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France eases UK travel restrictions
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France eases UK travel restrictions

Global COVID-19 cases are reaching record high levels, driven by the spread of the Omicron variant.

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France will no longer require proof of an essential reason for travellers from the United Kingdom and will lift a requirement to self-isolate upon arrival. Meanwhile, teachers launched a strike over the government’s “chaotic” virus strategy for schools and the Senate approved a controversial vaccine pass to access public places.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said it will consider whether to extend a global public health emergency it declared over the coronavirus, which has been in place for nearly two years.

Also, the Africa Centres for Disease Control is seeking to work with Pfizer to bring its treatment pill for COVID-19 to the continent, where less than 15 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.