Read more about UK could face major Omicron wave from January next year, new analysis warns on Business Standard. The UK could face a „large wave“ of Omicron infections from January next year if restrictions on social gatherings are not imposed, a new scientific analysis warned on Saturday.
The could face a „large wave“ of Omicron infections from January next year if restrictions on social gatherings are not imposed, a new scientific analysis warned on Saturday. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) model lays out all the possible scenarios given the rate at which the infections are currently increasing in England, with uncertainty remaining on the numbers that would ultimately need hospitalisation due to the virus. It comes at a time when the recorded another jump in Omicron cases on Friday, with 448 new infections, taking the total to 1,265. „Based on what we’re seeing we can expect there to be a large wave of Omicron in the UK,“ said Dr Nick Davies, one of the researchers behind the LSHTM modelling.
