The Latest Breaking News from UK Health Security Agency

By November 10, the UK Health Security Agency had identified 39 diphtheria cases among asylum seekers in England this year so far, and the number is understood to have risen to about 50

Transport Secretary Mark Harper insisted the infections present an ‘extremely low risk’ to the wider public.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said reports of diphtheria at the Manston processing centre had been "exaggerated" but UK Health Security Agency said there has been a spike

In late October, the UK Health Security Agency assigned variant designations to two new omicron “grandchildren”: BQ.1 and XBB. This means they will be monitored by health authorities, but are not at this stage regarded as variants of concern.

Research led by the UK Health Security Agency said the findings confirm that deaths from Covid-19 were ‘rare’ among children.

Our region has the most hospital admissions due to Covid-19 in the country.

Children aged two to three may have little natural immunity to flu and "can become severely ill", UK Health Security Agency consultant epidemiologist Dr Conall Watson has warned

Asking people to isolate themselves if have symptoms will not prevent many infections

But latest data points to an increase among secondary school aged children