Recurring COVID-19: Thanks to Omicron, Coronavirus May Reinfect People Several Times a Year, Say Experts — weather.com — 18 May 2022 (LINK)
Future COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines — yahoo — 17 May 2022 (LINK)
Study: At least half of those hospitalized in U.S. with COVID-19 have symptoms 2 years later — upi — 11 May 2022 (LINK)
What we know about long COVID — axios — 7 May 2022 (LINK)
A dispute over sharing coronavirus genomes is threatening a vital tool for tracking variants — thebulletin — 3 May 2022 (LINK)
Impact
U.S. COVID deaths equivalent to 9/11 attack every day for 336 days — xinhua / people's daily online — 18 May 2022 (LINK)
Covid has hit China's economy harder than expected — cnn — 16 May 2022 (LINK)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted officials over slow medicine deliveries and ordered his military to respond to the COVID-19 crisis that has left 1.2 million people ill with fever and 50 dead in a matter of days, state media said — ground.news — 16 May 2022 (LINK)
N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak — apnews / winnipegfreepress — 12 May 2022 (LINK)
Biden mourns 1 million US Covid deaths — cnn — 12 May 2022 (LINK)
Europe COVID-19 deaths pass two million mark, says WHO — apnews / mynorthwest — 12 May 2022 (LINK)
Unvaccinated North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown — apnews / mynorthwest — 11 May 2022 (LINK)
Covid: World's true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO: 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years, 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years: only 5.4 million were reported. In India, there were 4.7 million Covid deaths, it says — 10 times the official figures — and almost a third of Covid deaths globally — bbc — 5 May 2022 (LINK)
Response
US will share COVID-19 vaccine technology, Biden tells global summit — ground.news — 12 May 2022 (LINK)
China Berates WHO Chief for 'Irresponsible' Remarks on Its Zero-COVID Policy — reuters / usnews — 11 May 2022 (LINK)
EU lifts mask requirement for air travel as pandemic ebbs — bloomberg / bangkokpost — 11 May 2022 (LINK)