New York City will slash the number of attendees in Times Square and require masks, AstraZeneca says three doses of its vaccine is effective against Omicron, citing Oxford study
- China locks down 13 million people in northern city of Xi’an
- Some people may need four Covid jabs to stay protected, expert says
- Risk of hospital stay up to 70% less with Omicron than Delta: UKHSA
- Mandatory jabs in Malawi ‘violate human rights’, say civil society groups
- US Supreme court to hold special session on Biden’s vaccine mandates
China is reporting 87 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Thursday, 23 December.
The figure is a slight decrease from 100 reported a day earlier, its health authority said on Friday.
