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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman, and this is the Sunday Roundup.

This morning, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, found himself back in the hot seat

after a week which saw the discovery of COVID's Omicron variant in South Africa.

Yesterday, the government confirmed that there were at least two cases of this variant

already in the UK.

Trevor Phillips spoke to Javid about whether the latest strain could mean a return to

some of the measures that have previously been in place.

There's no social distancing mandate.

There's no masks in pubs.

There's no working from home requirement. Last week, when we spoke,

I said that you were adopting a risky strategy by not being a bit tougher. This week, I know that

what you're saying may feel like results to you, but I think to some people, it may just feel like,

okay, they're waving a flag, but in truth, nothing much has changed. Well But I think to some people, it may just feel like, okay, they're waving a flag,

but in truth, nothing much has changed. Well, I think that let's first turn to those other

types of measures that we've had in the past, and you've just talked again about whether

it's work from home or other social distancing measures. We know now that those measures,

those type of measures, they do carry a very heavy price.

They, you know, both economically, socially, in terms of non-COVID health outcomes, such as your impact on mental health, for example.

So if one was to make decisions like that, they'd have to be done very, very carefully.

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