Analysis shows omicron is milder than other variants, as Boris Johnson uses his Christmas message to urge people to get booster jabs
New Year's Eve restrictions are increasingly unlikely, Government sources have said - after an official report confirmed omicron is likely to be a far milder variant of Covid.
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