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World Health Organisation (WHO) last week pointed out that Omicron is transmitting at a very intense level around the world. “We have sub-lineages of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. BA.2 is more transmissible, and this is the most transmissible variant we have seen of the SARS-COV2 virus to date", the WHO official pointed out.

Myalgia is regarded as ‘top’ symptom for COVID and is now widely reported. With new COVID strains striking at regular intervals and the symptoms related to infection also changing over time, it is now hard to identify the disease.

Coronavirus could have a new strange symptom that only occurs at night.While most of Britain moves on from the deadly pandemic, scientists are busy investigating the symptoms of Omicron's BA.5 variant.Thought to be highly contagious, but not as deadly as previous variants and strains, a new study has warned of a tell-tale sign that you might have it.READ MORE: Fish and chip shops face 'extinction' as cost of living situation 'worse than pandemic'According to Professor Luke O'Neil form Trinity College Dublin, night sweats are caused by the new strain.He said: “One extra symptom from BA.5 I saw this morning is night sweats.“The disease is slightly different because the virus has changed.“There is some immunity to it – obviously with the T-cells and so on – and that mix of your immune system and the virus being slightly different might give rise to a slightly different disease, strangely enough night sweats being a feature.“But very importantly, if you are vaccinated and you’re boosted, it doesn’t progress into severe disease is the message to keep reminding peopleNight sweats haven't actually been added to the official NHS list of symptoms yet, as the UK topped 205,000 deaths earlier this month.One slight positive of the new strain, is that you are around 20 to 50% less likely to get long Covid compared to other strains, according to the Zoe Covid study group.Having identified 56,003 cases of Covid positive cases between December 20, 2021 and March 9, 2022, and compared them to around 41,000 cases of Delate, it was discovered that the chances of suffering from Long Covid is lower.Dr Claire Steves from King’s College London said: “The Omicron variant appears substantially less likely to cause Long-COVID than previous

Omicron is causing 'milder' infections as compared to Delta, the variant has significantly changed the future course of COVID mostly because of 3 reasons. First, the variant spreads faster than the previously identified ones. Second, it shows immune escape properties. Third, people infected with Omicron have reported a wide range of symptoms that are distinct from one another. Recent studies have shown apart from flu-like symptoms like sore throat, fever and body ache, patients are also complaining of irritations in skin, tongue and other parts, which are less talked about but can be equally disturbing. 

Previous coronavirus infection gives double jabbed people greater protection, new research suggests.

The number of people testing positive for Covid in England has fallen for the first time in almost three months.

Boris Johnson is set to reveal the country's recovery roadmap on Monday.He has promised no10 will be guided by "data and not dates" as he looks to get the country back on its feet.The PM is to spend the weekend finalising his plan for easing coronavirus measures in England whilst opening up the economy.But there is a growing concern that a fall in Covid rates have stalled for first time in six weeks.Prof Tim Spector, who leads the Zoe Covid symptom study app at King's College London, has been speaking this afternoon.He said: "Although daily new cases have fallen steadily for six consecutive weeks in the UK, in the last few days the rate of decrease has plateaued."This is mainly true in places like Scotland, Wales and the Midlands compared