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A new Covid-19 omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is sweeping the country.

XBB.1.5 is the most highly transmissible version we've seen of the Covid-19 virus. It's also very good at evading immune defenses.

Inverse

Deaths of two nurses from Covid-19 ruled as industrial disease

Gareth Roberts and Dominga David worked for the University Hospital of Wales and died during in the early days of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

London Covid infections may have peaked after Christmas wave

ONS estimates that 3.5 per cent of Londoners had virus in week up to January 3

Evening Standard

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Covid vaccine uptake in Black community ‘impacted by conspiracy theories and racial inequality’

Experts have called for better public health messaging to help drive higher vaccination rates among ethnic minority communities

Evening Standard

How anti-vaccine misinformation hampers conversation about genuine concerns

With more than 13 billion doses administered to date, we know Covid vaccines are overwhelmingly safe, effective,

Wales Online

UK Covid-19 infections may have peaked after Christmas wave

Prevalence of the virus is continuing to increase among the over-70s, however.

The Independent UK

NHS heart doctor who championed Covid vaccines now wants jabs suspended after death of his father

Dr Aseem Malhotra believes booster was a factor in his father's death at 73 but other specialists insist vaccine saves lives on a huge scale

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Fresh Strep A warning as 'high levels' recorded in UK

Strep A has now caused 190 deaths in England

Liverpool Echo

China’s Covid Infections Could Remain High for Three Months, Expert Says

The former chief epidemiologist at the Chinese CDC, Zeng Guang, adds that high numbers of severe cases may persist even longer

Caixin Global

Queensland COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations fall as disease identified as a leading killer in 2022

Authorities say there were 8,635 active cases of the virus on January 11 — a fall of 19 per cent on the week before.

ABC News

Scarlet fever symptoms as Strep A bacteria 'still circulating at high levels'

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

Wales Online

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

Tribune News Service

Details on where and when to get your flu vaccine in Northern Ireland

The Department of Health encourages getting vaccinated to help to protect the health service at a time when hospitals are under extreme pressure

Belfast Live

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

Medical experts say the new COVID-19 mutation dubbed “kraken” is the most contagious subvariant of the virus to emerge since the pandemic began — and it’s becoming the dominant strain in the United States.

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The Independent UK

‘Encouraging’ drop in Covid-19 hospital patients since Christmas

Figures had been on an upwards trend since late November.

Chronicle Live

Covid XBB.1.5: Symptoms of the new coronavirus ‘Kraken’ sub-variant as UKHSA confirm cases in UK

A mutated version of the Omicron variant is sweeping across China, the USA, and now, cases have been identified in the UK

Los Angeles Times

Even after mild cases of COVID, long COVID symptoms can linger for a year or more

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.

Reuters

Mainland Chinese head to Hong Kong for mRNA COVID vaccines

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.

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Irish Mirror

Highly transmissible 'Kraken' subvariant likely to become the dominant strain of Covid-19 in Ireland

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

Daily Record

'Kraken' Covid variant and Omicron strain to dominate UK as 'most infectious' yet

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study: Most Long Covid Symptoms Clear Up in a Year for Mild Cases

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…

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to tackle health inequality

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

Evening Standard

Long Covid effects ‘resolve in a year’ for most with mild illness, study finds

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

The Independent UK

Long Covid effects will ‘resolve in a year’ for this group of people

Fatigue, difficulty concentrating, shortness of breath and muscle aches are common symptoms of long Covid

Axios

Study: Long COVID symptoms ease within a year for many

This is a rare bit of encouraging news about what has thus far remained a mysterious, scary and debilitating condition for millions.

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