By Martin Bagot A new variant has been identified which could trigger a winter Covid-19 wave as random swab testing is restarted in Britain. The variant known as JN.1 has been the fastest growing variant for at least eight months according to new analysis by the UK Health Security Agency. Although Covid infection rates in Britain remain low overall the Office for National Statistics has restarted random testing and early indications are that 1.2% of the population had the virus in the last week of November. Its first winter report published on Thursday shows this was up from 1% the previous we…
