Millions of people across the UK now have Covid thanks to the rise of new variants and the easing of restrictions. The latest figures show 3.5milion people had coronavirus in the UK last week.
Dr Jenny Harries, head of the UK Health Security Agency, said Covid infections are now at a 'very high level' while England's chief medical adviser Professor Chris Whitty has warned England should expect another wave of illness. It comes as free testing for Covid is set to be scrapped this week.
And millions of people are now catching Covid for a second time - partly thanks to Omicron - reports the BBC. Omicron is better at evading immunity the body has built up from a previous infection. Robert Cuffe, head of statistics at BBC News, said people are now 'pretty likely' to catch coronaviruses multiple times.
