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London mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday declared a “major incident” in the British capital due to the spread of the Omicron variant.
More than 65,000 new cases were confirmed in London over the past seven days, and 26,418 cases reported in the last 24 hours -– the highest number since the start of the pandemic.
A major incident is defined as an event with a range of serious consequences which requires special arrangements to be implemented, and is aimed at helping authorities support each other to reduce service disruption in the city.
Khan previously declared a major incident on January 8 during a previous wave of the virus, but stood down the order a month later as case numbers fell.
