LONDON (Bywire News) - On Tuesday, health minister Sajid Javid revealed his optimism that COVID-19 measures that were introduced to stop the spread of the Omicron variant, could be scaled back as soon as next week. Javid believes the number of cases and people admitted to hospitals has passed its peak.
Speaking in parliament, Javid said, "I have always said that these restrictions should not stay in place a day longer than they are absolutely necessary," adding that in comparison to the EU, Britain was the most boosted and had the largest number of COVID-19 antivirals.
"Due to these pharmaceutical defences and the likelihood that we have already reached the peak of the case numbers and hospitalisations, I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll be able to substantially reduce measures next week."
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by William James and Klaudia Fior)