Covid WON’T cancel Christmas, experts believe; plus major update on Omicron hospital cases

CHRISTMAS is unlikely to be cancelled as a result of surging Omicron cases, ministers believe. With Boris Johnson saying he is monitoring data “hour by hour”, Cabinet officials are understood to believe they have convinced the Prime Minister to “step back” from introducing measures that would have ruined Christmas. The news comes as a top covid expert suggested Omicron “isn’t spreading as fast as doomsday predictions suggest”. Cambridge professor Sir David Spiegelhalter revealed half of patients in London’s hospitals were only diagnosed with Covid after being admitted for something else. New data suggests the rate of admission “may be slowing… Read Full Article