Coronavirus live: Japan and Taiwan report Omicron surges; Ireland lifts restrictions

Tokyo reports fourth day of record infections; Taiwan to tighten restrictions after 60 Covid cases at Taoyuan factory

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Poland reported a record 40,876 new daily infections on Saturday, the health ministry said.

On Friday the country logged a record-high of 36,665 new infections, with at least 1,390 cases of the Omicron variant.