UK Slams 'Not Effective or Proportionate' French Travel Ban on Britons Over Omicron Fears

The UK registered a record number of daily coronavirus cases for the second day running on Thursday, with 88,376 infections. The day before, slightly more than 10,000 were confirmed as having the Omicron variant. Meanwhile, France reported 65,713 new COVID-19 cases over a similar period, claiming to have only 240 confirmed cases of Omicron.