Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has refused to rule out more severe COVID restrictions over Christmas – but says “none are planned”.
With the Omicron variant of coronavirus surging across the country, Mr Raab said COVID passports were “necessary”, despite many Conservative MPs being opposed to the idea.
However, the minister mistakenly said during the interview that 250 people were in hospital with Omicron – the Government later issued a clarification saying the figure was 10.
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