COVID Cases Rise in the UK, Drop in Shanghai | Coronavirus – Covid-19 – ChinaPulse.com – China News, Data, Media Intelligence and Insights

COVID-19 cases have risen sharply in the United Kingdom, with 1,739,700 people testing positive in the week ending June 18, according to the UK Office of National Statistics. COVID cases are on the rise in the UK following the Queen’s Jubilee celebration while cases in Shanghai are dropping. said Friday that it appears the new Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 are driving the increase in infections, with BA.4 now accounting for 22% of cases in the UK and BA.5 accounting for 39%. The ministry said BA.5 will likely become the nation's dominant COVID strain soon."It is clear that the increasing…