Covid-19: More than 10,000 new Omicron cases found in the UK

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Covid-19: More than 10,000 new Omicron cases found in the UK

By Semi Turaga

19/12/2021

A major incident has been declared in London and more than 10,000 new Omicron cases have been confirmed in the UK.

BBC News reports a further 90,418 daily Covid cases have been reported across the UK after days of record highs.

Scientific advisers have warned England's hospital admissions could reach 3,000 a day without new measures.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the major incident in the capital showed how serious things are.

BBC News reports restrictions similar in scale to the national lockdown would be required to keep hospital admissions from Covid below previous peaks.

[Source: BBC]

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