With Covid instances remaining excessive throughout Scotland, many are testing optimistic for the virus for a second time.
Newest figures revealed that 3.5million individuals are presently contaminated all through the UK because of an increase in new variants in addition to larger easing of restrictions.
An infection charges are at a 'very excessive stage' in keeping with the top of the UK Well being Safety Company (UKSA) Dr Jenny Harries.
Partly because of Omicron, hundreds of thousands at the moment are catching coronavirus for a second time, experiences Wales On-line.
In response to Robert Cuffe, head of statistics at BBC Information, it's now fairly frequent to being contaminated a number of instances.
He mentioned: "Immunity fades and coronaviruses evolve. Most individuals can count on to catch the opposite coronaviruses, similar to these which trigger frequent chilly signs, many instances of their life."
He mentioned that whereas initially of the pandemic fewer than one per cent of Covid instances have been reinfections, Omicron has now modified that, including: "This appears very completely different to the variations of coronavirus that we noticed earlier than.
The brand new variant of Omicron is much more infectious than the one seen on the finish of final 12 months. However specialists say this pressure just isn't extra more likely to make you critically unwell - and you probably have had Covid earlier than, your signs could also be milder.
Immunologist Professor Eleanor Riley mentioned: "Your most important concern needs to be whether or not you would possibly cross it on to somebody who is especially weak."
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