Plan B for Christmas in the UK ( Archived) (9)

Jimmy Nsubuga
Wed, 8 December 2021, 6:50 pm
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 08: British prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a press conference at 10 Downing Street on December 8, 2021 in London, England. During the press conference, the Prime Minister announced that the government will implement its “Plan B” due to the rapid transmission of the Omicron variant. The work from home guidance has been reintroduced, mask wearing at public indoor venues will be enforced and mandatory COVID-19 vaccination passports will be required for entrance into crowded venues such as nightclubs. (Photo by Adrian Dennis-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson has announced a move to his Plan B to tackle coronavirus. (Getty)

Boris Johnson has announced he is introducing Plan B COVID restrictions to curb infections and contain the spread of the Omicron variant.

Work-from-home guidance will return, vaccine passports will become mandatory in large venues and mask rules will be extended to combat the Omicron variant, the Prime Minister said.

He warned it was clear the new strain was “growing much faster” than Delta and cases could be doubling every two or three days.

Johnson told a press briefing in Downing Street the government would review whether to keep the new rules no later than January and before that if possible.

But he refused to give a fixed date and said it would be linked to how severe Omicron turned out to be and how effective these measures were in combatting its spread.

He added it was okay to proceed with nativity plays and Christmas parties but everyone should “exercise due caution” by having ventilation, washing their hands and getting a COVID test before they went.

The UK reported 45,691 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. The seven-day rolling rate of new cases is 12.1% higher than this time last week.

A further 101 cases of Omicron were confirmed, bringing the UK total to 437.
A member of the public receives a second dose of a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine jab at a temporary coronavirus vaccination centre set up inside St John's Church in west London on December 4, 2021. - Britain, which has been among the hardest hit by Covid-19 with more than 145,000 deaths, is racing to offer third doses of coronavirus vaccines to all adults aged over 18 through its state-run National Health Service.

Here we go again

And congrats to him too

For his brand new daughter?????

FAME AT LAST

The girls have been talking again