The Guardian’s headline says data shows the risk of a hospital stay is 40% lower with Omicron. It points out that, with Wales and Northern Ireland announcing stricter measures, England is the only country in the UK not to have announced post-Christmas curbs. The paper quotes epidemiologist Prof Neil Ferguson who says that while the study is “good news” it does not substantially change modelling by experts which pointed to 3,000 daily hospitalisations in England at the peak next month.