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First Minister warns of an Omicron 'tsunami' as Lanarkshire battles COVID outbreak

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Nicola Sturgeon has warned of “a potential tsunami of infections” as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 takes hold, saying it is showing “perhaps the fastest exponential growth we’ve seen in the pandemic so far”.

The First Minister backed yesterday’s appeal from Public Health Scotland to defer Christmas parties, and announced that from tomorrow, all household contacts of any confirmed COVID case will need to isolate for 10 days – regardless of vaccine status or returning a negative PCR test.

She was speaking at a special COVID briefing this lunchtime, and added that “we can’t rule out further measures” as the situation develops in the coming days.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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