Covid news live: New York state detects five cases of Omicron variant as new US air travel rules loom

The Omicron variant is now in four US states, including New York; US will require international air travellers to show a negative Covid test within a day of travel from Monday

• Omicron may cause more Covid reinfections, say South African experts
• Biden announces plan to get booster shots to 100m Americans
• EU must consider mandatory Covid jabs, says Von der Leyen
• Germany closer to mandatory Covid jabs, unvaccinated face lockdown
• Scientists find possible trigger for AstraZeneca jab blood clots
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Hi I’m Samantha Lock and welcome to our Friday Covid blog.

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