UK’s progress on Covid now squandered, warns top scientist

Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust, suggests emergence of Omicron variant means pandemic is far from over
Covid will pose threat to UK for next five years, experts warn

Government policy and the rate of immunity will determine how quickly coronavirus settles into a ‘predictable endemic state’, advisers say
All 17 people with suspected Omicron at superspreader Oslo Xmas party were vaccinated, officials

At least 17 people suspected of having the Omicron variant of coronavirus after a ‘super spreader’ Christmas party in Oslo were fully vaccinated, city health officials have said.