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EU urges more checks for COVID variants given surge in China
Date: December 30, 2022
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should consider immediately scaling up genomic sequencing of COVID-19 infections and monitoring of waste water, including from airports, to detect any new variants given the virus surge in China, the bloc’s health chief said. In a letter to health ministers of the EU’s 27 members, Stella...
Pandemic curbs linked to early start to Europe’s winter flu season
Date: December 30, 2022
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Pandemic restrictions that hampered the circulation of viruses other than COVID-19 could be behind the unseasonably early upsurge in respiratory infections in Europe this winter that the festive break could prolong, scientists say. Apart from COVID-19, regulations to curb movement and social interaction limited the transmission of viruses that...
UK house prices end 2022 on a weaker note after pandemic boom
Date: December 30, 2022
By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -British annual house price growth marked a further “sharp” slowdown in December, mortgage lender Nationwide said, ending the year on a downbeat note as the impact of surging mortgage costs reversed some of the pandemic-led boom in the market. The lender also said that the final month of 2022 saw...
Few tourists, deserted streets in casino hub Macau after reopening
Date: December 30, 2022
By Joyce Zhou and Tyrone Siu MACAU (Reuters) – Three years of COVID-19 forced Becky Zhang’s specialty food business in Macau to near collapse. Founded by her grandmother more than fifty years ago, her store selling pastries and dried beef only survived thanks to residents who bought small quantities to help keep them afloat. Now,...
Spain’s 12-month inflation slows down again in December to 5.8%
Date: December 30, 2022
(Reuters) -Spanish consumer prices rose 5.8% in December – at their slowest annual pace this year, thanks to lower electricity prices compared to a year ago, flash data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday. Still, core inflation, which strips out volatile fresh food and energy prices, was at 6.9% year-on-year, higher than...
Japan insurers to maintain cover for LNG vessels in Russian waters
Date: December 30, 2022
By Ritsuko Shimizu and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese insurers are expected to maintain marine war insurance, which covers the sinking and requisition of ships due to war in Russian waters for at least three months for liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels, industry sources said on Friday. Japan’s Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance,...