At the top of the menu in a restaurant in a busy part of Washington a message was set out for diners.

…Good evening. One important thing to remember about our supposedly “post- Covid world” is that it is, as yet, far from being post- Covid . Reports…

Cases of unknown fever in North Korea obviously stem from the coronavirus outbreak, which occurred after the republic opened its borders for trade relations in China in January 2022, Russia’s Microbe Research Anti-Plague Institute said on Friday.

At the height of the pandemic, as Wall Street banks scrambled to ease burnout among their overworked junior employees, some rolled out a gift that came to symbolise the era: Peloton bikes.

North Korea in February last year appointed a new ambassador to China, but former ambassador Ji Jae-ryong is still holding the fort because the North sealed its borders when the coronavirus pandemic erupted.

North Korea on Thursday admitted that the coronavirus pandemic has breached its border lockdown and declared “the gravest national emergency.”

Now when components will be supplied will depend on the epidemiological situation in Chinese regions.

…There now follows an important public message. No one cares about your Covid . They did once but now, frankly, you are nothing special. Get taken…

The first meeting of the European Parliament’s new COVID-19 committee (COVI) on Thursday (12 May) did not bring about any concrete results but revealed the broad range of topics MEPs wish to address in the quest to collect lessons learnt from the pandemic.