Starting Monday, those vaccinated and in contact with an infected person will not have to quarantine at all, Veran said.ДЄuthorities registered 58,432 new cases on Sunday, a number well below the past four days when infections soared over 200,000. For infected and inoculated residents, the quarantine has been reduced to seven days and further to five with a negative test. They will have to self-isolate for 10 days and for seven days if they were in contact with an infected person. Unvaccinated people who contract the virus will be вЂњwatched and punished,вЂќ Veran said. But more than 4 million adults remain unvaccinated, including more than 1 million people over age 65.ДЄnd for them, public life will be severely restricted as the government rushes out vaccine passes. ItвЂ™s also the only way to avoid new lockdowns, damage to the countryвЂ™s economic recovery and the pressure on already overburdened hospitals, he added.ДЇrance has vaccinated 77% of its population and is rushing out booster shots to combat omicron. President Emmanuel Macron's governmen insists that getting as many people vaccinated вЂ“ and boosted - as possible is the best way to contain fast-spreading omicron variant, Veran the weekly Le Journal Au Dimanche. PARIS - Despite a surge in coronvirus infections in France, Health Minister Olivier Veran struck an optimistic cord on Sunday, saying that вЂњthe fifth wave of COVID-19 is perhaps the lastвЂќ in what for many around the world has become an endless pandemic.

He said despite rolling out more than 4.2 million coronavirus booster shots to the countryвЂ™s population of 9.3 million since July, вЂњthe storm is coming to us these very days.вЂќДaily cases in Israel have riom around 700 to the more than 4,000 reported on Sunday. Bennett spoke at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Speaking on national TV, Bennett said Sunday that giving older Israelis an additional booster shot - their fourth vaccination overall - will provide a вЂњnew layerвЂќ of protection.Д®arlier Sunday, Bennett warned that Israel will soon see tens of thousands of cases a day as the variant continues to spread. Israel last week approved the booster for a limited population of people with underlying illnesses. JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minster Naftali Bennett says authorities have decided to expand the countryвЂ™s second booster campaign to people over the age of 60 as it copes with the omicron variant. And I think weвЂ™re going to be hearing more about that in the next day or so from the CDC.вЂќ вЂњLooking at it again, there may be an option in that, that testing could be a part of that. вЂњThere has been some concern about why we donвЂ™t ask people at that five-day period to get tested,вЂќ Fauci said. The guidelines have since received criticism from many health professionals for not specifying a negative antigen test as a requirement for leaving isolation. After that period, they are asked to spend the following five days wearing a mask when around others. 27 guidance, isolation restrictions for people infected with COVID-19 were shortened from 10 days to five days if they are no longer feeling symptoms or running a fever. Anthony Fauci said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now considering including the negative test as part of its guidance after getting significant вЂњpushbackвЂќ on its updated recommendations last week.

WASHINGTON - As the omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus, the White HouseвЂ™s top medical adviser said Sunday.Дr. Dozens of US colleges and universities adapt to virus surge by returning to online classes National Basketball Association calls up minor league referees to keep games going UK makes contingency plans in case omicron leads to big staff shortages in hospitals, schools

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