New Covid-19 variant Arcturus is rapidly spreading across the globe and worried health officials warn it has a new symptom not seen in previous strains.
Five people have now died in the UK with the new variant which has already spread across the UK, and is present in all regions of England apart from the North East.
According to the latest technical briefing from the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA), there were at least 135 cases of Arcturus, Omicron XBB.1.16, in the UK.
