London, Thanasis Gavos
The latest daily Omicron case report in the United Kingdom is 10,059, more than three times the number of cases confirmed on Friday.
In total, the country has now detected 24,968 cases of the new highly contagious variant.
At the same time, the UK Health Insurance Agency announced that the number of Omicron patients in England increased from 65 to 85 and the number of deaths of the variant from one to seven.
At the same time, London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a “major incident” in the British capital due to the “huge outbreak” of Omicron and the increase in hospitalization.
Mr Kahn, who had previously said he was “incredibly worried”, had meetings with NHS health officials, representatives of local boroughs in London and fire chiefs.
He later said: “In the last 24 hours we have (in London) had the largest number of new cases since the beginning of the pandemic, over 26,000. Hospital admissions are rising but absenteeism is also on a massive scale. I therefore took the decision, together with our associates, to declare a major incident “.
This move implies the need for special coordination between all the competent services and bodies of the capital, from the municipality and the police to the ambulance and fire services.
A similar decision was made twice in 2017, following the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower and the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge.
“It’s a statement of how serious things are,” Kahn said.
The latest figures show that 1,534 coronavirus patients are being treated in London, an increase of almost 29% compared to a week earlier. These are the carriers of all variants, not just Omicron.
Mayor Kahn said Londoners would be constantly seeing new places to get vaccinated, adding: “It’s very important that people in the city understand how serious things are and that the best thing to do is to do both. vaccine doses and booster dose “.
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