Latest updates: Simon Clarke, chief secretary to Treasury, says rethink justified because Omicron is ‘more transmissible but less dangerous’
In his interview in Essex Boris Johnson said Sajid Javid, the health secretary, will make a statement on vaccination policy for NHS workers later. Johnson said he believed health workers should get vaccinated, but he would not confirm that the government would continue to make this compulsory for them.
Asked about the reports of a U-turn, he said:
My view on NHS workers, everybody involved in looking after vulnerable people, all healthcare professionals should get a vaccine. That’s absolutely clear.
I think that Sajid Javid, the health secretary, is saying a bit more later on about how you might deal with different variants of coronavirus because they have different implications when it comes to transmission.
