A relatively new and seemingly highly contagious variant of Covid, NB.1.8.1, or the “Nimbus” variant, has been described by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a “variant under monitoring” (VUM). That’s partly because it seems to be so easily transmissible,

Very painful symptom could be a warning sign of new Covid ‘Nimbus’ variant - Hospital admissions have risen by almost 10 per cent as Nimbus continues to spread across the globe