thirdly, you can see in the documents from the scientific advisers and the modellers, they are talking about the potential need for more stringent measures to control the virus. they don t spell out what those measures could be. but it is something that scientists are talking about more and more. however, it is not something that ministers have discussed or thought about at the moment. i just wonder if the volume on that will get turned up as the number of cases of the omicron variant shoot up in the next few days. extra support has been promised to speed up the vaccine drive in scotland, wales and northern ireland. like england, scotland is aiming to offer all adults a booster by the end of the year while wales has set a target for the end of januray. in northern ireland, people over the age of 30 are currently being offered third doses, with plans to
we put that to one side in the efforts to get the vaccine booster roll out and to make it a success. tomorrow, the prime minister will seek and secure parliamentary approval for the introduction of so called plan b in england, the already announced step up of measures to try to reduce the spread of the virus. the question now is how soon there might be talk of a plan c. chris mason, bbc news. extra support has been promised to speed up the vaccine drive in scotland, wales and northern ireland. like england, scotland is aiming to offer all adults a booster by the end of the year while wales has set a target for the end of januray. in northern ireland, people over the age of 30 are currently being offered third doses, with plans to step up the rollout. with me is our health correspondentjim reed. the latest is people are having difficulty getting a lateral flow tests. the government s website says
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Karnataka has detected the country s first Omicron variant cases. Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar has assured the state that preparations are being made for rapid tests at the K taka airport.