{"id":40449,"date":"2023-01-02T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=40449"},"modified":"2023-01-02T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:46:19","slug":"new-covid-variant-xbb-1-5-that-is-already-behind-one-in-25-cases-in-the-uk-is-a-wakeup-call-and-could-worsen-the-nhs-crisis-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/new-covid-variant-xbb-1-5-that-is-already-behind-one-in-25-cases-in-the-uk-is-a-wakeup-call-and-could-worsen-the-nhs-crisis-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW Covid variant XBB.1.5 that is already behind one in 25 cases in the UK is a &#8216;wakeup call&#8217; and could worsen the NHS crisis, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33130\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-covid-variant-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-covid-variant-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-covid-variant-770x509.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-covid-variant-500x331.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-covid-variant-360x238.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-covid-variant.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;highly infectious&#8217; Covid strain has emerged and is already behind one in 25 cases in the UK, data suggests. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11591623\/Experts-claim-NEW-Covid-variant-named-XBB-1-5.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A &#8216;highly infectious&#8217; Covid strain has emerged and is already behind one in 25 cases in the UK, data suggests. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-covid-19"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Omicron-BQ.1.1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40450,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40449\/revisions\/40450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}