The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Health chiefs say data suggests it could represent 100 per cent of all cases of the virus in some areas

The lack of transparency around the latest outbreak has heightened concern among global health officials that new variants could be spreading undetected, writes Adam Taylor

The nearly 60,000 Covid-related deaths China reported for the first five weeks of its current outbreak, the largest the world has ever seen, may underestimate the true toll by hundreds of thousands of fatalities, experts said.

In a throwback to January 2020, when the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 began to be detected outside of China, many countries have again adopted measures targeted at travellers from China. These measures include flight restrictions, pre-departure testing and blanket entry bans.

Around 11 per cent of Greater Manchester's approximately 5,000 hospital beds are currently occupied by patients with Covid

XBB.1.5 is the most highly transmissible version we've seen of the Covid-19 virus. It's also very good at evading immune defenses.

The latest variant to worry health professionals and virologists alike is XBB.1.5

A new study breaks down the quickly spreading variants’ common symptoms among 85 patients. Only three died.

A mutated version of the Omicron variant is sweeping across China, the USA, and now, cases have been identified in the UK