London, Jan. 3 (BNA): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned today, Monday, that the country’s health system will remain under pressure for weeks amid the current increase in coronavirus infections, but indicated that there would be no tightening of measures soon to slow the spread of the virus. .
The highly transmissible omicron variant caused a spike in new daily cases in Britain over Christmas and the New Year, with 137,583 infections and 73 deaths reported in England and Wales on Sunday alone, with figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland released after the holiday. weekend.
Johnson said during a visit to the vaccination center in Aylesbury, 85 kilometers (53 miles) northwest of London.
Johnson was speaking after the Sunday Times reported that a group of hospitals in the eastern county of Lincolnshire had declared a “serious accident” due to the “severe and unprecedented” shortage of staff, according to the Associated Press.
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