LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson said on Monday that he would take further action to
tackle the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus if
necessary.
Johnson said the situation was "extremely difficult" and
that hospitalisations were rising steeply in London.
"We will have to reserve the possibility of taking further
action to protect the public, and to protect public health and
the NHS, and we won't hesitate to take that action," Johnson
said after a cabinet meeting.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew MacAskill)