The new variant
Omicron is spreading rapidly at a rapid rate in the United Kingdom. The
UK government is claiming that Omicron will double every day.
"400,000" cases today, up from "200,000" yesterday. Based
on the above predictions, the UK will have 26 billion new cases on New
Year's eve. This is enough to know how rapidly Omicron spread around the UK and
other European nations. Though the virus erupted initially in South Africa, the
UK is leading the world in confirmed Omicron cases. The UK is already recording
a record number of Omicron cases and people are standing in long queues at
vaccine centers across the nation.
As of now,
the UK is the worst affected country in the world for Delta and
second-worst for Omicron. The government wants to complete adult vaccination by
the end of the year. Hospitalization is climbing and one person has been
confirmed to died with Omicron in the country. UK lawmakers voted to toughen
coronavirus measures including introducing Covid-19 passes to enter into large
venues and malls. Wearing masks will become mandatory because of the surge in
cases in the UK. 94% of hospital beds are filled and 81% of critical care beds
are already full when Omicron is in the initial stage in England. Queen cancels
Christmas as terrifying Omicron variant rips through the UK.
The government is doing a booster campaign and
felt that two doses of the coronavirus vaccine are not sufficient to counter
Omicron. France will block entry to UK tourists, tightening border restrictions
in an effort to slow the Omicron coronavirus variant. France has slapped
Britain with a travel ban of its own amid a surge in covid-19 infections.
Soaring Omicron cases left British people scrambling to make alternative
Christmas plans, faced with cancellations, long queues for vaccines, and France
shutting the border to UK visitors. US President Joe Biden warned people in
America of winter of “severe illness and death” among the unvaccinated as the
country reports a surge in Covid-19 infections.
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