December 12, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the United Kingdom faces a “tidal wave” of infections from the Omicron coronavirus variant, and announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defences against it.

“No one should be in any doubt: there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming,” he said in a televised address on Sunday, after the country’s medical advisers raised the COVID alert level due to a “rapid increase” in infection from the variant, which originated in South Africa last month.

In his address, the UK prime minister announced that everyone age 18 and older will be offered a third shot of vaccine by the end of this month in response to the Omicron “emergency.” The previous target was the end of January.

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