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restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant.
Much is still unknown about the highly transmissible new variant, even as hospitals brace for a surge in infections, he told the BBC.UK Health Secretary Savid Javid has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas. He has championed a program that relies on vaccines, an operation that delivered 830,000 booster shots on Saturday alone.
"We can't wait for hospitalisations to go through the roof before we do something about it, because by then it's too late,″ Professor David Spiegelhalter told Sky News.The British Medical Association is warning that almost 50,000 doctors, nurses and other National Health Service staff in England could be off sick with COVID-19 by Christmas Day unless additional measures are introduced.
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