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Preliminary data doesn't indicate that the Omicron variant is "more severe" than Delta, says Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization's emergencies director. SOUNDBITE
Beachgoers vacation mask-free in Miami Beach, Florida, over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in the United States. IMAGES
A top US health official warns that measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 have to stay in place if the pandemic is to be beaten, after the state of Texas dropped its mask-wearing mandate. "We at the CDC, have been very clear that now is not the time to release all restrictions" says Dr. Rochelle Walensky. SOUNDBITE
British Prime minister Boris Johnson says he takes "full responsibility for everything that the government has done" as the UK's Covid-19 death toll tops 100,000. SOUNDBITE
Friends and family bury their loved ones at the Villa Formosa cemetery, the largest one in Latin America, a day after global Covid-19 deaths surged past two million. IMAGES
Business Insider reports that Amazon and Barnes & Nobles searches for "vaccine" bring up anti-vaxx books. Two of the top five books in “vaccine” search results on Amazon.com promote anti-inoculation theories. The first such result on Barnes & Noble is a book by Thomas Cowan, who claims the current pandemic was caused by 5G wireless technology. The US could start rolling out COVID-19 shots as early as Friday. President-elect Joe Biden has warned that the public is losing faith in the effectiveness of a vaccine.