Covid live: no need for fourth jab yet, UK advisers say; Germany toughens restrictions for bars and restaurants
by Jem Bartholomew (now); Lucy Campbell, Georgina Qua from World news | The Guardian on (#5TRBX)
UK experts say protection against hospitalisation still 90% three months after booster; Germany also cuts isolation for boosted people after a Covid contact
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Argentina reported a record number of Covid-19 cases on Thursday for a third day in a row at nearly 110,000, Reuters reports, as the highly infectious Omicron variant drives a third pandemic wave in the South American nation.
The record tally of 109,608 in the middle of the southern hemisphere summer holiday season with tourist centres full of travellers, has not translated into a similar exponential rise in Covid-related deaths, which totalled 40, the government said.