At least 20 cases of the Omicron variant have now been identified in Slough, a public health official has revealed. A meeting of Slough Borough Council’s outbreak engagement forum held tonight heard how 20 cases of the Omicron have so far been detected. Dr Sohail Bhatti, interim service lead for public health, said: “As of a couple of days ago we’d had 20 cases that we knew of however I would say that’s an underestimate. “A few days a go it looked like 40 per cent of our cases were coming in as Omicron which is roughly the same as London. The meeting heard that the council has suspended the operation of its bus lane on the approach to the vaccination centre to help ease traffic congestion.

Source: Express December 15, 2021 07:30 UTC