Gloomy scientists call for people to start wearing Covid masks again as they sound alarm over new variant BA.6 that has 'a lot of new mutations'

Experts today sounded the alarm over a fresh Covid wave after detecting a variant that has 'a lot of new mutations'. Meanwhile, Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician from University College London who sits on Independent SAGE, said: 'To everyone else — very very early days but this coronavirus variant has a LOT of new mutations that makes it v different to previous Omicron strains.' It is 'potentially more able to cause a big wave', she added The strain was originally highlighted by online Covid variant tracker Ryan Hisner, who tweeted 'this is the real deal'. In a bid to 'go back to normal', invites won't be dished out to millions aged 50-64 who were eligible during the pandemic Professor Lawrence Young, a virologist at Warwick University, said: 'With a soup of different Omicron variants virus continuing to infect people around the world, the emergence of a more infectious variant is not surprising. It comes as the UKHSA declared EG.5, dubbed Eris, a new Covid variant earlier this month, with World Health Organization chiefs last week listing it a 'variant of interest'.