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13 Dec, 11 tweets, 5 min read
Updates on the spread of the Omicron variant in the UK have been fast moving over the past 24 hours

🧵 Let us bring you up to speed

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Yesterday, ministers revealed that hospitals are admitting patients with the Omicron variant for the first time

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Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser for the UK Health Security Agency, told #Marr a wave of cases was “coming straight at us” and warned further restrictions – beyond WFH – might be needed

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All the while, scientists are racing to learn Omicron’s secrets

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In one lab, 10,000 particles of the virus arrived on Thursday in a “Russian doll” wrap of protection

“You’ve got a tube sealed in another tube in a sealed tube inside of another box inside of a cool pack inside of another box inside a cardboard box,” said Dr David LV Bauer
The scientists' job has been to make the virus happy, ensuring it had the precise conditions to infect genetically modified monkey cells

Today is when it will become less happy as the virus exposed to the antibodies of vaccinated people over the week

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🔎 Science editor @whippletom writes in his analysis that hoping for good luck with Omicron isn’t enough

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"A week after plan B was introduced, we have plan C. And, with it, we have a strategy that at least makes sense"

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Boris Johnson last night promised in a national address that every adult could “get their booster” by the end of December

Now NHS leaders are warning that may not be the case until February

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🔎 So will England’s vaccine sprint overwhelm the NHS?

@Smyth_Chris, Whitehall editor, gives his analysis

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Plus, the all-important question, how do I actually book a Covid booster vaccine?

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