• Great Britain, Johnson: "Omicron is an emergency. Third dose to all adults by the end of the year"

  • Record of Omicron variant infections in the UK, 1,239 cases in 24 hours

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December 13, 2021 Speaking during a visit to a vaccination clinic near Paddington in west London, Johnson, quoted by Sky News, said: "Unfortunately yes, Omicron is causing hospitalizations and sadly at least one patient has been confirmed dead. with Omicron. I think this is somehow a milder version of the virus, I think it is something we have to put aside and simply acknowledge the rate at which it accelerates in spreading among the population. So the best thing we can do is undergo everyone at the recall, ”Johnson added.   



The Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, had spoken shortly before of "a dozen" people currently hospitalized with the new variant.

Yesterday the UK reported 1,239 new cases of Omicron, never so many so far and almost double the previous day.



About 40% of new Covid infections registered in London are caused by the Omicron variant.

This was specified by the minister himself worried by the exponential increase in cases, which tend to double within two to three days.

With these rhythms the Omicron is destined to quickly overcome the Delta, thus becoming dominant.