Omicron UK: Will Boris Johnson bring in new Covid-19 restrictions before NYE?

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Boris Johnson will get his first glimpse of Christmas infections in a crunch meeting with his top advisers Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance that will examine whether new Covid-19 restrictions are required ahead of New year's Eve.

People in Scotland and Wales are waking to new rules announced before Christmas that include Hogmanay celebrations cancelled for the second year in a row in Edinburgh.

Downing Street , which described the meeting between the PM and his advisers as routine, is understood to be leaning towards new guidance urging people in England to be careful and limit contacts – rather than imposing new legally binding restrictions such as table service in pubs or limits on household mixing.

Full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10347023/England-Boris-Johnson-stop-short-new-Covid-curbs-New-Year.html

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