Get ready for a January lockdown? Covid infections hit highest level in a YEAR with Omicron already behind 200,000 cases a DAY as Chris Whitty warns Cabinet pubs and restaurants may be forced to shut even without restrictions because of staff illness
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Pubs, restaurants and shops could be forced to shut next month if Omicron continues to tear through Britain because so many workers will be off isolating, ministers were told today.
The chief medical officer Chris Whitty gave a stark update on the coronavirus situation to Cabinet today, in which