London and the South East are the regions worst-hit by the current surge in the new JN.1 Covid variant, which began to rise over Christmas and has become the dominant strain across the world
Chinese scientists experiment with a mutant coronavirus in mice, raising concerns about pandemic risks. The virus, GX P2V, showed 100% mortality in humanised mice
The Christmas period saw an increase in indoors mingling and socialising as temperatures have now plummeted into 2024, creating ideal conditions for the spread of Covid subvariant JN.1
The moment Brits are the most contagious and likely to spread Covid has been revealed in a new UKHSA study review that has looked into Omicron and the JN.1 subvariant
The number of coronavirus JN.1 infections has soared in recent weeks, from just four per cent of all UK Covid cases in early November to 65 per cent on December 30