The prime minister has left it up to individuals to decide whether to visit pubs and restaurants but Professor Chris Whitty urged people not to mix with people, if they don't have to.
By contrast, Mr Johnson was keen to stress"we're not closing hospitality...we're not cancelling parties" and telling the public"we're in a different environment thanks to last year".Whitty: COVID records 'will be broken a lot'It was, at times, like watching two different press conferences on one stage.
Mr Whitty, however, appeared to question the assertion that we can bank on the vaccines at the news conference. Talking to some of the 101 rebels, it is not clear that their objection to milder restrictions like COVID passports automatically means they would object to stronger restrictions.Peter Bone, the serial rebel, told Sky News that if the case was made for further restrictions to stop hospitals from becoming overwhelmed, then he would back them.
Other Tory MPs told me that they would likely reject new restrictions, arguing the British concern over Omicron does not appear to be matched elsewhere, and there are signs from South Africa that the consequences of Omicron are milder, something that Mr Whitty sought to challenge at the press conference today.
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