BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 19:13:00
There are further sharp increases in covid infections, driven by variants of omicron known as baa and ba.5 which spread more rapidly. case rates rose in all the uk's nations, with scotland still the highest, where one in 18 people had the virus last week. but if you look back at previous covid numbers, the latest level of infections is still less than half what it was in march, and lower than january. so what factors might influence where things go from here? portugal, looking at our european neighbour, had a big rise in infections that's now coming down, the second feature may be to do with o...