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How serious a threat is new Omicron Covid variant XBB.1.5?
feature The so-called Kraken strain can bind more tightly to ‘the doors the virus uses to enter our cells’
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Did Rishi Sunak really fly home to stop Britain from ‘sleepwalking into a lockdown’?
Today's Big Question Tory leadership contender’s bold claim has been disputed by various government sources
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BA.5: Is it time to step up the COVID fight again?
opinion The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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BA.5: how worried should we be about the new Omicron variant?
Today's Big Question Mutation described as ‘worst version yet’ by one expert, but others have downplayed fears
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BA.4 and BA.5: what the two new Omicron variants mean for the Covid pandemic
feature Health experts say we have entered the next wave of Covid-19 infections
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Why are there so many new Omicron sub-variants?
feature Latest sub-variants of Covid-19 mutation are fuelling fresh waves of infections worldwide
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How quickly can you catch Covid again?
Today's Big Question Scientists say a woman was infected with two different strains of the virus within three weeks
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World Health Organization: the latest Covid variants of concern
feature Cases of two new strains of Omicron have been identified in the UK
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Has Covid become less dangerous than flu?
Today's Big Question New figures suggest Covid-19 poses lower death risk but experts warn against complacency
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‘Select and focus’: exploring South Korea’s controversial new Covid strategy
In Depth Government has changed tack to prioritise the elderly and vulnerable
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The red-blue COVID-19 death rate chasm apparently narrowed during the Omicron wave
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3 in 4 Americans have immunity from Omicron, model estimates, but the other 80 million 'have to be very careful'
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The arguments for and against free Covid-19 testing
Pros and Cons Free lateral flow and PCR tests could be scrapped in England by March
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Why Hong Kong is in the middle of an Omicron ‘onslaught’
feature Government’s zero-Covid plan faces ‘critical test’ as record infections overwhelm city
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