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The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Worrying interactive map shows UK Covid red zones where cases are surging in NEW wave

An interactive map shows the parts of the UK which are seeing the biggest surge in Covid cases as a new wave led by Omicron strains BA.4 and BA.5

Daily Mirror

Covid hospital admissions in Greater Manchester almost DOUBLE in a week as cases rise

The sharp rise follows the emergence of Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5

Manchester Evening News

Focus is now on sewage surveillance to detect emerging variants

This will provide early warning on impending local surge of COVID-19

The Hindu

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WHO Panel Backs Use of Omicron-Adapted Vaccine as Booster Dose

A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organization said on Friday. Such a variant-adapted vaccine may benefit those who have already received the primary series of shots, the agency's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Receives FDA Emergency Use Nod For Kids As Young As Six Months

The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE's (NASDAQ:BNTX) COVID-19 Vaccine as a three 3-µg dose series for children six months through 4 years of age. Based on safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity data, the 3-µg dose was carefully selected as the preferred dose for children under five. The EUA…

Benzinga

Covid infections increased by 43% in week after platinum jubilee, new estimates show

Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 thought to be responsible for sudden increase, but Jubilee celebrations ‘would certainly not have helped’

The Independent UK

Edinburgh expert says Scotland experiencing new Covid wave as Omicron cases increase

Professor Linda Bauld, from Edinburgh University, was speaking as the latest figures showed the number of Scots believed to have Covid increased to one in 30 last week - up from one in 40 the previous week

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Cases of covid-19 rising across all four UK nations as experts blame Omicron variants

New data shows the number of acute respiratory infection incidents (suspected outbreaks of the virus) had risen by almost 100 in a week

Chronicle Live

Coronavirus cases and hospitalisations rise rapidly in Wales

The Office for National Statistics says it's too early to say for certain if this is the start of a new wave

Wales Online

UK Covid infection rate rising, with more than a million cases in England

ONS figures show pandemic is not over, say experts, with Omicron variants probably to blame

The Guardian - UK

Covid-19 infection levels rising in all four UK nations

Prevalence of the virus remains well below the record high reached in the spring.

The Independent UK

Covid-19 rises across all UK nations with Omicron variants blamed

Figures remain well below their record high of 4.9m in March

Wales Online

UK Covid infections leap by 43% in a week, latest ONS survey reveals

Covid levels have risen in all four nations of the UK amid the spread of the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

Evening Standard

Scotland experiencing another Covid wave 'caused by two Omicron variants'

Professor Linda Bauld says Covid boosters may be extended to a wider range of groups in autumn.

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Daily Record

Scotland hit by Covid wave as cases of two Omicron variants increase

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics showed that around one in 40 people in Scotland had Covid-19, up from one in 50 the previous week.

Daily Record

Omicron variant less likely to cause long Covid than Delta, says new study

Researchers found that Omicron has less than half the chances of causing lasting symptoms than Delta

The National (Scotland)

Scotland experiencing another Covid wave as one in 30 have virus, expert warns

SCOTLAND is experiencing another wave of Covid-19 infections as cases of two Omicron variants increase, a public health expert has said.

The Independent UK

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated - and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

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Glasgow Live

Scotland experiencing 'another wave of Covid-19 infections' says public health expert

Professor Linda Bauld said the Omicron sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5. are part of the reason for the increase in cases and a "small but not significant" rise in the number of people in hospital.

Reuters

Omicron less likely to cause long COVID - UK study

The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the United Kingdom.

ABC News

New, 'sticky' Omicron variants will take over in NSW, concerns about reinfection

Two new Omicron variants are set to become the most prevalent in New South Wales as a result of their "growth advantage" over previous strains, according to NSW Health.

Daily Mirror

Long Covid risk is lower from Omicron compared to Delta, research suggests

Researchers from King’s College London have found that the Omicron variant "appears substantially less likely to cause long Covid than other variants" in a new study

Salon

Why the kids' vaccine took so long

One and a half years after the adult COVID-19 vaccine, a kids' shot is here. This is why it took so much longer

Wales Online

Omicron sufferers less likely to end up dealing with long Covid, study reveals

Scientists say the variant has less than half the chance of Delta of causing lingering symptoms

WEKU

Omicron poses about half the risk of long COVID as delta, new research finds

Some scientists estimate that cases of long COVID from omicron will still rise, however, because of high transmissibility and the misconception that people don't have to worry about catching it.

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