UK ministers warned of 'huge spike' in Omicron cases

England's chief medical officer has warned government ministers to brace for a "significant increase in hospitalisations" from Omicron, as Downing Street insisted no further coronavirus restrictions are being planned.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab insisted Plan B restrictions including mandatory mask wearing and the use of Covid health certificates for large venues will be sufficient over Christmas, meaning families can "spend it with loved ones". We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences

The spokesman did not reject a suggestion that by the middle of next week there could be a million Omicron infections a day, instead saying: "Like I say, cases are increasing significantly." The spokesman insisted ministers are working with Royal Mail and Amazon to expand the number of delivery slots as lateral flow tests became unavailable to be ordered through the Government website for the second day running.

Pressed if Christmas will be safe, Mr Raab replied: "Yes, I think it is. I want to give that reassurance. I think people can look forward to spending Christmas with loved ones in a way that we couldn't last year."

Maybe stop 'boosting' young people then and get on with treating the 900,000 on hospital waiting lists

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