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 * Omicron threatens US hospitals already battling Delta; highest daily case
   rate in UK
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 * Polish anti-vaccination rally jeered for use of Holocaust imagery
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 * After Birthright exception, Holy Land Christians decry Israel’s ‘racist’
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 * Israel to give 1 million coronavirus vaccines to African countries
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 * EU health agency says not enough time for vaccination alone to halt Omicron
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 * Israeli scientists say new test can gauge vaccine response before antibodies
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 * Bennett tests negative for COVID after exposure, will remain in isolation
   By TOI staff
 * 2 Pfizer shots 70% effective against Omicron hospitalization — South African
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   By ANDREW MELDRUM
 * 4th COVID shots likely soon for some immunocompromised Israelis, says top doc
   By Nathan Jeffay
 * Pfizer says new COVID-19 pill appears to be effective against Omicron variant
   By AP and TOI staff
 * Passenger on Bennett’s flight home from UAE tests positive for coronavirus
   By TOI staff
 * World’s first confirmed Omicron death announced in Britain
   By James Pheby
 * Jobless tourism workers protest travel bans, demand compensation
   By TOI staff
 * Health Ministry advisory board decides against fourth COVID shot, for now
   By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
 * Johnson says UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of Omicron cases
   By Jill Lawless
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   By TOI staff
 * WHO: Omicron spreads faster, vaccines less efficacious, but symptoms less
   severe
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