Nervtag called for 'early robust action' against Omicron variant, minutes reveal

Boris Johnson has reintroduced measures such as mandatory mask-wearing but resisted calls to do more Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Experts advising the government called last week for "early and robust actions" to limit the transmission of the Omicron Covid variant, minutes reveal. Members of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) held an extraordinary meeting last Thursday and agreed they could not rule out the new variant causing...