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Covid circuit breaker needed in Scotland to deal with Omicron spread, says leading health expert

16.12.2021 - 12:33

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A health expert has called for a circuit breaker to be imposed in a bid to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant in Scotland.

Deepti Gurdasani, an epidemiologist from the Queen Mary University of London, said drastic measures need to be taken by governments over the new strain which was first identified in southern Africa at the end of last month.Scotland and the rest of the nations across the United Kingdom have ramped up their booster vaccine programmes to deal with the threat Omicron poses.

The spread of the variant, which accounted for 36.5 per cent of all cases yesterday, has seen overall cases jump in Scotland.