Queen Elizabeth has cancelled a pre-Christmas lunch with her family as a precaution, a Buckingham Palace source said, as Britain reported another record daily number of COVID-19 cases.
. In Britain, the variant is expected to soon replace Delta as the dominant strain in the country. Authorities in the 27-nation European Union say Omicron will be the dominant variant in the bloc by mid-January.
Also, even if Omicron proves milder on the whole than Delta, it may disarm some of the lifesaving tools available and put immune-compromised and elderly people at particular risk. And if it’s more transmissible, more infections overall raise the risk of more serious ones.While experts gather more data, some governments rushed to act, while others sought to calm fears that the new variant would land countries back on square one.
While Professor Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, advised people to limit their social contacts, putting a priority on those that are the most important, Johnson struck a less severe note.
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