Covid live: France, Portugal and Greece report record high daily cases; Denmark has highest infection rate in world

France reports 179,807 new cases; Portugal records 17,172 cases; Greece reports 21,657; Denmark infection rate at 1,612 cases per 100,000 people

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Stock markets have continued to gain ground despite the surge of Omicron around the world.

Asian markets lifted on Tuesday with the Nikkei in Japan up nearly 1%, Shanghai up 0.2%, Seoul up 0.1% and Sydney’s ASX200 is up 0.44%.

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