{"id":89208,"date":"2021-11-28T07:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T06:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89208"},"modified":"2021-11-28T07:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T06:50:43","slug":"omicron-variant-uk-tightens-travel-mask-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/omicron-variant-uk-tightens-travel-mask-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron Variant: UK Tightens Travel, Mask Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m21779\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport in England from next week under a raft of measures to target the new Covid variant, Omicron, the PM has said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nPCR tests for everyone entering the UK will be introduced and all contacts of new variant cases will have to self-isolate, even if fully jabbed.<\/p>\n<p>But Boris Johnson said Christmas would be \u201cconsiderably better\u201d than in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The measures were \u201ctemporary and precautionary\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Johnson announced the restrictions at a Downing Street news conference after it was confirmed that two Omicron cases had been detected in Brentwood, Essex, and Nottingham. Officials said the cases were linked and connected to travel in southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The new variant was first reported from South Africa on Wednesday, with early evidence suggesting it has a higher re-infection risk.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Johnson said: \u201cOur scientists are learning more hour by hour, and it does appear that Omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe need to slow down the spread of this variant here in the UK, because measures at the border can only ever minimise and delay the val of a new variant rather than stop it all together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said the new measures would be reviewed in three weeks, by which time they should have better information about the \u201ccontinuing effectiveness\u201d of vaccines.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport in England from next week under a raft of measures to target the new Covid variant, Omicron, the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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