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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Covid reinfections: How likely are you to catch coronavirus again?

PA

More than two years on from the first Covid-19 case in the UK, millions of Britons have caught the virus and some have had it multiple times.

While the Office of National Statistics (ONS) noted a continued downward trend in the number of people catching the coronavirus in England, Wales and Scotland in the week ending 25 July, a spike in cases earlier this summer was largely due to Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.

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