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The\u00a0South West\u00a0has an Omicron prevalence of 30.6 per cent, (at the time of sending you this newsletter) – that’s a percentage of the population\u00a0who’s\u00a0positive PCR test identifies the Omicron variant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ZOE COVID Study has published a map of England where Omicron is present<\/a>. Dark areas, such as the London region, show were Omicron has become the dominant strain, whereas light areas, such as Devon, show Delta remains dominant, for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week we sent you a special edition of this newsletter, following the various changes and announcements we’ve heard in the last week in response to Omicron. If you missed it, you can find it online.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In it, we round up all of the new measures, which ministers have since supported in parliament; we talk about the booster jab, who’s eligible, and why we need it; but also, that it\u2019s not too late to get any of your vaccinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to all of you who have been in touch to tell us how helpful it is. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":54322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[293],"class_list":["post-54650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-social-care","tag-coronavirus"],"acf":[],"featured_image":{"ID":54322,"title":"Coronavirus ball","alt":"Coronavirus ball, showing 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