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Antony Thrower & Sophie Buchan

New Covid BA.5 variant that is outpacing other strains and can reinfect you every month

There are several Covid strains that we now know of from Alpha to Beta with another one being Omicron.

As well as keeping up-to-date with the latest variants, people are also keeping an eye on symptoms with the main three such as a new and continuous cough, still at the top of the list.

But now it's feared that one of the latest strains is said to be capable of re-infecting patients within weeks of them recovering from the virus.

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