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Scramble for booster vaccines as the UK races to tackle Omicron
Updated On: 14 December, 2021 08:50 AM IST | London | Agencies
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces first death from Omicron day after he warns of ‘tidal wave’ of the highly transmissible variant on its way
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People queue for booster jabs at St Thomas’ Hospital, London on Monday. Health Secretary Sajid Javid warns Omicron is “spreading at a phenomenal rate” and infections double every two to three days. Pic/AP
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed the country’s first death from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as people queued up at walk-in vaccination centres across the UK for their booster vaccine doses.
Johnson warned of complacency over the mildness of the variant and refused to rule out bringing in further restrictions beyond the government’s work from home guidance, as part of measures to tackle Omicron. “Sadly, yes, Omicron is producing hospitalisations and sadly at least one patient has been confirmed to have died with Omicron,” he said.
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