Time-lapse maps show how 'most contagious Covid variant yet' has taken off in the UK

Time-lapse maps show how 'most contagious Covid variant yet' has taken off in the UK Covid's most contagious variant yet now accounts for more than eight out of 10 cases in England, official figures suggest amid growing calls for the return of mask mandates and free tests. 

A total of 82.2 per cent of virus positive swabs examined in the week to July 16 were the BA.5 version of Omicron, according to figures from the Sanger Institute, one of the UK's largest surveillance sites. That figure is expected to have risen since. The Daily Mail

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• Hair loss and sexual dysfunction join list of long COVID symptoms Sky News