Pubs and restaurants are not closing, the PM insists - but he and Prof Chris Whitty urge caution.
Prof Whitty said key data was still needed on hospitalisations, severe disease and deaths from Omicron. But he warned: "All the things that we do know are bad."
"Because otherwise the risk of someone getting infected at something that doesn't really matter to them - and then not being able to do the things that matter to them - obviously goes up." But he urged people to "think carefully" before they attend events, adding: "What kind of event is it? Are you likely to meet people who are vulnerable, are you going to meet loads of people you haven't met before? And get a test."As cases go up there will be more and more pressure to introduce restrictions - perhaps even a full lockdown.
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