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Italy is set to relax isolation rules while Spain will cut quarantine period; the World Health Organization says it is not advisable to reduce Covid controls as case numbers surgeChinese police parade suspected Covid rule-breakers through streetsUK reports another record rise with more than 183,000 daily Covid casesUp to three Covid jabs a year could be needed for protection, data suggestsUS sets record for new daily Covid cases amid Omicron surgeSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization said on Wednesday that slashing the mandatory isolation period for people with Covid-19 was a trade-off between controlling transmission and keeping economies up and running.WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan told a news conference:If people shorten the quarantine period, there will be a small number of cases that will develop disease and potentially go on to transmit, because they have been let out of quarantine earlier.But that will be a relatively small number, and a lot of people who won’t transmit will also be released from that quarantine. Continue reading...