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Sajid Javid does not rule out Omicron restrictions before Christmas

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Britain’s Health Secretary says hospital procedures are already being cancelled (Picture: PA/BBC)

The Health Secretary has refused to rule out more Covid restrictions coming in before Christmas.

Sajid Javid said: ‘there are no guarantees in this pandemic’, when asked if he could promise no new rules in the run up to December 25.

There have been suggestions of a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown coming in – a suggestion put to Mr Javid.

But he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: ‘We just have to keep everything under review.’

Mr Javid added that hospital appointments were already being cancelled as the hugely infectious variant rips through the country.

He said: ‘We are assessing the situation, it’s very fast-moving. We’ve seen with Omicron there’s a lot that we still don’t know about Omicron.

‘That’s the truth of the matter. The reality is there’s a lot of uncertainty.’

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And the Health Secretary said it was ‘time to be more cautious’.

‘We know this thing is spreading rapidly. We know already now that in London, it’s around 80% of infections, in England it’s around 60% of infections,’ he added.

Mr Javid described advice from Government scientific advisers warning of the possible impact on hospital admissions from Omicron as ‘sobering’.

But he continued: ‘We take it very seriously.

‘We do have to challenge data and underlying assumptions, I think that is appropriate, and take into account a broader set of facts.’

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