The Prime Minister has considered calls for a national lockdown beginning as soon as this week, according to reports. Boris Johnson has been weighing up a "sliding scale" of new Covid-19 restrictions, The Telegraph reports.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has warned that ministers may have to introduce new measures on the basis of "early and patchy" data, the paper says.
The Times reports that further restrictions could be 'introduced between Christmas and the new year'. The paper says an announcement could be made on Boxing Day, with measures potentially starting on December 27.
Concerns are mounting over a surge in a number of Covid cases as the Omicron variant sweeps across the UK. A further 90,418 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases have been
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