Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government is monitoring the covid situation in the UK "hour by hour" as he ruled out implementing new restrictions immediately.
Mr Johnson spoke to the media on Monday evening following a special two-hour Cabinet meeting where ministers discussed how to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.
He also noted that the government reserves the "possibility of taking further action" to protect public health - hinting that more rules and restrictions will only come the moment it's deemed necessary. Read more: Mr Johnson said: “Unfortunately I must say to people that we will have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public, to protect public health, to protect our NHS. “We