President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Tuesday to address the omicron variant and unveil new steps the administration is taking to help communities in need of assistance, a White House official told NBC News on Saturday.
Biden is expected to go beyond his already unveiled “Winter Plan” with additional measures while “issuing a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated,” the official said.
There have been 65,525 new cases confirmed in London in the last seven days, with 26,418 cases reported the last 24 hours – the highest figure since the start of the pandemic.
And in the last week, the number of Covid patients in the capital’s hospitals has risen by 29 per cent.
Mr Khan warned the city could run out of police officers, firefighters and NHS workers due to the rapidly rising cases forcing thousands of front-line workers into isolation.
He told Sky News: “We’re incredibly concerned by the huge surge of the Omicron variant in the last 24 hours.
— Read on www.thesun.co.uk/news/17079303/major-incident-declared-london-hospitals-covid-breaking-point/
This worry not only comes from the virus but also mandatory quarantines and time off of work. Society itself could grind to a halt. What’s happening in Europe will be the United States in two weeks