London, Thanasis Gavos
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom called on the people to be “vigilant” in the coming weeks in the face of the dangers posed by the Omicron variant, but insisted that the government “does not want to make the choices of everyone for their social life”.
During a visit to a vaccination center on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Johnson reiterated that the government does not carry out lockdowns, direct or indirect, and added that in order to avoid isolation at Christmas due to Omicron infection, it makes sense to do so. a test before going to a meeting that is a “priority” and come for the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
The British Prime Minister’s message this time was closer to the recommendation by the Chief of England Professor Chris Whitey to the citizens to avoid social gatherings that are not important and are not their priority.
This recommendation was repeated by Professor Whitey before the Health Committee of the House of Commons in the morning. In the same committee, Dr. Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Officer of the UK Health and Safety Service, estimated that the R value of the Omicron variant reproduction rate is between 3 and 5, while for Delta it is 1.1-1.2.
Conservative lawmakers who voted against the restrictive measures adopted by the government on Tuesday, in particular the measure of vaccination certificates, criticized the scientists’ warnings as excessive.
They referred to the reports from many restaurants that in the last 24 hours they are constantly accepting cancellations of reservations, talking about an indirect lockdown.
This situation intensifies the call to the government for a new package of financial support for companies, something that the Prime Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sterzion, formally requested from the central government in Westminster.
According to information, the Minister of Finance Risi Sunak will have a teleconference with representatives of the business world during the day. The minister has been criticized by the opposition for being in the United States for meetings.
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