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Day: June 22, 2022

Warning as new COVID wave takes hold in UK
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Warning as new COVID wave takes hold in UK

  The UK is experiencing a new wave of coronavirus. A leading health expert has warned the world is "playing with fire” as a new coronavirus wave takes hold in the UK. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead on COVID-19, has urged governments to increase surveillance and ensure sequencing is taking place so experts can use the data to protect people. She warned that the world was dismantling systems needed to end the global emergency and fight the next one. Her message was aimed at countries such as the UK which have decreased testing and removed restrictions after they moved into the living with COVID phase. The UK is currently experiencing a resurgence of the virus, with COVID cases up in all four nations. The increase is being by the Omicron s...