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Data from the Sanger Institute, one of the UK's largest Covid surveillance centres, shows six in 10 positive swabs it examined in the week to June 25 were the BA.5 version of Omicron.
Scientists believe the UK's latest surge has mainly been fuelled by Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, which are even more transmissible than the strain that caused pandemic highs in April.
Coughing, sneezing and a runny nose are now all tell-tale signs of the coronavirus, which has become milder as the pandemic has worn on.
EXCLUSIVE: One on 50 people in England were infected last week, with cases soaring 40 per cent in seven days - the biggest weekly rise seen since Christmas.
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