that is why we have acted very swiftly and i believe in a proportionate way with the news of this new variant. that includes the decision on thursday to red list six countries. we added four more countries to that list. a third omicron case has now been detected in the uk, along with two others confirmed in brentwood in essex at nottingham. it is feared there may be many more. to slow any spread, targeted testing is taking place at locations where cases have been found. however, for now, the government in england is not asking people to work from home again, something that was advised by sage and is already in place in scotland. we are already advising people to work at home wherever that is practical and possible. our advice on that hasn t changed in scotland in the way it has in recent months in england. it s not a political competition. i ve said all along that my first and most important duty is to do
we added four more countries to that list. a third omicron case has now been detected in the uk, along with two others confirmed in brentwood in essex at nottingham. it is feared there may be many more. to slow any spread, targeted testing is taking place at locations where cases have been found. however, for now, the government in england is not asking people to work from home again, something that was advised by sage and is already in place in scotland. we are already advising people to work at home wherever that is practical and possible. our advice on that hasn t changed in scotland in the way it has in recent months in england. it s not a political competition. i ve said all along that my first
the roll out could be expanded sooner than planned. the government also announced new measures yesterday including making face masks compulsory in shops and on public transport in england as well as asking all uk arrivals to take a pcr test. everyone wants us to protect the progress we have made. that is why we have acted very swiftly and i believe in a proportionate way with the news of this new variant. that includes the decision on thursday to red list six countries. we added four more countries to that list. a third omicron case has now been detected in the uk, along with two others confirmed in brentwood in essex at nottingham. in essex and nottingham. it is feared there may be many more. to slow any spread, targeted testing is taking place at locations where cases have been found. however, for now, the government in england is not asking people to work from home again,
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as the new omicron covid variant spreads to several more countries, the south african president criticises the decision to put his country on the international red list. these restrictions are completely unjustified, and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. one more a third omicron case has been detected in the uk. britain is convening an urgent meeting of g7 health ministers on monday. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the uk in the wake of storm arwen. four european countries agree to deploy a plane to patrol the french coast
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