Scotland’s first minister Sturgeon, along with Wales’s first minister Mark Drakeford, on Monday (29 November) called for the UK government’s Cobra committee to convene to discuss a more radical response to the new variant, disclosed by scientists in South Africa last week.
At the weekend, prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed Day 2 PCR testing would be reintroduced as part of a range of measures to mitigate the import of, and spread, of Omicron. This includes requiring all arrivals into the UK to self-isolate until they get the result of their Day 2 test.
