Boris Johnson says Omicron infecting people ‘much faster’ than previous iterations of virus; Pfizer says third jab increased antibodies by factor of 25 Three Pfizer jabs likely to protect against Omicron, tests suggest UK races to deliver booster jabs before Omicron takes hold Moderna or Novavax after AstraZeneca jab confers high immunity: study Up to 6m eligible Britons may not have had a jab. Who are they? China shifts Africa approach from debt to vaccine diplomacy Germany reported 69,601 cases of Covid-19 and 527 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institute, taking the total cases in the country to 6,291,621. There have been 104,047 deaths. South Korean authorities are urging people to get vaccinated as case rise in the east Asian nation generally regarded as having dealth with the pandemic well. Continue reading...