The Prime Minister’s spokesman has said that there are no plans to go beyond what we have set out” in terms of Covid restrictions.

In the daily Downing Street briefing they said that they  would encourage anyone meeting up with friends and family to get themselves tested, to take heed of ventilation and other advice that we have put out.

“It’s vitally important that people don’t forget the basic steps that we have been talking about for some time now and don’t simply just rely on vaccination or their boosters. There’s other mitigations that you can put in place that are very important.”

NHS England said that it delivered 611,976 jabs yesterday, including a record 548,039 booster injections. The previous daily high for boosters was on Saturday, when 483,361 were delivered.

NHS England also says 630,000 booster jabs were booked through the online booking service yesterday, the highest number for a Tuesday.

Earlier giving evidence to MP’s on the House of Commons Transport Committee this morning Dr Jenny Harries, the head of the UK Health Security Agency warned that Omicron variant of Covid-19 is “probably the most significant threat since the start of the pandemic”.

She told the committee that they are starting to see the fast growth rate in London and Manchester particularly, adding “we’re very sure there are levels growing across most communities in the UK now, although there is quite a lot of regional variation still”.

Harries also told MP’s that ssufficient PCR and lateral flow tests are available but the system has been under acute pressure recently.

Yesterday demand for lateral flow tests was up 83% on the same day the previous week but between 6am and 8am this morning, 200,000 packs of lateral flow tests were ordered.

She says postal capacity has been a problem but from Friday it will almost double the number of lateral flow tests it can send out per day, from 400,000 to almost 900,000.

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