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for tackling the omicron variant. the british prime minister has defended his plans as a proportionate response to the rising cases. mps are due to vote on a series of measures. new rules on facemasks which came into force last week. face coverings have become compulsory in most indoor settings, except for pubs and restaurants. a measure allowing fully vaccinated people who have been exposed to a positive covid case to avoid self isolation if they take daily lateral flow tests for seven days and receive a negative result. the introduction of a covid pass which would ensure that someone can only enter a large venue, if they can prove they are fully vaccinated or have a negative lateral flow test result. and there will be a vote on making it compulsory for front line nhs staff in england to be fullyjabbed. it comes as the nhs is put on its highest level of emergency preparedness a level four national incident has been declared.
face coverings have become compulsory in most indoor settings, except for pubs and restaurants. a measure allowing fully vaccinated people who have been exposed to a positive covid case to avoid self isolation if they take daily lateral flow tests for 7 days and receive a negative result. the introduction of a covid pass which would ensure that someone can only enter a large venue, if they can prove they are fully vaccinated or have a negative lateral flow test result. and there will be a vote on making it compulsory for front line nhs staff in england to be fully jabbed. it comes as the nhs is put on its highest level of emergency preparedness a level 4 national incident has been declared. hospitals have been ordered to free up as many beds as possible, discharging some patients to hotels under plans set out by health leaders. and vaccine clinics will run around the clock to give boosterjabs, and the prime minister has appealed for volunteers. more on that in a minute, but first,
the welsh government also says it is planning to offer all adults a booster by the end of december. at the moment you have to wait for an invitation. in scotland, everyone over 30 can book an appointment online and that will be extended to those over 18s later this week, and in northern ireland those over 30 can have a booster at a walk vaccination centre. you can book online if you are over a0 or have an underlying health condition. the government and the nhs are appealing for thousands of volunteers to help get vaccinations into arms. the military are also on hand, like here at st helens on merseyside. in the last 2a hours it has been an absolute whirlwind of people coming forward, people stepping up capacity, clinics opening longer and we have managed to do all of that in just one day. it will take more than vaccinations to slow the spread of omicron, and a key tool is testing. due to high demand, this morning there were no in person pcr tests in england. the bbc has been told that
and allowing fully vaccinated people to avoid self isolation if they re exposed to someone with covid by taking daily lateral flow tests for seven days with a negative result. there s also a vote on compulsory vaccination for front line nhs staff in england. our political correspondent iain watson reports demand for vaccinations has certainly been given a boost following dire warnings from the government about a tidal wave of covid infections and predictions about dramatic increase in the number of people likely to need a hospital bed. but ministers are still struggling to make the case to many of their own mps that more restrictions are needed to slow the spread. i have been speaking to lots of my colleagues, they are now seeing the data and the fact that this new variant is doubling every two to three days. i think it is starting to hit home just how serious the