A spokesman of the British Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson's stated that the UK government has no plans to go beyond what they have set out already on coronavirus restrictions. However, he noted, they would keep the characteristics of the Omicron variant under review and would act if necessary.
The PM's spokesman also added that "as a responsible government" they have an array of options available to them in terms of what measures can be taken to mitigate the spread of any COVID variant.