Thu 23 December 2021:
Sajid Javid, the United Kingdom’s Health Minister, has confirmed that no further restrictions will be announced after Christmas.
“We’re clear that there’s no need for any further restrictions of any type before Christmas but of course, we will keep the situation under review,” he said.
He further added that people “should enjoy their Christmases with their families and their friends,” but at the same time, they need to remain cautious.
The UK has been affected the worst by the threat of the Omicron variant, with over 10,000 additional Omicron cases reported so far. This is leading to a rise of Covid in the country.
Javid further informed that the situation will be kept under review. “We will keep analysing that data and if we need to do anything more we will, but nothing more is going to happen before Christmas,” he said.
Speaking about the Omicron variant, Javid had said that there is much “we still don’t know” about the Omicron variant and also warned that “it may be too late to react.”
“We have to be clear-eyed about the challenge Omicron presents. Our strategy since it emerged has been and remains to buy time for our scientists to assess the threat and build up our defences,” he wrote in a column in Sunda Telegraph.
He further wrote, “Standing in Parliament this week and arguing for Plan B brought me no joy – promoting individual freedom and opportunity is one of the reasons I got into politics.”
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