Paris, Dec 14 (AFP\/APP):Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:<\/p>\n
– First UK death from Omicron \u2013<\/p>\n
Omicron has killed at least one person in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson reveals as he launches a large booster programme against the variant.<\/p>\n
– Norway tightens measures \u2013<\/p>\n
Norway announces new Covid curbs less than a week after tightening restrictions in the face of the spread of the Omicron variant and soaring case numbers and hospital admissions.<\/p>\n
– Latvia protests \u2013<\/p>\n
One police officer is injured and four demonstrators arrested as several thousand people in the Latvian capital Riga protest anti-Covid restrictions introduced by the government.<\/p>\n
– Peru battles rising cases \u2013<\/p>\n
Peru, hit by the world’s highest coronavirus death rate, says it is battling a “resurgence” of the pandemic, with infections and deaths rising, but no case of the Omicron variant detected so far.<\/p>\n
– First China Omicron case \u2013<\/p>\n
China has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant, state media report authorities in the northeastern city of Tianjin as saying.<\/p>\n
– DRC sees ‘exponential’ Covid rise \u2013<\/p>\n
The Democratic Republic of Congo warns of an “exponential increase” in cases as the country battles a fourth wave of the pandemic and the arrival of the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n
– Earlier boosters in Denmark \u2013<\/p>\n
Danish health authorities say a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will be offered sooner to everyone over 40 to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n
– Raducanu tests positive \u2013<\/p>\n
US Open champion Emma Raducanu tests positive for Covid-19, and pulls out of this week’s Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
– English premier league hit \u2013
\nThe English Premier League reports 42 new Covid-19 cases, a record number since testing figures started being released in May 2020.<\/p>\n
– Manchester United seeks postponement \u2013<\/p>\n
Manchester United hold talks with the Premier League over the potential postponement of Tuesday’s match at Brentford after becoming the latest top-flight team to be hit by a coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n
– Swiss anti-Covid drug plan \u2013<\/p>\n
Switzerland launches a financial support programme for the development of four anti-Covid drugs with national bio-pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n
– Over 5.3 million dead \u2013<\/p>\n
The coronavirus has killed at least 5,306,629 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP Monday at 2100 GMT.<\/p>\n
The United States has suffered the most Covid-related deaths with 797,710, followed by Brazil with 616,830, India with 475,636, Mexico with 296,672 and Russia with 290,604.<\/p>\n
Taking into account excess mortality linked to Covid-19, the World Health Organization estimates the overall death toll could be two to three times higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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