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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Linda Geddes Science correspondent

Is UK at start of new Covid wave driven by BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants?

The National Covid Memorial Wall.
According to ONS data, about one in 70 people in England were estimated to have had Covid in the week ending 2 June. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

If you thought Covid-19 was dead and gone, think again. Early signs indicate that the UK may be at the start of a new wave of Covid infections driven by BA.4 and BA.5 – while new data suggests these variants may have evolved to refavour infecting lung tissue, which could make them more dangerous.

So what can we expect in the coming weeks and months?

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