Article 612N1 New Covid wave: Is this what ‘living with covid’ looks like?

New Covid wave: Is this what ‘living with covid’ looks like?

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Presented by Ian Sample, produced by Anand Jagatia
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The UK is yet again facing a wave of Covid infections, with cases soaring by more than half a million in a week at the end of June. This time, the wave is driven by even more transmissible variants of Omicron known as BA.4 and BA.5. But with all Covid precautions gone, and many of us heading to bars, pubs, festivals and sporting events as the summer rolls on, is it much of a surprise? Ian Sample asks Prof Graham Medley if infections will translate into hospitalisations and deaths, and whether we can expect ongoing cycles of Covid waves in the months and years to come

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