The NHS is in danger of being “overwhelmed” by the surge in Omicron cases, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has warned.
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The Health Secretary has warned that the UK could see a million Omicron infections by the end of December in what could become a 'perilous winter'.
While the Prime Minister held a press conference at 6pm this evening (December 8), Sajid Javid was warning MPs in the House of Commons that Omicron is 'significantly more transmissible' than the Delta variant of coronavirus.
And while there have so far been 568 confirmed cases of the new variant identified in the UK, Mr Javid told MPs that the
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