Brits reported being left unwell for weeks after contracting the XFG, or 'American' version of Covid, which UKHSA data shows ...

Diagnoses of the bug are at their highest level since October 2025 and rising levels of Britons are being admitted for care.

London has recorded the sharpest rise among regions, with its COVID-19 hospital admission rate increasing by 79%.

Covid is spread from person to person through tiny viral droplets of mucus or saliva, ejected when a sick person coughs, ...

Stay updated on the American COVID strain XFG. Explore its symptoms and the recent surge in UK hospitalizations. Your health ...

COVID-19 might not be at the center of our lives the way it was a few years ago, but it’s not gone. Far from it, actually. As ...

Covid infections in England have more than doubled in a month, with hospital admissions also surging as the XFG variant ...

Dr Alex Allen says XFG, or Stratus, is driving rising UK Covid tests and admissions. Learn the key American COVID strain ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported that hospital admissions relating to Covid have increased by almost 50 percent in a week, as the XFG variant — dubbed 'American Covid' — spreads acro ...

Brits have been warned about a rise in Covid cases and hospital admissions as the latest "American Covid" strain spreads.

COVID-19 infections have increased in England in recent weeks, with health authorities reporting a sharp rise in hospital ...

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