 | 'Work from home, COVID passports': UK government announces new rules amid Omicron variant fearsBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a briefing that the rate of Omicron cases was doubling every two to three days, risking a 'big rise in hospitalisations'. |
 | British PM Boris Johnson to set out lockdown-free winter COVID planUnder the autumn-winter proposals, the government is set to repeal some powers of its emergency Coronavirus Act, brought in to tackle the pandemic last year. |
