Here are the morning headlines for Thursday, January 20, as medical experts track a second type of Omicron that may be spreading faster.
Dr Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, says that there is evidence that the new type of Omicron, known to scientists as BA.2, is growing compared to Omicron (known as BA.1) in the UK, Denmark and Germany.
He said the growth across multiple countries may mean it is more transmissable than Omicron,
