The first people in the UK have been hospitalised with Omicron infections, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says
Mr Zahawi described the new variant as a "big bump" in the road on the journey from pandemic to epidemic.
Dr Susan Hopkins, head of the UK Health Security Agency, said that she expected to see an increase in the number of people in hospital with Omicron infection.
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