amid the news of death of a person infected with omicron type of coronavirusIn the United Kingdom, there is a race to get a vaccine booster dose, with more than half a million people booking their slots on Monday.
The United Kingdom announced on Sunday that booster dose will be provided For everyone over the age of 18. As people rushed to book their doses, the website of the National Health Service, the UK public health system, briefly collapsed.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the death of a person infected with the Omicron variant. It was not immediately clear whether the infection was the cause of death or was accidental. The UK’s Health Protection Agency has also confirmed that at least 10 patients infected with this type have been hospitalised. sky News,
Johnson said the hospitalization and death were enough warnings about the danger from this new version.
“I think it (the version) is somehow a milder version of the virus, I think, it’s something that we need to set aside and just recognize the rapid speed at which it is going through the population.” happens faster,” he was quoted by BBC as saying.
The UK confirmed more than 1,200 new cases to Omicron’s version on Sunday, its highest ever. sky News Reported. The total number of such confirmed cases is now over 3,000, the highest in any country.
General view of Liverpool Street railway station in London, Monday, December 13, 2021. (AP photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Meanwhile, Norway imposed restrictions on the movement of people over the past few days amid a record high number of coronavirus infections, driven by the spread of the Omicron variant. Norway is reporting 3,000 to 4,000 cases a day. Last week, it discovered over 6,000 cases a day. During the earlier waves, it had not recorded more than 1,500-1,600 cases on any given day.
“The situation is becoming increasingly serious. The number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection is increasing rapidly, followed by an increase in hospital admissions, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said in its latest risk assessment on Monday.
“Hospitals, nursing homes, family doctors and out-of-clinics are under ever-increasing stress as a result of more patients, increased illness absenteeism among healthcare workers and less access to temporary workers from overseas. The Omicron version is setting out in Norway and will soon dominate. This will significantly increase transmission,” it said.
In three weeks’ time, the daily number of new cases in Norway could rise from 90,000 to 30,000, the institute said, if efforts to control the spread were not successful.
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