A new Covid-19 wave for the UK is expected to be on the horizon after new strains have been spreading through the nation.
The strain BA.1 is the original variant of Omicron that caused a surge in infections across the UK in December and early January, and the newer strains BA.4 and BA.5 have been recently classified by UK Health Security Agency as “variants of concern”.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a total of 989,800 people in private households in the UK are estimated to have had the virus in the week ending June 2, up from 953,900 the previous week.
