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Boris Johnson sounded the alarm on Sunday 12 December in the face of the “tidal wave” of the Omicron variant in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister wants to speed up the vaccination campaign.
The number of cases of Omicron variants doubles in the United Kingdom every two to three days, that is to say at an unprecedented speed, explains Monday, December 13 Matthieu Boisseau, the correspondent of France Televisions in London. Boris Johnson spoke on Sunday evening, and in a televised address he announced a strengthening of the vaccination campaign: by the end of the year, anyone aged 18 years and over may claim a third dose. All this before December 31, 2021.
This is, according to the British Prime Minister, the only way to obtain a level of protection sufficient facing this Omicron variant. There could be a million doses administered each day. This is in addition to the return to teleworking from Monday morning or the return to wearing the compulsory mask in shops.
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