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Another new COVID variant is spreading – here's what we know about omicron BA.4.6

BA.4.6, a subvariant of the omicron COVID variant which has been quickly gaining traction in the US, is now confirmed to be spreading in the UK.

The Conversation

Monkeypox 'here to stay' says Liverpool sexual health charity

370 people in Liverpool have been vaccinated so far with vaccines remaining in short supply across the UK

Liverpool Echo

Covid infections ‘set to rise again in coming weeks’ ahead of winter flu season

UKHSA urges people to get booster jabs and take steps to prevent spread of virus

The Independent UK

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Government admits 50 firms were in VIP lane for test and trace contracts

Health department had denied Covid testing priority lane but new disclosure lists firms including lab behind false negatives

The Guardian - UK

Anger at plans to roll back Covid vaccines to under-11s in England

Children aged 5-11 will no longer be offered Covid jabs, except those in clinical risk groups, UKHSA confirms

The Guardian - UK

Monkeypox case confirmed in Liverpool after travel to West Africa

The individual has been admitted to a unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hopsital

Liverpool Echo

Nottingham sewers to be checked for polio virus

It has been detected in sewage samples from London

Nottingham Post

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Sewage checks to take place in North East to see if polio virus is spreading

Sewage sampling is being extended to areas including North Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead as a precaution after health teams found polio virus in the London area

Chronicle Live

Second monkeypox strain found in the UK

Individual hospitalised with the virus had recently travelled to west Africa, say public health officials

The Guardian - UK

New monkeypox strain discovered in United Kingdom

It is thought to be linked with travel to West Africa

Wales Online

Second monkeypox strain linked with travel to West Africa identified in UK

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said the patient is being treated in hospital and the risk to the general public remains ‘very low’

The Independent UK

Monkeypox: Second strain identified in UK as London cases hit 2,257

The case was identified in a person who had recently travelled to West Africa

Evening Standard

People in UK refused drug that could save their lives

The UK is the only G7 country to refuse to fund Evusheld, an antibody treatment which can boost protection against Covid for those whose immune systems do not respond well to vaccines

Wales Online

‘People are freaking out, seeing young men with lesions all over their faces’: the anxious wait for monkeypox vaccines

With supplies running low, many gay and bisexual men are struggling to get appointments at sexual health centres – and for some, the handling of the outbreak has alarming echoes of the HIV/Aids epidemic

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Evening Standard

Italian man simultaneously tests positive for monkeypox, Covid and HIV

The 36-year-old developed symptoms after visiting Spain for five days

The Guardian - UK

Routine Covid tests in English hospitals to be scrapped next week

Move comes despite near doubling in UK Covid deaths this summer compared with same period to last year

The Independent UK

Get vaccines and do not mistake meningitis for hangover, student freshers warned

Young people are being asked to arrange to get any vaccines they might have missed over the years.

Manchester Evening News

Where you can get monkeypox vaccine as Greater Manchester becomes first place to trial smaller doses

There will be more clinics over the next week in Manchester for those wanting to get the jab

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The Independent UK

All you need to know about monkeypox after global emergency declared

The most likely route of transmission is close physical contact

The Independent UK

Where did monkeypox come from?

Disease continuing to spread beyond West Africa this summer

The Independent UK

Monkeypox signs and symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

Daily Record

Students warned not to confuse meningitis for hangover and to get vaccinated

Young people are asked to check they are up to date on jabs for illnesses including meningitis, measles and HPV

Wales Online

Students warned not to confuse early meningitis symptoms with hangover and urged to get vaccinated

Young people and their parents are being reminded to check they are up to date with jabs against serious diseases including meningitis, septicaemia and measles

The Independent UK

Get jabs and do not mistake meningitis for bad hangover, student freshers warned

Young people are being asked to arrange to get any vaccines they might have missed over the years.

Liverpool Echo

Monkeypox vaccine to be offered in smaller doses amid supply shortage

The new approach will see those eligible be offered a 0.1ml dose of the smallpox vaccine instead of the usual 0.5ml dose

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