Plans for a two-week circuit breaker after Christmas with a ban on indoor mixing are being drawn up, it emerged last night. During the meeting on Thursday, the experts backed a ban on indoor social contact and hospitality. They warned that solely sticking to Plan B could lead to ‘at least’ 3,000 hospital admissions a day in England. Ministers will decide this weekend whether any new Covid restrictions are needed following the latest dire warnings from scientists. An emergency Cobra meeting will discuss if a joint response to the threat of the Omicron variant is needed across the UK.

Source: The Times December 18, 2021 14:29 UTC