new restrictions in england for now, though he says he cannot rule out any further measures after that. borisjohnson said the government is continuing to monitor the spread of omicron very closely and the situtaion is finely balanced. but he said there is continuing uncertainty about the severity of the new variant and not enough evidence to justify tougher measures in england before saturday. scotland has announced new restrictions from boxing day. our health editor hugh pym reports. as the booster programme continued in scunthorpe and around the country, there was a clearer message from the government about christmas in england. go ahead with your plans as there won t be any new measures affecting them. but, given the threat of omicron, nothing can be ruled out after that. speaking before that announcement, one minister suggested they weren t rushing tojudgment. we minister suggested they weren t rushing to judgment. rushing to udgment. we are looking ve rushing to judgment. we are