Sajid Javid said that over the past day in the UK, more than 10 thousand new cases of infection with the omicron strain have been detected. This is three times more than the day before. The head of the Ministry of Health noted that the omicron strain already dominates the country, accounting for about 60 percent of all COVID-19 infections.
According to the source, there are fierce discussions in the UK government over new, stricter, anti-coronavirus restrictions. At the moment, the plans are to introduce a lockdown for the period of holidays.
“It is almost certain that England is currently experiencing hundreds of thousands of new omicron infections per day. “… – Sajid summed up