Covid jab warning as new variants spread

PUBLIC Health Wales has urged all eligible people to continue to receive Covid-19 vaccinations as data shows two new variants have swept through Wales within the past five weeks.

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A variant named NB.1.8.1 has made headlines more than five years after the initial outbreak of the virus which put the world on pause.

The new strain now accounts for just over 10% of global infections with cases confirmed in Northern Ireland and Wales.

While there is no evidence the new strain causes more severe symptoms, experts have said it can infect cells more efficiently and can cause symptoms such as diarrhoea, constipation and nausea.