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Even after a surge in Omicron cases, the World Health Organisation has urged nations to lift travel bans and mandatory vaccination for entry into countries. "The failure of travel restrictions introduced after the detection and reporting of Omicron variant to limit the international spread of Omicron demonstrates the ineffectiveness of such measures over time.

WHO urges countries to lift travel bans and not ask for vaccination proof for entry

Israel was one of the first countries to offer four doze of the covid-19 vaccine to people or a second booster. Now a latest Israeli study has revealed that the fourth dose of the Pfizer's Moderna vaccine against covid-19 is only partially effective against the latest omicron variant.

COVID-19: Fourth dose of vaccine 'partially effective' against Omicron, reveals Israeli study

India completed a year of its vaccine drive against covid-19 and in the past 365 days over 1.5 billion doses have been administered. The Prime Minister took to Twitter to celebrate the anniversary and in a series of tweets Narendra Modi lauded everyone associated with the drive and also reiterated India's stance on vaccines.

India completes 1 year of vaccine drive, PM Narendra Modi lauds vaccination campaign

Thousands of people took over French streets protesting against tighter restrictions for people who are not yet vaccinated. According to official estimates, the turnout was way below than previous weekend's demonstrations.

Watch: Protesters take over French streets to fight against the new vaccine pass

In order to save the nation from a logistical nightmare, Canada has now said that it will allow unvaccinated truckers to cross in from the United States.

Canada will allow unvaccinated truckers to cross in from the United States

The Omicron variant has brought an urgency in getting the world vaccinated, but despite this, foreign nations last month have rejected almost about 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines mainly due to their rapid expiry date.

UNICEF: Poor nations rejected over 100 MN vaccine doses due to near expiry dates & lack of storage

European Medicines Agency (EMA) the European Union's drug regulator said on Tuesday (January 11) that the strategy of administering repeated booster doses at short intervals was not viable as a long-term response to COVID-19 pandemic.

EU says repeated boosters against Covid not a viable strategy

The vaccine mandate bill in Germany has sparked a debate at a time when the country has hit a daily COVID-19 infections record; the country has recorded over 80,000 new covid-19 cases. The government is now pushing for expanded vaccine mandate.

Germany records over 80,000 new covid-19 cases, govt pushes for expanded vaccine mandate

A new revelation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that two doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine can help in protecting a 'rare but often serious' condition in children.

Pfizer vaccine protects children against this 'rare' Covid complication

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Friday on the legality of two initiatives at the heart of the Biden administration’s efforts to address the coronavirus in the workplace through vaccine mandates.

Supreme court hears major challenges to Biden’s vaccine mandates

France's lower house of the Parliament has cleared plans for vaccine pass. All French citizens must be fully vaccinated to enjoy public needs.

French lower house passes vaccine pass plans

France where lawmakers have debated draft legislation that would require most people to be vaccinated against covid-19. The past would be required to enter public spaces such as bars restaurants and long-distance public transport. The new law would remove the option of showing a negative test result instead of having the jabs.

French lawmakers draft Covid vaccine pass law amid 'tidal wave' of Omicron cases

COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15 to 18 years old began in India on Monday morning. On Saturday, CoWIN registration for the age group had commenced. So far, 12,57,603 children aged 15 to 18 have registered to be vaccinated through the CoWIN platform.

Vaccination for 15-18 age group in India starts amid COVID-19 surge

As the Omicron variant of coronavirus continues to torment several countries in the world, Israel has decided to administer a fourth dose of vaccine to people, who are most vulnerable to COVID-19.

Israel to administer fourth dose of vaccine to most vulnerable to COVID-19

Latin America surpass Europe and North America to become the most vaccinated region in the world, with 63% of people being inoculated.

Latin America becomes the most vaccinated region worldwide, with 63% of people being inoculated

Amid the looming threat of Covid-19 and despite receiving a steady supply of vaccines, Nepal still faces an intense challenge. As the Himalayan nation struggles to vaccinate its targeted population now this all comes as a country struggles to store its vaccine shipments, there are about 12 million covid shots in stock in Nepal.

Nepal requests to delay vaccine shipments, struggles to jab targeted population

In a first, a person in Israel has been vaccinated with a fourth coronavirus vaccine. This was done as a part of the study to see if the country will go ahead and approve the measure in a bid to curb the growing wave of Covid infections triggered by the Omicron variant.

In a study, Israel vaccinates people with fourth vaccine dose for the first time

Chief Medical Advisor to the President of the US, Anthony Fauci in an interview with WCBS Newsradio 880 said that it is “too premature” on part of the US to discuss a fourth Covid vaccine dose.

'Too premature' to discuss a fourth Covid vaccine dose, says Fauci

Europe is facing a pretty sharp rise in the number of Covid 19 infections and it is not just due to the latest omicron variant.

PM Johnson urges people to get vaccinated

Europe Concerned Over Rise In Cases

Ecuador has become the first country to make Covid vaccines mandatory for children as young as five years. "In Ecuador, vaccination against Covid-19 is declared compulsory," the health ministry said in a statement.

Ecuador becomes first country to mandate Covid vaccines for children from age of 5

The Omicron surge has triggered a debate on boosters. Should governments donate jabs instead of rolling out a third shot? How has the WHO's confused messaging muddled the booster debate? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: The Wests's boosters are extending the pandemic

Omicron variant may produce more infections than Delta, but the risk of hospitalisation is lesser by 40 to 45 per cent, two new studies from Britain have revealed.

Omicron causes 40-45% less hospitalisation than Delta variant, reveal UK studies

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