“In the confirmed cases in the UK at the moment, we’ve only seen a very small number over the age of 70, who are the people with most severe disease in hospital.

“We’re asking people to take personal precautions by wearing their face coverings, use ventilation, get their vaccine if they haven’t had it, or get boosted if they have.

“[This will] reduce the impact on hospitals and prevent the severity of disease that will impact all of us.”

Dr Hopkins went on to say that reports of individuals hospitalised with Omicron have started growing over the last few days.

Source: | This article first appeared on Express.co.uk

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