As Britain faces a shortage of staff in hospitals due to surging coronavirus cases, the defence ministry announced said it will deploy troops in London hospitals.

Omicron surge: UK to deploy troops, military medics to help hospital staff

As the UK continues to report nearly 200,000 COVID-19 cases a day, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that one in 15 people were estimated to have been infected with COVID-19 until December 31 in England.

As UK battles Omicron wave, 1 in 15 infected with COVID-19 in England

The United Kingdom witnessed a record high in daily COVID-19 cases reporting over 1,83,000 new coronavirus cases as British officials estimated that 90 per cent of all reported infections were community transmitted cases in England.

UK falls short of self-testing kits amid coronavirus wave

UK on Wednesday reported 106,122 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the Omicron variant continues to surge in the country. It is the highest number of daily COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Omicron alert: UK records over 100,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Amid a surge in Omicron variant cases in the capital, London mayor Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" after 26,418 virus cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

'Major incident', declares London mayor Sadiq Khan amid Omicron threat

As Europe continues to battle against the virus, Italy on Wednesday decided to impose coronavirus tests for everyone arriving from EU countries and five-day mandatory quarantine for those who haven't been vaccinated.

Europe battles to vaccinate kids as EU chief warns Omicron could become dominant variant

As South Africa battles a surge in coronavirus cases, reports claim hospitals in the country are bracing for more virus cases amid growing the Omicron variant threat.

Omicron spreads in South Africa as President Ramaphosa urges vaccination

As the Omicron variant continues to spread worldwide, UK reported 75 new cases of the variant on Saturday with 29 cases already reported the previous day taking the total number of confirmed omicron variant cases in the country to 143.

UK reports 75 new Omicron virus cases; confirmed cases rise to 134