Boris Johnson press conference: What time is the PM’s speech today, November 27?
THE Prime Minister will speak from Downing Street alongside Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty and Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance today.
Here’s when to catch the broadcast.
Boris Johnson will speak to the public later today[/caption]What time is Boris Johnson’s press conference today?
Boris Johnson is to hold a Number 10 press conference at 5pm today, after cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant were confirmed in the UK.
The two cases of the “variant of concern” were detected in Nottingham and in Essex.
The individuals and all members of their households have been ordered to self-isolate after one case was detected in Chelmsford, Essex, and the other in Nottingham.
Both cases are believed to be connected and there is a link to southern Africa.
A government press release read: “In response to the developing situation, the UK is taking decisive action to protect public health.
“Confirmed cases and contacts are being followed up and requested to isolate and get tested as necessary.”
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What is the prime minister expected to say?
Boris Johnson is expected to set out further Covid-19 measures during the Downing Street conference.
It’s been predicted that he will slap four more countries on the travel ban list in a desperate bid to avoid a fresh lockdown this Christmas amid Omicron variant chaos.
That brings the total number of countries on the red list to 10 after Sajid Javid today confirmed two cases of the dreaded super-strain have been reported in Britain.
From 4am on Sunday, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola will be added to the travel red list in addition to the six already on it from today, the government has confirmed.
Travellers who have returned from these four countries in last 10 days must isolate and get a PCR test.
Senior Government scientists said the mutant variant was the “worst variant they have seen so far” – with vaccines expected to be at least a third less effective against it.
Sajid Javid said: “Thanks to our world class genomic sequencing we have been made aware of two UK cases of the Omicron variant. We have moved rapidly and the individuals are self-isolating while contact tracing is ongoing.
How can I watch it?
You watch it on The Sun’s YouTube channel.
You can also find it on all major UK TV channels.
And on many social accounts as well as on the UK prime minister’s official twitter handle: “@10DowningStreet”.