UK Covid live: Sajid Javid implies new restrictions will be abandoned if Omicron no more dangerous than Delta

Health secretary says: If this variant is no more dangerous than Delta, then we won't keep measures in place for a day longer than necessary'

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Sturgeon stresses that there is a huge amount that we do not yet know" about the variant.

The number of mutations suggest it might be more transmissible. But more data and analysis is required, and if it is more transmissible, they will have to find out by how much.