On July 7, 2021, the Prime Minister of the U.K. will attend Prime Ministers Questions at the Houses of Parliament.
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the U.K., said Monday that at least one patient with the new omicron variant of Covid-19 has died.
At least one patient has been confirmed to have died with omicron, and Johnson told reporters on a visit to a vaccination clinic near Paddington, London.
I think that we need to set on one side the idea that this is a milder version of the virus, and just recognize the sheer pace at which it progresses through the population. The best thing we can do is get our boosters.
Sajid Javid, the U.K. Health Secretary, told the BBC that 10 people were in hospital after being exposed to the omicron variant. Omicron was spreading at a rapid rate and cases were doubling every few days.
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was found to be less effective at warding off omicron than previous versions.
Scientists were optimistic that booster shots would improve immunity.
In a televised statement on Sunday, the Prime Minister of the U.K. Boris Johnson warned that Britain faces a "tidal wave" of omicron infections and that the country would be speeding up its booster program to offer all adults a third dose of a vaccine by the end of the The booster scheme was supposed to be extended to all over-18s by the end of January.
The chief medical officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland raised the U.K.'s coronaviruses threat level to four, the second highest level, due to the spread of omicron.
The U.K. recorded 48,854 new cases of Covid on Sunday, and cases are rising after a brief dip in November. According to official data, for every 100,000 people in the country, there are at least 500 who are currently infectious.
In England, there are some restrictions, including mask mandates in shops and instructions to work from home.
