The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Australia scrapped its airline mask mandates in September, but global health officials are encouraging passengers to reconsider as the latest Omicron subvariant spreads rapidly.

XBB.1.5, better known as Kraken, is a subvariant currently on the rise in Europe as WHO officials confirmed they are monitoring its growth

Continued dominance can be explained by its increased capacity to spread between people

In most countries, people who are vaccinated display negative attitudes towards people who are not

South Africa does not see the need to implement any new COVID-19 restrictions either at home or for arrivals over an infection surge in China and the detection of the first case of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 locally, its health minister said.

Most common symptoms revealed as UKHSA warns Covid is currently ‘circulating at high levels’

Highest rates show in areas from Cornwall to Carlisle as health chiefs warn virus still circulating widely

Health experts are concerned that slumping fourth-jab numbers in WA will lead to a spike in more severe cases like those that led to restrictions earlier in the pandemic.

The latest symptoms being reported in patients who had Covid-19 over the past three years are issues with sleeping

EU officials have described XBB.1.5 as “a sub-lineage of XBB with an additional spike RBD mutation S486P"

In America the number of Kraken discoveries among Covid cases is over 27%