Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.despite the emergence of the Omicron variant, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said. However, he added that people should consider measures such as taking a lateral flow test or wearing face masks when socialising - and he also urged people to get a booster jab.
to combat Covid and the Omicron variant, Ursula von der Leyen has said. The European Commission president added vaccines would be crucial in the fight against the "highly contagious" new strain and it was "understandable and appropriate" to discuss forced jabs, with a third of the EU's population unvaccinated.
, the government's Sage scientific advisory committee has said. Current rules only require people to self-isolate until they have received a negative Covid PCR test taken within 48 hours of arriving. But, in the minutes of a meeting held on Monday and seen by the BBC, Sage scientists say this policy will "identify significantly fewer cases" than extra tests on days five or eight.The Co-op has become the latest supermarket chain to say it will.
BBCHEALTH - thanks for excellent coverage of health during holidays! Might you write about AnthemBCBS's cruel decision to leave many 100s of cancer care patients in the street, without doctors, by terminating contract with Atlanta Cancer Care in *the middle of holidays*?
South African Doctor who discovered Omicron virus says the world has gone absolutely bonkers. 'Nothing I have seen about this new variant warrants the extreme action the UK Government has taken in response to it. No one in South Africa is hospitalized .'
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