(2022-01-10). Healthy double-vaccinated 23-year-old dies from COVID in Sydney. wsws.org A close friend of James Kondilios said his death "was a reminder that this battle with Covid is not something to be taken lightly as even the healthiest people can be taken far too young."
(2022-01-10). As Djokovic Leaves Australian Detention Hotel, Refugees Held There Urge World Not to Forget Them. democracynow.org 
As an Australian judge allows unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic to be released from immigration detention amid controversy over his COVID vaccine exemption, we look at how his case has intensified international scrutiny over Australia's inhumane treatment of refugees jailed in the same rundown hotel. "No one is telling us when we get out of this indefinite detention," says Mehdi Ali, an Iranian refugee currently detained by the Australian government at the Park Hotel in Melbourne. We also speak with former Australian soccer player Craig Foster, who advocates for asylum seekers.
(2022-01-10). Breaking Point: Ed Yong Says Omicron Is Straining Hospitals & Schools Amid Vaccine Mandate Pushback. democracynow.org 
The Omicron variant's transmission rate is exponentially higher than Delta, leaving healthcare workers across the U.S. in dire straits. Waves of doctors, nurses and other health professionals are unionizing, and some have quit the profession over exploitative conditions. The staffing shortage has added on to the strains of increasing hospitalizations due to COVID-19, limited availability of necessary equipment and lack of federal support for preventative measures such as paid medical leave. "This is the cost of two years spent pushing prematurely for a return to normal," says Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning repor…
(2022-01-10). Headlines for January 10, 2022. democracynow.org Bronx Building Blaze Kills 19 People, Including 9 Children, Injures Dozens, Judge Sentences Men Who Murdered Ahmaud Arbery to Life in Prison, 25% of U.S. Hospitals Face Critical Staff Shortages; Chicago Schools Remain Closed Amid Omicron Surge, Airstrike Kills 56 Displaced People in Tigray as Region's Humanitarian Situation Worsens, Military Court Sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 More Years in Prison, Fire in Cox's Bazar Destroys Homes of 5,000 Rohingya Refugees, Reprisal Attacks in Nigeria's Zamfara State Kill 200 Civilians, Tennis Star Novak Djokovic Released from Immigration Detention as Australian Visa Reinsta…
(2022-01-10). BoJo accused of 'ignoring science' on Covid. rt.com 
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has claimed the prime minister is failing to protect England | Wales' first minister has doubled down on comments in which he accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of "ignoring the science" on Covid-19 by refusing to introduce new measures to prevent the spread of Omicron. | Speaking to Sky News on Sunday, First Minister Mark Drakeford reiterated claims that England was a "global outlier" and was not protecting its people from the current wave of Covid-19. | Drakeford said he is constantly asked why Wales is not doing the same thing as England. "My answer was to point out tha…
(2022-01-10). Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble. zcomm.org Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge…
(2022-01-10). Virus-hit Tianjin ensures necessity supply amid control of Omicron spread. ecns.cn North China's Tianjin Municipality which has witnessed the latest COVID-19 resurgence has launched an emergency response mechanism to guarantee the supply of daily necessities.
(2022-01-10). New Zealand government to reopen schools despite Omicron threat. wsws.org With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 threatening, the Labour-led government is ignoring the advice of scientific experts and preparing to fully re-open schools.
(2022-01-10). Cruise ship doctor exposes shipboard conditions amid Omicron crisis. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has closely followed the crisis facing thousands of cruise ship workers and passengers across the world in the wake of the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
(2022-01-10). Profits before lives: Germany's federal and state governments shorten quarantine time despite massive Omicron wave. wsws.org The ruling class is reacting to the explosive spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant not with the necessary protective measures but with an escalation of its herd immunity policy.
