Covid live: Australia to offer jabs to children aged five to 11; people in Scotland urged to cancel Christmas parties
by Tom Ambrose (now); Lucy Campbell, Martin Belam and from on (#5SV39)
Australia will begin administering vaccines for children from January; People and businesses in Scotland been urged not to go ahead with parties
- UK daily case tally remains above 50,000
- People in Scotland strongly urged' to defer Christmas parties
- South African Covid cases up 255% in a week as Omicron spreads
- Stricter measures than plan B may be needed to stop Omicron in UK
- Italian who presented fake arm for jab has since been vaccinated'
Cuba has detected its first case of the Omicron Covid variant, according to Cuban state media agency ACN.
The case was identified in a person who had travelled from Mozambique.
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