Professor Chris Whitty urged people to cut down on social interactions before Christmas - and 'prioritise' meetings that matter most.
He advised people to 'prioritise social interactions that really matter to them and de-prioritise others' and take precautions like testing and meeting outside.
The Chief Medical Officer told a Downing Street press conference he would 'strongly encourage' people to take tests before visiting vulnerable people and to meet in areas of good ventilation or outdoors if possible as fears mount over the spread of the Omicron variant. READ MORE: Speaking at a press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the new Covid variant is doubling in less than two days in some regions as he warned the 'wave of
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