{"id":439675,"date":"2021-12-19T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1533212"},"modified":"2021-12-19T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T11:21:00","slug":"new-pre-christmas-measures-to-tackle-omicron-spread-not-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/12\/19\/new-pre-christmas-measures-to-tackle-omicron-spread-not-ruled-out\/","title":{"rendered":"New pre-Christmas measures to tackle Omicron spread not ruled out"},"content":{"rendered":"
New coronavirus measures before Christmas have not been ruled out by the health secretary, who said there are \u201cno guarantees\u201d following a \u201csobering analysis\u201d from scientific advisers warning about the threat from Omicron. He also said it was “not quite right to say the Government\u2019s not doing anything at all\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sajid Javid said while there remains uncertainty about the new variant, it is time to be \u201cmore cautious\u201d amid the rapid spread of the strain. His comments came as it was reported stricter measures could be imposed in light of the warning from experts that there are likely already hundreds of thousands of new infections every day.<\/p>\n