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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Robin McKie

As a new variant emerges, is Covid coming back to the UK?

Covid 19 cells under the microscope.
Cases are still low compared with last year. Photograph: Natchavakorn Songpracone/Alamy

The vaccine campaign against Covid-19 has just been brought forward by a month in the face of changes in the disease’s behaviour. The decision was made as the UK heads into autumn and has raised concerns that the nation faces a new wave of a disease that triggered a national lockdown three years ago. Here we look at the issues involved and scientists’ responses to the threats that lie ahead.

1 Are cases on the rise?

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