Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 13 December 2021

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1. PM warns of ‘Omicron emergency’

Booster jabs will be offered to everyone over 18 in England from this week, the prime minister announced, as he declared an “Omicron emergency”. The UK’s Covid alert level has been increased from level three to four – meaning transmission of cases is high or rising exponentially. Britain’s top public health officials have advised ministers that “stringent national measures” need to be imposed by 18 December.

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