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When we look at the evolution of the epidemic in the United Kingdom, where the Omicron variant took hold a few weeks ahead of France, there are good reasons to remain hopeful.
In the United Kingdom, where the Omicron variant took hold a few weeks earlier than in France, the number of contaminations is decreasing. Maelys September, journalist France Télévisions, is in duplex from London, Thursday 13 January. “Nearly 130,000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. That’s almost 90,000 less than ten days ago”, figures the journalist. Inevitably, this decline is encouraging, “but it could be misleading”, she specifies.
Indeed, the UK is facing a shortage of tests. And “the number of daily deaths from the Coronavirus is increasing. 398 new deaths” have been recorded in the last 24 hours. A figure that had not been reached in the country since February 2021. “Hospitals are always overwhelmed”, specifies the journalist, with some 2,200 daily admissions.