Omicron is now the dominant Covid variant across most of the UK and cases are doubling every few days.

With scientists warning infections could hit two million a day by New Year, Health Secretary Sajid Javid offered no gaurantees we won’t have to spend Christmas in lockdown again.

Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/2021-12-19/12000-new-omicron-cases-reported-in-uk-as-record-number-of-booster-jabs-given

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