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The British capital London has declared a state of emergency today due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. “The increase in Omicron cases in our capital is very worrying,” Mayor Sadiq Khan announced. “That is why we are again declaring a disaster emergency.” Khan pointed out that the number of patients in London’s hospitals is again rising sharply.
The city had already declared a disaster emergency at the beginning of January. At that time, the health system was on the verge of collapse. In concrete terms, this means that special emergency plans are coming into force and the units involved are coordinating more closely. In the first London hospitals, staff are already to be redeployed to intensive care units and emergency rooms, as the Guardian newspaper reported.
Khan called on everyone in London to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccination centers have reopened in a number of British cities – including stadiums and Christmas markets – where people can get a shot without an appointment.
In Great Britain, 10,059 new Omicron cases were reported – three times as many as the day before.
- source: orf.at/picture:pixabay.com
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