omicron
PM sticks with Plan B in bid to "ride out" wave without lockdown.
Schools are expected to become a particularly large problem with Omicron transmission in the coming weeks.
With so many numbers and predictions being thrown around, it's hard to know what to think about the latest Covid variant.
UKHSA has found the risk of hospitalisation with Omicron is just one third the risk posed by the Delta variant.
"I must, of course, urge everybody to be cautious and take a test if you’re going out."
Some 189,213 infections reported on Thursday.
Data from the ZOE Covid app suggests there are 194,451 daily symptomatic cases of Covid on average now.
British people report being stopped by border officials – and no-one seemed to know what the rules were.
“We can’t continue with it – something’s got to be done."
"NHS wants space for up to 4k extra beds nationally...but who will staff these beds?"