Boris Johnson triggers Covid Plan B with work from home, vaccine passports & tougher face mask rules
BORIS Johnson tonight told Brits to work from home and use vaccine passports for nightclubs and footie matches in a fresh Covid squeeze. At a gloomy press conference the PM pulled the trigger on the Government's Plan B to tackle the rising tide of Omicron cases ripping across Britain. He announced he was toughening the rules as scientists warned the NHS could be swamped by 1,000 daily patients infected with the super-strain. Flanked by top docs Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, the PM relayed sobering evidence that the mutation is doubling between every 2.5 and three days. Giving a Commons statement at the same time Health Secretary Sajid Javid told MPs there are 568 confirmed cases variant - but the estimated current number is "probably closer to 10,000". Continue reading Here’s everything you can and can’t do from Friday as Boris plunges Britain into Plan B Covid restrictions https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16976496/plan-b-covid-boris-johnson-masks-wfh-vaccine-passports/ Boris Johnson says DON’T cancel Christmas parties as Plan B is ‘not a lockdown’ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/16981864/boris-johnson-says-dont-cancel-christmas-parties/ Boris hints at mandatory vaccinations in anti-vaxx crackdown & says we ‘can’t keep going indefinitely with restrictions’ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16981109/boris-hints-mandatory-vaccinations-anti-vaxx-crackdown/ The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk Like The Sun on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesun/ Follow The Sun on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSun Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/The_Sun/1633225139
