Covid boosters: Omicron spreading at "phenomenal rate" - Javid
The health secretary says the UK will "throw everything" at accelerating booster jabs in response to the rapid spread.
Early figures from South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first identified, suggest the new strain causes less serious illness and death than previous waves of the pandemic, an expert based in t… [+831 chars]
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