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EXCLUSIVE: Covid - which has dominated the news cycle for almost two years - has faded into the background as Vladimir Putin's invasion sees bombs dropped on civilians.
It is certainly possible that Covid is now less deadly than flu, infectious diseases expert Professor Paul Hunter said today, although he warned another variant could still change this.
Latest hospital data shows there were 1,406 daily virus admissions across the UK on March 6, up a third compared to the previous week and the seventh day in a row they have risen week-on-week.
Britain's resurgent Covid outbreak showed no signs of slowing down today as daily cases and hospital admissions rose again.
But experts told MailOnline they could not see 'much difference' in death rates between Scotland and Wales and England since March 2020.