{"id":1188349,"date":"2022-01-04T19:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188349"},"modified":"2022-01-04T19:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:19:49","slug":"u-k-will-ride-out-omicron-wave-pm-boris-johnson-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-will-ride-out-omicron-wave-pm-boris-johnson-announces\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Will \u2018Ride Out\u2019 Omicron Wave, PM Boris Johnson Announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-k-will-ride-out-omicron-wave-pm-boris-johnson-announces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he plans to \u201cride out\u201d Omicron, and that he is not looking to roll out further restrictions on citizens, despite other European nations imposing strict lockdowns and other measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister said there was a \u2018good chance\u2019 he would not impose fresh measures and would recommend continuing the government\u2019s \u2018Plan B\u2019 strategy in England to ministers on Wednesday,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-59870825\">BBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also announced a daily testing regime for 100,000 so-called critical workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe testing regime from 10 January will be for key industries including food processing, transport and the border force, in order to reduce the spread of the virus to colleagues,\u201d the BBC explained.<\/p>\n<p>However, Johnson acknowledged that parts of the National Health Service (NHS) would feel \u201ctemporarily overwhelmed\u201d by a surge of Omicron cases, and that those who believe the pandemic to be over are \u201cprofoundly wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NHS is under huge pressure. I won\u2019t provide a definition of what being overwhelmed would constitute because I think that different trusts and different places, at different moments, will feel at least temporally overwhelmed. And hospitals at the moment are sending out signals saying that they are feeling the pressure hugely. I understand that, and I thank them for the work that they are doing. It is absolutely fantastic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2022\/jan\/04\/uk-covid-coronavirus-live-news-omicron-may-have-plateaued-amongst-under-50s-in-london-top-scientist-says\">Johnson<\/a> said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just got to say to people, as I said yesterday, there will be a difficult period for our wonderful NHS for the next few weeks because of Omicron. I just think we have to get through it as best as we possibly can. We will give the NHS all the support that we can,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also said the country had a chance to \u201cride out this Omicron wave without shutting down our country once again,\u201d and that \u201cWe can keep our schools and our businesses open and we can find a way to live with this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has to balance the effect on people\u2019s lives and livelihoods of lockdowns, which are painful, which take away people\u2019s life chances and which do a great deal of social damage, damage to people\u2019s mental health as well as damage to the economy,\u201d Johnson said of his government\u2019s \u201cPlan B\u201d restrictions, which include working from home where possible, mask wearing and COVID passports for some venues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re mobilizing our volunteers \u2014 the emerging territorial army of the NHS \u2014 and we\u2019re working to identify those NHS trusts which are most likely to need actual military support, so this can be prepared now,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/covid-boris-johnsons-balancing-act-between-nhs-medics-and-rebel-tory-mps-as-he-resists-new-restrictions-12509175\">explained<\/a>. \u201cAs our NHS moves to a war footing, I will be recommending to cabinet tomorrow that we continue with Plan B, because the public have responded and changed their behavior, your behavior, buying valuable time to get boosters in arms and help the NHS to cope with the Omicron wave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also promoted booster shots as a way to \u201ccontain the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe freedoms that we are able to maintain in the teeth of this Omicron wave have been made possible by the number of people getting boosted,\u201d Johnson tweeted. \u201cIt\u2019s the best way to contain this virus, help our NHS, and keep our country open \u2013 so please Get Boosted Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The freedoms that we are able to maintain in the teeth of this Omicron wave have been made possible by the number of people getting boosted.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the best way to contain this virus, help our NHS, and keep our country open \u2013 so please Get Boosted Now.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VKGvuQ4lzq\">https:\/\/t.co\/VKGvuQ4lzq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IdB0l2wjqu\">pic.twitter.com\/IdB0l2wjqu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1478447270467190788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"> @ighaworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he plans to \u201cride out\u201d Omicron, and that he is not looking to roll out further restrictions on citizens, despite other European nations imposing strict lockdowns and other measures. \u201cThe prime minister said there was a \u2018good chance\u2019 he would not impose fresh measures and would &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}