The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

The debate over the risks of reinfections – which are likely to continue – could determine what precautions people take, but experts disagree on the data

Governor proposes legislation to ban mask requirements and outlaw ‘discrimination based on vaccine status’

Decrease in infections fuels hopes the Christmas wave of the virus has peaked

The number of Scots estimated to have Covid-19 has fallen, figures from ONS show

Cases have dropped significantly, but it will take weeks to ease current pressures facing hospitals

The Covid-19 booster campaign was accelerated at the end of the year but less than a third of people have received their most recent jab

Levels have dropped by nearly a third since the start of the month.

A new coronavirus variant is circulating, the most transmissible one yet. Hospitalizations of infected patients are rising. And older adults represent nearly 90% of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 in recent months, the largest portion since the start of the pandemic.

Future COVID-19 variants and outbreaks would be best managed by ongoing vaccination and the quicker scaling up of restrictions, according to new research published in the Lancet Regional Health — Western Pacific journal.