(2022-01-10). Economist names major risks for Asia. rt.com 
The region's emerging markets are well positioned but facing headwinds | Asian countries should brace for three major challenges in the year ahead, according to Carlos Casanova, senior Asia economist at Swiss private bank UBP. | "We have rising Omicron cases. We have priced in slower growth in China at around 5%. And now, the Fed meeting minutes suggest that the pace of the tapering will be faster-than-expected," he told CNBC, adding that those factors "pose a threat for the region as a whole." | According to Casanova, despite the fact that Asia's emerging markets are well positioned, they will be more impacte…
(2022-01-10). Instead of More Support, Schools Have Upped Demands on Teachers During Pandemic. scheerpost.com 
A parent decorates her car while gathering at the Leona Canyon Trail Head before participating in a car caravan demonstration in Oakland, California, on January 7, 2022. Some Oakland Unified teachers called a sickout on that day, saying they don't feel safe teaching. They're calling for two weeks of remote learning during the latest Omicron surge. JESSICA CHRISTIAN / THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES | By Jen Roesch / In June 2020, when schools across the U.S. remain…
(2022-01-10). US autoworkers call for shutdown of production as Omicron spreads. wsws.org In response to the publication of a letter on workplace conditions by a temporary worker, autoworkers have flooded the WSWS with comments denouncing conditions in their own factories.
(2022-01-10). Amid warnings of an Omicron surge, Sri Lankan government maintains criminal "opening up" policy. wsws.org Despite the high Omicron infection rate in the Katunayake Airport area, the country's main international airport, there are no restrictions on the flow of foreign tourists entering the country.
(2022-01-10). FDA authorizes COVID-19 boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended its emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to expand the use of a single booster dose to 12- to 15-year-olds. The FDA also shortened the time needed before receiving a booster from at least six months after completion of the initial series to at least five months for everyone 12 and older. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention will review this recommendation. The CDC…
(2022-01-10). Consumer Health: Treating glaucoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to…
(2022-01-10). The stench of eugenics at the White House. wsws.org Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Friday that the fact that COVID-19 predominantly kills people who are "unwell to begin with" is "encouraging news."
(2022-01-10). Anti-vax group decries new restrictions warning (VIDEO). rt.com 
Anti-lockdown protesters march through Copenhagen, Denmark | Black-clad activists marched through Denmark's capital Copenhagen on Sunday, decrying anti-Covid rules. The protest took place after the prime minister warned of new restrictions. | Protesters from the activist group Men in Black marched through central Copenhagen exactly one year after they held their first official demonstration in the city. The group promoted the march on social media as "democratic resistance to the epidemic law and the government's attack on our freedoms." | The activists carried a large banner reading "No to the epidemic law,"
(2022-01-10). WATCH: Arrests at massive anti-lockdown protest. rt.com 
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Belgian capital of Brussels to protest the government's Covid-19 restrictions | A massive crowd flooded the streets of the Belgian capital, with demonstrators calling for "freedom" and demanding that authorities abolish the Covid-19 health pass required to enter various venues. | The large-scale protest, which was joined by thousands of people, was organized by an umbrella group, "Samen Voor Vrijheid" ('Together for Freedom'). The crowd, chanting "Liberty!" and "Freedom!" and holding placards denouncing what they called the government's "vaccine dictatorship…
(2022-01-10). India to Administer 'Precautionary Dose' to Frontline Workers, Senior Citizens as COVID Cases Rise. sputniknews.com As of now, India has administered 1.51 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to people, of whom 627 million have been fully vaccinated. In his address to the nation on 25 December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the need for booster doses for healthcare and frontline workers and people aged above 60 with comorbidities.
(2022-01-10). Consumer Health: When is a hangover an emergency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During the holiday season, it may seem like opportunities to celebrate are everywhere, and alcohol is often part of the festivities. When it comes to alcohol, though, the key is moderation. Besides the long-term risks of alcohol use, an immediate consequence is often a hangover. A hangover is a group of unpleasant signs and symptoms that can develop after drinking too much alcohol. As a general rule, the more alcohol you drink, the more likely…
(2022-01-10). WATCH: Anti-vaccine passport protesters pelt MP with seaweed. rt.com 
French islands' lawmaker was accosted in front of his home by people furious over vaccine enforcement | Protesters from the French overseas constituency of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon threw fistfuls of seaweed at their representative of the national parliament, angry over the vaccine mandate. The attack was condemned by politicians. | The heated confrontation took place on Sunday in France's islands of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the western Atlantic. People unhappy with the government's anti-Covid-19 policies and the introduction of the vaccine mandate gathered outside the home of Stephane Claireaux. The MP has…
(2022-01-10). Cuba supera el 86% de su población vacunada contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Hasta el 7 de enero las autoridades del Minsap señalaron que se han aplicado 31.344.582 dosis de los fármacos Soberana 02, Soberana Plus y Abdala.
