Face masks will be compulsory in shops and on public transport in England, and UK arrivals are expected to have to take PCR tests from Tuesday in response to the new Omicron variant.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the measures would help to ensure that people can “enjoy Christmas with our families”.
Mr Javid said the government had acted “swiftly” and “in a proportionate way”.
But a doctor who treated the variant said there had been unnecessary panic.
Meanwhile, adults aged 18 and over “will have an offer of a booster earlier than we had previously envisaged”, the deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunisation told BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House.
Professor Anthony Harnden said: “There is a very good, strong argument for raising the antibody level in the whole of the community. So accelerating the booster programme both by extending the age range and by reducing the interval between the second dose and the booster dose, would be a sensible strategy.”
Source: Covid: Sajid Javid defends ‘swift action’ on Omicron variant – BBC News









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