With rapidly increasing cases of the Omicron variant in the UK, Boris Johnson announces the move to Plan B of the coronavirus response. Video / UK GovernmentWith rapidly increasing cases of the Omicron variant in the UK, Boris Johnson announces the move to Plan B of the coronavirus response. Video / UK GovernmentUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is facing a "tidal wave" of infections from the Omicron variant, and he has announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defences against it. He said cases of the highly transmissible variant were doubling every two to three days and "there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming". To combat it, he announced a "national mission" to deliver booster vaccines at pop-up vaccination centres and seven-days-a-week clinics.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 12, 2021 22:14 UTC