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Jerusalem, Sep 2 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: EFE/EPA Archive). Israel on Thursday announced more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections within the past 24 hours, a new daily record high since the pandemic began, despite the country’s world-leading vaccine drive.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN ISRAEL.
The Prime Minister has rejected harsher virus restrictions in England over Christmas despite the UK setting a new record on Thursday of almost 120,000 cases in 24 hours.
Around 1.2 million people in England were likely infected with Covid-19 last week, representing 1 in 45 of the population and a new pandemic record as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly, official estimates showed on Thursday. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot tells us more.
Sweeping new measures have been announced in England and Scotland to contain a potential 'tsunami' of infections during the festive season.
From Saturday, travellers will need to provide "compelling reasons", and entry into France will be restricted mostly to French and EU nationals, residents and their families.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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