COVID-19: Minister echoes Prof Whitty’s caution and urges people to make ‘sensible’ choices before Christmas – By Sophie Morris (Sky News) / December 16, 2021
Professor Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, warned the UK on Wednesday evening that the country is already facing “a really serious threat” from the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is “moving at an absolutely phenomenal pace”.
People should “make a sensible choice” if their priority is to make it to the Christmas dinner table with their families, a health minister has said – while not ruling out the possibility of more restrictions being imposed.
Gillian Keegan told Kay Burley that individuals should “take a different approach” if they want to “make it through to Christmas Day”.
Her comments come after England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty expressed caution about festive plans during a Downing Street news briefing on Wednesday evening, suggesting that it is “sensible” and is “going to become increasingly important” that people “prioritise” the social contact they most value and “deprioritise” other interactions.
