Boris Johnson is unlikely to make a decision on new Covid restrictions this week, as ministers wait for more data on the Omicron variant.
is unlikely to make a decision on whether or not to introduce new Covid restrictions this week as ministers wait for more data on the Omicron variant.
But despite case rates being so high the number of people in hospital requiring ventilators has not increased dramatically.supports HTML5 videoExperts believe that while Omicron is more infectious is does not cause as severe illness as previous strains of the virus. Experts are monitoring hospital figures closely, especially whether or not more older people start requiring treatment as a result of intergenerational mixing over the festive period.
But he said he was ‘seeing nothing at the moment in the data right in front of me in the immediate situation that suggests a need for further restrictions’.‘We need to look at the data and we need to do everything possible to avoid any restrictions.’
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