Coronavirus records will continue to be broken over the coming weeks amid a surge in omicron cases, Professor Chris Whitty warned on Wednesday.
The Chief Medical Officer for England said that Britons need to be “realistic” and that “records will be broken a lot in the next few weeks as rates continue to grow”.
“It looks as if delta which has been with us for a while is still flat, and the growth is omicron,” he said. “So what we’ve got is two epidemics, on top of one another, an existing delta epidemic, roughly flat, and a very rapidly growing omicron epidemic on top of it.”
Prof Whitty added that Britons should be “prioritising those things that really matter”, and urged: “Don’t mix with people you have to for either work or the family things that really matter to you.”
For his part, Boris Johnson called on the public to “exercise caution” and make sure to book in for their third doses or attend a walk-in clinic on what was also a record day for booster jabs.
Dr Nikki Kanani, NHS England’s medical director of primary care, advised that if you are “going to go to a stadium…
