Covid restrictions ‘similar to lockdown’ needed to reduce hospitalisations in UK
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Documents released by Sage reveal bleak picture amid high number of cases of the Omicron variant
Restrictions similar in scale to the national lockdown" are needed to keep hospital admissions from coronavirus below previous peaks, experts warned on Saturday.
Amid high numbers of cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, documents released by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) revealed the bleak picture painted by advisers throughout December as the threat from the strain rose.
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