BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten June 4, 2024 21:29:00
Our medical editor fergus walsh is here. covid infections have been rising sharply for the past month — driven by the highly contagious omicron sub—variants baa and ba.5. the ons survey shows increases across the uk. in england, one in 25 were infected last week. in wales, one in 20. northern ireland, one in 19. and highest of all, one in 17 in scotland, though the rate of growth is slowing there. in all, its estimated 2.7 million people had covid — up 18% on the previous week — but that...
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