The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Covid-19 is largely on the rise across the UK in spite of a successful booster programme and a lull in cases that was experienced post Christmas. Its resurgence is largely driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant, a more transmissible form of Omicron, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

London’s number of Covid cases diagnosed have risen by nearly a third...so what has happened, and how worried should we be, particularly when using public transport?

Humza Yousaf has said the NHS is under "unprecedented pressure" over covid

Have your say in our survey marking the second anniversary of the first Covid lockdown

Cases are sky rocketing and hospitalisations are on the up but the Welsh Government is loosening its Covid rules

England take on Switzerland and Ivory Coast during the international break but Arsenal star Bukayo Saka will not be part of Gareth Southgate's squad now

Italy's Covid rules for tourists are set to change in May as the country is scrapping its local restrictions and vaccine pass requirements in time for May half term

There are 2,326 patients with Covid in Scottish hospitals.

ONS says one in 11 people in Scotland had coronavirus in week ending 20 March – country’s highest figure since survey began

The Government's chief medical advisor Sir Chris Witty has suggested that lockdowns may return as he warns the next coronavirus variant could be the worst one we've seen yet.

Life is returning to "normal" after two years, but that normal includes even fewer limits on executive powers.