Paris has made the wearing of face masks outdoors mandatory again at public gatherings as the Covid-19 infection rate in the French capital soars, police said.

Meanwhile, Belgium has detected Europe's first confirmed case of the Omicron variant and at the same time has announced measures aimed at curbing a rapidly spreading fourth wave of coronavirus infections.

Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told a news conference that a case of variant B.1.1.529 had been found in an unvaccinated person who had developed symptoms and tested positive on 22 November.

"It is a suspicious variant. We do not know if it is a very dangerous variant," he said.

Israel has also identified a case of the Omicron variant, its health ministry has said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/1126/1263265-coronavirus-global/

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