(2022-01-10). Over 3,000 high school students sign petition demanding remote option for Massachusetts schools. wsws.org A change.org petition by a high school student at Boston Latin School under the heading "Staying safe should be a right, not something that government dictates," has gained over 3,000 signatures from students, educators and parents concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases across Massachusetts.
(2022-01-10). Travel discouraged between Beijing, Tianjin. ecns.cn Residents in Beijing should avoid going to Tianjin, as 40 confirmed COVID-19 cases were found there over the weekend, capital officials said on Sunday.
(2022-01-10). Golden Globe Organizers Refute Rumors About Causes of Ceremony's Scaled-Down Format. sputniknews.com This year's Golden Globes will be held without star guests, red carpet, press and accompanying parties. The decision to have a pared-down event has been rumored to be based not solely on the recent spike in COVID-19, as the ceremony, which has been surrounded by scandal for almost the entire past year, is now being tacitly boycotted by Hollywood.
(2022-01-10). Record-High Infection Cases And Long Queues: is Israel Losing Control Over COVID-19? sputniknews.com On Sunday, Israel registered more than 17,000 new cases of coronavirus. According to estimates, the current wave of the pandemic will see two to four million Israelis infected.
(2022-01-10). EE.UU. reabre centros de vacunación por variante àìmicron. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a las autoridades sanitarias de EE.UU. el 95 por ciento de los nuevos casos de Covid-19 corresponden a la variante Ómicron.
(2022-01-10). Djokovic, distractions and blame shifting. greenleft.org.au The reason Scott Morrison stopped Novak Djokovic entry visa to play in the Australian Open championships is because he needs a distraction from their ongoing disastrous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, argues Sue Bolton.
(2022-01-10). Response to Bronx apartment fire which killed 19 hampered by massive surge of coronavirus infections. wsws.org The president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association said that the response to the fire was handicapped by the vast numbers of firefighters who are sick with COVID-19.
(2022-01-10). EE.UU. supera los 60 millones de casos de coronavirus. telesurtv.net Según la Universidad Johns Hopkins, EE.UU. promedio en la última semana 700.000 casos diarios de coronavirus.
(2022-01-10). Chicago teachers in forefront of nationwide fight to close schools as COVID-19 infections reach record levels. wsws.org Chicago educators are entering their second week of struggle to demand virtual-only classes as teachers, parents and students across the country demand protection from the spread of COVID infections.
(2022-01-10). Week two of forced in-person school begins in Massachusetts amid record COVID case counts. wsws.org After record COVID-19 cases, teacher absences and disrupted classes, students and teachers faced an unprecedented surge of the pandemic in schools across Massachusetts in the first week of classes in 2022. Governor Charlie Baker and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education have mandated that K-12 schools remain open for in-person learning despite these dangerous conditions.
(2022-01-10). Netizens Troll AOC for Catching COVID-19 After Partying Maskless in Florida. sputniknews.com Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has triggered a furor online after she was seen several times breaching coronavirus guidance during the Christmas holidays.
(2022-01-10). Fake Science, Invalid Data: There is No Such Thing as a "Confirmed Covid-19 Case". There is No Pandemic. globalresearch.ca Approximately 260 million people Worldwide have been categorized as "confirmed Covid-19 cases". The alleged pandemic is said to have resulted in more than 5 million Covid-19 related deaths. Both sets of figures: morbidity and mortality are invalid.
(2022-01-10). Reino Unido notifica más de 140.000 nuevos contagios de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Hasta este 8 de enero, un total de 35.499.486 dosis de refuerzo se habían aplicado en el país europeo.
(2022-01-10). Ciudad china de Tianjin inicia pruebas masivas para la Covid-19. telesurtv.net China ha redoblado su estrategia de tolerancia cero con la Covid-19 en la recta final hacia los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Beijing.
