Omicron outbreak: UK reports over 10,000 new cases

UK Reports Over 93,000 New Covid Cases Fueled By Omicron Outbreak, Highest Since Start Of Pandemic

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It also registered as many as 111 deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to more than 1,47,000

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Citizens have been asked to brace for the "storm of Omicron" with nightclubs being shut after December 26

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UK is also going to reintroduce social distancing and other Covid limits In shops and workplaces

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UKHSA's Chief Medical Adviser said, every individual infected with the Omicron Covid strain is thought to infect three to five others on average

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In a worrying turn of events the death toll from the new variant also leaped fron one to seven

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People in England are being advised people to prioritise events that matter to them in the run-up to Christmas

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UK ministers are devising plans for a two-week "circuit breaker" lockdown after Christmas to halt the spread of the novel Omicron variant

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Reacting to the record-breaking infections, Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon termed Omicron as country's dominant Coronavirus strain

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