The Prime Minister has said that the country is on the right path to deal with the Onicron pandemic but the NHS and hospitals are going to face “considerable pressure” in coming weeks due to the Covid surge
Speaking at a visit to a vaccination centre in Aylesbury today Boris Johnson said that government will stick to current Plan B measures in England while keeping everything under review
Although Omicron is clearly milder than other variants, it would be “folly” to think the pandemic is over, he added
Asked about the current isolation period for people testing positive, Johnson said that the government will “continue to look” at how long people are infectious for after catching Covid – to see if self-isolation times can be cut any further.
But he added: The key thing is, we don’t want to be releasing people back into the workplace when they’re still infectious.”
