“The rise in omicron cases in our capital is very worrying,” Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Saturday. “That is why we are calling for a disaster again.” Khan pointed out that the number of Covid patients in London’s hospitals is increasing again massively.
At the beginning of January, the city triggered the disaster because of Covid-19. At that time, the health system was on the verge of collapse. In concrete terms, this means that special emergency plans come into force and that the units involved coordinate more closely. In the first London hospitals, staff are to be shifted to intensive care units and emergency rooms, as the Guardian newspaper reported.
Mayor Khan called on everyone in London to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccination centers have been reopened in a number of British cities – also in stadiums or at Christmas markets – where you can get an injection without an appointment.
In the UK, 10,059 new Omicron cases were reported on Saturday – three times as many as the day before. In total, there are around 25,000 confirmed Omicron cases in the UK. In London, the new virus variant has already replaced the previously dominant variant Delta.
Source: Nachrichten
