The Health Secretary will tell MPs how the Government is responding to the new Omicron variant first detected in South Africa.... So far three cases have been confirmed in the UK. Scientists are frantically analysing the new strain to understand more about the mutation, with fears it could be more transmissible and have some resistance to the vaccines currently being rolled out around the world.At a hastily arranged televised press conference on Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said extra

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Health leaders issued the grave warning, as over 20 hospitals in England declare critical incidents due to staff shortages.... “ Those staffing shortages are not just in ICU.” On Wednesday Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts, warned the health service was “ stretched like never before ”.... London is still showing lower hospitalisation growth.“ But growing concerns that the assumption the rest of the country will match the London pattern may be wrong. DON'T MISSWhi

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