(2022-01-10). Covid-19, apartheid sanitario en la "aldea global" cubadebate.cu Publicamos un fragmento del último libro de Alain Bih, Face au Covid-19: nos exigences, leurs incohérences (Syllepse, 2021). En él, Bihr analiza la doble crisis revelada por la pandemia de Covid-19, la del sistema capitalista, pero también la de las fuerzas de la alternativa, y plantea algunas vías para salir del letargo.
(2022-01-10). Deadliest fire disaster in decades kills 19, including 9 children, in New York City. wsws.org The president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association said that the response to the fire was handicapped by the vast numbers of firefighters who are sick with COVID-19.
(2022-01-10). Over 3,000 sign high school student's petition demanding remote option for Massachusetts schools. wsws.org A change.org petition by a high school student at Boston Latin School under the heading "Staying safe should be a right, not something that government dictates," has gained over 3,000 signatures from students, educators and parents concerned over the rising number of COVID-19 cases across Massachusetts.
(2022-01-10). T cells from common colds cross-protect against infection with SARS-CoV-2. imperial.ac.uk People with higher levels of T cells from common cold coronaviruses are less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2.
(2022-01-09). Death toll from Kazakhstan unrest amounts to 164, TV channel cites health ministry. tass.com According to the Ministry of Health, 103 people have died in Almaty since riots hit Kazakhstan…
(2022-01-09). Kazakh health ministry denies reports about seizure of military biological lab near Almaty. tass.com Social media reports maintained that specialists in chemical protection suits were working near the lab, so, a leak of dangerous pathogens could have occurred…
(2022-01-09). U.S. reopens mass vaccination sites, suspends cruises amid COVID-19 surge. ecns.cn Temporary mass vaccination sites that were wound down months ago across the United States are being reopened to get more people vaccinated and boosted in the latest surge of COVID-19 fueled by the Omicron variant.
(2022-01-09). Detectan en Chipre nueva variante del SARS-CoV-2: "Deltacron", una combinación de las variantes delta y ómicron. cubadebate.cu Hasta el momento Kostrikis y su equipo han identificado 25 casos de "deltacron" y han destacado que son más frecuentes en pacientes hospitalizados por COVID-19 que en positivos no hospitalizados. "Veremos en el futuro si esta variante es más patológica o contagiosa o si se impondrá" a delta y ómicron, ha indicado, aunque según su opinión lo más probable es que sea eclipsada por la variante ómicron por ser más contagiosa.
(2022-01-09). US Hospitals Strained With Omicron Patients, Staffing Shortage. telesurenglish.net As the highly infectious Omicron variant takes command amid the lingering pandemic, the most significant infection surge of COVID-19 to date is emerging in the United States, putting additional pressure on an overtaxed health care system. | RELATED: | "We have seen an incredible proliferation of the virus in hospitals, such that we went from a place where virtually no county in the country was at risk of exceeding its capacity t…
(2022-01-09). Experts warn of difficult winter for U.S. despite possible fall of Omicron. ecns.cn The COVID-19 variant Omicron could peak in the United States very soon and a decline of surging infections is possible in the very near future, according to a report by The Harvard Gazette.
(2022-01-09). CDC's Revised Quarantine Guidelines Worry Overburdened Health Care Workers. truthout.org 
This story was originally published at When Cherriese Thompson heard the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's decision last week to cut quarantine time down from 10 days to five days, she was upset. At a time when hospitalizations were surging and isolation and quarantine procedures were already tricky for people to understand,…
(2022-01-09). 2022 Brings Hope For State And Local Broadband Progress. popularresistance.org If 2020 convinced the country that broadband for all Americans is essential, then 2021 underscored a reality of life: Goals often require longer timelines than we'd prefer. To put it another way, a worldwide emergency helped the U.S. recognize the importance of having ubiquitous high-speed Internet, and now we're playing catch-up. There's no quick and clean fix, which is a clunky pill to swallow for millions of people who contend with substandard or nonexistent connectivity as a new world of hybrid education, remote work, online services and telehealth takes over. | The urgency for wider access to high-speed Inte…
(2022-01-09). Chinese mainland reports 92 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 92 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.