EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 600 districts reported clusters in the week to August 12, up from just 270 two weeks earlier. Hospital admissions are also rising sharply.
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Another new Omicron variant has got scientists talking. Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency in May, the virus is still widespread - and mutating. While the EG.5 and EG.5.1 now makes up one in seven cases in the UK, a new heavily-mutated version of Omicron could be another cause for concern.
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