Johnson Waits for Clarity on Omicron Before Review of U.K. Rules

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Boris Johnson said his U.K. government is still waiting for guidance on the omicron variant of Covid-19 ahead of a review of pandemic rules in mid-December, but ministers don’t yet see a need to change course.

“We’re still waiting to see exactly how dangerous it is; what sort of effect it has in terms of deaths and hospitalizations” the British prime minister told reporters in Liverpool, northern England on Monday.