NHS leaders urge government “not to allow its optimism to lead to complacency”

Yesterday, Boris Johnson announced that the government will retain the current Plan B measures, rather than introduce further Covid-19 restrictions. He explained that although the UK is in the midst of the fastest growth in Covid cases ever known, thankfully, the Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to be causing milder illness. This means that while hospital admissions are rising quickly, the number of people needing intensive care is not as high as it has been in previous waves. Johnson explains that the combination of this milder variant paired with the success of the vaccine booster programme means “we have a