Daily Mail published this video item, entitled “Omicron in the UK: Sajid Javid confirms new variant community transmission in England” – below is their description.
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Omicron variant in the UK: Health Secretary Sajid Javid told MPs ‘multiple regions of England’ were seeing cases of the variant that were not linked to international travel. And he said he could not guarantee the variant would not ‘knock us off our road to recovery’, warning ‘the window between infection and infectiousness may be shorter for the Omicron’. The variant, which was first spotted last month by scientists in South Africa – the epicentre of the outbreak – has since spread to 52 countries. There are now 261 confirmed Omicron cases in England, 71 in Scotland, and four in Wales, bringing the UK total to 336 (shown in map). Experts fear the strain will dodge protection from two doses of Covid vaccines and previous infection, due to its extensive mutations.
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