Covid news: UK reports 51,342 new infections; vaccines protect against new variant – as it happened
by Tom Ambrose (now); Sarah Marsh, Kevin Rawlinson, M from on (#5SSRJ)
Latest figures come amid concern over spread of Omicron variant; Pfizer says third jab increased antibodies by factor of 25
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- Moderna or Novavax after AstraZeneca jab confers high immunity: study
Germany reported 69,601 cases of Covid-19 and 527 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institute, taking the total cases in the country to 6,291,621. There have been 104,047 deaths.
South Korean authorities are urging people to get vaccinated as case rise in the east Asian nation generally regarded as having dealth with the pandemic well.
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