 relief funds meant to help struggling hospitals, after the Wall Street Journal reported last year that much of the aid went to profitable facilities on.wsj.com
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The World Health Organization expressed appreciation for China’s sharing of Covid data after Beijing reported around 60,000 Covid-related deaths over the past month on.wsj.com
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China reported more than 24,000 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, edging closer to the high point seen during Shanghai’s monthslong lockdown earlier this year on.wsj.com
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The BA.5 Omicron subvariant is now driving a wave of Covid-19 cases that some virus experts think could be six times higher than the reported figures on.wsj.com
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Philadelphia students and teachers were back to wearing masks in schools Monday, after the city’s school district returned to an indoor mask mandate amid a rise in newly reported Covid-19 cases on.wsj.com
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Shanghai is preparing to open a 50,000-bed makeshift hospital, with a record number of newly reported Covid cases in the city on.wsj.com
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More than a third of U.S. high-school students reported that their mental health was poor during the Covid-19 pandemic, and 44% said they felt sad or hopeless, a CDC survey finds on.wsj.com
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China reported 3,054 domestic coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with numbers falling from a day earlier, as authorities worked swiftly to contain outbreaks by ordering lockdowns and severely restricting the movement of people in the most affected areas on.wsj.com
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An Australian aid ship arrived in Tonga, a day after 23 people aboard tested positive for Covid. Cargo was unloaded by machines, a UN spokesman said, amid fears the virus could spread in the remote Pacific nation, which has so far reported one Covid case. nyti.ms
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Covid-19 infections continued to soar far above previous peaks across the U.S., with the seven-day average of daily reported cases in the U.S. reaching a pandemic record 403,385 on Sunday, according to an analysis of Johns Hopkins University data on.wsj.com
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The U.K. reported its highest daily number of cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, as a senior British health official warned the fast-spreading Omicron variant posed the most significant threat since the start of the pandemic on.wsj.com
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At least 10 cases of Covid-19 linked to the new variant have been reported in the U.S., with at least one instance of community spread on.wsj.com