BBCNEWS BBC News January 26, 2022 10:29:00
The rapid emergence of the omicron variant at the end of last year saw coronavirus rocket. now scientists behind one of england's largest infection studies say the start of 2022 has seen unprecedented levels of covid. the react study collected more than 100,000 swabs from volunteers during the first couple of weeks in january. its findings suggest around one in 23 people in england would have tested positive for covid at that time — the highest rate ever recorded. researchers also found around two in three people, or 65%, who had recently been infected said they had already had coronavirus b...