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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Is Barbenheimer really to blame? Covid experts on reasons behind jump in cases

AP

The UK has seen a recent resurgence of Covid, with a spike in infections and yet another new variant emerging this summer.

Eris, a descendant of the Omicron variant, now accounts for as many as one in seven cases after it was reported for the first time in July.

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