It is present in all but one area of the UK
Five people have died in the UK after contracting the Arcturus Covid-19 strain, according to national reports. The variant has spread rapidly across the world and has led to face mask rules being introduced in India.
This was mostly concentrated in England, where there were 120 cases of the variant, but Wales had eight cases, Scotland had five, and Northern Ireland had two as well. As of earlier this month, Arcturus was present in at least 28 countries, with the majority of those cases, over 2,000, in India. Reports from doctors in India, where the strain is rife, have said they are seeing more children and adolescents with the variant presenting with conjunctivitis - or pink eye. Indian paediatrician Vipn M. Vashishtha, also a member of the WHO's Vaccine Safety Net programme, said youngsters were presenting with a high fever, cold and cough, and "itchy conjunctivitis" with "sticky eyes".
"We know their Covid cases are going up, and presumably, these kids are testing positive for Covid, but we don't know if they're testing positive for anything else either." He explained there are other viruses which can cause pink eye - including adenovirus which is common in spring and summer.
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