Coronavirus: Australia reaches ‘peak’ Omicron; Indonesia reopens islands to Singaporean tourists

Australia recorded another surge of Covid-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week.The world’s No. 13 economy is trying to strike a balance between reopening after two years of movement restrictions and coping with the highest numbers of deaths and cases of the pandemic.Authorities say a roll-out of a vaccine booster will reduce deaths, and point…

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