UK’s Johnson Hails ‘Incomparably Better’ New Year’s Eve Than Last Year

UK’s Johnson Hails ‘Incomparably Better’ New Year’s Eve Than Last Year
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre in the Open University Campus, in Milton Keynes, England, on Dec. 29, 2021. Geoff Pugh /Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK is in an “incomparably better” position than this time last year due to the British public’s “heroic” response to the mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

In a New Year video message posted on Twitter, Johnson said: “Whatever the challenges that fate continues to throw in our way and whatever the anxieties we may have about the weeks and months ahead, particularly about Omicron and the growing numbers in hospitals, we can say one thing with certainty: our position this Dec. 31 is incomparably better than last year.”