according to sajid javid, the health secretary who also urged people to be cautious given the rapid spread of the omicron variant. the mayor of london sadiq khan says more restrictions are now inevitable . extra money has been announced for scotland, wales and northern ireland in their fight against omicron. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. # driving home for christmas #. this christmas, the hot ticket for many is not to see a football match but to get a boosterjab. wembley stadium had 10,000 vaccines available today, and many were keen to get them before heading home to see family. i would prefer to have it done before christmas. i ve got an elderly grandfather who s 90 years old, so i want to be able to see him. i m getting booster vaccinations and my family members have already got their vaccinations. but i think it s best to be as contained as possible. so, it s the booster
remains. britain s health secretary, sajid javid, has said he can t rule out more covid restrictions being imposed in england before christmas. many scientists have said it would be better for the government to act sooner rather than later, because without intervention there could soon be at least 3,000 hospital admissions every day with the 0micron variant. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. # driving home for christmas. this christmas, the hot ticket for many is not to see a football match, but to get a boosterjab. wembley stadium had 10,000 vaccines available today and many were keen to get them before heading home to see family. i would prefer to have it done before christmas. i ve got an elderly grandfather who s 90 years old, so i want to be able to see him. i m getting booster vaccinations and my family members have already got their vaccinations, but i think it s best to be as contained as possible. so, it s the booster versus the variant. 0micron infections are th
wembley stadium had 10,000 vaccines available today and many were keen to get them before heading home to the family. i would prefer to have it done before christmas. i ve got an elderly grandfather who s 90 years old, so i want to be able to see him. i am getting a booster vaccinations and my family members already have got the vaccinations but i think it is best to be as contained as possible. so, it s the booster versus the variant. omicron infections are thought to be doubling every two to three days. the epidemic is growing so fast, the health secretary could not rule out fresh restrictions before christmas. there are no guarantees, in this pandemic. i don t think. at this point, we just have to keep everything under review. he urged people across the country to be cautious in the days ahead. if i m going to see my mum, for example, who s elderly, like most very old people, she s more vulnerable than young people, i will take a test. i might, you know, just not
i ve got an elderly grandfather who is 90 years old, so i want to be able to see him. i am getting booster vaccinations and my family members have already got their vaccinations. but i think it is best to be as contained as possible. so it is the booster versus the variant. omicron infections are thought to be doubling every 2 3 days. the epidemic is growing so fast, the health secretary could not rule out fresh restrictions before christmas. there are no guarantees in this pandemic, i don t think. at this point we just have to keep everything under review. he urged people across the country to be cautious in the days ahead. if i am going to see my mum, for example, who is elderly, like most very old people, she is more vulnerable than younger people. you know, i will take a test and yeah, i might, you know, just have not the usual amount of hugs i get from my mum. you just take a little bit of caution and i think that is a sensible response. but the most important thing that anyone ca
seriousness of the situation, but it also means that the emergency services such as the nhs, the police, also the fire brigade, have to come together each and every day for a number of meetings to co ordinate how best they can deal with this. what happens here in london is often reflected in other parts of the country in the following weeks. now, there is going to be a meeting today that is going to be a meeting today that is going to bring together michael gove and the leader of the devolved nations so they can all discuss theirjoint response to this. the mayor of london says the best thing people can do is get vaccinated, particularly booster vaccinations, so there are a number of pop up centres that have been going up here in london and across the country this weekend, and that will continue in the coming days in the run up to christmas. but overall, it is a worrying situation. some are calling on the government to go further and faster when it comes to restrictions. the current vie