UK health secretary Sajid Javid has failed to rule out tighter Covid restrictions in England to stem the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant before Christmas, warning there were “no guarantees” while dealing with a pandemic.
Government science advisers have told ministers that further measures may need to be implemented swiftly in England in order avert a wave of hospitalisations similar in scale to last winter.
Questioned on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One if he could rule out tighter restrictions, Javid said: “We are assessing the situation, it’s very fast-moving. We’ve seen with Omicron there’s a lot that we still don’t know about Omicron.
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