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Within a matter of weeks. the government is not ruling out further measures beyond plan b to control omicron, but no—one yet is using the l word — lockdown. we absolutely do need to keep everything under review. i think the approach that we're taking is proportionate, we recognise the importance of balancing people's ability to get on with their lives with the need to protect them against this virus, but action is absolutely required, and as new data comes in, we will consider what action we do require to take in the face of that data. care homes were especially hard hit in earlier covid w...

Expect that without any mitigations, we could have 100,000 or 200,000 cases, or even more by the end of the month in the case numbers that we see every day. what we don't know is how many of these cases will translate into hospitalisation. what we do know is the more cases we have in the community, the more pressure that will put on hospitalisations. even if omicron is causing mostly a milder illness than delta, which some early data from south africa suggests, a huge wave of infection here could still result in a sudden peak of hospital admissions within a matter of weeks. the government is n...

They have a much younger population who are much less vaccinated. we won't know for several weeks what proportion of cases here will need hospital treatment. the government is not ruling out further measures beyond plan b to control omicron. but no ones yet is using the l—word — lockdown. we absolutely do need to keep everything under review. i think the measures we are taking are proportionate. we recognise the importance of balancing the ability for people to get on with their lives with the need to protect against this virus. but action is absolutely required, and as new data comes in, ...

In scotland, the first minister nicola sturgeon has when they could be a tsunami of omicron coronavirus cases within days. ms sturgeon an ounce from tomorrow, saturday, all household contacts of anyone who test positive will need to isolate for ten days, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or not or indeed whether they get a negative pcr test. ms sturgeon also urged people to cancel christmas parties. another christmas overshadowed by uncertainty. with a sharp increase in daily covid cases, the scottish government said the omicron variant is likely to be the dominant strain within ...

Indeed we may be starting to experience a potential tsunami of infections. starting to experience a potential tsunami of infections. while out celebrating with friends, the advice came to think carefully about mixing in crowded spaces, and about deferring work christmas parties. kind of worried it's going to get worse as the weeks go - on and we are going to go back into lockdown. - it's a good step to take, i think. i don't think people will follow the rulesjust as much as they did in previous years. whether they are getting used to it and accepting it. this glasgow restaurant is one of many ...