'No strain has spread this fast': Hundreds rush for jabs as UK braces for Omicron 'tidal wave'

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading swiftly and will become the dominant variant in the British capital in the next 48 hours, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Monday. Meanwhile, hundreds of people queued up for Covid vaccines in British cities on Monday and home testing kits ran out after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant could overcome those inoculated with two shots.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/hundreds-queue-for-vaccines-in-britain-after-omicron-tidal-wave-warning/articleshow/88258612.cms>ab