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Claire Steves - New Covid - Zoe Covid - New Covid warning as scientist reveals 'strange' nighttime symptom of latest variant - dailystar.co.uk - Britain - city London - city Dublin
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New Covid warning as scientist reveals 'strange' nighttime symptom of latest variant
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
Luke Wilson - Met officer headbutts barman while flouting Covid rules in boozy attack caught on CCTV - dailystar.co.uk
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Met officer headbutts barman while flouting Covid rules in boozy attack caught on CCTV
Metropolitan Police officer who headbutted a cocktail bar manager after flouting the Covid "rule of six" has been spared jail.PC Luke Wilson, 28, attacked Johnny White while on a boozy night out in the City of London with colleagues from the Lewisham emergency response unit on July 2 last year.Wilson denied the offence but CCTV footage shows him headbutting the victim at Be At One cocktail bar in Monument.Mr White allowed the officers entry to the venue but told them they would have to be seated across different tables in line with the restrictions.Bar staff confronted the group of up to 25 off-duty colleagues for flouting the rules but were told to "lighten up", Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.CCTV shows that by 8pm, some of the group have started moving between tables which resulted in ten people sitting at one of the tables.The bar manager speaks to Wilson and explains that this isn't allowed.He then approaches the group of ten and explains four of them will have to move to another table.Wilson follows Mr White to the table but remains standing up.The footage shows Wilson squaring up to the victim and putting his face within a few inches of the victim's.Mr White steps backwards but the officer moves forward to close the gap between them, then headbutts him.The victim suffered minor injuries and Wilson denied the offence when he was interviewed the next day, claiming he had felt threatened.Wilson was shown CCTV footage of the victim standing with his hands in his back pockets and not appearing to be behaving aggressively towards him.The PC, of Gravesend, Kent, was convicted of common assault following an investigation by the City of London Police.He was sentenced to ten weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months,
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