French Prime Minister Jean Castex says new legislation requiring people to show a COVID-19 vaccine pass to enter restaurants and other public spaces will go into effect on Monday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to ease restrictions introduced to tackle a surge of coronavirus infections following a decline in the number of new cases.
The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.