The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

The Covid-19 and flu vaccination programme is starting earlier than planned after a new variant of coronavirus was detected in the UK.

Vaccination is a global strategy, yet many low-income countries can't access then, perpetuating the pandemic

The government’s policy is to pretend we’re getting ‘back to normal’. The result is millions of us live in fear of losing our lives, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The variant of the virus which causes Covid-19 is ‘highly infectious’, Devi Sridhar said

The variant of the virus which causes Covid-19 is ‘highly infectious’, Devi Sridhar said.

ICMR-NIV finds Clade 9 variant of varicella zoster virus in India for first time. Study published in Annals of Medicine journal found 28 cases of VZV with primary presentation of vesicular rashes. Symptoms of monkeypox disease is often mistaken for VZV. Further studies needed to explore evolution of VZV in…

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic."

Government faces calls to consider extending booster programme this autumn to include 50-64 age group

Some 22 residents at a single care home were found to have BA.2.86 variant.

Pirola variant has prompted concern among scientists because of high number of mutations it carries

BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, causing concern among scientists because of fear it could be more transmissible