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While it is usually a mild illness, treatment is still advised and you should speak to a GP if you think you or a child may have it

New ‘kraken’ mutation of the COVID-19 virus is most contagious subvariant yet

For some COVID-19 patients, the initial illness isn't nearly as bad as the persistent and sometimes disabling symptoms that linger for months or years afterward. These are the people with long COVID, a complex chronic illness that can afflict without regard for age, sex, vaccination status or medical history.

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections which have overwhelmed its health system.

There's a reason the sub-variant was named after a mythological creature

The current dominant variants, BQ.1 and its sub-lineages, could be overtaken by different Omicron strains.

Most symptoms from long Covid clear up within a year for people who had mild initial infections, a large Israel study said Thursday, with the findings welcomed as "reassuring". At least 17 million people in Europe suffered from long Covid symptoms months after recovering from their initial infection during 2020…

The new project is aiming to bring communities and public organisations together

Some 2.1 million people in the UK are suffering from long Covid