Omicron COVID-19 cases ‘spreading rapidly in UK’ warns expert

Coronavirus latest: CASES of the Omicron variant are spreading ‘rapidly’ in the UK, warns top UK professor of epidemiology.

Professor Rowland Kao told Sky News it is difficult to predict the impact Omicron is going to have this winter.

It comes as Omicron has been detected in a primary school in England for the first time.

Public health chiefs have urged all parents to get their kids at the school tested before returning to classes.

Read more:
First Omicron Covid case confirmed at English primary school as all pupils told to stay home and get tested
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/16998229/first-omicron-covid-case-primary-school-kent/

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