SBS Hindi News 23 December 2021: COVID cases at a record high in the country, leaders urge people to use masks

Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino receives a Covid-19 booster vaccination at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. Source: AAP

In this latest SBS Hindi news bulletin of Australia and India: New South Wales records its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases, just days out from Christmas; World's first coronavirus pill receives approval in the United States and more.

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