New Covid-19 restrictions are unlikely to stop Christmas celebrations from going ahead this week, despite the rapidly surging Omicron variant. He said: “Families want to know urgently what Covid measures to expect, so they can plan for the days ahead. Option three, which would be the strictest of all, would see a full lockdown put in place, most likely after Christmas. “Unfortunately I must say to people that we will have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public, to protect public health, to protect our NHS. “We are looking at all kinds of things to keep Omicron under control and we will rule nothing out.

Source: The Times December 21, 2021 08:37 UTC