UK raises COVID alert level due to Omicron surge

The UK is raising its Covid Alert Level due to the “rapid increase” in cases of the Omicron variant, the country’s four chief medical officers say.

The advisers say the public health risk assessment moves from level three to four — the second-highest level — which indicates “transmission is high and pressure on healthcare services is widespread and substantial or rising.”

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