Covid news live: WHO advises vulnerable against travel over Omicron, Greece to fine those over 60 who refuse vaccine

The World Health Organization has advised Covid-vulnerable people to postpone plans to travel abroad; Greece imposes €100 monthly fines on unvaccinated over-60s

• Omicron Covid variant ‘present in Europe at least 10 days ago’
• Brazil and Japan join growing list of countries to report Omricon cases
• Moderna boss predicts current jabs may be less effective against Omicron
• Germany’s chancellor-to-be Olaf Scholz ‘backs mandatory Covid jabs’
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The World Health Organization has issued a new travel warning to those thinking about heading abroad this holiday season.

Covid-vulnerable people, including the over-60s, should postpone plans to travel, the WHO said in a statement on Tuesday as more than 50 countries rush to implement travel measures aimed at delaying the spread of the new Omicron variant.

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