The health secretary refuses to rule out the possibility of new rules to slow the spread of Omicron.
A further 90,418 daily Covid cases were reported across the UK on Saturday, after days of record highs.from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergency suggest that, without intervention beyond current Plan B rules in England, hospital admissions could reach 3,000 a day.However, he added: "We do have to challenge data and underlying assumptions, I think that is appropriate, and take into account a broader set of facts.
Other nations of the UK have similar rules - and Scotland has gone further by asking people to limit social contact to three households at a time in the run-up to Christmas.Mayor of London Sadiq Khan told the BBC it was "inevitable" new coronavirus measures would be brought in for England. "I think we should be able to celebrate Christmas safely. But I think sooner rather than later we're going to look at social distancing, we're going to have to look at household mixing.Speaking to Sky News, Mr Javid said ministers were monitoring the data and discussing it with scientists "almost on an hourly basis".
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