Japan has closed schools and the UKHSA is urging people to 'avoid contact' as a doctor says to 'isolate' for seven days.
Professor Derek Smith, director of the centre for pathogen evolution at the University of Cambridge, told the BBC: "It almost certainly will sweep the world." Prof Nicola Lewis, director of the World Influenza Centre at the Francis Crick Institute, told the BBC: " We haven't seen a virus like this for a while, these dynamics are unusual. It does concern me, absolutely. I'm not panicking, but I am worried.

🧵Am I the only one?
Can we talk about #insurance & #LongCovid?
This wk I submitted a complaint to @financialombuds
Short version!
Pre #LongCovid I was a fit/strong #Pilates Coach.
I had income protection w @HollowaySociety - they stopped paying out in May.
#HollowayFriendly Against the advice of my consultant HF insisted I complete a #CPAD assessment. A series of tests taken over two days, with a day rest inbetween.
I have had chronic, diagnosed, life changing #LongCovid #PoTs #PESE since March 2020, reinfected in March 2022 & Feb 2023. Each

For a while now I’ve been an #ambulatory #wheelchair user.
It means that I fall under the umbrella of having a #disability and that I sometimes need to use a wheelchair but I’m also capable of walking sometimes.
Since I got #Covid and developed #LongCovid it’s a useful aid. I mainly use a chair if I need to be out of the house for a longer period of time, or if want to join in with others. I haven’t needed it that often because I don’t usually put myself in situations where it’s necessary.
I met @GDteamspencewere in the #CoronationConcet queue.