![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/face-masks-should-be-reintroduced-after-rise-in-covid-cases/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_Young-British-man-wearing-UK-United-Kingdom-face-mask-during-coronavirus-pandemic.jpg&description=With the new Covid variant Pirola now spreading 'in most regions in the UK', experts are urging people to wear face coverings in indoor public areas again - and thousands of you agree The new Covid variant Pirola is now spreading 'in most regions in the UK', with experts urging people to start wearing face coverings in indoor public areas again - and thousands of Mirror readers agree. In our poll Do you think face masks should be reintroduced? a sizeable 8,374 of you said yes, with 5,023 voting against a return. The Pirola strain is a multi-mutated and highly immune system evasive type of coronavirus fast becoming the most dominant in the UK, with positive cases doubling almost every few days in recent weeks. It has been confirmed to have more than 30 mutations, making it difficult for experts to analyse and is already on the World Health Organization's watch list. Symptoms of the variant - officially titled 2.86 - have so far been listed as a high fever, cough, blocked or runny nose, loss of taste or smell, headaches, muscle aches and fatigue. Doctors have already confirmed that tests show no evidence the mutation is any more contagious or deadly than other strains. But moving into the colder months and with schools now back in full swing, the number of bugs spreading will head into overdrive, hence the call to reintroduce face coverings. One expert has warned that the sub-strain, currently known as 'BA.6', is showing an alarming tendency to mutate, leaving many of her peers concerned. Dr Trisha Greenhalgh, a primary healthcare expert at the University of Oxford, shared on Twitter: "My various science WhatsApp groups are buzzing. Genetic lineage clips and diagrams flying back and forth. I understand little of the detail but it looks like it's once again time to MASK UP." Meanwhile, Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician from University College London who is a sitting member on the Independent SAGE group, has shared her thoughts on the future of the disease on s){kind=link}
With the new Covid variant Pirola now spreading ‘in most regions in the UK’, experts are urging people to wear face coverings in indoor public areas again – and thousands of you agree
The new Covid variant Pirola is now spreading ‘in most regions in the UK’, with experts urging people to start wearing face coverings in indoor public areas again – and thousands of Mirror readers agree.
In our poll Do you think face masks should be reintroduced? a sizeable 8,374 of you said yes, with 5,023 voting against a return. The Pirola strain is a multi-mutated and highly immune system evasive type of coronavirus fast becoming the most dominant in the UK, with positive cases doubling almost every few days in recent weeks. It has been confirmed to have more than 30 mutations, making it difficult for experts to analyse and is already on the World Health Organization’s watch list.
Symptoms of the variant – officially titled 2.86 – have so far been listed as a high fever, cough, blocked or runny nose, loss of taste or smell, headaches, muscle aches and fatigue. Doctors have already confirmed that tests show no evidence the mutation is any more contagious or deadly than other strains.
But moving into the colder months and with schools now back in full swing, the number of bugs spreading will head into overdrive, hence the call to reintroduce face coverings. One expert has warned that the sub-strain, currently known as âBA.6′, is showing an alarming tendency to mutate, leaving many of her peers concerned.