Evidence Does Not Support More COVID-19 Interventions: UK Minister

Evidence Does Not Support More COVID-19 Interventions: UK Minister
Environment Secretary George Eustice arrives in Downing Street, London, on Dec. 7, 2021. Aaron Chown/PA
Lily Zhou
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Current evidence doesn’t support imposing further CCP virus restrictions in England, a government minister said on Tuesday.

Environment Secretary George Eustice acknowledged that infection rates from the new Omicron variant were rising but said there was evidence it was not resulting in the same level of hospital admissions as previous waves.