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Omicron variant now accounts for nearly all of the Covid infections globally; UK joins France, Italy and Turkey in recording six-figure case numbers

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Tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste created by the Covid pandemic are threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report has found.

The material - including discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles - could expose health workers to burns, needle-stick injuries and germs, the report found, and some of it could still be infectious.