The Latest Breaking News from UK Health Security Agency

UK records 92,368 Covid-19 cases in spike as reinfections counted for first time

The UK's Covid-19 case numbers have substantially dropped since peaking around New Year’s when 245,182 cases were recorded on January 4 - meanwhile, the UK Health Security Agency has begun to include data on possible reinfections in its dashboard

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2022

The differences between 'old Covid' and Omicron symptoms

New analysis from the UK Health Security Agency has found several differences

Manchester Evening News · Jan 29, 2022

Health agency warns of rise in drug-resistant infection mainly affecting gay men

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced there have been an increase in cases of Shigella sonnei, which is highly infectious.

Daily Record · Jan 29, 2022

New Covid sub-variant investigated in UK after being detected in 53 people

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHS) today said the sister variant of the usual BA. 1 type Omicron Covid mutation has also been found in other European countries

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2022

BA.2: New form of Omicron variant under investigation with more than 100 cases in London, says UKHSA

A new form of Omicron named BA.2 has been deemed a “variant under investigation” with more than 100 confirmed cases in London, the UK Health Security Agency has said.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2022