to have been organising pop up vaccination clinics for the homeless. or the team at home park in plymouth who have been regularly jabbing until 2am because theyjust carry on for as long as there are people they are wanting a booster. and i want to thank those from every walk of life who are stepping forward to support them, the military personnel, deployed across every region of the country, including an additional 100 in scotland from yesterday as well as 2500 firefighters. and since sunday night we have seen more than 20,000 new volunteers signing up to help with the booster effort as stewards, taking the total number to almost 33,000. with every day we are expanding the ranks of these health care auxiliary and emerging territorial army of the nhs, in a race against time to get those night
heard me repeat earlier on what we need people to do it, triggers ventilation, to wear masks inside, continue to wash your hands, exercise caution. to do a daily contact testing and so forth if you come into contact with somebody who has omicron, to isolate, certainly if you have omicron. and to get tested when you want to go to a nightclub or other venue. all those restrictions are coming and and that is the right thing to do to slow the spread of the disease, but what we are also doing is using a tool that we did not have, if you think about it, i get a go, when we were also facing a spike, and that is the huge advantage notjust of testing but of vaccination a year ago. the booster provides an excellent level
transmissible virus. correct. thank you very much. with transmissible virus. correct. thank you very much. with the transmissible virus. correct. thank you very much. with the spread i transmissible virus. correct. thank you very much. with the spread of| you very much. with the spread of 0micron you very much. with the spread of omicron increasing, what is your plan omicron increasing, what is your plan for omicron increasing, what is your plan for the omicron increasing, what is your plan for the clinically vulnerable? do you plan for the clinically vulnerable? do you plan on putting shielding back into do you plan on putting shielding back into effect? i will hand that over to back into effect? i will hand that over to you, chris. back into effect? i will hand that over to you, chris. what we have decided is over to you, chris. what we have decided is that over to you, chris. what we have decided is that at over to you, chris. what we have decided is that at
towards double. the million dollar question as we do not know at the moment. the problem for government and health officials as they do not have the time to wait to get that evidence. they have to act now because by the time they have the evidence it will be too late. in because by the time they have the evidence it will be too late.- evidence it will be too late. in the last few minutes evidence it will be too late. in the last few minutes we evidence it will be too late. in the last few minutes we have - evidence it will be too late. in the last few minutes we have heard i evidence it will be too late. in the i last few minutes we have heard from the health secretary who has been talking outside a hospital in westminster and he was asked if the government would introduce any further coronavirus guidance before christmas. i further coronavirus guidance before christmas. . , ., further coronavirus guidance before christmas. . , christmas. i am pleased to be here at this hospital
comes to hospitalisations, this reflects where we were two or more weeks reflects where we were two or more weeks ago reflects where we were two or more weeks ago and therefore the rates have remained reasonably flat over guite have remained reasonably flat over quite a have remained reasonably flat over quite a while, reflecting there we have quite a while, reflecting there we have ireen quite a while, reflecting there we have been with delta over the last several have been with delta over the last several weeks, have been with delta over the last severalweeks, so have been with delta over the last several weeks, so rates are currently several weeks, so rates are currently flat but they are beginning to increase in some places. beginning to increase in some places, particularly in london. next stide. places, particularly in london. next slide, please. deaths reflect what happen slide, please. deaths reflect what happen earlier in time and those are still, if happe