HEALTH chiefs are confident more restrictions are not yet needed – but warned they could be imposed ‘at real speed’ if Omicron puts the strain on hospitals. NHS leaders have been …
But that does not rule out country-wide "guidance" which cannot be enforced by cops and does not need Commons approval.
On Thursday cases in the UK reached a new record-high for the second day in a row after 189,213 cases were reported.A further 332 people died in Britain from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours bringing the total to 148,421. Yesterday new data revealed that coronavirus infections are slowing, amid a spread in Omicron cases in older age groups.
But experts have warned that there has been a worrying rise in cases in Brits aged 55-75, which could put pressure on the NHS.Data from the ZOE Symptom Tracker app showed that infections are slowing in the 0-55 age groups. Dr Claire Steves, scientist on the ZOE Covid Study app and reader at King’s College London said: “The number of daily new symptomatic Covid cases are more than double what they were this time last year and we are just a day or two away from hitting over 200,000.read more on the sun
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