The new pass will ban unvaccinated people from entering most public venues and travelling on domestic flights and inter-regional trains. French Prime Minister Jean Castex announces that a new COVID-19 vaccine pass will go into effect on January 24 pending approval from the Constitutional Council.The Austrian National Council votes 137–13 to approve a bill requiring people over 18 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning February 1, thereby becoming the first country in the European Union to do so.A truck carrying explosives to a gold mine explodes after crashing into a motorcycle in Apiate, Western Region, Ghana the explosion destroyed nearby buildings and vehicles, killing 17 people and injuring 59 others.The administrative building of the Basse-Terre hospital is invaded by about forty people. Rioters injure a police officer with live ammunition on the sidelines of unauthorized demonstrations.2021–2022 social unrest in the French West Indies.Two people are killed and 26 others injured by a bombing in Anarkali, Lahore, Punjab.State Department approves the delivery of U.S.-made weapons systems from the Baltic states to Ukraine, including FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations.The Federal Bureau of Investigation announces it is officially investigating the standoff at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, U.S., on Saturday as a "federal hate crime" and an "act of terrorism".The new vaccine pass will take effect on January 24. The French Constitutional Council conditionally approves a new COVID-19 vaccine pass law that would require people over the age of 16 years to be fully vaccinated in order to enter public venues and use intra-regional public transport but rejects the mandatory use of the vaccine pass for political rallies.COVID-19 pandemic in France, Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Russia did not immediately respond to the request. Argentina formally requests that Russia arrest Iranian minister Mohsen Rezai, who is on a trip to Russia, based on the accusation by Argentina of Rezai's involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing.The World Health Organization recommends the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.Australia reports a record 88 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 46 deaths in New South Wales, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,976.The UK Health Security Agency designates the Omicron sub-lineage known as BA.2 as a "variant of investigation".COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Variants of SARS-CoV-2.
The Singaporean Ministry of Health announces the extension of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to people between the ages of 12 and 17 beginning on March 14.COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, COVID-19 vaccination in Singapore.