The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson addressed the public through a video recording previously recorded after an alert state was raised due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
"No one should doubt that we have been affected by an Omicron wave. "I am afraid it is already clear that two doses of the vaccine are simply not enough."
"Get a booster dose right away. "Anyone over the age of 18 in England will be able to take a booster dose before the New Year," he added, reports the BBC .
UK reports a record 78,610 cases of COVID-19 as Omicron spreads rapidlyThe latest coronavirus figures show a record number of confirmed daily cases in the UK, namely 78,610 people infected with the virus.
It was also announced that 165 other people died within 24 hours.
Otherwise, Britain has so far confirmed about 11 million cases of COVID-19 while 147 thousand people have died.