The World Health Organisations has updated its guidelines on mask-wearing in community settings, as a new wave of Covid takes hold in China.
This comes after the new variant - known as Kraken - was detected in the East Asian country, before spreading to the US, UK, and Ireland - which are among many other countries who have reported cases.
Experts are calling this ‘the most transmissible’ strain so far and new travel rules have already been brought in for passengers travelling from China.
