Travel measures to control Omicron are already too late to stop new Covid strain from spreading, expert warns
According to the UK Health Security Agency, a further 86 cases of the Omicron strain have been reported in the UK - with 68 of those in England.Professor Mark Woolhouse added: "The numbers are still quite small, so the absolute number of Omicron cases in the UK, I would strongly suspect, is more in the hundreds than the thousands.
"It's important to remember that against the Delta variant, which is a different variant, the booster vaccinations have turned out to be very effective, well into the 90 per cent protection against infection but also against disease and putting people in hospital. The deputy prime minister has tried to reassure panicked Brits that the country is in a "more confident position" than last year as he urged people to go ahead with Christmas parties.
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