The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Global weekly deaths down to 11,118 on 5 September – the lowest level since March 2020

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

At least 500,000 people have permanently disappeared from the workforce, analysis says

Vaccination doesn’t only provide protection to the person being vaccinated, but also indirectly protects the population as a whole

Across the UK Covid-19 infections have dropped to their lowest level for nearly 11 months

Parliamentary panel recommends audit of ‘deaths due to oxygen shortage’

NSW has its first recorded case of measles in more than two years with health authorities warning anyone at possible exposure locations to monitor for symptoms.

The Royal College of Paediatricians of Thailand is to issue guidelines recommending an mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer be given to children aged six months to five years, with the first lot of three million doses expected to arrive next month.

The World Health Organisation expects a rise in COVID-19 in Ukraine to peak in October, possibly bringing hospitals close to their capacity threshold, WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.