The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

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

RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.

Experts are concerned about the XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron

The number of patients thought to be infected with the omicron BA.5 subvariant of the COVID-19 virus fell below 50% of all COVID-19 patients in Tokyo, indicating that BA.5 is being replaced by new omicron subvariants, according to materials released on Thursday by the Tokyo metropolitan government.

As Christmas looms Covid cases are rising and warnings about reducing contact are being issued

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

Professor of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Dr Kingston Mills says the Omicron BA5 variant is the most easily spread to date

A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines. Still, the surges of ever more immune-evasive variants raise legitimate questions about whether vaccines and boosters are still protecting us from infection, or should…

The country has seen its first confirmed case of the XAY.2 variant of Covid-19 but people close to the patient were not infected, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.