borisjohnson has been discussing the latest on the pandemic with his cabinet this morning, ahead of a statement in the commons this afternoon. yesterday, mrjohnson said he hoped the country could ride out the omicron wave, despite the uk recording a record number of positive daily cases. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. are you doing enough to help the nhs? the health secretary arrived in downing street this morning as ministers met to review the decision to keep current measures in place in england and go no further for now. yesterday, the prime minister warned there were difficult weeks ahead, but said england could ride out the wave of omicron cases without new restrictions. i would say we have a good chance of getting through the omicron wave without the need for further. restrictions and without the - need, certainly, for a lockdown. over christmas, confidence has increased in government that england can cope with omicron without the need for further measu
and of course measures for england and of course we had heard from other parts of the uk on that as well. uk on that as well. yes, parliament ma have uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in recess uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in recess for - uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in recess for the - uk on that as well. yes, parliament | may have been in recess for the last couple of weeks over christmas and new year, but the business of parliament, certainly, as far as it goesin parliament, certainly, as far as it goes in terms of responding to and dealing with the pandemic, has continued throughout. they heavy daily meetings at downing street and virtual meetings between others and ministers and officials and we have seen changes in various developments continue up until today and that announcement from the uk health security agency
quantity at the time, but clearly a variant of concern, but once it came and if it did, and it has, widespread in the uk, they would be very little justification for keeping these tests and if you look at that as a previous statement, i think it is a good opportunity for previous departure tests to be scrapped. but previous departure tests to be scra ed. previous departure tests to be scraued. previous departure tests to be scra ed. ,, ., ., , ., scrapped. but if you get on a plane and are sitting scrapped. but if you get on a plane and are sitting there scrapped. but if you get on a plane and are sitting there with - scrapped. but if you get on a plane and are sitting there with hundreds of other people, it is a perfect petri dish, surely? tina of other people, it is a perfect petri dish, surely? two things, let s not forget petri dish, surely? two things, let s not forget there petri dish, surely? two things, let s not forget there are i petri dish, surely? two things,
help prevent this huge number of infections turning into the kind of terrible levels of sickness and death we were talking about a year ago. that is hopefully the case. fingers crossed. but, as you were alluding to earlier, with that many people off, isolating, even if they are not feeling terribly sick, while still in for a rough couple of weeks. ., ., still in for a rough couple of weeks. ., ~ , ., still in for a rough couple of weeks. ., ~ i. .,, , ., weeks. thank you, robert cuffe, our head of statistics. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson has been meeting his cabinet
but i m not quite sure that i actually believed we d do it. but, as they are sailed south, resolve hardened. first with the controversial sinking of the argentine cruiser, the general belgrano, with the loss of 323 lives. it would be the largest air and sea battle involving british forces since the second world war. 100 aircrafts and more than 20 ships would either be destroyed or damaged. julian thompson was the man charged with the initial british landings at san carlos on the 21st of may. luckily, it was thick fog, so the argentine air force never found us. we knew they were trying to find us, we could hear them zooming around and trying to find us. they might have created a bit of mayhem, had they done so. that was the bit i was really worried about. goose green was the first time british paratroopers came face to face with the enemy.