Every day, the health crisis worsens a little more in the United Kingdom.
Friday a new record of Covid-19 contamination was exceeded with 93,045 cases identified in 24 hours.
The day before, the counters were at their highest with some 88,000 new cases, beating Wednesday's record and more than 78,000 new contaminations detected.
The UK registers more than 68,000 cases per day in a week, an increase of 38% in seven days.
Confronted according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to a "tidal wave" due to the Omicron variant, which raises fears of a submersion of the health system.
Banking on this third dose to avoid overwhelming hospitals and paralyzing the economy, Thursday Boris Johnson announced Thursday to advance by one month the goal of offering this booster shot to all over 18 years.
They will now be able to benefit from it before the New Year.
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While facing Omicron, Denmark is closing its cinemas and theaters, in England, the British government (apart from pubs and restaurants), to encourage teleworking as much as possible and to establish a health pass for large gatherings, at Much dissatisfaction with some of the majority MPs, the Scottish and Welsh local governments have decided to go further.
Scots called to stay at home
In Scotland, where, according to pro-independence Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Omicron is now dominant, the population has been called upon to stay at home as Christmas approaches.
"The tsunami I alerted about a week ago is now starting to hit us," she said on Friday.
Companies have been legally required to take "reasonable measures" since Friday to limit the transmission of the virus.
Pubs are encouraged to return to table service rather than bar service.
In Wales, Prime Minister Mark Drakeford has ordered nightclubs to close from December 27.