Russian President Vladimir Putin is hoping Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will receive World Health Organisation approval soon, opening the doors to free travel to about 200 million people immunised with the jab.
The Gamaleya Institute, the developer of the vaccine, has announced it will immediately start working on adapting the shot to counter the new Omicron strain of the virus, adding current versions of the jab should still offer protection against the variant. A recent survey by the retail workers’ union found 59 per cent of frontline staff experienced some form of violence during the pandemic, with young workers, women and people from non-English speaking backgrounds bearing the brunt of the abuse.
“It is actually not the retail workers job to enforce those public health guidelines. Those requirements are in place and have been put in place by government and health authorities. They are not there to be enforced by shop assistants.” he said. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall says the state should be able to enjoy “a pretty normal Christmas”, but he also noted there were unanswered questions about the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
SA Health has yet to release today’s COVID-19 case numbers but yesterday the state recorded six new cases of the virus, two of which were acquired locally, two of which were interstate acquired, one of which was acquired overseas and one was under investigation.
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