On working from home guidance, he said: “There is a rationale, just epidemiologically, to try and slow this down, to buy us more time principally to get boosters into people’s arms, because we do think people who are boosted will have the best level of protection possible, but also to buy us more time to really better characterise the threat. “We’ll start seeing an impact on overall case numbers – it’s still probably only 2-3 per cent of all cases so it’s kind of swamped, but within a week or two, we’ll start seeing overall case numbers accelerate quite markedly as well.” “It’s likely to overtake Delta before Christmas at this rate, precisely when is hard to say. Professor Ferguson, whose data was instrumental to the UK going into lockdown in March 2020, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Wednesday: “Certainly case numbers of Omicron are doubling at least every three days, maybe even every two days at the moment, so it’s accelerating very fast and, to put that in context, it’s the same if not faster than we saw with the original strain of the virus in March of last year. “But some companies might normally bring hundreds of people in from around the world to a big party, and they may decide, this year, is that sensible given the pandemic and given where we are?” What have scientists said? “For many small businesses, four or five staff, who are working together every day anyway, gathering to have a drink isn’t a big step up in risk. Energy minister George Freeman told Sky News his department has already cancelled its Christmas party.Īsked if he thought other businesses should follow suit, he said: “It slightly depends on the nature of the business.
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