London’s authorities declared a state of emergency against the background of the distribution of Omicron-strain COVID-19. This was told about the Swiss Radio SRF since the British Minister of Health Sadzhid Javid.
At the same time, the official said that over the past day in the UK, 10,059 new cases of infection of Omicron-strain was recorded. It is three times more than the day before. Javid noted that Omicron strain already dominates the country, it accounts for 60 percent of all infections of coronavirus.
According to SRF, fierce discussions are underway in the Government of Great Britain. Today it is planned to introduce Lokdaun for a period of holidays. Javid also suggested that “almost certainly in England currently occurs hundreds of thousands of new oomikron infections per day.”
On December 20, Edition The Wall Street Journal with reference to the representatives of the health care sphere reported that the United States is expected to increase the number of patients infected with the new Omicron strain. According to sources, American hospitals are now not ready for this.