Scientific adviser Prof Mark Woolhouse says variant is ‘spreading pretty rapidly’ across UK
The Omicron variant is “spreading pretty rapidly” across the UK and new travel rules will be “too late” to prevent a potential wave of infections, one of the government’s scientific advisers has warned.pre-departure Covid testBut Prof Mark Woolhouse, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling , said the move was too late to make a “material difference”.
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