Germany plans to make vaccination mandatory

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel says the country will tighten restrictions on people who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus and will seek to make vaccination mandatory as early as February next year.
India's COVID-19 tally rises to 34,606,541
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 34,606,541 on Thursday, as 9,765 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry's latest data showed.
Australian state tightens border restrictions amid COVID-19 outbreak
The state government of South Australia (SA) has tightened its border restrictions in response to the latest coronavirus outbreak.
Malaysia reports 5,439 new COVID-19 infections, 49 more deaths
Malaysia reported another 5,439 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 2,638,221, according to the health ministry.
US confirms first Omicron case
Public health authorities in the US have reported their first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. They confirmed the case in California. They say the individual is a traveler who returned to the US from South Africa.
South Korea sees record coronavirus cases top 5000
South Korea has seen the daily count of new coronavirus infections top 5,000 for the first time since the pandemic began.
Japan set to start third COVID-19 vaccine shots
The Japanese government will start administering third doses of coronavirus vaccine for doctors, nurses and other health care personnel on Wednesday.