Covid news live: Australia to offer jabs to children aged five to 11; US Omicron cases mostly mild, CDC chief says

Australia will begin administering vaccines for children from January; nearly all of the 40 people in the US infected with Omicron were mildly ill

• South African Covid cases up 255% in a week as Omicron spreads
• Stricter measures than plan B may be needed to stop Omicron in UK
• People in Scotland ‘strongly urged’ to defer Christmas parties
• UK daily Covid case tally remains above 50,000
• Italian who presented fake arm for jab ‘has since been vaccinated’

The latest Covid numbers from France are in.

An additional 56,854 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the pst 24 hours.

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