Good Morning Britain's Dr Hilary Jones has warned that serious cases of covid-19. Asked by Susanna Reid whether we would see hospital admissions and serious illness rise, in line with the rise in cases, Dr Hilary responded: "I think we will, unfortunately.
"We are seeing more admissions. Even though this variant is less likely to cause more serious disease and infection, the sheer numbers of people are double when final restrictions were eased two weeks ago."
The new variant is a subtype of omicron and has been dubbed "stealth omicron". It can infect people who are triple vaccinated.
