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Levels of covid are relatively high. it's still spreading. the latest survey by the office for national statistics suggests that around 4.9 million people in the uk had the virus last week, the highest recorded yet. there were increases in england to one in 13 people, and wales, one in 14 with the virus. in scotland, where there were one in 12, and northern ireland with one in 15, the trend was said to be uncertain. this virus expert, who has been a member of the sage committee, said the data underlined the importance of vaccination. although there's a huge amount of virus out there in the com...

A member of the sage committee, said the data underlined the importance of vaccination. although there's a huge amount of virus out there in the community, for most people who have received their full course of vaccines, they're catching the virus, they're getting a cold or a flu—like illness, but it's not making them severely ill. it's not causing the catastrophic rises in hospitalisations and indeed deaths that we saw in earlier waves. so there aren't the same pressures on the nhs and covid cases tend to be different. the number of covid hospital patients in england is close to january lev...

Whitehawk sources is that a civil servant had prepared a menu of three options for ministers of potential future restrictions —— whitehall sources. it has been described to me as a low, medium or high. we don't know the exact details of what measures are in each category but we do know that ministers have yet to choose an option. they are waiting for more conclusive data about how the omicron wave is progressing, how serious it is, how many people could end up in hospital as a result. the government has also been given scientific advice from the sage committee at the end of last week and t...

In london, omicron is already driving a huge wave of infections prompting this announcement from the mayor, sadiq khan. we are incredibly concerned by the huge surge in the omicron variant. over the last 2a hours, we have had the largest number of new cases since this pandemic began — more than 26,000. hospital admissions are going up, but also staff absences are going up by massive levels. so, i've taken the decision, in consultation with our partners, to declare a major incident today. it means that coordination between key public services will now be stepped up and enable london to seek f...

Doubling every two days. in london, omicron is already driving a huge wave of infections prompting this announcement from the mayor, sadiq khan. we are incredibly concerned by the huge surge in the omicron variant. over the last 2a hours, we have had the largest number of new cases since this pandemic began — more than 26,000. hospital admissions are going up, but also staff absences are going up by massive levels. so, i've taken the decision, in consultation with our partners, to declare a major incident today. it means that coordination between key public services will now be stepped up an...