The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has said the new JN.1 strain of the virus has already been found in the UK, as well as the US, Iceland, Portugal and Spain
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An average of 7,000 people continue to die each day above the pre-pandemic baseline, with the overwhelming majority either directly from COVID-19 or due to the myriad negative long-term health impacts caused by the virus.