Mr Javid updates MPs in the Commons on the variant called B.1.1.529, saying it “is highly likely that it has now spread to other countries”.ĬOVID UPDATE: All international arrivals entering England must take a day 2 PCR test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result. Scientists describe the variant as “very serious”, with Professor James Naismith, director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, declaring it will “almost certainly” make the vaccines less effective. Mr Javid says scientists are “deeply concerned” about the variant. Anyone who arrived up to 10 days prior is also told to take tests. People arriving before then are told to self-isolate at home and take a PCR test on day two and day eight. It is announced that from the next day, six southern African countries – South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Botswana – will be added to the travel red list, meaning flights are suspended.
These individuals are self-isolating with their households while further testing and contact tracing is underway. The two cases are linked and there is a connection with travel to southern Africa. We have been made aware by of two UK cases of the Omicron variant.
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