UK deputy PM Raab muddles up Omicron figures
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Raab first told Sky News that there were at least 250 people with Omicron in hospital. He then told the BBC that nine people with Omicron were in hospital
British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab on Tuesday made a muddle of the number of hospitalised Britons infected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Raab first told Sky News that there were at least 250 people with Omicron in hospital.
He then told the BBC that nine people with Omicron were in hospital.
“I misheard one of the questions,” Raab told ITV when asked about the range of figures.
“The figures are one dead from Omicron, 10 in hospital,” he added.
When asked to clarify the figures, a spokesman for the justice ministry told Reuters to call the health ministry.
The health ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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