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Here are five things You need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday Evening . We'll have another update For You on Saturday.

1. Boosters added to NHS Covid pass for travel

Millions of travellers who have had a booster dose of a Covid vaccine in England are It enables quarantine-free travel to countries such as Israel, Croatia and Austria, which have a Time Limit for vaccination status to be valid. Booster jabs appeared automatically for users of the Covid pass from midday on Friday, but the data is not available immediately via the Covid Pass letter service. Third jabs are not being added to the domestic pass as they are not currently needed for someone to qualify as being fully Vaccinated . Boosters were first offered to over-50s, health and social care staff and people with certain health issues before being offered to last week.

2. Austria to enter full lockdown

Just days after imposing lockdown on the unvaccinated, starting on Monday amid record infections. Under the lockdown, which will last a maximum of 20 days, non-essential shops Will Close and people will be asked to work from home. But schools will remain open for children who need in-person learning. The measures will continue until 12 December, with a review after 10 days. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said people would be legally required to get Vaccinated from 1 February 2022. Austria has one of the lowest vaccination levels in Western Europe .

3. Swansea cinema told to close for defying Covid pass law

after its owner defied Welsh Government rules and refused to ask for Covid passes. Earlier This Week , Anna Redfern, owner of Cinema & Co, said she would not obey The Law , Notices were pinned outside the premises, stating The Business had not carried out a Covid risk assessment. Since Monday, to legally enter cinemas, theatres and concert halls. Ms Redfern confirmed to The Bbc she had been told to close by Swansea council, but would not comment further.

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To play this video You need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, A cinema owner who was told to close for not asking to see Covid passes says the scheme is discriminatory4. The whisky guru who fears losing his senses to Covid

because he fears losing his senses and his livelihood to Covid-19. Since March 2020, Blair Bowman has only gone out of his Edinburgh home for walks and to collect his weekly food shop. Pre-Covid, he travelled The World for corporate events, but now does all his work online - and his business is booming. Mr Bowman told that currently " the risks are just much too high for me. "

5. Covid doctor's letter to 'cracked not broken' NHS

as they continue to deal with Covid-19. Having previously wrote an open letter to patients and their families during the pandemic, Dr Matt Morgan , who works at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, decided to write another for his exhausted colleagues. He read his latest letter on on Friday morning, telling staff: " You may be cracked, but not broken. You are Still There . You still care. But now The Helpers need help. "

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