Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.
Increased social distancing, limits on people at gatherings and working from home are some of the measures that will come into force. The moves comes as the World Health Organization warns the Omicron surge will push health systems towards the brink of collapse.As Israel braces itself for a wave of infections from the latest variant, it's looking tomaking it the first country to do so. The Middle Eastern country's experts recommend a fourth booster for over-60s and health workers.
is taking place in Australia. The spray, which uses the cheap drug heparin, is being tested to see if it neutralises Covid's spike protein as researchers say it appears to make a person with the virus non-infectious. If successful, it could be used with vaccines and other measures.Photographer Richard Tymon and his family were holed up in a hotel room in Sweden after one of them tested positive for coronavirus.
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