With cases surging and straining health care and other services, Britain’s challenges foreshadow the impact of the Omicron variant in other countries.
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U.K. Plans Field Wards to Meet Omicron Surge
Unlike the “Nightingale hospitals” that went largely unused during the first virus wave, the new facilities are designed for patients needing less intensive treatment.
Spurred by Omicron, Europe Sets Covid Infection Records Every Day
The surge of cases is causing chaos as people scramble to obtain tests, businesses grapple with staff shortages and New Year’s festivities are thrown into question.
Spurred by Omicron, Europe Is Setting Coronavirus Infection Records Every Day
The surge of cases is causing chaos as people scramble to obtain tests, businesses grapple with staff shortages and New Year’s festivities are thrown into question.
Fears of Omicron’s Rapid Spread Are Tempered by Signs of Milder Illness
“We can’t stop it,” Israel’s prime minister said of the Omicron variant, but that warning was blunted by early signs of potentially less-severe illness than with earlier coronavirus iterations.
Helping to Reveal a Still-Shuttered World
Our weekly photo essay series offered readers a glimpse of distant places and cultures that, for a second straight year, remained largely inaccessible.
‘Christmas Can Be Hard’ Amid Loss, Queen Elizabeth Says in Annual Message
Her address, which was recorded last week, is the first since the death of her husband, Prince Philip. It comes as coronavirus cases in Britain have hit record highs.
Despite Omicron Wave, Britons Are Set on Not Losing Another Christmas
For Christmas shoppers in central London this week, little seemed to dampen their spirits. But there was an undercurrent that the city was bracing for further coronavirus restrictions.
U.K. System Strained as Health Care Workers Get Covid Themselves
Hospitals, clinics and ambulance services say infections are winnowing their staffs, straining a system already taxed by nearly two years of dealing with the pandemic.
Britain Introduces ‘Plan B’ Covid Measures to Tackle Omicron
People in England will be urged to work from home and have to show proof of vaccination. Critics say the prime minister is trying to deflect attention from a growing outcry over reports his staff flouted Covid rules.