The government is considering a fortnight-long ban on people in England gathering indoors after Christmas to slow omicron variant infections, the Times reported, citing people it didn’t identify.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hasn’t approved the plan, and advisers are waiting for more data about the new strain, the newspaper said. Johnson wants to review the impact of measures imposed over the past week, and may see no need to tighten rules further.
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