Health experts have warned that the UK is already in a ‘devastating’ new Covid wave that could ruin an already struggling NHS.
Coronavirus cases increased by 14% last week, with more than 1.1 million people testing positive
Professor Tim Spector, a co-founder of the Zoe Health Study, a phone app that tracks the spread of Covid, told: ‘It looks like we’re in the start of the next wave and this time it’s affected older people slightly earlier than the last wave.’ Omicron, the 13th named variant of the coronavirus, has a few more tricks compared to earlier versions of the virus.
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