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We can't rule out more restrictions before Christmas, Sajid Javid admits as omicron cases soar
TORY Health Secretary Sajid Javid refused to rule out imposing new Covid-19 restrictions before Christmas today after experts warned that current measures could still lead to hundreds of thousands of new Covid-19 cases being reported every day.
The Sage modelling, published on Saturday, also showed that if ministers stuck to the current “plan B” measures, there could be a peak of 3,000 daily hospital admissions in England.
The sobering analysis warned that the number of people being admitted to hospital with omicron in the UK is “probably around one tenth of the true number” due to a lag in reporting.
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