UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) said on Friday that 34 COVID-19 cases linked to the highly mutated variant BA.2.86 had been identified in England. The Omicron offshoot carries more than 35 mutations in key portions of the virus compared with XBB.1.5, the dominant
Experts are warning that the UK may have let its guard down over the Pirola variant of Covid-19. Concern is mounting over the BA.2.86 coronavirus variant which is spreading quickly causing the government to bring forward its autumn Covid booster programme by
England will bring forward the start of its autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes as a precautionary step after the identification of highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86, which has been found in Britain. Scientists have said BA.2.86, an offshoot of the Omicron
The Covid booster jab programme has been brought forward four weeks early amid growing concerns over the new variant detected in England on August 18. While scientists are yet to classify it as a “variant of concern”, the high number of mutations
The new BA.2.86 Covid variant is reportedly spreading across the United States after a person in Virginia was confirmed to have contracted the virus. The individual – the second confirmed case in the US – is said to have traveled from Japan
A new ‘Pi’ variant of Covid-19 could already be in the UK after scientists spotted it in Denmark and Israel. Scientists have claimed the new variant has been dubbed the real deal, sparking speculation about whether masks and other Covid restrictions could
The new “Arcturus” strain of SARS-Cov-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — has killed five Britons, the UK Health and Security Agency have reported. Arcturus, which is also known as Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, was first identified in India back in late
More Britons could be at risk in the event of a new pandemic, according to experts who claim that our preparations and defences against such an outbreak have been wound down. Despite the lessons that could have been learned from the coronavirus
The ‘“Kraken” strain is on a rampage through the UK amid a 50 percent surge in Covid cases over the last 10 days. The sublineage of Omicron -XBB1.5 – accounted for 11 percent of Covid cases on January 16, doubling its presence
The fast-spreading Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 43% of the COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ended Jan. 14, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday. The subvariant accounted for about