The Omikron variant currently accounts for over 20% of the total. of all coronavirus infections in England, and in London it is already 44 percent. and in the next 48 hours it will become the dominant variant there – said British Health Minister Sajid Javid on Monday.
Presenting a covid report to the House of Commons, Javid said there are currently around 200 deaths in the country, according to UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) estimates. new infections daily. UKHSA said on Monday that almost 54,7 thousand people were found in the last 1534 hours. new infections, of which 38 – the Omikron variant – and 19 deaths due to COVID-4713. The total number of infections detected with Omikron is XNUMX.
The Minister of Health also confirmed earlier information that 10 people were hospitalized and one died because of the new variant. “It is important to remember that between hospitalizations and deaths there is a delay of about two weeks to infection, so we can expect these numbers to increase dramatically in the days and weeks to come,” he noted.
Javid assured the UK has sufficient stocks of rapid antigen tests for the coming weeks. Since the fully vaccinated as of Tuesday, if they are identified as being in close contact with an infected person, they will not have to undergo a 10-day quarantine, but can instead take tests during that time, on Monday the website where they can be ordered stopped taking them Due to the huge demand, there were long lines in front of pharmacies where they were still available.
On Monday, there were also long lines in front of the vaccination points, because on that day the possibility of booster vaccinations was opened for people between 30 and 40 years of age.
Javid told MPs that if the goal of offering a booster dose to all adults the day before the end of the year was to be met, the daily vaccination record of 840 is to be met. – will have to be beaten every day. So far, a booster dose has been taken by over 23,5 million people, or 41 percent. residents over 12 years of age.
Javid also announced that a booster dose will be required on covid certificates, which will be a condition for entry to nightclubs and mass events above a certain number of audience seats from Wednesday in England. Although it will not happen on Wednesday, but only when everyone has the opportunity to take an additional dose, moreover, a negative coronavirus test result will still be eligible for entry.
From London Bartłomiej Niedziński (PAP)
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