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Russian lawmakers approve legislation in a first reading that will require people to show health passes to access places like bars and restaurants, as the country gears up for a winter Covid wave. Russia is one of the hardest-hit countries with more than 10 million infections and has Europe's highest death toll from the pandemic. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirms that a fully vaccinated White House official tested positive for Covid-19. "The White House medical unit has conducted contact tracing, interviews and determined no close contacts among White House principals or staff or the president," Psaki says at a press briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
The Seychelles is causing concern for world health experts after a rise of Covid-19 cases among fully vaccinated individuals. According to the country's health officials, however, two thirds of positive cases are among people not yet fully vaccinated.
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rochelle Walensky says fully vaccinated Americans can go without masks outdoors, except in crowded settings. SOUNDBITE
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israel's head of public health services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis analysed the successful Covid-19 vaccination campaign by the Israeli government, with 80 percent of the eligible population already vaccinated against Covid-19. "You can get to a point in this pandemic where you open sectors and the disease goes down," she told us. On the vaccination of the Palestinians, Alroy-Preis said the arrangements with the pharma companies state that "we cannot take the vaccines out of Israel" but insisted she supported "giving vaccines to our neighbours."
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