Britain has said that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading at a “phenomenal rate” and accounted for about 40 per cent of all infections in London so people should get an additional dose of the vaccine because double-jabbed people are vulnerable.
“What we now know about Omicron is that ... it's spreading at a phenomenal rate, something that we've never seen before, it's doubling every two to three days in infections,” Health Secretary Sajid Javid told Sky News.
“That means we're facing a tidal wave of infection, we're once again in a race between the vaccine and the virus.”
