UK | Omicron death
UK reports first death from Omicron COVID variant
London/IBNS: At least one person has died in Britain after being infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
Amid the spread of the new variant, which has raised global concern, the UK on Monday launched a Covid booster shot programme.
Britain, which is already one among the worst hit countries globally, is believed to be the first government to officially announce a death from the virus mutation.
Boris Johnson announced that Omicron accounted for about 40 percent of the cases in the British capital.
Britain on Sunday sounded the alarm by raising the national Covid Alert Level amid rising rates of transmission.
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