Covid-19: Free flu jabs offered to all over 50s in ‘winter like no other’

BBC News says people aged 50-64 are being offered free flu jabs as part of an expanded winter vaccine scheme to tackle the “twin threats” of flu and Covid-19.

The group is being added to a list of people who are already eligible for a flu jab in England, such as those over 65 and NHS and social care workers.

Thirty million people are being offered the vaccine in England’s largest flu-immunisation programme to date.

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California, Ohio order nightly curfews to stem Covid-19 resurgence

France24 says California’s governor on Thursday imposed a curfew on social gatherings and other non-essential activities in one of the most intrusive of the restrictions being ordered across the country to curb an alarming surge in novel coronavirus infections.

The stay-at-home order will go into effect from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. each day, starting Saturday night and ending on the morning of Dec. 21, covering 41 of California’s 58 counties and the vast majority of its population, Governor Gavin Newsom said.

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South Australia 6-day statewide lockdown imposed over 1 person’s ‘LIE’ to contact tracers, authorities admit as they REVOKE order

RT News says a new lockdown over South Australia is set to be lifted after officials revealed the restrictions were brought on the basis of a deliberate “lie” told to contact tracers, prompting a “fuming” rebuke from the state executive.

“To say I am fuming about the actions of this individual is an absolute understatement,” South Australia Premier Steven Marshall said, adding “The selfish actions of this individual have put our whole state in a very difficult situation” and are “completely and utterly unacceptable.”

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Palestinians outraged as Pompeo visits illegal Israeli settlement

TRT World says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo becomes first top US diplomat to visit occupied West Bank’s Israeli settlements – a move seen by many as Washington’s tacit acceptance of illegal construction and occupation.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become the first top US diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank as the State Department announced that products from the settlements can be labelled “Made in Israel” in a major policy shift.

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India’s coronavirus cases surpass 9 million

Aljazeera says India is the world’s second-worst-hit country by the pandemic behind the US though cases have started to decline in recent weeks.

India’s coronavirus cases crossed the nine million mark early on Friday after it recorded more than 45,000 new infections, health ministry figures show.

According to the health ministry update, in addition to exceeding nine million confirmed cases, some 584 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 132,162.

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Joe Biden confirmed as Georgia winner after a recount

The Guardian says the first Democrat to take the state since Bill Clinton in 1996, Biden wins its 16 electoral college votes as part of a victory by 306-232.

The Associated Press called the race on Thursday evening following the recount, which election officials said reaffirmed Biden’s victory more than two weeks after election day.

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