Experts have warned that a "devastating" spike in Covid cases could sweep across the UK as winter approaches.
A drop in testing and insufficient monitoring of new immune-evasive subvariants could lead to a wave of infections, the Mirror reports.
According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus rose in England for the week ending September 17, meaning around one in 65 people had the virus.