UK Plans New Measures To Combat Omicron Covid Variant, PM Johnson Presser

The U.K. government on Saturday said that it was planning new measures to combat the Omicron COVID-19 variant. That includes mandatory PCR tests for all arriving international travelers and ramping up the use of face masks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the measures at a news conference alongside his chief medical officers.      “Boris Johnson holds press conference after two cases of Omicron Covid variant detected in UK” Hours earlier, the U.K. health secretary confirmed that two people tested positive with the omicron variant and that the cases are linked and related to travel from southern Africa.  …