The British Prime Minister visited a vaccination center in London on Monday.
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London The first person in the UK with the omicron variant of the coronavirus died. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday. The mutant is now spreading so quickly in the kingdom that the government raised the corona warning level from three to four.
“We have to give up the idea that this is a milder variant of the virus,” Johnson said on Monday while visiting a vaccination center. “An Omikron tidal wave is approaching us.” In the capital, London, Omikron already accounts for 40 percent of all new infections. Nationwide, the incidence is around 500.
Johnson wants to slow down the spread of the virus with booster vaccinations and new restrictions. Every adult should receive their third vaccination by the end of the year, said the head of government in a television address on Sunday evening. As a result, long queues formed in front of the vaccination centers on Monday and the NHS health service booking website collapsed.
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