WASHINGTON, Dec 22 ― President Joe Biden yesterday told Americans worried about the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant that the country was “prepared” to fight it, as Israel ― which pioneered the use of Covid vaccine boosters ― announced fourth shots for those over 60 and health workers.
Biden announced a raft of new measures in an afternoon televised address as the United States battles the latest surge in Covid-19 cases, including shipping half a billion free home tests in the wake of a serious Christmastime testing crunch. Omicron accounted for 73.2 per cent of new US cases over the past week ending Saturday, according to the latest official data.In Israel, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said citizens over the age of 60 and medical teams would be eligible for a fourth Covid vaccine shot, following the recommendation of an expert panel.
Biden stressed the US immunisation campaign would help prevent severe cases among the 62 per cent of the population now fully vaccinated ― while scolding the unvaccinated for failing to uphold their “patriotic duty.” It follows a plea from WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for nations to redouble efforts to help end the pandemic, calling for New Year events to be cancelled because it was better to “celebrate later than to celebrate now and grieve later.”
Bars in Finland will be forced to close at 9.00pm on Christmas Eve as part of new restrictions designed to fight record Covid infection levels, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said.
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