Boris says no further shutdown for now as critical workers set for daily tests

Boris says no further shutdown for now as critical workers set for daily tests

From metro.co.uk

Boris Johnson has once again resisted calls to introduce a new Covid crackdown to tackle the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases. But the Prime Minister declined to rule out future restrictions. He said England will continue with plan B for now and admitted that the NHS is ‘on a war footing’. Addressing a virtual press conference from Downing Street, Mr Johnson conceded the weeks ahead would be ‘challenging’ – and said there was a ‘chance’ extra measures would not be needed in England. The PM promised that critical workers would now get daily tests as part of efforts to ‘ride out’ the Omicron ... (full story)

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