The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, with cases largely driven by the super infectious omicron variants

Highest number of infections since late April recorded

The FDA's independent experts voted to include a SARS-CoV-2 omicron component in COVID-19 vaccines that would be used for boosters in the U.S. beginning in fall 2022. The panel has advised manufacturers to develop modified vaccines that add an omicron BA.4/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a…

There has also been an increase in the number of Covid cases in intensive care

Signs of an increase in intensive care admissions as growth of BA.4 and BA.5 variants fuels rise in all ages

The current spike is being fuelled by more infectious Omicron sub-variants

‘Living with the virus’ is proving much harder than the early vaccine success suggested, says professor of immunology Danny Altmann

Total infections are now at levels last seen in late April.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that around 288,200 people in Scotland had the virus in the week ending June 24.

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