1 In 25 Have Fierce New Fast-Spreading Covid Strain
Daily Express|January 03, 2023
PEOPLE should return to wearing masks, a health chief warned last night - as a highly contagious new Covid strain took hold in Britain.
Hanna Geissler
1 In 25 Have Fierce New Fast-Spreading Covid Strain

The fast-spreading XBB.1.5 variant - said to be present in China, where patients were seen being rushed to the ICU in Suining, Sichuan province - is now the cause of one in 25 UK cases.

Professor Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK Health Security Agency, which is monitoring the strain, said: "It's important to minimise the spread of infection in schools and other settings as much as possible....

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