(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 18 - More restrictive measures are needed in England because 3,000 hospitalizations per day are risked due to the spread of the coronavirus variant Omicron.
This is the alarm raised by the Sage committee of experts, the scientists advise the London government on the pandemic, in a meeting that took place last Thursday and of which today the BBC revealed the exclusive contents.
In the document drawn up at the end of the meeting it is emphasized that "there is a lot of uncertainty" on the progress of hospitalizations with respect to Omicron and that "other measures are needed in addition to plan B" launched by Boris Johnson.
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