Covid: Civil servant quits party probe and footballers urged to get Covid jab
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning. …
More stringent restrictions need to be brought in very soon in England if ministers want to stop hospital admissions reaching 3,000 a day, the government’s scientific advisers say. The BBC has seen leaked minutes of a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies held on Thursday. The document says there are many uncertainties about the future path of hospital admissions linked to Omicron – but that a delay in taking action until next year would reduce the effectiveness of measures and make it less likely they would prevent considerable pressure on the health service.