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Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in England, the country is also experiencing a surge in reinfections. Provisional data shows that, as of the week ending March 20, 2022, laboratory-confirmed reinfections -- two positive tests taken more than 90 days apart -- have surpassed 50,000 per week in England, 10.7% of all cases, according to a weekly report from the U.K. Health Security Agency published Thursday. This is a jump from the less than 20,...

Experts said reinfections in England are rising due to the spread of the BA.2 variant, waning immunity and the relaxing of COVID-19 mitigation measures.

JCVI formally advises another booster shot in spring for groups deemed most at risk from virus

Pfizer boss Dr Albert Bourla said he thought a fourth jab would be needed a year after the third based on the previous variants in circulation, but Omicrons emergence means we may need it faster.

Pfizer announced today that three doses of its vaccine provide a more robust defence against the Omicron variant, which was first identified in South Africa last month.

Findings suggest boosting antibodies can compensate for jabs being less well matched than to earlier variants

From pandemic to epidemic | Briefing

New research into treatment and diagnosis of long COVID 15 new studies across the UK will expand research into long COVID to support thousands of vulnerable people, backed by nearly £20 million through the NIHR From: 15 new studies across UK to expand research that will support thousands of vulnerable people Nearly £20 million for research projects will help improve understanding of long COVID and identify effective treatments Projects include the largest long COVID trial to date which wi...

Sputnik V Gives 90% Protection Against Delta Strain of COVID-19, Scientist Says © AP Photo / Pavel Golovkin Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202107111083358953-sputnik-v-gives-90-protection-against-delta-strain-of-covid19-scientist-says/ NOVOSIBIRSK (Sputnik) - Viral vector and mRNA vaccines, including Russia’s Sputnik V, provide enough protection against the new Delta strain of the coronavirus, Head of the Novosibirsk ...

Recent studies have published encouraging findings around immunity So far, more than 45 million of us have had a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine dose - about nine in 10 of the adult population – and more than 33 million people in the UK have had a second. This magnificent national effort is now paying dividends. Despite rising case numbers, the proportion of people ending up in hospital after infection is much smaller than in previous waves. But now attention is turning to the next big issue...