UK Confirms 1st Death With Omicron COVID-19 Virus Variant

UK Confirms 1st Death With Omicron COVID-19 Virus Variant
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Health at the Stowe vaccination center in central London, on Dec. 13, 2021. Jeremy Selwyn/AFP via Getty Images
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Dec. 13 that at least one patient has been confirmed to have died with the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.

Speaking during a visit to a vaccination clinic in West London, Johnson said the Omicron variant “is producing hospitalizations” and “sadly, at least one patient has been confirmed to have died with Omicron.”