Thailand halves to three months time between administering second shot and a booster; 69 year-old South African president tested positive for Covid-19 on SundayFauci urges Americans to get Covid booster as US nears 800,000 deathsNew Zealand investigate…
Covid news live: Germany warned over ICU capacity; Nigeria identifies Omicron in sample from October
Germany warned it could have 6,000 people in intensive care by Christmas; Nigeria says retrospective sequencing of previous cases has found OmicronUS to require stricter Covid testing for all travellersWHO advises vulnerable, unvaccinated and over 60s,…
Covid news live: India records smallest daily rise in cases in 18 months despite festivals
India’s daily Covid cases saw the slimmest daily rise in one-and-a-half-years despite recent large festivals such as Diwali as vaccination and antibody levels riseSlovakian prime minister Eduard Heger considers 3-week lockdownGermany issues warning: ‘v…
Covid news live: Austria enters nationwide lockdown; Australia eases international border restrictions
Austria reimposes nationwide lockdown as daily deaths triple; Australia will allow international students and skilled workers into the countryViolent protests erupt in Netherlands and Belgium, dozens arrestedBooster jabs could be extended to all UK adu…
Coronavirus live: Germany sees highest ever seven-day Covid incidence rate; Auckland lockdown set to end
Germany’s Robert Koch Institute records incidence rate of 201.1; Lockdown of New Zealand’s largest city likely to end this monthJapan records zero daily Covid deaths for first time in 15 monthsUS opens borders to some foreign tourists‘Get the vaccine’:…
Coronavirus news live: African Union to buy 110m Moderna vaccines, NZ to set vaccine mandates for 40% of workforce
AU vaccine deal arranged in part by the White House; New Zealand will announce sweeping vaccine mandates for workers in cafes, bars, hairdressers and gymsEU medical body approves Moderna Covid booster vaccine for all adultsPapua New Guinea approves mas…
Coronavirus live: UK Covid response a ‘public health failure’, inquiry finds, Thailand set to welcome back tourists
Britain’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic led to more deaths, Commons inquiry finds; Thailand to drop mandatory quarantine for UK and US visitorsWHO recommends extra jab for immunocompromised peopleUK records 40,224 new infections as well …
Covid live news: Sydney reopens after long lockdown, New Zealand braces for rising cases
Stay-at-home orders lifted across New South Wales; New Zealand on ‘exponential growth curve’ of Covid-19 cases, expert warnsAustralia’s PM planning to fast-track international travelWelsh first minister expects Covid measures to continue until 2022UK r…
Coronavirus live: 1.1m in UK estimated to have long Covid; Finland to pause Moderna jab for men under 30
Official figures suggest 1.7% of the population have long-Covid symptoms, Finnish decision comes after similar moves in Sweden and DenmarkEnglish pupils may have to wear masks again if Covid cases riseHow Covid strained bonds between Nordic neighbours‘…