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How worried should we be about new Covid variants?

FT science editor Clive Cookson and global pharma correspondent Hannah Kuchler answered your questions about rising Omicron infections and vaccine efficiency

Covid infections continue to rise across the UK, with the latest data from the Office for National Statistics showing 1.7mn people testing positive, a 23 per cent increase on the week before.

Many other countries are experiencing similar increases, driven mainly by the recent BA. 4 and BA. 5 subvariants of Omicron, and hospitalisations are beginning to climb around the world.

But what are the symptoms and how worried should we be? Who will be offered a booster and when? How severe is Long Covid? Will vaccines adapted to Omicron be ready in time for the autumn? Will regulators co-ordinate a worldwide switch to these new jabs?

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